Drawing by Bernett and Esther
09:22 PM on Thursday 21 August 2014
I drew the picture and Esther colored it using her copic markers.
Amblyomma americanum
11:47 AM on Saturday 16 August 2014
Amblyomma americanum is a tick that causes meat allergies. What an interesting tick. Imagine the impact for dieting. Details at http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblyomma_americanum .
Swimming pool
10:38 AM on Sunday 10 August 2014
While we were at Changi Village Hotel, the kids took the opportunity to have a swim. The view from the pool at the top of the hotel was rather nice and I did a nice panorama.
Wide angle shot
10:01 AM on Sunday 10 August 2014
Did a wide angle shot of the owl on my desk. Close ups using a wide angle is rather interesting as it gives a very different perspective.
The afternoon at Changi Village
04:48 PM on Saturday 09 August 2014
We spend an afternoon at Changi Village, taking it easy. Everyone had fun at the small playground.
Find symbolic links
08:53 AM on Friday 08 August 2014
Prior to removing a directory, it might be interesting to see if there are any symbolic links within it. The following is a short piece of Python code to do this.
National Day Rehearsal
04:34 PM on Saturday 02 August 2014
Andy booked a room at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia to celebrate Pauline's birthday which was coming up. From the room we had a great view of the National Day Rehearsal. The distance and the lack of light made it very difficult to get really nice pictures. Esther did a good job with the fireworks.
Hanging tingkat
03:55 PM on Saturday 02 August 2014
Saw some red tingkats hung as decorative elements at the food court at Marina Square. Thought that it was really interesting looking so I took a photo and edited it a bit with snapseed to give it that antique look.
GTX570 for the Mac Pro
07:07 PM on Tuesday 29 July 2014
The Mac Pro 4,1 has been upgraded with a used GTX570 which I brought for $130. A nice little upgrade that hopefully will do something for Perfect Photo Suite 8 which was the main cause for this upgrade. Apparently Perfect Photo Suite 8 relies on OpenGL. The stock GT120 are getting really old so the ...