In late 2009, Google released their new goo.gl URL shortener service for use with Google products and services. On the goo.gl website, it is mentioned that URL shortener service is not available for “broader consumer use”. However, a certain Matthew Flaschen has made it possible to use goo.gl for any URL through a convenient Javascript [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Sun, beach, food and Wave in Penang
Over the weekend, I’ve been taken away to Penang. What for? I don’t know. But what I do know is that I’ll be indulging in an abundance of sunshine, a nice stretch of deserted beach along the Gurney Drive, plenty of mouth-watering food and, of course, enjoying the Wave. But not just any Wave. Wave [...]
WordPress 3.0
This blog is now powered by WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious”! It was a smooth, seamless upgrade. Just a click and it’s done before I knew it. Yes, as you may have noticed, the admin panel now sports a simple and clean theme on WordPress 3.0. This is nice and not too distracting – I often found [...]
Limited Service
It’s nice living in a remote location, where you’re practically unreachable from the outside world by GSM.
Mahani and Salihin
(If prompted for a password, enter “yauhui“) Watch the video on Vimeo (remember to watch in HD!), or view the photos on Flickr.
My Water Moments
Don’t we all just love playing with water? Splash here, splash there… It’s so much fun! The above photo was taken in Sunway Lagoon at a particular spot where water would rain down on you unexpectedly. I just loved how the photo turned out! All the water droplets, all the splashes, all the detail… But [...]
TGIW – The future of Qualcomm Snapdragon
To be honest, I’m actually quite excited about the new Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8672 chipset. To put into perspective, the powerful current-day Snapdragon QSD8650 sports a single 1GHz core, 720p decoding, 1280×720 display output, 22 million triangles per second and 133 million 3D pixels per second. The iPhone 3GS’s Samsung-manufactured Cortex A8 is 600MHz and does [...]
Apple Worldwide Developer Convention
This is a wrap-up of the Apple WWDC convention for those who have missed it. Photos are sourced from MacRumors, Engadget and gdgt.
the yauhuinator


