Petal Power

Ah.. Sun Flower.

So nice. And yellow. With elegant petals, holding a kingdom of pollen.

One day, you'll grow big and strong...

......... just like this MASSIVE one!!!!! DUDE! It's like the size of my head! You could probably knock someone out with it. It's that HUUUUUUUUUUUGE.


Fascinating. O-O

By the way, did you know Sunflowers turn around to always follow the sun?

Koffing

I've had one lesson with a friend trying to learn a manual car. Today, I had another lesson trying to learn a manual van today. Why? I'll explain a bit later.

Right now my throat is itchy. Coughing a bit. I think it's because of the sticky (maybe old) lolly I ate from someone's place last night. Erkk...........

Okay. Guess rest would be good for the body. ACKS>

The WTFOMG fly/key moment

OmGoSh! I saw a fly as big as a jelly bean today. FREAKING MASSIVE!!! I didn't take a picture because you can't really comprehend how big it is from a picture taken from the camera phone. And it's not like I could have got a ruler and placed it underneath to show the size. lol.

Hmm...... wonder where it is now.......?

Also in preparation for the upcoming Chinese New Year, I did a bit of house cleaning today. One of those tasks included cleaning my keyboard. I vacuumed the keys, and I still thought it was clean enough, so I took out the keys, and found a kingdom of dust bunnies. Absolutely scary and yet, so fascinating.

Phone Camera Fun - Qantas Man

I saw this really cool billboard advertisement for Qantas today. It's just outside the Domestic airport entrance.

Yup.... 1337!!

NOW UP UP AND AWAY~!!!!!

Dropping the phone can be scary

I nearly lost my nice mobile phone today !____! As I got off the bus at the bus stop, stepped on the grass, and checked my pockets, I realised my phone wasn't inside. I frantically searched my pockets, checked my bag, twice, and then realised that it was probably on the bus. I ran after the bus, pounding the side. Some elderly person saw me, and yelled something to the bus driver. The bus didn't stop, and it kept going.

I was devestated. The bus wasn't going to stop, and I really hoped I was wrong. Maybe it was somewhere in my bag. Sometimes I have a tendancy to put my phone into my bag automatically. I searched a third time, and it wasn't there. It had to be on the bus, because I received a call on the way back.

So instead of heading home, I ran to a friend's place and asked to borrow his phone. He lives on the other side of the street. I was panicking. I was thanking them, apologising, and cursing myself (not swearing of course), but still apalled at my stupidity. I looked pathetic in other words.

I rang my mobile constantly, and no one picked up. I was very saddened. And I knew there were two people sitting close to me on the bus. I rang a 2nd long ring. No one picked up. After the 2nd long ring, I was ready to give up. Maybe someone wanted to keep my phone. I made one more last ring, and someone picked up.

It was some lady, and I asked her where she was. She told me "I'm at the bus stop".

Yeah. Guys. Laugh. I'm stupid @_@ Sigh.................

$40,000 worth off why did I buy this again?

When they invent clothes that stay clean & fresh forever, the Emperor Workstation will be the place you'll find me any time of the day.

I sure hope they also install a handy toiletry in it too.

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On a random story.....
One night my computer decided to stop running. I freaked because I didn't back up some important information. I unplugged everything and opened my computer case. Inside was very dusty and it smelt like smoke.

I suspected the dust bunnies, so I got a balloon pump, and gave it an air-bath. I pumped the motherboard, graphics card, hard drives, cables, etc. After cleaning, it worked, and I was relieved.

The next day, it happened again. I unplugged and plugged the power supply and realised something was missing. There was no start up sound. I suspected the power supply, and took it out. While I was waiting for my dad to scrounge around in his room finding a spare power supply, I decided to air-bath the power supply. Pumping and pumping, a few roach wings flew out. HOW SCARY @_____@!

I've heard of cockroaches living in the computer, but my friend, that's proof~!!!

Well, the computer worked again, and it hasn't failed since then. So that's good :D

Mini-it

What would things look like if they were miniature.

Tilt Shift Maker tries to make it quickly possible for the general public. By choosing which areas to focus on, it blurs everything else, giving depth of field, and hence, the illusion of miniaturism. Check it out!!

I did a couple of tests, and here's how it came out:

So what do you think? Do they look convincing?

I had to process them a little further in Photoshop because the online application has limits, such as, objects in the foreground that fall into the "focused" areas will remain focused, and break the illusion.

I think the program works by increasing the highlights, reducing the shadows, and bringing the saturation to +25. It then does a Gaussian blur and masks out the focused areas. A tip is to use nice landscape shots. The illusion doesn't work for portraits or macro shots.

I guess it's quite interesting. Kept me entertained for a half an hour. I guess you really have to make yourself believe they are miniature though, especially for the ones you made yourself.

But nevertheless, good fun :D