Petteri Sulonen is right on the money: I used to participate on Photosig, but I learned to hate it. It exerts a huge pressure of blandification — shooting for the lowest common denominator. Flowers, bug macros, anal-retentive “figure studies,” golden-hour landscapes, pouty soft-focus “glamour” ladies, you name it — every photographic cliché ever invented is [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Frivolous no more
frivolous.unsolicitedopinion.net no more, because clearly I really don’t have a life, evident from the stuff that’s appearing there. I’ll try to improve my frivolity here.
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Paranoia.
From Rogier van Bakel. These police are not real cops, but “deputied volunteers who fancy themselves real ones.” Reminds me of our own paranoid SMRT and SBS staff over here. Not to mention the security guards ya.
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Fixing slow Samsung printing over AirPort Extreme/Express
Printing with Bonjour over AirPort Express was painfully slow, apparently because of a bug with Leopard and Bonjour. Here’s the not-so-glam fix from solo4675 on Apple discussion: Open Print & Fax Preferences. Click on + to add printer. Select IP at the top of the page. Select HP JetDirect – Socket in the drop down. [...]
iPhones sold by SingTel will not be carrier-locked
Chua Hian Hou wrote, according to an interview with a SingTel boss: Buyers, though, will have to sign up for a SingTel subscription, although the phone can be used on any mobile network in Singapore, unlike in the United States where iPhones are ‘locked’ to only work with one operator. Does this mean those who [...]
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How much would the iPhone 3G cost you on SingTel?
It is true, SingTel will carry the iPhone when it finally hit our shores later this year. The million-dollar questions now for the iPhone hopefuls are when exactly will it come, and how much will it cost? Any attempt to answer the first question is probably wild speculation at best, unless of course you happen [...]
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A minute apart
I was supposed to meet Sharon at Starbucks after I’ve foot the bill. She couldn’t find me at Starbucks, so she went looking for me. When I reached Starbucks—a minute later—I found a man slumped over his seat, head dangling, shaking and vomiting. No one knew what to do with the man, some were even [...]
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