Yawn… I’m busy or lazy… oh thats rhyme. Well it seems like the way of the internet is going full motion, I mean video. All new request has been to stream or embed video in online web sites. And let me tell, Sorenson kicks ass ;)

Flinders Street Station
Originally uploaded by haobam

My picture of the historic Flinders Street Station, Melbourne is featured on Lets Take Pictures, you can view the same under Misc.

This was shot using my tripod, I took quite a number of shot from the pavement, some shaky due to people bumping into me. Straight from the camera, not photoshopped ;)

You can view my photo collections on
http//www.haobam.com/photo/

Seems like Mr Gates cooking up some interesting stuff for all those Microsoft bashers. After Surface, check out Photosynth.

Photosynth takes a large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed three-dimensional space. So who knows my Opera House Sydney photos on Flickr might be the next ;)

Its quite an experience when I tried it. But a higher system configuration recommended.

Jaw dropping demo by Blaise Aquera, architect Seadragon MS Live Labs,
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129

Experience Photosynth online
http://labs.live.com/photosynth/

Last August 2006, Jeff Han unveiled multi-touch interface.
I’m not sure if Bill Gates bought the same technology, but the future is definitely NOW :))

Microsoft Surface

Now the best part is, if I’m going out for a drink with a bunch of friends on a weekend. It’ll be lot more easier to split the bill (check video in “Possibilities”).

I got my first movie as a action hero.
Quite an innovative way to market a broadband service.

Compare the photo I uploaded and the computer generated one :)

Astalavista Baby ;)

Everybody uses Google to search to photo storage to email to chat … the list expanding everyday.

No idea if its just another conspiracy theory. Interesting stuff, worth a look.
http://masterplanthemovie.com/

Found this cool image on the happening acquisition of Hutch by Vodafone

Mozilla announces the release of the Firefox 3 codenamed Gran Paradiso. This in no way represents a finished product.

There are still major issues. I haven’t had any stability problems, but there are bad memory leaks. Gran Paradiso, as Firefox 3 is code named, launches using about 33mb of RAM; after ten minutes of browsing that number jumped to 100mb and after a couple of hours it was close to 400mb — and that’s with no extensions installed.

Gran Paradiso Alpha 2 is being made available for testing purposes only, and is intended for web application developers and testing community. Please use at your own discretion.

Victoria Memorial
Originally uploaded by haobam.

This is a little experiment with HDRI (High dynamic range imaging) achieved using Photoshop. I’d used this old picture of Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India, which I shot with a Nikon analog SLR on a visit to the wonderful city.

I’ve simulated multi-exposure shot through duplicating the same image, treating with different levels to suit the various areas. The shot originally shot on very low light, I haven’t concentrated much on the trees, in the foreground.

Every person, at some point of a time, as a kid, dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Well I ended being a Web designer is another story ;)

Some people like Anousheh travel to space to realize that dream. I followed every entry of her space blog while she was up in space. But then she, reportedly, paid huge amount to book her seat.

Now the good news even lesser mortal, who can shell out a cool $200,000, will be able to experience space, with the new Virgin Galactic – THE FUTURE IS NOW: Booking Open.

And if you heard renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking is planning a ride to space, the news might just be true.

As for me I’d to wait till the next celestial rendezvous and hit a jackpot. Wish me luck. And after all, a 2 hr trip is not my liking. Yuk! the grape is definitely sour today ;)