On the left, is the earphone, then the Ipod Shuffle, and the USB charger ala data transfer cable. I am particular amazed with Apple's engineering, having able to embed USB data cable onto a 3.5mm jack.

It also features a reflective clip. On the player, there's nothing that a user can fiddle with but a tab that switches between OFF, shuffle and repeat mode. Self explanatory via the icons.

The volume control is positioned along the earphone which allows ease of access. The unique part of this device is that by holding the middle button, it would read out the title of the song being played. I was really amazed with the accuration of the pronouncation. Being a unique product, seems like Apple has adopted a diffrentiation strategy eh. In terms of Bowman strategy clock, I guess it's strategy clock number 4 for differentiation strategy. (Sorry, been studying alot of P3 - Business Analaysis recently

The sound quality is also up to expectation.

Along with other package contents is an Apple logo sticker. I proudly sticked that to my PC Casing. I guess I'm halfway becoming an iFag.

In the real world out there, there are much better use of the Nintendo Wii, thanks to the accelerometer sensors in the device.

1) Ultimate Wiimote Control Hack - Using Wii to control 2 robotic claws.

2) Controlling a RoboSapien

3) Now the latest of all - to help treat patient who has just recovered from strock. Apparently the Wii Board which sells for a mere USD100 works as good as the balancing board used in hospitals. The only difference is the latter comes with a price tag of a whooping $18,000 USD.

Now this is really a breakthrough in the medical industry. Smaller clinics can afford them, and so are those elderly patients who can recuperate from the comfort of their home. So says who gaming is bad for health?

Source : Gizmodo

So anyhow, I have been using the Gainward card for close to 2 years when the card decided to end its life. I went back to the distirbutor and met up with Charles, the GM of Netraid who was later absorbed into the current distributor. He offered me a one to one exchange to the same new card which delighted me. I accepted the offer and happily plugged the card into my PC upon reaching home. Just within hours of using the card not even stressing it with any games, the card died again! Barely 5 hours it died with the same problem.

Then my worst fear came, could it be that my Power Supply Unit have become faulty and ended up killing both the graphics card? I took my entire PC to the distributor the next day and my Power Supply Unit was put through a rigorous tests and it was concluded that the PSU was perfectly alright. This time, the distributor could not offer me any more replacement cards as the last one died in my hand. So instead, I was offered an upgrade to a brand new PowerColor ATI HD4770. I took up the offer as I could not afford being unable to use my PC as I have a thesis to work upon.

So here's how the previous card looked like in my PC

The old Gainawrd 9600GT Golden Sample in the rig

Now fitted with ATI HD4770. I am totally unused to the new 'simpler' yet powerful card. Compared to my previous card, this one has lesser RAM, smaller heatsink, and lesser ports.

This time, I took it home, and after fitting it into my PC, the screen did not display anything! Apparently, my Samsung monitor is starting to die as well. Fortunately, I managed to get the card working - until today. Looks like a 23 inch widescreen upgrade is coming soon.

Back to the topic, I received my parcel few weeks ago but despite that , I didn't bother to fix it in my PC as I was busy preparing for my exam. Now that exam has ended, the RAM sits perfectly in my PC, giving me an additional 2GB of RAM.

Two T-shirts and a pair of RAM. Now I have 4 TechARP T-shirts as I got another 2 from winning the previous lucky draw contest.

There's the pair of OCZ RAM, each coated individually which means every stick of RAM is unique.

Installed those RAM into my PC.

Guess this is the only Christmas present I got this year

Images of the new decoder, have been posted on the Internet, and it seems like they are not available to new customers.

If you notice, this decoder has a USB port as well. Apparently this decoder is manufactured by Thomson and the USB port could have been incorporated into the design of the decoder, but will Astro be utilizing the USB port? The possibilities are unlimited, if the decoder were to decode the high compressed HD signals, it shouldn't have problem decoding any movie files downloaded from the Internet and plugged into decoder via an external storage.

Pictures taken from Miri Community.