Black Orange – Peter Du’s Blog

This commercial was released a while ago in Thailand, a story about a deaf girl, enjoy.

Note the loading speed of the video is relatively slow

Awesome project done, and I really really like it, for both its creativity and the message conveyed.

It has been really a long while since we have seen the first rumors of the upcoming HP UMPC 2133 (now HP Mini) first in February. The product has finally come to the light. Since the invention of OLPC and followed by that EEE PC vs. OLPC case, I was getting more and more interested in the UMPC world.

Deep in my heart, a ultra-portable tablet PC with extraordinary performance, like gaming, CAD design and long battery would be definitely a killer to me. However, due to the difficult of engineering such piece, I think, the dream of mine is still hanging there.

I have seen a few reviews from online, like jkOnTheRun, which contains a video review of a closer look at the device, as well as side by side comparison of two UMPCs, he has high praises for the device, declaring it the best UMPC he has seen so far, but I that’s just because he got the top-end version to review for free. The price tag on this device isn’t cheap at all. The current available model is priced at $600 USD ($888 SGD with GST) and the top version is $750 USD ($1111 SGD with GST). I hope they are not charging more for shipping and marketing in Singapore. Notebook Review has posted a balanced look on the device with more benchmarks. The major hurdle in the machine is the lack of a powerful processor, the VIA C7-M just doesn’t cut it in term of the raw processing speed.

Yet. I think the device has some really nice quality I am looking forward to, I am afraid that the keyboard is not going to be as nice as my MacBook Pro, but recalling my experience using all the tiny keyboards provided by Packard Bell as well as the EEE PC, I am just looking forward to try it out really soon and do a comparison.

I was once dreaming of carrying a laptop like carrying a book in my bag, and I think the dream is near.

PS: I might get hands on experience really soon. So watch out!

Update:

The device is only given to JK as a review item, not free gift, but again, since the price factor comparison is with high-end UMPC, there is nothing we could talk about here. I am going for the launch event tomorrow in Singapore for HP Mini. We’ll see then.

Peter is not a hardcore evolutionist believer, but he is a hardcore believer in art and design.

I watched a video clip of beach “animals”(10 mins) from TED. What astonished me was not only the simple material and mechanism which makes the beach animal with numerous tubes walk by itself, but the concept of creating a new type of life from scratch.

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Theo Jansen created the walking beach animal. To me, he is an artist, a scientist and an engineer, and much more than that. The genius idea inside his creation is not only stirring up an new phenomenon, the sensation and chill caused by it is more than what I people handle: we are seeing a new type of life form!

After watching the video, the question of creating life in this world has come into my mind again and again: are we creating something new that would ultimately destroy human race? Inspired by Raymond Kurzweil, Stanford university held the “Singularity Summit“. Perhaps there is more answers there.

v.s.

I wonder who is going to win

Along with
and more, these are all out of the swift hands of Edouard Martinet.

And you can find his gallery here.

Amazing handcraft, how I wish I can get one of those to give people as a special gift.

make,metal,ladybug,steel,iron

These stone sculptures are made to let people enjoy the arts, as well as to see the changes on sculpture over the time

[via Underwater Sculpture]

A-zone produces black notebooks. Notes are written with a silver/golden pen

[via me on flickr]

Who says size doesn’t matter?

Well, isn’t it cute?

The very moment

Fierce Dogs and Ouch!

Relax and Expand Your Vision

[via Speed Demon]

Well, being a designer myself, I always have an eye for wonderful photos and nice shots. These are mere a selection of what I encountered in the last few days. I believe great photos truly inspire people to innovate, to create and to imagine. And that’s the very reason I find the videos from TED are indeed eye-opening. If you want to be inspired by great minds around the global, that might be a start.