Another HD video! Just got the Samsung WB500 for review at Tech65, so I decided to do a test HD video with it. So far, the camera has proven itself to be very powerful, more than I actually know how to take advantage of! Will be testing it out for the next two weeks, so email me at daniel at tech65 dot org if you want me to find out something regarding the camera.
Watch out for it to appear on Gear65!
More videos! This time, I found WiiSaber, this fun application that runs on any mac with a bluetooth, and connects to your Wii Remote, producing lightsaber sounds just like the Lightsaber Unleashed app for the iPhone. I’m still looking for one that makes the sound come out of the remote’s speakers though. If you know one, let me know!
P.S. This is the second HD video I’ve uploaded onto YouTube in 24 hours, and I realised that the HD version isn’t available this time. I’m not sure if it’s because there’s a limit to how much HD videos you can upload, or if it’s still processing the HD version.
Updated: The HD version was still processing after all. Check out the HD version above!
After almost a year, I’m finally wearing my watch again (thanks to a broken strap and too busy to send it for repair), so I decided to make a Gear65-esque video about this cool watch. I know, it’s not as cool as that LG watch phone we talked about on Episode 103 of 65bits, but it’s cool enough for me!
Oh, by the way, the HD version can be found on the youtube page!
My dad and I upgraded his MacBook’s RAM from 2GB to 4GB last night, so I took the opportunity to play with my HD camera again. Oh, and sorry about the shakiness. This was completely ad-hoc, and the mini-tripod wasn’t suitable for this kinda recording, but I had turned the motion stabiliser off before recording, thinking that I’ll be relying on it (The shaking was me trying to adjust/remove the tripod).
Otherwise, hopefully you can see what HD video is like from the Sanyo Xacti HD1000, at 720p, 30fps.
Upgrading MacBook (Aluminium) RAM from Daniel Tsou on Vimeo.
P.S. This video is available in HD!
Got this really awesome card from Hei Man today at Tech65’s 100th episode event at Geek Terminal. She actually made it all by herself! According to her, she learnt how to do from this website. Thanks Hei Man, I really liked it.
I had an awesome time yesterday at our event and everything went better than I expected it to be (apart from the small technical hiccup at the start of the recording).
That wasn’t the only gift I got today though…
Our new name cards are finally here! And I’m gonna take this opportunity to show them off to you, and as a reader of my blog, share with you a secret feature of our name cards too!
So don’t forget to collect them all! Get the whole crew’s cards and frame them up!! 
P.S.: Thanks to Claudia, Rinaz and Ryu for recommending TommyPrint to us!
So Intel sent me their Core i7 rig to play with, and I decided to share with you guys my unpacking experience!
The specs for the rig:
UPDATE: Just found out that it’s not using a 80GB HDD but an 80GB Intel SSD!!!
I know Intel said they’ll send me a machine, but I wasn’t expecting this…
I mean, look at the size of that box! And a 22″ Wide Screen display?? Woah… My desk is once again full of gear…
Anyway, Intel sent me this gear for me to test out the new Intel Core i7 chip, and I will be using it to render videos with Adobe CS4 to really put this machine to the test, which, frankly, I have no doubt it will perform. Stay tuned for more on Tech65.org!
In the meantime, I’m gonna crash in bed before Interesthink3 tonight, and after 5 days of awesome serving at the I Dare You and Encounter Jesus camp for DARE.
Taking the opportunity to test out some photo tools: Mbedr, an embedded flickr service, and Phlook.com, a local start-up for photo hosting etc. So I took a picture of all the gear I’m using now (they’re not all mine, most of them are review units, office laptop etc…)
Photo hosted on Phlook.com
So I decided to start this thing where I find and show off some really old (so old that it’s cool) gear lying around my house, and awe in wonder of how the people of the past survived with these things…
And to start off, I’m gonna show off some hard drives.
So what’s some of the old gear you can find at your home?