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Dekra D-Drive Chainless Bike

By Jiasen Low On June 24, 2006 Comments Off

The Dekra new bike – D-Drive System, which is a chainless bike. It’s very amazing, I now still wondering how it works without any chain?! Below is their official explanation:

How It Works
The Dekra D-Drive uses a drive shaft to transmit power from the bike pedals to the rear wheel. This drive shaft employs a fully-enclosed bevel gear system made of a lightweight, yet highly durable, aluminum alloy. Shimano internal gears within the rear wheel enable the D-Drive system to deliver smooth, quiet performance while optimizing pedaling efficiency. A three-speed Shimano “twist and go” gear system provides easy, responsive gear shifting operated at the hand grip. So there’s no more grasping for hard to reach gear shift levers!

It’s available with a price of USD300 at Dekra estore. In my opinion, for a regular biker, it’s worthful for the money to avoid the annoying chain jamming problems.

Saddam ends hunger strike after missing one meal

By Jiasen Low On June 24, 2006 Comments Off

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Saddam Hussein ended a brief hunger strike after missing just one meal in his U.S.-run prison, a U.S. military spokesman said Friday.

The former Iraqi leader had refused lunch Thursday in protest at the killing of one of his lawyers by gunmen, but the spokesman said he ate his evening meal.

via Yahoo News

This funny news caught my attention. Mr Hussein, you can do it better! :lol_tb:

今天Creative Warehouse Sale @Jurong

By Jiasen Low On June 23, 2006 2 Comments

昨晚老板请吃，在Clementi的Sakura吃自助餐吃到饱饱。结果今早就觉得不舒服，上了个班，10点左右就拿MC回来了。地铁经过Jurong转换站时，想起今天是Creative 的Warehouse Sale，真的是正巧。等到半天也没有看到那个免费接送的短程巴士。不等了，就干脆走到Creative Resources那里。结果，路上就看见Creative的巴士。 :annoyed_tb: 故意和我作对的吗？
 

到那里，就看得见典型kiasu的新加坡人在排队买Creative的限量Starbuy产品。以前都是二楼，现在Creative Store改成在底楼了。也终于看见Zen V的庐山真面目了，觉得有点不耐用，好像外壳会脱落。看见Refurbished的Creative Labs Inspire P5800 Speaker，这个我倒没去查查它的网上评语，因为它的价钱就够吸引我了。原价139，这个5.1售价49，卖了再说！

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Nokia 扇形概念电话

By Jiasen Low On June 23, 2006 Comments Off

当看见这个Nokia概念电话图片，觉得是很好的概念，也许是运用了可塑性电子纸的技术，所以能自由开折。可是如果以设计的角度来看，真的难看。好的技术配上难看的设计=不卖，但绚丽的设计+基本技术=超卖的。 :rolleyes_ee:，因为女性买东西不管什么都是当作装饰品来买的。

The Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments

By Jiasen Low On June 22, 2006 Comments Off

Warning for this 13MB video file size.

I learn this fact few months ago from a video clip: Mentos + Coke = explosive shooting effect. Then now this two guys make it very interestingly into a music fountain! LOL.. :jittery_tb:. Besides, who don’t know believe this, can try it yourself at home.

Apple iBox

By Jiasen Low On June 21, 2006 Comments Off

A sarcastic video clip on Apple ads. :lol_ee:. I personally dislike Apple product more as they are getting more arrogant than the past. But you still can’t deny that their product design are still better than those so call “creative” one.