New server
09:47 AM on Saturday 11 May 2013
After more than 5 years, I am retiring the server and putting in a new one. The new one is based on the ITX form factor so it is much smaller and cooler. Specifications as follows: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini-ITX Case (Black) Asus P8H77-I Intel Skt1155 Mini-ITX mainboard 2 x Kingston 8GB 1600 DDR3 ...
Esther and Ernest doing the Megabounce
07:13 PM on Friday 10 May 2013
The Megabounce was at the Singapore Flyer, so Ernest and Esther had a go at it. http://youtu.be/VrNsYNm3irM http://youtu.be/0saIQO27jqQ
Some pictures at the Singapore Flyer
07:01 PM on Friday 10 May 2013
We were at the F1 Pit Building to collect the Cold Storage Kids Run 2013 fun pack. After collection, we walked over to the Singapore Flyer to have a walk and dinner. Here are some of the pictures taken.
Of mice and markets
09:14 AM on Friday 10 May 2013
Interesting article in the effects of markets. http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/xX6qebUggv8/
Esther's food art
08:48 AM on Friday 10 May 2013
Esther likes to play with her food, arranging them in various forms. This was one of the best :-)
Monitor color calibration
11:17 AM on Wednesday 01 May 2013
After the update to mountain lion, I have not done a color calibration on the monitor which is probably a bad idea. After noticing that the colors appear to be rather off, I finally took the time and did the calibration and boy was it off. Lesson learnt, after one makes the investment in a monitor c ...
Minecraft Steve
10:09 PM on Monday 22 April 2013
Esther and I made two Minecraft Steve out of paper. We took Steve's skin and edited it in Adobe Illustrator to get the diagram on paper. Then we transferred it to Make the cut to print using the Brother DCP-J725DW and cut it using the Silhouette Cameo. Then it is just a matter of folding and stickin ...
Trip to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
08:04 PM on Monday 15 April 2013
It seems that we are doing nature reserves these couple of weeks. This week, it is off to the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.
Seeing doubles
09:54 PM on Sunday 14 April 2013
Inspired by some photos taken by Pauline's friend, we decided to have some fun with creating doubles :-) We set up the tripod so that everything stays the same, focusing was manually set and shutter priority at 1/640 was used. The single images were then post processed in Photoshop. The only thing w ...
Trip to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
08:58 PM on Monday 08 April 2013
Ernest had to do a project on protecting nature reserves so off we went to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve to take a look at the dos and don'ts at the park.