Losing your cellphone can be the last thing ever you want to happen to you. Not because the phone is expensive, but getting back the stored contact details and messages can really be a daunting task. And if you are someone who doesn’t have the habit of backing up the data into your computer, it can even be more difficult to restore the contacts.
Backup-Pal, a portable phonebook backup device by Advanced Wireless Solutions can be a life saver to you. The beauty of this device is, you don’t need a computer to do the backup and restore. Simply press and hold the “Backup” button located on the the device for three seconds, it will automatically backup the contacts in your cell phone. Continue reading ‘Backup-Pal’
27th of April 2006 is probably the worst day for Elvis Ho Yui Hei (何銳熙) of his life. He was on a bus heading to Yuen Long of Hong Kong, and was irritated by a middle-aged man sitting in front of him who was talking loud on the phone. Elvis then tapped his shoulder asking him to lower his voice.
The middle-aged man was no simple person. His name is Roger Chan Yuet Tung (陳乙東), who is alleged to have made three attempts for the office of Hong Kong Chief Executive in 1997, 2002 and 2005. Roger was annoyed by Elvis’s action and he spent the next 6 minutes to scold and insult Elvis by using excessive profanity. Phrases like “not resolved.. not resolved.. not resolved” (未解決！未解決！未解決！) and “I face pressure, you face pressure. Why did you provoke me?” (你有压力，我有压力，你为什么挑釁我？) quickly became popular catchphrases in Hong Kong. Continue reading ‘Bus Uncle / Bus Blaster / 巴士阿叔’
If you want some action-packed movies, you expect nothing other than Hollywood. And what about horror movies?
It’s undeniable that the Asian producers, Japanese and Korean in particular make the most horrifying movies in the world. Classics like Ringu, Ju-On and Dark Water that you could watch at the cinema are just some examples of the finest horror films ever produced. Those guys at Snowblood Apple have watched, reviewed a lot more and recommend which you should try to rent from your local video rental store. Continue reading ‘Collection of Asian horror movies’
Do you believe in what you see? Sometimes your brain is forcefully made to believe what you see. To see how your eyes cheat your brain, here is a collection of 62 optical illusions. Continue reading ‘Collection of optical illusions’
The big news of the day is … Google has released the much anticipated Google Calendar! Wow, Google has got online calendar, big deal, isn’t it? Yahoo and MSN has got one for ages, and what makes Google’s offering unique?
For one very obvious reason, Google lets you use iCal format to share your calendars. Woohoo… don’t worry, giving you the ability to share your calendars doesn’t mean you need to share them with the rest of the world! By default, all calendar events are private unless you want to make them public.
Now let’s make one of your calendars public so that we can access it via Sunbird. The Sunbird Project is Mozilla’s (the company behind the popular Firefox web browser) approach to produce a cross platform standalone calendar application based on Mozilla’s XUL user interface language. It’s free and currently in alpha stage. Nevertheless, you can still use it to access your Google Calendar.
And we have one more reason to love our scientists, because they have created a pair of spectacles small enough for a housefly to wear!
Scientists using special laser technology have crafted a pair of mini-spectacles (2 mm) and placed them on the head of a housefly.
China is a wonderful country where everything can just happen without a reason (well, apparently they do have a reason, read on). In order to protect its fixed telephone line business, the Chinese government has imposed a ban on free Internet telephone services for at least two years, the Financial Times reports.
LG has recently unveiled their new ‘biscuit cellphone’ at CeBit 2006. The new slim and sleeky KG320 looks very much like the classic NEC i-mode phone N353i, and it is only 9mm thick. Continue reading ‘LG KG320′
Are you a user of Skype or Voipbuster that lets you call from your computers? If you happen to be one, do you use their “premium service” that lets you buy credits to call to regular phones? If you do, chances are you did not know that the credit you purchased would one day expire. Continue reading ‘Skype and Voipbuster credits: going, going, gone!’
Are you a user of Skype or Voipbuster that lets you call from your computers? If you happen to be one, do you use their “premium service” that lets you buy credits to call to regular phones? If you do, chances are you did not know that the credit you purchased would one day expire.
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