iPhone ringtone for free?

Yes you heard it right, I said iPhone ringtone for free.  Ya, how free? Trial version of ringtone making software? 


Nah.. totally free.. except your MP3.  Oh, i don't care if you paid for them or not.. haha..


Introducing... iRinger!  Download at their website and you're ready to go!


Import, drag the sound wave to select which 30 secs segment you desire, optional fade in and out, export to itunes, sync... oh yeah!

Men's Ideal Remote

Yes, I want one!

Malaysia Boleh

1Malaysia.. Malaysia Boleh..

And then.......

http://www.malaysiakini.com/

Interesting.......

Barcode Day!

This is so nice...  Google commemorates Barcode invention day!!  Very clean interface.. maybe Google should just change their logo to barcode.. haha..

iPhone 3GS after 5 days

I'm almost a convert.. iPhone convert to be exact. Minus the synchronizing pain and keyboard pain... it's almost perfect. I've discovered many goods and bads of them, but the goods have made me a quite satisfied iPhoner..


I didn't buy this phone but i "traded" with my girlfriend. I owe her one.. but.. i think it's worth it..


Ok, I shall share some tips I discovered throughout the last few days of fiddling with Alex. Yes, you didn't see wrongly, I call him Alex.


1st, what's iPhone without a data plan to play with?! I'm still on M1, but I added the data bundle to basic plan. For less then 20 bucks, I get 1GB of data per month. I didn't know that data plan add-ons these days are pretty affordable. Starhub and M1 both have 1GB data plan add-ons for under $20! Wee..... And the good thing is, they allow you to track your usage on their website. Of course, you can view the usage on the the phone, but please take note that you have to add both upload and download data size, or else if you're not on 1 GB plan... beware!! ;)


2ndly, battery life. Sad to say, good to know - battery life isn't so good. Turn off wi-fi and bluetooth when you dont need it. Yes I hear the moan and groan... so many steps to turn it on or off. Well.. up to you then.. As for notifications (Settings > Notifications), turn off those you don't need. It consumes power to push these notifications to you. Ummm.. what else?.. Ah.. of course you should lower the screen brightness.. There's one thing I didn't understand. One website says turn off your EQ in iPod. I use "Treble Booster", and I'm not gonna sacrifice my sound quality for battery power...

3rdly, calendar! Wonderful.. I love it so much. Google and iPhone are the best buddies on earth man... I have 3 calendars on iPhone calendar and they are getting along well... I manually sync MS Exchange calendar, over-the-air sync 2 google cals through CalDav. Microsoft, Google and Apple... is it a party or what?! Ok, so what's CalDav? Why can't I subscribe to iCal? Sure you can, but I just learned that no write is allowed, only read. Correct me if I'm wrong. And so, i added 2 accounts. Adding primary calendar was smooth-going.. but not the secondary cal. No worries.. Robert to the rescue.. Don't bother typing in the long URL, email yourself, cut and paste.  Oh ya, setting up email is a breeze when you access it through iPhone's "Mail", and not browser.  For my MS exchange, i use iTunes... taadaa.. 3 cals on iPhone!  All on the same interface.. cool cool

4th, synchronizing is a pain in the a**.  Uh, not exactly.. it's rather the NEED to sync is a pain.. No more using my phone as a harddisk, copying and pasting as I wish..  At least I haven't figured out how.. So i need to be careful with iTunes and how I configure the sync settings.. Or else.. poof.. there goes your mp3s.. or photos.. I had an incident, but it's only a photo which I already have on my computer...  well well.. we learn from mistake don't we?  And the country-specific store is also not so friendly.  The podcasts I subscribe to only caters to US market, so I have 2 choices, register as SG user or US user.  Duh.. haha.. Of course you need to figure out how to "partially" register as US user.  Here comes another problem:  I can't sync my apps if I use US store on my computer because my apps were downloaded using the phone with a local account.  If only I have a US credit card.  In order to sync my apps, i need to authorize my iTunes using the local account.  All these can be avoided if you avoid synchronizing your apps of course.. haha..  All in all... you'll get the hang of it, or be hanged!!  Here's one apps that may be helpfu if you take SBS buses a lot.  It didnt work very well for non-SBS, and some SBS.. but you can see how long more the next bus arrives, search for specific bus number, view the route.. and don't worry it comes with "nearby" to detect the nearby bus stops..

