By the time you read this blog post, I’ll be in Bangkok with Fabian, Nadia, Nadia’s BF & Victor, and shopping the hell out of it! Hope we don’t get robbed or something! *CHOOOOOIII*
Anyway, I’ve been taking alot of random videos using my LX3. And well, the reason for getting it was largely due to its awesome HD video function. You can’t ask for anything more with such a great function in a handy point-and-shoot camera.
I enjoyed shooting the random scenes so much so that before long, there’s a substantial amount of video clips for me to put them together.
Here’s the result of a quick 5 min editing + a random choice of piano piece:
I won’t blame you for getting bored after the first 10 seconds, it’s supposed to be totally random and mean nothing at all.
The only “meaningful” thing that I realised after finishing the video, is that it starts from a dawn scene and moved into a night scene at the end of the video. Kinda cool ‘cos I didn’t plan that before hand at all!
I’ll see if I can try to make this into a yearly thing!
Alright, until I come back from BKK, HAPPY HOLIDAYS YOU GUYS!
P/s: Do follow me on Twitter at @jayleif if you wanna catch my adventures over there!
This year’s Christmas is gonna be one of the most memorable ones! Just had an awesome eve dinner with Brad, Valerie, Arissa, Dawn & Fabian last night, and I’m gonna be in Bangkok in less than 24 hours’ time!
I’m rushing to pack for the BKK trip so if you wannna read about our awesome albeit impromptu dinner, head over to Brad’s and Valerie’s blog! *UPDATE*Monoxious updated with a beautiful post too!
This is a pretty loooong photo-collage blog entry! You have been warned! Anyhow, I finally got the kick to edit the photos taken when I was at F1 Rocks! Please enjoy the effort I took to make this!
Videos from the concert are coming up in the next blog entry! Stay tuned!
P/s: Please comment on the 2nd comment link!! (i.e., the one closer to the speech bubble) I’m currently porting over the comments from the fuckadilly Haloscan who decided to screw things up by turning into a paid service with only 15 days notice!!!
If my memory serves me well, I’ve worked in Gmask for about a year and then Skinjam for another. Both are gadget-skinning business with very similar expertise, but the latter is no longer in Singapore.
Therefore, my experience from wrapping/skinning the gadgets are what I based on as I write this blog entry.
Here are pointers to look out for if you’re considering to skin your stuff.
#1. Not all gadgets are suitable for skinning. By far, Apple products are the best for wrapping/skinning due to their minimal design and lack of intricate joining points. Can’t exactly recall which devices are difficult to wrap/skin, but they are those that have irregular surfaces, and weird “joining lines”.
Also, the material of your device plays a huge role in terms of the durability of the skin. Most surfaces are okay, but those that are too smooth or textured will hasten the process of the skin “shrinking”. The “shrinking” process is inevitable, it is only how fast and how bad is the shrinkage.
Here’s my iPhone skinned last Sunday and already showing signs of “shrinking”:
#2. By skinning, you are cutting ON the phone. I have come to terms with it already, but just so you know, unless the person skinning your gadget is a Shaolin Kungfu master, cutting ON the phone is unavoidable.
No, I’m not talking about careless mistakes of the knife going out of course. But unlike how the staff usually claim that they are “cutting in the air”, more often than not, the knives are sliding along the joining lines. Here’s an illustration to describe it:
Nothing is perfect, so the claim of the process of “cutting in the air” is a tad far fetched – even for the most skilled wrapper/skinner.
Don’t know to thank my experience or not, but I already found those lines that are not supposed to be there.
I feel the heartache. But, I have managed to convince myself that it is a small sacrifice for a almost perfect protection. Another illustrative description:
#3. Results may vary. There are so many Gmask outlets and there are so many staff around. Everyone has gone through the training phrase BUT the almost perfected skills still vary from one staff to another.
If you’d previously skinned at Gmask and you think it was a job well done, do take note of who was the one who did it. It’s always safer to keep going back to the same person you “trust”. It’s a little like finding the perfect hairstylist.
#4. To err is human. Apart from the skill level of a staff, you’ll have to understand that he/she is only human. And human make mistakes. So if you can, make the perfect situation for him/her to get the perfect results (or minimal mistakes).
- Don’t rush him/her to finish it within a time frame. - Not advisable to go during peak hours. There’ll be more devices for them to do and sometimes when it gets too busy, he/she might tend to try to finish each device faster, hence a rush job. - Please, don’t stay and stare at him/her doing it. It’s rude and it’s distracting.
#5. Taking care of the wrap. Getting your device wrapped/skinned doesn’t mean it’s invincible against everything. After all, it’s just a thin piece of plastic. Scratching it (hard) with your nails WILL cause marks. Remember, it is resistant, not proof!
#6. The designs do fade, fast. It actually depends on how you take care of the wrap/skin. But ultimately it fades. Especially those corners that is needed to be stretch during the wrapping/skinning process.
This is Fabian’s laptop:
It was wrapped/skinned 3 years ago and send for laptop servicing once. And it is still looking great.
On the other end of the spectrum, there is his iPod nano done 2 years ago:
Just in case you think the design is like that, No. It was originally vibrant green stripes.
Although laptop skins are thicker and therefore will be more lasting, it shows how human handling of the wrapped/skinned devices can affect the durability of it.
So before you listen to hearsay about how bad (or how good) Gmask is, this are the factors you should consider when Gmasking.
