Canon 580 EX Flash Gun

Err, mind if I let the pictures do the talking?






It's actually a calculated purchase. Together with the Canon 400D, I received a book of coupons on certain items if bought before the end of this year. Always trying to save money, I decided to get the Canon 580EX flashgun - the same one that Rosli Othman has.

I figured that as I do lots of indoors photography of the family, I "need" one of these, really.

During his recent visit, Rosli Othman managed to convince me to get the off shoe cord as well - which I did as part of a 50% offer from the online shop. Booyah!

Oh well, a lot of studying to do on flash techniques - next time we meet OK Rosli?

PS
Anyone interested to buy a Canon EFS 10-22mm wide angle lens? I have a £75 off voucher, bringing the price of the lens to around £280. Anyone interested just let me know, I'll let you have the voucher free of charge (although I would like the lens, I can't afford it .......... yet, but always happy to help another photo enthusiast).

Flash Game: Samorost 2

You guys HAVE to try this free web-based game: Samorost 2. It is simply AWESOME. Samorost 2 is a point and click adventure, where you solve puzzles to let the story move forward. It is clever, creative, beautiful and relatively short (so don't worry about spending hours upon hours addicted to the game DITH).

Samorost 2 has been nominated in 3 categories (Best Game, Best New Character and Best Visual Effects) in the GameShadow Innovation in Games Awards.

Link: Samorost 2
Other independent games worth check out: Link

Flash Game: Grow Cube

I am so sorry everyone, I'm still busy at least until tomorrow. The reason is, I have a presentation due tomorrow on "Ventricular Tachycardia". The past one week I have been gathering articles and over the weekend I was supposed to prepare the slides on Powerpoint *glance at Auntie De* instead ... well you guys know what we were up to over the weekend. Despite lugging my trusty laptop, I didn't get to do any work at all.

So the past 2 nights I've been really busy preparing the slides - 100% done now, and I'm just reading the presentation over and over until everything sticks.

Anyway, in situations such as these, it's good to have release and mine is the free web based Flash game above called: Grow Cube. It's a really cute game, and as it's free there's no reason why you guys shouldn't try it as well (warning! it's addictive)

The rule of the game is simple: place each of the ten items on the cube to create chain reactions to solve the puzzle. ONLY the right sequence of placed item could solve the puzzle. If you're successful, you'll be treated with the ending sequence shown in the above picture.

Good luck finding out the sequence, I'll give hints tomorrow/the day after :p

Link to Grow Cube (or click the picture)

Please let me know how you guys get on with the game.

ps
still K-I-V ing replies to the blog (sorry everyone!!!). Insya Allah after tomorrow I'll have more free time. Later!

Video of the day: Cellular Visions

I thought I was in no mood to update the blog tonight, since there was a massive traffic jam on the way back from work and I had to spend THREE AND A HALF HOURS trawling over obscure parts of the motorway -- almost reaching LONDON, lost, hungry and with only half a gauge of fuel remaining (no mood to be optimistic tonight, hehehe).

That was until I had a look at this video: Cellular Visions - The Inner Life of a Cell.
[click the video link, Flash player required]

If there was an Oscar for web videos, I would put my vote behind this one. I am still picking my jaw from the floor - it is simply amazing and a must see especially if you (i) like biology (ii) are a medical student (iii) interested in science.

The video is a high definition 3D rendered animation of the internal organs/micro machines in a cell working dynamically to maintain cell functions.

I had (traumatic) flashbacks of biochemistry and physiology (argh, Ganong!) throughout watching this video.

Highly recommended.

Ps

1. Enjoy!
2. Challenge: Try and name as many organelles, proteins and processes as possible - see how many you could recognise!