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And k.l, in a stroke of genius, did this.

Gary :: Dec.21.2007 :: 1337, General, Photography :: No Comments »

the night market man 2

A vendor tends his stall at the Marina Beach, Chennai - The second longest beach in the world.

Am very happy at how this turned out.

Gary :: Dec.19.2007 :: A thousand words, General, Photography, travel, w00t! :: 6 Comments »

meet Carmack.

This is Carmack. (Yes, named after a certain John - I’m geeky that way.)

He’s a quiet, unassuming chap powered by 4 cores running at 2.4GHz each. Soon I’ll feed him and make him healthy and get him to run at 3.0GHz each.

Damage:

• Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz each + Asus P5N-E SLI Mobo - $621
• 2 x 1 GB PC6400 Kingston HyperX CL4 - 2 x 80 = $160
• 2 x WD 250 GB HDD (7200rpm) - 2 x 109 = $218
• 2 x XFX 8800GT XXX 512 MB (o/c at 670MHz) - 2 x 449 = $960 (inc GST)
• CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 750W - $229
• Asus Silent Knight II pure copper cooler - $95
• Antec Nine Hundred casing with insane number of fans - $215
• MS Windows Vista Home Premium - $169

Gary :: Dec.04.2007 :: 1337, A thousand words, All the news that's fit to print, General, Tech, w00t! :: 4 Comments »

flamingo flamenco

Two flamingos get it on at the Singapore Zoo.

Taken in sunlight, without a flash. Minimal post work was needed for this: By metering off their faces, the shadowed background was driven naturally to near black.

On hindsight, I should have metered off the back feathers to avoid those blown highlights. Damn.

Gary :: Dec.03.2007 :: Photography :: No Comments »