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Starcraft II: Available 27 July 2010.

Blizzard Entertainment is finally releasing the second installation of their popular RTS game, Starcraft II. Although it has taken them 10 long years (A little overdue...) I'm quite excited! Next, when is Diablo 3 going to be released? Another 10 years :P Visit the official Starcraft II website: http://us.starcraft2.com/

DIY Project: Macro lens on a shoe string budget.

So you're on a shoe-string budget but love taking macro shots of insects, grains of rice, flowers or just about anything that is blown up 0.5 times larger than what it exactly is to the human eye? I only found this out after purchasing my Tamron AF 90mm f/2.8 Macro lens, to be honest, on a personal level, I find this setup a little daunting. It takes patience and well, even more patience to get the setup correct. If you're game for it, read the rest of the DIY project at the following site: http://www.diyphotography.net/macro-on-a-budget-or-back-to-back-couplers

MFT: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2

It looks like the Micro-Four-Thirds (MFT) cameras are now becoming a trend amongst the amateur photographer. Compact in size with the option of interchangeable lenses, not only is this light on your shoulders but lighter on your wallet too. The camera will come as part of a kit, with the newly announced LUMIX G VARIO 14-42mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH/MEGA O.I.S. (that's a mouthful) lens. Pricing and availability have yet to be announced. Read the press-release here.

BlackBerry Bold 9650.

BlackBerry Bold 9650 - un-boxing done by CrackBerry.com. The new Bold 9650 comes with pre-'installed' with a 512MB internal memory and expandable to 32GB via a microSD card. The Bold 9650 will probably only hit Singapore's shores in the next couple of months later. You can view and read more about the specifications of the new BlackBerry Bold 9650, here, http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrybold/bold_specifications.jsp Hit the jump to view the video of the un-boxing and its performance. :)

Google Andriod Froyo 2.2, to be enjoyed, cold :)

Looks like the Andriod phones will see Froyo soon :) And judging from the highlights given by Google, it looks really good! Plus it also supports Flash 10.1. The Android 2.2 platform introduces many new and exciting features for users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new user features and technologies in Android 2.2. Hit the jump to view the introductory video, highlights and more! User features: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.2-highlights.html#UserFeatures New Platform Technologies: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.2-highlights.html#PlatformTechnologies New Developer Services: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.2-highlights.html#DeveloperServices New Developer APIs: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.2-highlights.html#DeveloperApis

HTC Desire – available in Singapore, end May 2010.

HTC Desire is now available in Singapore come end of May 2010. The superphone (read: No longer known as smart phones.) will be priced at with a RRP tag of S$898. Running a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor makes the phone incredibly responsive while the instinctive HTC Sense experience lets you wield the power of the HTC Desire with the greatest of ease. Read the press release at http://www.htc.com/sea/press.aspx?id=129702&lang=1033 Overview of the superphone: http://www.htc.com/sea/product/desire/overview.html

Preview: Sony NEX-5.

Image courtesy of DPREVIEW.COM. The NEX series will initially comprise two cameras - the NEX-5 and NEX-3. In terms of specifications, both cameras are essentially identical - the NEX-5 gets a slightly smaller magnesium alloy body and 1080i AVCHD movie recording but in ever other respect they're the same. A mount adapter will be available, giving the ability to use Sony and Minolta Alpha-mount lenses. The LA-EA1 adapter will have a motor to control the lens aperture but nothing to driving the autofocus (they can't currently focus SSM and SAM lenses with built-in focus motors either). We have no pricing for the ...

What this is all “About”.

Hello, welcome to snaps.aquastuff. I’m about to keep this entire page as simple as possible. Before you venture further, I’m sure some of you have questions to the older content of the entire blog and its main focus on everything aquatic.

As I’m currently no longer aquascaping, I’ve changed my entire site to focus on mainly items that will interest me. Periodically, I might however still blog on items about aquascaping and any form of competitions that might spring up from AquaticQuotient.com. Also, you might find some missing articles should you google them, this was due to a mistake I made whilst sprucing things up, I accidentally deleted a good 20-odd reviews of filters, subtrates and more… I know, I know, I should’ve backed up my database but I didn’t.

Anyways, let me cut to the chase. I’ve listed down the pages that have been archived. Take note that previous news articles and items are still available on Aquastuff.org.

So… What is this site about & who are you?

