Archive for 2012
This is random, but my desktop is full. Time to do some housekeeping.
It can probably save your wrists. For that, I meant Trackballs.
I know some readers here are fellow photographers who, like me, tend to spend hours in front of the computers, pulling sliders. There are afew input tools that we generally use to get our job done. The most common ones being the mouse and the tablet. While the mouse has been my weapon of choice for the last decade, prolonged usage gave me an aching wrist. That usually meant that I have to stop work just to give it some time to relax. I have a Wacom tablet and it’s great, especially when used with Photoshop, the precision is unmatched. But it suffers the same problems as the mouse when it comes to extended use. Just imagine writing for 3 hours… kinda like writing an essay during an exam, maybe easier… but still a pain for folks like me.
While doing my regular geek rounds at Challenger, I saw this Logitech Trackball and was immediately drawn to it. Partly because I thought, “wow… people still sell this crap!”. I used to own a trackball some 15 years ago and I remembered I hardly used it because I had no idea how to control it. Being the typical online shopper, I googled “trackball reviews” right there and read a couple of positive reviews (with regards to using with Photoshop and Lightroom). So I made the 79 dollar purchase and it’s turning out to be one of my best buy this year (good fight between this and the Xootr).
Like what’s mentioned in the Logitech website, it has a rather small footprint (note: it’s NOT small, but unlike the mouse, you don’t need any real estate to move, saving space) and a really comfortable grip. It took me less than 10 mins to get used to it and within a day, I was using it like it was a mouse. Cleaning only involves popping the ball and removing whatever dirt that’s stuck in there. The simplicity of this device makes me think it will probably outlive the software driver support, if the wireless transmitter doesn’t fail.
That’s all for my geek minute 
Even though I’ve been documenting weddings for years, I have very little knowledge on diamonds and rings. I’m sure Mrs Chia (JP) must’ve seen her fair share too. It was still an eye opener.
Sometimes I think too much, somtimes, I just go with the flow. Sometimes, I just feel extremely hardworking. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that I changed the setup of my work space. Having a ‘new environment’ does wonders to the mind (me thinks). I spent an hour yesterday raising the height of my destop to about 34.5 inches. With my chair in maximum recline, I can now push half my body under the desk in beach chair tanning position:D The desk is also high enough for me to stand up to do my work when sitting gets too boring or the butt feels too hot. If I need a drink when I work, the bar stool fits in perfectly. In addition to that, my full tower PC now have more ‘breathing space’. The only small issue is I have to get used to the new keyboard position, which probably is going to take a couple of days. For now, I’m just loving this new setup.
Here’s a picture I really like while editing the current set of images.
Finally, I made it out of my 3 weeks ICT over National Day. I can’t wait for the next one and I’ll be done. Like, finished!:) I can’t exactly say ICT is bad. During the time in camp, I actually look forward to coming back to edit the images that were piling up by the weekends. The two days after ICT has been some of the most productive days in recent months. In that time, I finished my 100 episodes of Three Kingdoms (which I thought was freaking awesome).
Anyway, the weather’s been rather dry these days. Good time to plan my morning skates:)
After 9 long years, I’m finally counting down to just 1 more reservist. Not in a wordy mood today, so I’ll post some images. Tomorrow is team building day… they call it “cohesion” and we are going prawning (they should bring us Go Karting instead!).
Here are some images from Elbert and Marianne’s wedding. Scroll all the way down a link to the slideshow:)
This one always make me smile.
Just love the placement of the feathers.
The eye contact!
Click here to see the slideshow.
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as you know… how time consuming protecting the country can be.
brb!