http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iItTsYmy8lQ

It is interesting because my colleagues were discussing Photoshop and Illustrator and design in general. One of the key features of Photoshop is that it is resource hungry. But I think to myself, “Surely this can’t be true. 20 years ago, computers were running 16 MB of RAM and a 8 MHz Central Processing Unit (CPU). Back then 20 MB hard drive cost US$700 and the super rich bought 400 MB (RAM) drive for US$40,000… and they used it just to run Photoshop 1.0″

Back then, graphic designers and artists were using these tools to create wonderful imagery and graphics. Today, we use Photoshop to crop, resize and apply basic manipulation features (lens flare, anyone?) and yet we complain our dual core 2 GHz + systems aren’t capable enough!

We have 500 times more Megahertz than 20 years ago (8 MHz vs 2 x 2000 Mhz) and in term of RAM (or its derivative), a typical rig used for editing has 1000 x more memory ( 16 MB vs 16 GB)

And still we think it is too slow. Maybe it is because software is bloated!

As computers scale in speed and memory capacity, software developers churn out new versions of their software to use up these extra resources. My friend once asked me this, “I have a 8GB laptop. After booting Windows 7, I check available memory and it reports only 4 GB available! What happened to the other 4? There is nothing running in background!”

(this stuff is premium.. but today is pretty cheap to buy!)

iPad is a different class of machine on its own.

Processor: Dual core 1 GHz low power (think something along Atom / Pentium M / Macbook Air processor Low-Voltage range)

RAM: 512 MB (!) gasp.

Gfx: Ok, this one is quite powerful, 9 x more power than the iPhone 4′s chip but it’s lighting up a 1024×768 screen.

What I’m trying to point out is that, all the cool iOS apps can run within this limited specifications. The developers play within their boundaries. Just grab an iPad and play Infinity Blade or Real Racing 2 HD. The fundamental core of the Operating System is very very efficient. From a coding standpoint, and from a technical design standpoint, it is very lightweight. Windows 7 can run great on a 1GB system or a 8 GB system, but the way it uses memory against the actual performance difference is very negligible. It shows the character of the coders working for Microsoft and how slacking and not serious in their work!

yummy

Even the simple angry bird game runs better on the iPad vs the Chrome browser version or any other of the consoles supporting it. The experience is simply much better!

Here is my effort on PS:

Here’s a little bit of fun (using an online GIF creator tool)

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Age: 25 yrs, Height: 168 cm, Gender: Male

A. Body Component Analysis

1. Total Body Water – 42.5 litre (normal range 35 – 42.7)

2. Protein – 11.4 kg (Normal: 9.4 – 11.4)

3. Mineral – 3.9 kg (osseous: 3.26) -(Normal 3.23-3.95)

4. Body Fat Mass – 31.2 kg (Normal: 7.5 – 15)

B. Muscle Fat Analysis

1. Weight: 89.0 kg (normal 53 – 71.4)

2. Skeletel Muscle Mass: 32.3 kg (normal 26.5 – 32.3)

3. Body fat mass: 31.2 kg (normal 7.5 – 15)

C. Obesity Diagnosis

1. Body Mass Index: 31.5 (Normal 18.5 – 25)

2. Percent Body Fat: 35% (Normal 10 – 20%)

3. Waist-Hip Ratio: 0.95 (Normal 0.75 – 0.85)

D. Lean Balance

1. Right Arm: 3.35 kg (107.5%)

2. Left Arm: 3.03 kg (97.4%)

3. Trunk: 25.2 kg (97.3%)

4. Right Leg: 9 kg (94.7%)

5. Left Leg: 9.2 kg (96.9%)

E. Nutrition Evaluation

1. Protein: Normal

2. Mineral: Normal

3. Fat: Excess

4. Edema: Normal

F. Weight Management

1. Weight: Over

2. Skeletal Mineral Mass: Normal

3. Fat: Over

G. Obesity Diagnosis

1. BMI: Extremely Over

2. Percentage Body Fat: Extremely Over

3. Waist Hip Ratio: Over

H. Body Balance:

1. Upper: Extremely unbalanced

2. Lower: Balanced

3. Upper-lower: Balanced

I: Body Strength (scale of Normal, Developed, or Weak)

1. Upper: Normal

2. Lower: Normal

3. Muscle: Normal

Wow.

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Had a good time catching up.

In other news, last day of work before CNY today. Yippie… tomorrow night = Penang food, first round probably dad cooking, 2nd round Penang island! yay!!!! Exciiiited.

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What is 720p, 1080p HD?

The iPhone 4 has 720p video recording. The ipad 2 and iPod touch also has 720p video recording. How do you dicern the two and decide which is better (or is there a difference, at all?)

video sizes

As you can see, 720p doesn’t say anything at all about quality. It is just a predefine set of resolution, in this case 1280 pixels wide against 720 pixels high. Most computers have been HD for almost a decade. I remember big ass 21″ CRT computer monitors boasting 1600 x 1200 pixels (4:3 ratio) which technically is HD back in pre-year 2000.
So I took the liberty to record a sample 30 sec clip of the differences of video quality of the iPad 2 rear camera (rated at 720p) and the iPhone 4 (still pictures at 5 MP, video at 720p). See the difference for yourself, comment, and let’s discuss quality .

I just did some research.

10-20 years ago, 21″ CRT tube monitors had a typical resolution of 1600 x 1200 (low end) or.. 2048 x 1536 (high end professional).

Those huge monsters easily weighs 40 pounds (~20kg). If the rumours are true, the iPad 3 in March will have a resolution of 2048 x 1536 “Retina display”. It’s amazing how far we’ve come!

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Anwar’s trial breakdown: On Monday, 9 January 2012, two possibilities. Should Anwar be convicted, he would have two chances at the Court of Appeal and Federal Court to overturn the ruling. If acquitted, he walks out of the High Court a free man.

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Some alternative media coverage: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/ | http://malaysia-today.net/ | Yahoo News

Also, visit Tan Jooi Long’s wrap up of news on 8th January 2012.

Also, from al-Jazeera http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/… (Very passionate)

09 Jan 2012 – CNN confirms

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Well, my dream is now a reality!

Now I have something fun to do during the weekends — living my childhood dream of making music, without the need to practice scales, and chopsticks and whatnot routines…

Footage of my New Year 2012

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