Went to terrific party but was a great reminder of how much i like learning new languages. It is Tết in vietnam and i should at least learn to count and say Happy New Year.
Btw for geeks, wikipedia says The name Tết Nguyên Đán is Sino-Vietnamese for Feast of the First Morning, derived from the Hán nôm characters 節元旦 or jie2 yuan3 dan4
Which means holiday of first day
chúc mừng năm mới means Happy new year.
And finally here is how to count…
Mot – One
Hai – Two
Ba – Three
Bon – Four
Nam – Five
Sau – Six
Bay – Seven
Tam – Eight
Chin – Nine
Muoi – Ten
Muoi mot – Eleven
Muoi hai – Twelve
Muoi ba – Thirteen
Muoi bon – Fourteen
Muoi nam – Fifteen
Muoi sau – Sixteen
Muoi bay – Seventeen
Muoi tam – Eighteen
Muoi chin – Nineteen
The latest news. Apple doesn’t like Google anymore. And for purchasing, here are things to know:
1. iPhone HD. The new version is happening, so if you can hold off purchases until mid 2010, then do it. It is rumored to support Verizon (hurray!) and have an HD Camera.
2. The new MacBooks are coming. Again, if you can wait, you should. The rumor is the new Intel chips are going to be very, very fast.
3. We won’t see Flash anytime soon on the iPhone or iPad. So better hope HTML5.0 takes off. That is sad. Nor will we see Blu-Ray either.
4. The iPad is very strategic. But we knew that!
Steve Jobs held a town hall meeting with Apple employees late last week following the iPad launch. Wired reports on what was said at the meeting by Steve Jobs. Two of the biggest topics included Google and Adobe.
On Google, Jobs confirms the much-reported competition between the two companies.
On Google: We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We wont let them, he says.
As for Adobe, Jobs said they are lazy and Jobs blames Adobe for a buggy implementation of Flash on the Mac as one of the reasons they won't support it.
Apple does not support Flash because it is so buggy, he says. Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not its because of Flash. No one will be using Flash, he says. The world is moving to HTML5.
Those are the main points covered by Wired's article. We had received a more detailed report of the Apple meeting, but hadn't been able to corroborate it until now. Many of the details of the Wired report were identical to our anonymous submission, so we believe it to be accurate. Some additional key points that we learned:
– Apple will deliver aggressive updates to iPhone that Android/Google won't be able to keep up with – iPad is up there with the iPhone and Mac as the most important products Jobs has been a part of – Regarding the Lala acquisition, Apple was interested in bringing those people into the iTunes team – Next iPhone coming is an A+ update – New Macs for 2010 are going to take Apple to the next level – Blu-Ray software is a mess, and Apple will wait until sales really start to take off before implementing it.
Well, there are many tools to do this and I haven’t kept up. Podworks is something that Ars Technica like which is just $8 for the Mac. iRip is the Windows product they like.
Omg Mactumors.com cover it, but I have to have one (probably three) of these things. With it, I’m not sure why I need a laptop anymore. Most of email readin gis reading and the virtual keyboard is a good solution. It is sooo cheap. Only $829 for a 64GB 9.5” display plus it has both 802.11n and 3G. And it is unlocked (good bye AT&T!).
It has a great email client and it has calendaring plus it is of course a great web browser too. It is a multitouch with a virtual keyboard. Wow!. 90 days to actually get it. And it is so cheap. The Wifi only 165GB version is just $500. Wow.
At today’s highly-anticipated media event, Apple announced the iPad tablet device, featuring a 9.7-inch, 1024×768 display and 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB capacities. Carrying a custom 1 GHz “Apple A4” chip, the iPad weighs in at 1.5 pounds and is .5-inch thin. The iPad will be priced at $499, $599, and $699 for the varying capacity models without 3G, and $626, $729, and $829 with 3G. Wi-Fi only models are scheduled to ship in 60 days, with 3G-capable model shipping in 90 days.
Models with 3G will be unlocked and will be able to use GSM micro SIMs. In the U.S., AT&T will offer two data plan options $14.99 for up to 250 MB per month and $29.99 per month for unlimited data. No contract is required for either option, and free access to AT&T’s Wi-Fi hot spots is included. Data packages for iPad users outside of the U.S. will by in place by June.
The early hands on reviews just rave about its speed and the screen especially by Engadget
It’s not light. It feels pretty weighty in your hand.
