On my watch list!

What's the time? It's time for a new watch!! He he he.

Most women are shoes and bags addicts. Cosmetics and perfumeries, too. I'm not. It's watches that I like. It's my dream to one day attend any of the two most important watch fairs in the world, the Baselworld and The Salon International de la Haute Horlegerie in Switzerland, the bastion of timepieces.

My three-year old Philip Stein kept me satisfied enough not to want another one until I flipped through an old catalog and found this:

Ain't it pretty? :)

This Georg Jensen Vivianna large open bangle steel watch is making me drool at the moment. Aside from it's sheer elegance and sexiness, it makes me drool because my jaw dropped when I saw the price online. It costs Euro1180.00 (exclusive of VAT).

The face of the watch is a mirror and features sapphire crystals. Is that why it's so expensive? It was designed in 1969. Is timeless design expensive? Watches priced like this really makes you realize that time is precious. As in Georg Jensen precious.

HP unveils world's smallest color laser printer

HP today announced here in Singapore many printing firsts, one of which is the world's smallest color laser printer, the CP1025nw. It's also one of the world's most energy-efficient color laser printers that is ePrint enabled.

I'll post more details after our conference.

What I want for Christmas...

Today is October 7, still quite early to make a Christmas wish list but not a bad idea to get started now. Anyway, I can always use the edit button to change or add what's on my list which will have the following:

1. A simple smartphone if ever there is one. I don't care for smartphones that are overloaded with stuff I don't need or promise to do a lot of things except feed my cats.

2. An online security camera that is small and easy to maintain. I still wish I could have the BrickHouse Security 017-CAM4-USB.


3. An electronic scooter that will do the balancing and driving for me :)

4. A calf massager. This is a necessity.

5. A DSLR that doesn't intimidate.

6. New good DS and Wii game titles like Just Dance 2 because the old ones are less fun to play now.

7. A mechanical ball thrower for my dog. The one in photo is the GoDogGo automatic tennis ball launcher and fetch machine that costs $119.99. My dog could use this on days when I'm not available to play with her.



8. A toy aquarium for my cats because they need entertainment, too.

9. A huge 3D LED TV, why not?!!!

10. A really fast and no downtime broadband service.

11. An intelligent car that can help me park, can detect the status of my tires, etc. without me having to look because I usually don't know what I should be looking for.

Okay, I think I can't go on any further because it gets unrealistic as I add more items. If only money grows on Christmas trees, then I can have all these even before the holidays roll around.

Google Adsense Account Disabled

I hit a speed bump in my blogging because Google disabled my Adsense account. Although it's not the main reason why I am blogging, I won't deny that I love seeing some ads in my site as it make the page appear busier and active. I was religiously blogging and happily watching "My Stats" that told me I was being read in many parts of the world already. But that was true only until the day Google decided I was a cheat and therefore they should confiscate my meager $25 earnings.

I was so disheartened and appealed my case but Google said: "After reviewing our records, we've determined that your AdSense account poses a risk of generating invalid activity. Because we have a responsibility to protect our AdWords advertisers from inflated costs due to invalid activity, we've found it necessary to disable your AdSense account. Your outstanding balance and Google's share of the revenue will both be fully refunded back to the affected advertisers."

That really sucks and I really felt like I was being crushed by a giant. But no amount of despairing would help and I miss blogging, so, with some reluctance I type this piece to hopefully get me back in the saddle, even without Adsense around.

Mouse pad or Cat pad?

Here's my small collection of mouse pads with cat prints. The Hello Kitty is the oldest, bought from a store in the so-called IT alley in Taipei. The other two were gifts that probably came from abroad, too. I hardly use a mouse pad now, but I keep these fine proofs that show how cats invaded the mouse's pad. :)

Epson EB-450Wi projector

The first time I had to use a projector was in college, and the last time was during one of my graduate classes. Projectors, for me, are one of those appliances I didn't personally want to own because they were pretty much one-trick pony. They project images, that's it...but that was before.

Today, projectors are projecting a better image in more ways than one. Aside from shedding off some pounds by not being too heavy and clunky, projectors are also trying to get into the multimedia, high-definition and even 3D space.

I'm very skeptical when it comes to media events that showcase projectors. I really drag my feet to these events thinking the technology I'll see will be downright flat (read: boring). Epson, however, recently put something in front of me that made me interested. The company's EB-450Wi is an innovative projector that turns any standard whiteboard or smooth, flat surface into an interactive presentation area.

The EB-450Wi comes with its own mechanism so it can be installed overhead and from there beam images onto the flat wall. Presentors will appreciate that having a projector overhead eliminates the nuisance of getting them blinded by the projector's light. The EB-450Wi comes with a digital infrared pen so users can electronically write over their presentations and manipulate on-screen objects as if they are using a chalk or a computer mouse. The changes in the presentations as a result of that digital pen doodling could even be saved as jpeg files onto the computer where it's connected to. Of course, this projector could also be very well used for projecting movies and computer games.

Okay, I don't think these new features are so revolutionary but I'm happy that projectors get to dust off their old image somehow. So, bravo projector, you are no longer just a simple source of light. Yeah, that's how lowly I used to regard projectors. But Epson proved there's more to projectors now to justify its continued use in classrooms and boardrooms, at least for now.

Acer Liquid E Ferrari Smartphone

Want a thoroughbred with a standby power of up to 400 hours or a running power good for five hours?

I’m not talking about an actual purebred horse but a smartphone that distinctively sports on the back the famous Scuderia Ferrari Shield with the Prancing Horse logo. Acer’s partnership with Ferrari again bore another fruit: the Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition smartphone.

First unveiled at the last Computex 2010 in Taiwan, the Acer Liquid E Ferrari smartphone is hard to miss with Ferrari’s corporate glossy red color. It’s Acer’s first Android-based smartphone that supports 3G HSDPA and features full capacitive 3.5-inch touchscreen with high pixel count.

The Acer Liquid E Ferrari smartphone runs on the powerful Snapdragon mobile processor and Android 2.1 operating system. It offers a 512MB internal memory that can be expanded to 32GB with an optional microSD. It has a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, geo-tagging and accelerometer so photos can automatically rotate how the screen is positioned.

As to be expected, it covers all the bases for connectivity with WiFi, Bluetooth and A-GPS support. It also comes with a Ferrari-branded Bluetooth headset to boot.

Being a special edition, Acer and Ferrari filled it with Formula 1 themed content from ringtones, screensavers, wallpapers, and other widgets.

At 115mm x 64mm x 12.75mm (HxWxD), the unit weighs 135g. And it’s very red so it can’t be mistaken it’s by the famous Italian brand.