Archive for the Technology Category

Chinese-Canadian Youth Achievement Awards (My thoughts about the Nikon D700). - Posted January 11, 2010

First and foremost, congratulations to George, Stephy, Angela, and Danny for winning awards in the respective categories of music, fine arts, and leadership, and a great saxophone performance by George! Below are some of the highlights of the ceremony. Now, let’s get down to business and assess how the D700 did and how it compares [...]


Nikon D700 – The 1st Contender - Posted January 9, 2010

I’ve decided to send back the Sony a900 to rethink my position, and went out this morning to buy a Nikon D700 to be the 1st test subject. While the a900 offers everything that I value, I can’t help but be a critic of Sony in their DSLR development. With 6 recent DSLR releases in [...]


Sony Alpha a900 Arrives - Posted December 17, 2009

When you pick it up, it feels well conformed to your hand and extremely solid due to its full magnesium alloy chassis. Its build quality is simply amazing. It feels like a serious industrial tool and looks like one. Sony’s philosophy is one that I like: Make the essentials outstanding, and take out the optional bloat. The build quality [...]


OS Upgrade for the Workhorse - Posted June 24, 2009

It’s night, and its 30 degrees. Smokin’ hot. Anyhow, for the past few days, I’ve been trying to install Adobe Master Collection CS4. On my 64 bit machine, it installed just fine. On my laptop, the installation crashes halfway, everytime. I even tried to install the applications one by one to no avail. Using home [...]