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AMEX Butterfly Card

By Jiasen Low On June 27, 2006 Comments Off

Recently, friends around me all go and apply for credit cards. I’m still satisfy with my NUS Alumni debit card, even though I not sure what is it going to do with NUS. Just now surfing on net, saw this Butterfly card, the only different from the usual one is it can be folded and come with a metalic case.

You can even leave the magnetic stripe side of the card sticking out so that it can be easily swiped without having to completely remove the card from the case.

To me, that quote sound stupid. At here, I saw mini and rounded corner credit card. I think this Butterfly is coming soon too, although in my opinion it’s very ugly.

Link: Butterfly Card

Zoho Show – 线上PowerPoint

By Jiasen Low On June 26, 2006 Comments Off

这个名字好陌生，也许听过却没留意到，只是今天无意间听到同事透露，自己就google找寻这是什么新鲜东西来的。原来是个提供线上Office Suites服务，由几个配件组成的：Zoho Sheet、Zoho Writer和Zoho Show。而Zoho Show是他们最近推出的线上power point presentation，也竟然抢先在Google之前推出，不然怎么能和Google斗过呢？

Zoho Show能直接引进微软的PowerPoint(.ppt)及OpenOffice自家的Presentation(.sxi)。而界面是WYSIWYG，直接一目了然，但我倒会嫌它的设计简陋，不像PowerPoint上能够呈现各种绚丽花俏的特效，只是单纯的一个点击一个直接Slide/Text出现。另一方面，从Flickr的图片引进到Zoho Show是非常简单的。对于这类网上服务，最担心就是不支援所有的游览器。目前看IE和Firefox都没有问题，官方主页上也没提起是否支援Opera呢。

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索尼爱立信新加坡发行M600i

By Jiasen Low On June 26, 2006 1 Comment

印象中没听说过M系列的Sony Ericsson手机吧，市场上都是T、W、Z、P系列。更奇怪的是竟然在新加坡发行，然而我却完全没从任何本地的新闻媒体听说过，反而是从美国的网站看到报道。这款M600i竟然是touch screen的！哇。因为Sony Ericsson好像只有在那个价钱局高不下的P系列中，如P900i，加入touch screen。

M600i上是运行Symbian OS 9.1，而厚度15mm。对智能电话来说是蛮薄的，但宽度算阔的。之前，就看见Samsung一款像是计算机的电话，话说是很薄，但真的阔到难看极了。最近，Samsung出的那几款6.9mm厚度的就不错了。M600i的键盘是照QWERTY和电脑一样的，这会不会对用惯手机的朋友有点麻烦呢？至于记忆体方面，除了内置的60MB，就是支援Sony自己本身的Memory Stick，这个就有点讨人厌了，为什么固执不支援市面大伙普遍的MiniSD呢？ :annoyed_tb:

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Minor Changes on paikia.com

By Jiasen Low On June 25, 2006 1 Comment

I did some arrangement on my web site today, just to make it look neat.

Some minor changes:

• Shift blogger links to Links Page and removed all previous old and bulky Bookmarks.
• Shift the sidebar Search function upwards. Now search thru by using Google web site rather than WordPress orginal search
• Modified some of the WordPress plugin’s code for Top Stories. Make it shows the highest hits of last 2 months instead of all time
• Reduce the header banner size and abandoned the Flash. ( Not yet completed, still figuring to change to what image )
• Temporary added “Supporting England” banner at top right side. ( Eventually, I’m not England fans but this year they really have good all stars players. Plus, I love the banner on the right top =P )
• Rewrite Contact Me page to implement into WordPress page.

Japan Hardware Sales: 12 June~18 June

By Jiasen Low On June 25, 2006 Comments Off

- DS Lite: 141,487 9,460 (7.17%)
- PSP: 24,653 2,997 (13.84%)
- DS Phat: 22,748 21,377 (1559.23%)
- PS2: 20,737 1,756 (9.25%)
- GBA SP: 4,642 526 (12.78%)
- Xbox 360: 1,407 307 (27.91%)
- Game Boy Micro: 1,294 360 (21.77%)
- Gamecube: 1,002 41 (4.27%)
- GBA: 20 10 (33.33%)
- Xbox: 15 5 (25.00%)

Microsoft no matter how should be very upset with their sales record, as the entire nation, only 1,407 XBOX 360 and 15 XBOX sold! This is worse than Nintendo Gamecube, which I thought already stop production?!

As Comparing the 2 portable game console, DS Lite is far more better than PSP. I also prefer DS Lite than PSP, but do they have mod for DS Lite? If yes, I surely wanna buy one after recently reading so many reviews about DS Lite. PSP? Too pricy and heard the hardware itself also not that good quality.

Messenger Plus! Live 4.0.0.234

By Jiasen Low On June 25, 2006 Comments Off

The official version of Messenger Plus! Live has released on 23:50GMT. Currently, their official web site is down due to the enormous amount of traffic redirected. Anyway, I managed to find the direct link to download it. :smirk2_ee:. Trust me, Windows Live Messenger never perfect without Meseenger Plus and Mess Patch.

Grab it 4.5mb.