Microsoft Surface

amos showed this to me, heard of it some time back but din really checked it out. it’s very much like a super big tablet with enhanced functionality. not too sure about “child-proofness” though, but am quite sure yh juniors will love this Surface very much 😛

iPhone iphone

haven had the chance to get my hands on one of this, so in the meantime, this should suffice:
How the iPhone Works” from Howstuffworks 😛
some interesting things (i thot it was interesting):
– (the screen) can also detect multiple touch points simultaneously, which many existing touch-screens cannot do.
– (again abt the screen) the iPhone works only if you touch it with your fingertip — it won’t work if you use a stylus or wear non-conductive gloves.
– the front surface of the Apple iPhone has only one button — the Home button
– the shape of the screen changes when you need it to … shift the perspective from vertical to horizontal by tilting the phone (through) an accelerometer inside the iPhone …
– lacks 3G capability for high-speed data transfer

DVD-R or DVD+R, which is better?

was prompted this question 2 days ago and din really go to look for an answer for this aged old question. found this article reviewing the question from the technical specifications. the quality of the two is regardless of the media/manufacturer but the standards themselves.
read the full article “Why DVD+R(W) is superior to DVD-R(W)” writthen by Michael Spath yourself, and the reactions below the article were very insightful too!
or if you only want the conclusion: PLUS (+R) is superior to minus (-R) according to the article 🙂

Watermarking audio files?

was discussing with yilong whether to embed audio files for the bridge content or to make it available for download, then realised the latter will be ideal if audio files can be watermarked.
and a search in google turns out such software do exist! if you are not sure what is audio watermarking like me, check out this primer by eric metois.