The Court Jester...

Latest breaking news... Heath Ledger is dead.
Just saw this link on Yahoo! front page: Heath Ledger dies
and my react was: What da...??!
He, dead at age 28, had starred in well-received movies such as The Patriot, Monster's Ball and the infamous Brokeback Mountain. The next big project that he had completed was as the role of The Joker in the forthcoming The Dark Knight!
Let us remember him as a patriot, a homosexual cowboy and a court jester gone wrong.

Heath Ledger as The Joker.

Newscaster Wen Ching, 2008.

Gates, Guitars and Buckethead.

This week is a time for technology and discovery!

Held this week was Apple's Macworld Conference & Expo. There's something in the Air. Let's see the best thing to come out from Macworld:

Steve Jobs with a suspicious-looking envelope.
What is inside?

Whoa! It's none other than...
The Macbook Air.

Let the pictures do the talking for
the world's thinnest notebook:

Wow... simply, wow... Look at the specifications while I pick my jaw up from the floor.

Component	Early 2008
Display	13.3" glossy LED-backlit LCD widescreen 6-bit display, 1280x800 pixel resolution
Graphics	Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor with 144 MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory
Storage	80-GB PATA hard drive 64-GB SSD optional
Processor	1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Merom, with 800 MHz FSB 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo optional
Memory	2GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM Soldered to the logicboard
Wireless Networking	Integrated AirPort Extreme supports 802.11a/b/g/draft n
Wired Ethernet	Optional USB Ethernet Adapter
Optical storage	Optional External USB SuperDrive
Camera	Built-in iSight
Battery	37 W-Hr Lithium-polymer battery 5 hours estimated run-time.
Physical Dimensions	22.7 cm D x 32.4 cm  W x 0.4~1.94 cm H 8.9 in. D x 12.74 in. W x 0.16~0.76 in. H 1.36 kg (3.0 lbs.)
Bluetooth	2.1+EDR built-in
Port connections	1x USB 2.0 1x Micro-DVI video port (adapters are included for VGA or DVI monitors up to 1920x1200 pixels) 1x Audio Out (3.5 mm stereo jack)
Audio	1x microphone 1x mono loudspeaker External speakers must be plugged in for stereo.
Keyboard	Backlit full-size keyboard with ambient light sensor
Trackpad	Supports multi-touch gestures
Base price	USD$1,799

Not too bad a price for such an astounding notebook.

While searching for the Steve Job's keynote at Macworld 2008, I chanced upon the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which was just held the week before. The highlight was watched Bill Gate's last keynote (retire from being full-time Microsoft employee). At the end of his keynote, he was challenged to a Guitar Hero game. His opponent brought on Kelly "TipperQueen" Law-Yone, a pro Guitar Hero gamer, while Mr. Gates brought on Slash from Velvet Revolver.

Searched around for how good is TipperQueen at Guitar Hero. She 5-starred Jordan on Expert Difficulty. Jordan, a special version of the song by Buckethead, is considered one of the most difficult songs ever in the Guitar Hero series. When I searched on YouTube for Jordan, found out that a player nicknamed HellAshes 100% FC'ed (FC = Full Combo) it twice, 2nd time with score more than 500K. Check out his video of it.





Now watch the creator of the song, Buckethead perform the original version live. He's got insane skillz.


Enjoy the pix, the vids and the song.


Gadgetmeister Wen Ching, 2008.

Hardly recognized...

Michael Bublé - Lost

"...'Cause you are not alone
And I am there with you
And we'll get lost together
Till the light comes pouring through
'Cause when you feel like you're done
And the darkness has won
Babe, you're not lost
When the world's crashing down
And you cannot bear to crawl
I said, baby, you're not lost..."

Maestro Wen Ching, 2008.

King of the Mountain, R.I.P.

Thus a sad moment in history... Sir Edmund P. Hillary, who was the first to scale Mount Everest, has died. He was 88.
Let us remember him for being atop of the world on the world's tallest peak and living to a ripe old age to tell the tale of being there 1st. *Besides probably the Nepalese of course.*

Sir Edmund P. Hillary of New Zealand (left) and Sardar Tenzing Norgay of Nepal (right), show the kit they wore when conquering the world's highest peak.

Newscaster Wen Ching, 2008.

Plant a Tree 2day!

With the response from the public, Innocent Drinks have planted a whopping 164,020 trees!

This is my contribution:

Newscaster Wen Ching, 2008.

The Year Is Now 2K8.

While writing a comment on a friend's blog post, I decided I'll post it up over here too:

With an 8 in its name, 2008 is a time to prosper.
*Chinese thinking.*

With an 8 in its name, 2008 is a time to have infinite happiness.
*I just randomly thought of it, since 8 is the infinity sign standing on its side.*

With an 8 in its name, 2008 is a time to be full with enough to eat.
*Cos 8 sounds like ate.*

With 2008, be prosperous, be happy and don't skimp on food!

Have a wonderful year ahead.

Cheers and good luck.


BlogMaster Wen Ching, 2008. (It's still 2007 where I am tho. :p)