Well, simply put, its mainly about my nonsensical rants, photography and other articles. If you don’t like what I write, I suggest not to even log on to my blog.

More about myself now…. Well, I’m a 30 (going 31) year old, average Singaporean male, married to a beautiful/charming and supportive lady since 10 November 2006. I am in the I.T profession, sadly. I currently have a few hobbies, photography being one of them, as currently I do not have a tank at home, my interest still lies in aquascaping. I love gaming too and was in one of the top Horde guilds for World-of-Warcraft, however, that interest soon died after Blizzard launched Ulduar… Anyways, yeah that’s more of less who I am.

When it comes to photography, I would say that I’m very interested in the following.

Macro (insect) photography
Portrait photography
Landscape photography – too bad Singapore doesn’t really have nice views….

You can find out more about my camera gear at the following URL – My Camera Gear and visit my Flickr! page at the following URL – Snaps_at_Aquastuff

This site’s main area of topics & catergories are the following:

A.P.A.D – 2009 - A Picture A Day, self-explainatory title.
Photoblog - This area carries all news / updates / items / hardware / software with regards to Photography.
Site-related – Site changes & updates will be posted here.
Oldies – Post of Yester-Year – All previous posts, neatly archived for your viewing purpose (includes Aquastuff items, scaping, reviews & more.

In time to come, I’ll probably add more catergories. These catergories will be in-relation to what I already am writing on, so nothing out of my boundary of interest.

Contacting me

There are numerous ways to contact me. You can email me at blog[at]aquastuff[dot]org, contact me via Twitter (Chewy_Fox) or simply look me up on AquaticQuotient.com under the moniker of Grey_Fox. Send me a private message.

ARCHIVED – Tank hardware & stuff.

This is for folks who were looking for my tank setup previously, I’ve left the E.I (Estimative Index) guide line below on the usage too for your reference.

Hardware

5 x 2 x 2 feet tank (customised 14mm thickness curved sides – ~~tempered glass~~ clear acrylic)
Chengai 4 door-compartment cabinet (customised)
2 1 x Solite Type 4 T5 HO lamps (8 4 T5HO tubes @ (4)10,000K ~~+ (3)6,500K~~ tubes)
2 x Eheim Professional II 2028 (both with Professional II filter media)
2 x output (~~1 x customised rainbar,~~ 1 x normal rainbar, ~~1 x elbow output~~, 1 x lilypipe output)
3 x inlets (~~1 x sponge filter,~~ 1 x intake grille, 1 x skimmer grille)
~~1 x Eheim 1260 universal pump~~
~~1 x Resun CL650 chiller~~
1 x 4 unit Jebao cooler fan
1 x 5L CO2 tank
1 x JBJ solenoid
1 x JBJ submersible digital thermometer
~~1 x external CO2 reactor (N.A)~~
1 x Dennerle Turbo Cyclo 5000 CO2 internal reactor
1 x bubble counter
1 x ADA drop checker

Fertilization regime

KNO3
KH2PO4 ~~(Fleet Enema)~~
Seachem Flourish
Seachem Iron
Ferka Potassium

KNO3 – ~~1.7 tps~~ 0.5 tps {NO3 – from KNO3 – 2.83 PPM + K – from KNO3 – 1.78 PPM}
K+ – 17.06 PPM (From Ferka Potassium)
PO4 – ~~1.2ml~~ 1/4 tsp – ~~1.42 PPM~~ 1.73 PPM
Fe – 0.06 PPM (From Seachem Flourish)
Fe – 0.18 PPM (From Seachem Iron)

NO3 – 3 x weekly = ~~9.61~~2.83 x 3 = 8.49 PPM
K+ – 3 x weekly = ~~6.06~~1.78 x 3 = 5.84 PPM (From KNO3)
K+ – 1 x weekly = 17.06 PPM (From Ferka Potassium – dosed after water change)
PO4 – 3 x weekly = ~~1.42~~1.73 x 3 = ~~4.26~~5.19 PPM
Fe – 3 x weekly = 0.06 x 3 = 0.18 PPM (From Seachem Flourish)
Fe – 1 x weekly = 0.18 PPM (From Seachem Iron – dosed 1 day after water change)

Water change on ~~Saturdays~~ Sundays (35-45%) + Nutrafin water conditioner
No ferts added on ~~Friday~~ Saturdays.

Water parameters

PH – 6.6
KH – 4.0
Temperature range – 26.6 ~ 27.2

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