Thursday, March 17, 2011

Moola :: light comedy film

Some light comedy reflects the corporate world and the "life-long" expectation. It has a light moral theme if you want to render it. Slow paced.


Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Merge of electronic + building

shared by davidthedesigner.com "Coming soon to a wall near you" on Feb 2011

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Snow Scissors

Found in one of the hair salon in the West Village. Scissors were tided together to form a snow flake shape. Amazing!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Podcast Management Options on Android

Being a little techie today. Here are my 1 day+ researches on the different types of podcast/feed managers for Android. Good Luck! There are plus and minus with all of them and my comments are based on how each program carters to my needs.
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Likes
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MyPOD (This is the one that I decided to download and tested for an extended period of time.)
http://www.my-pod.org/
*free with 6 feeds
*remote management from desktop and WIFI
*full version (£1.49)
*very few system permissions requirement: 2
*remote control from desktop, using default IP address. Interface is the same as appear on phone.
*still testing the FEED UPDATE options. It has the option update while plug-in or connected to the WIFI.
*dual player. 1/ Background Player 2/ Foreground Player. Great for multi-tasking and searches.

Subsonic
http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp
*open source
*donation by suggested amount (€10)
*ablilty to connect to your personal computer by WIFI; automatic WIFI/Lan/offline setting for sync./ transfer
*multi-task with background functions, such as, downloading and playing at the same time

Podbean
http://www.podbean.com/
Online Directory

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Dislikes
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MediaFly http://www.mediafly.com/DigitalLifestyle/Android
*too much input for channels search whether than as a PODCAST manager app
*cant learn much about the app, lack video walk-through

ACast http://acast.wordpress.com/about/
*interface is a bit complicated, info overload.
*required too many system permissions for the app
*inconsistent feedbacks/ comments

BeyondPod http://www.beyondpod.mobi/android/

*expensive for the price and beta version ($6.99 USD)
*negative feedbacks/coments on app
stability
*small buttons (not intended for my use while driving)

Car Cast http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-jadn-ccpro-jqxBp.aspx
* good big button
* very simple
* good price for $2.99
* automatically email acount download and sync. on smartphone-- would like to ask developer to implement permission request before automatic sync. BIG no for me!
* open source-- like the interface can be personalize under open source.

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MAYBEs
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GOOGLE LISTEN LABS http://listen.googlelabs.com/download.html
*it's google, again.
*convenience for linking, transferring and sync., but can't get over the fact that all data is stored by one company

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Directory for PODCASTS
mediafly.com
podnova.com
podbean.com
http://www.podcastingnews.com/tools/100_New_Podcasts.php

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Mushrooms Founds

Here are some mushrooms that were found along some hiking trails, along the top of the crater lakes, close to Bend, OR and the northern western coast of CA. I will soon identify them with some help.
Mushroom : at Pauline Crater
Mushroom : at Pauline Crater
Mushroom : Columbia Gouge
Mushroom : Columbia Gouge
Mushroom : Redwood

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Chicken of the Wood

"Chicken of the Wood" is the common name of Laetiporus, one of the edible mushroom. See the wiki references. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetiporus
My friend found the full bodies of the mushroom at a nearby lake. They waited until bright orange before foraging. We cooked in garlic and olive oil with a handful of sliced onion. The texture is amazingly unique, unlike any other mushrooms' textures. It really almost has a meat texture. yummy!
Chicken of the Wood