The screen is stunning, and it’s 1024×768. Feels just like a huge iPhone in your hands.
The speed of the CPU is something to be marveled at. It is blazingly fast from what we can tell. Webpages loaded up super fast, and scrolling was without a hiccup. Moving into and out of apps was a breeze. Everything flew.
There’s no multitasking at all. It’s a real disappointment. All this power and very little you can do with it at once. No multitasking means no streaming Pandora when you’re working in Pages… you can figure it out. It’s a real setback for this device.
The ebook implementation is about as close as you can get to reading without a stack of bound paper in your hand. The visual stuff really helps flesh out the experience. It may be just for show, but it counts here.
No camera. None, nada. Zip. No video conferencing here folks. Hell, it doesn’t have an SMS app!
It’s running iPhone OS 3.2.
The keyboard is good, not great. Not quite as responsive as it looked in the demos.
No Flash confirmed. So Hulu is out for you, folks!
An amazing place. Thanks to Guy for setting up. Nelson is at the top of the southern island.
Monaco Nelson is a cool hotel with cottages. Each room has a sitting room. On the water.
Strikeadventures.com is run by Zane. An incredible guide. What they call small here is truly amaZing. Next year have got to tak a helicopter and look for the 8kg wild town trout in the mountains.
Hopgoods is owned by a local. Really great. As is Boutereys.
PSP Analog Stick Replacement. I’m not even sure what to call these, but these are the little tops on the original PSP. $5 from Gamestop or online.
Model rockets. Cool new passion. Fun to get a kit from Estes, but lots to learn from Hobbyspace.com where you can get model rockets with less than D rockets, but if you a grown up you can build high performance rockets that go thousands of feet into the air.
This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a streetvirtual studio all around the world. It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician called Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley’s base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz’s added some metal percussion to it.
And from there, it just gets rock ‘n’ rolling bananas: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals that were assembled in the final version you are seeing in this video. All done with a simple laptop and some microphones.
The order is defined in United’s contract of carriage.
* First class: F, P, A
* Business class: C, D, Z
* Coach class: Y, B, M, E, U, H, Q, V, W, S, T, K, L, G
* A = Discounted Fare First Class. Round The World First is booked in this class.
* B = Almost Full Fare Economy with minimal restrictions – also used Star * RTW
* C = Full Fare Unrestricted Business Class
* D = Discounted Fare Business – used also on all “Business” Class Star RTW fares
* E = ‘Ted’ and some low web/discount fares from early 2005. Now officially elevated to above H class!
* F = Full Fare Unrestricted First Class
* G = Travel Industry Economy Class fares
* H = Higher level Economy Class with few restrictions. Some “RTW” coach is H
* I = Business Class Upgrade class from Economy (Better known as ‘NC’ class)
* K = Seasonal Economy Promotional Fares/Reduced Fare Gov’t contract etc
* L = Discount Fare Economy with a lot of restrictions
* M = Almost Full Fare Economy with few restrictions
* N = Economy Class AWARD TICKET (Better known as ‘XY’ class)
* O = Business Class AWARD TICKET (Better known as ‘XC’ class)
* P = Premium USA Transcon First Class on 3 classers
* Q = Discount Economy with moderate restrictions. (Bereavement tix are in Q)
* R = First Class AWARD TICKET (Better known as ‘XF’ class)
* S = Real Lowball coach with lot of restrictions. Reports that some are not mile earning ex UK/Brazil etc.
* T = Heavy discount Fare Economy – often with a lot of restrictions
* U = Showed up Nov/03 as booking class for “TED” also in mid 2005 a high level mainline class!
* V = Discount Fare Economy often with a lot of restrictions
* W = Discount Fare Economy often with many restrictions
* X = First Class UPGRADE AWARD from paid Business* (Better known as ‘NF’)
* Y = Full Fare unrestricted Economy class
* Z = Heavily discounted Business Class – generally NOT “legally” upgradeable.
( * = Applies to THREE class equipment. In TWO class equipment, upgrading from coach to First is also in “NF” class. Two class aircraft [at present!] only run on North American routes. “Two class upgrades” are officially not allowed for paying pax – i.e. nothing one can do – whether with miles, and/or coupons of any kind will “officially” take you from paid coach to First on a THREE class aircraft.)
[edit] By pecking order
