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
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 ...
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!
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/
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.
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
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. :)
Sorry for the lack of updates.
I’ve been rather busy with work ever since coming back to work from the 1 week in-camp-training. Anyways, as mentioned in my earlier post. I have made several amendments to the tank and now, with this in place, it seems that the flora are doing much better.
After a week of enjoying myself, I’m back, facing reality. 
I’ve updated a bit of my tank as well. I’ll update shortly with a post.
I won’t be able to write from today till the end of next week. I will be away till 30 March 2007. In the mean time, enjoy the current content while I will be physically & mentally drained.
I’ve changed the layout of my external CO2 reactor’s position and hopefully now, the CO2 dispersion and breakdown will be better.
At just 2 bubbles-per-second (BPS) in the bubble counter, the pH reading from the ADA drop checker was showing 6.4 to 6.6 which was a bit ridiculous. My previous layout was probably inefficient and instead of breaking down the CO2 bubbles, I was merely wasting the CO2.
I just purchased a four-blade Jebao cooler fan for my tank. The weather has lately been ridiculously warm & humid. The current temperature of my tank is now at 28.3 degrees celcius.
With the fan, I expect a drop of at least 2~4 degrees celcius.
I went down to Teo’s with my wife & her colleague. (I’m sure Don was excited to see all the different plants 
) Located at the end of Singapore, Teo’s plant farm is a must visit for the aquascaper. Have a wide range of varieties that most LFS won’t have. I purchased a total of 5 different plants.
Here’s a photo of what my purchase.
I’ll be taking a visit down to Teo’s plant farm (over at Lim Chu Kang – which happens to be at the other end of where I’m currently living at) tomorrow with a friend and hopefully with my wife too. I’ll update you guys with the purchases that I will get.
Currently on my mind are the following purchases.
1. Japanese hairgrass
2. Bolbitis
3. and whatever I might want to get. 
I’ll post up photos of my purchases.
I just purchased 10 microrasbora sp. Galaxy from a local LFS and planning to breed them in time to come. Recently there was an article by practicalfishkeeping (UK) on the microrasbora sp. ‘galaxy’ coming to extinction due to over-collection since its first discovery in early 2006.
I will be posting more on the celestichthys margaritatus and hopefully will take a photo of two of them.
Check back to see if this article has been updated. If possible, it would be good if the microrasbora galaxies can be home bred.