5th, import photos using Picasa..  How?  Just connect your iPhone via USB to your computer (I'm running windows XP.. so what?!).. Close the pop-up after it detects the device, then you open Picasa and click on import.. there you go!  Havent tried other image programs, but picasa from google, is iphone's good friend, and mine too ;)


6th.. Apple Protect.. protect protect.. i hope it'll pay off.. this is another year of warranty.. I hope it'll pay off when the battery becomes cranky in future.. Or the top button stop working.. it's very hard to press it.. needs too much strength.. yes I'm weak.. hehe


7th... this is new!!  I just configured it and tested it.. it works!!  Max MMS size can be set by you so that you don't send 1MB photo as MMS to your friends.. not nice to your friend and you if your purpose is just to share something on the small screen.. agree??  Think it's by byte.. I entered 400000... and the photo i sent was 256KB after I transferred it to computer to view.. resolution? 1024 by 768 I think..  If i'm gonna do photo blogging.. this may come in handy.. now I need to figure out how to resize for email... oh ya.. in case you're M1 or Starhub.. here's how to setup MMS.. scroll down.. forget about the IPCC thingie.. start from "For Starhub users, key in the following settings:"

8th.... Huat ah!!  Nothing I can think of now.. will update in future once i feel like it... for now.. I come.. I see.. I use.. iPhoned... ;)

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Another kind of Getai

Another kind of Getai to sing.. praises of themselves..

How about the "Stop at 2" posters that led to our problems now?

Once again patting their own back.

Alway our fault and the weak global economy if something goes wrong.

Definitely their efforts and wonderful policies if something good happens.

*yawns..*

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1002727/1/.html

Singapore celebrates 50 years of self-governance in poster exhibition

By Cheryl Lim, Channel News Asia | Posted: 03 September 2009 2203 hrs

SINGAPORE : From encouraging birth rates to saving water - there has been a poster for every public message.

And now Singaporeans can relive some of the more memorable campaigns at a new exhibition.

The exhibition, organised by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), charts the Singapore story using the country's most memorable public campaign posters, bringing visitors on a visual journey through the last 50 years of self-governance.

The posters are divided into four different sections: introduction, public health, water and security.

Visitors have until October 15 to catch the exhibition at the National Library. - CNA /ls

The bizarre behaviours of Singaporeans

http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2009/08/bizarre-behaviour-of-singaporeans.html

This is so true.. You must read it!!

Bruce Lee's lightning fast

Oh ya, the real action starts after 2minutes when they go into details all his moves executed in less than 2 seconds.. impressive...

Wanted: IT Business Visionaries

"It's no longer enough for IT administrators to know their way around the data center. The true measure of success is the ability to view the company as a whole and wield technology to strategic business advantage." Read More

We've always knew this, but seriously, how many of such people can we find? I mean fresh grads at least.

The business grads thinks that the Info Syst Mgmt course-mates are the one who can fix the projector when it doesn't work. You think they really understand IT in business? Or rather, the business needs that drive IT innovation? All the creativity is driven by business needs but the biz-mates think that we only punch away on our keyboards the whole day to do programming, or fix the projector when we share a seminar room.

And back in Info Syst building, you find some people who freak out when they realize they have to do programming! Ok, so the world is fair after all... plus our school isn't really for producing IT-oriented geeks, but as the SIS website puts it, "The BSc (IS Management) Programme is shaped by industry and academic leaders who understand the forces of global change and the essential skills needed to leverage Information Technology in business settings"

Well well... it's true that we need people who can think IT in business-sense.. it's happening.. slowly but surely... :)