I’ve been invited to a private event on Thurs, 10 April by HP to preview the HP2133 Mini-Note PC. This is HP’s first foray into the UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) market.

Here’s the specs in brief from Engadget’s website:

2.6 pounds, Via C7-M processor, 1280×768 8.9-inch screen, full QWERTY keyboard that’s just 8 percent smaller than normal, and a variety of configurations ranging from a $499 1.0GHz Linux-powered unit with 4GB of flash and 512MB of RAM to a maxed-out $749 config with a 1.6GHz processor, 120GB drive and Vista Business.

(Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/08/hp-mini-note-2133-officially-official)

Will upload photos and (hopefully) videos from the event.

Check out my spanking new WordPress Theme - its called “Home Sweet Home”. Ah… gives you the warm fuzzy feeling ain’t it?

Also added a new “In Series” plugin - so you can read my posts that are in a series.

Here’s my current series of posts:

• Why i became an entrepreneur?
• Childhood Dreaming
• Entrepreneurs: Plan to Fail. Fail early. Fail responsibly.

Enjoy!

I attended the Social Media Breakfast on Saturday and i brought my new HDV camera out with me… so enjoy!

Social Media Breakfast Singapore from Michael Cheng on Vimeo.

Just got me a StarHub MaxMobile mobile broadband modem. Couldn’t get it to work on my Mac OSX Leopard (10.5.2). The solutions on their website was useless. But i found this useful fix on Apple’s website:

Taken from: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6318313

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After calling Starhub, this is the solution.1. Install the driver from the CD provided, before connecting the USB modem.
2. Edit network preference in “System Preference” > “Network”
2.1 You should see the HUAWEI Mobile at the left sidebar. Click on it and edit setting as follow:
Location: Automatic
Configuration: Default
Telephone Number: *99#
Account Name: (Live it blank)
Password: (Live it blank)
<Enable> Show modem status in menu bar
2.2 Edit the “Advanced…” button as follow:
Modem
Vendor: Other
Model: HUAWEI Mobile Connect - 3G Modem, /System/Library/Modem Scripts/HUAWEI Mobile Connect - 3G
<Enable> Enable error correction and compression in modem
Dial Mode: Wait for dial tone before dialing
Dialing: Tone
Sound: Off
PPP
Setting: Session
Check the following only:
*<Enable>*Disconnect when user logs out
*<Enable>*Redial if busy
Redial 1 times
Wait 5 seconds before redialing
Click Apply and exit system preference
3. Connect the USB modem until the blue light is blinking.
4. Edit the configuration as follow:
4.1 Open “Aplication” > “MobileConnect”
4.1.1 Under the “Dial up” tab, click on the Setting button.
4.1.2 Create a new profile as follow:
Profile Name: “Starhub_Mobile” (Can be any name)
Access Point Name: “shwap”
Telephone Number: *99#
Account Name: (Live it blank)
Password: (Live it blank)
Authentication: CHAP
Click “Save”, and use this profile.
4.2 Click on the connect button and the connection should start.

Tips: Once the Modem is shown on the menu bar, you can click on “Connect HUAWEI Mobile” to connection in future.

And it works! w00t!

One of the few things people warn you about Australia is to keep away from spiders for they are venomous.

Ha ha… we were working late one night and we found a small colony (ok, 3 lah) of Huntsman spiders crawling outside our apartment - at the balcony.

Last week we had iguanas and tonight we have huntsman spiders! Checkout the biggest one man!

One of the smaller ones.

The biggest one is the size of my palm (with legs extended)

A close-up shot.

Fortunately they kept outside… we had the glass doors closed tightly for the rest of the evening.

** Sadly, I did eventually killed 3 of them the following week cos they ended up inside the apartment. **