It was cloudy with little shower in the trip, which is barely noticeable. With photos taken, I am happy...
We started by exiting the Bruce Highway to the Glasshouse Mountains Tourist Drive (or called Glasshouse Mountains Road), along there, there are a few lookouts that we didn't go to and the Australian Zoo, I heard they have good range of animals there, including tigers.
The Glasshouse Mountains view that was took is from Mountain View Rd, just in front of Mary Cairncross Park at Maleny, the view from McCarthys Lookout is pretty much the same, I think.
Then we went to the Gerrards Lookout, where the view was quite good... we can see 360 degrees from the lookout.
Just nearby from this lookout along the road is the view of Lake Baroon, which was so pretty.
Next one we went to Kondalilla Falls. It was worth the visit.
It was a nice trip. And the number of people going is good, we had a great time and fellowship.
Click on the title above to view the photos... or go to http://paskhon.freesuperhost.com/2005-07-23_Glasshouse_Mountains.html if the former is down.
24 July 2005
08 July 2005
Google Earth
It's so amazing. Google Earth can show the images of your house from the satellites above. You can also tilt the image to an angle so that the image is seen from one side.
It shows any places around the world! I've seen the image of the Eiffel Tower in France, the Forbidden City in Beijing and also high rise buildings in capital cities.
I placemarked many places in Brisbane and they look just like I've been looking at, and sometimes even better because it is seen from above.
However, the images of some places are blurry. Maybe it will take a while before some images are as detailed as the rest.
The best news is, it's free!
http://earth.google.com/
It shows any places around the world! I've seen the image of the Eiffel Tower in France, the Forbidden City in Beijing and also high rise buildings in capital cities.
I placemarked many places in Brisbane and they look just like I've been looking at, and sometimes even better because it is seen from above.
However, the images of some places are blurry. Maybe it will take a while before some images are as detailed as the rest.
The best news is, it's free!
http://earth.google.com/
05 July 2005
Canon EOS Elan IIe and Sigma EF-430ST
Elan IIe is an EOS film SLR camera. It's got good reviews on the Internet, and I even got a rechargeable 2CR5 batteries from eBay for low prices. I bought Elan IIe second hand from eBay for much cheaper price compared to my EOS digital SLR 300D, which is about 5 times more expensive.
It's got most of the controls of the 300D, and more. It's got one shot, AI focus and AI servo auto focus. It's even got an eye controlled focus point. Don't ask me how that works cos I have only a little idea, I think it simply detects your eye to find out where you are looking at. As far as how the implementation goes, I haven't got a clue.
I bought this Canon EOS Elan IIe about 5 months ago... sorry I didn't mention it but it was because I couldn't get a good picture from it. Not until recently.
Now I tried using 100 ISO speed and the resulting picture is amazing. I tried at different lighting conditions and the result is still great. I didn't even need to preview the result and delete if I have to. I still wonder how that is possible.
It may have something to do with the Photo Lab, which is at Big W at Garden City. I chose it cos it's cheap mainly.
Thanks also to the flash Sigma EF-430ST that I bought from Cash Converter for $32. It gives plenty of light, that's for sure. I don't really know if this flash is good price, I didn't bother to check cos it doesn't cost much. But I have realised that Cash Converter doesn't sell cheap as far as I know, the price in the shop for brand new products are the same as these second hand ones. I wonder whether I should even consider coming to Cash Converter at all. Mainly I go there because it's close, but if it is something involving a lot of money, I definitely would check with other brand new product shops.
It's got most of the controls of the 300D, and more. It's got one shot, AI focus and AI servo auto focus. It's even got an eye controlled focus point. Don't ask me how that works cos I have only a little idea, I think it simply detects your eye to find out where you are looking at. As far as how the implementation goes, I haven't got a clue.
I bought this Canon EOS Elan IIe about 5 months ago... sorry I didn't mention it but it was because I couldn't get a good picture from it. Not until recently.
Now I tried using 100 ISO speed and the resulting picture is amazing. I tried at different lighting conditions and the result is still great. I didn't even need to preview the result and delete if I have to. I still wonder how that is possible.
It may have something to do with the Photo Lab, which is at Big W at Garden City. I chose it cos it's cheap mainly.
Thanks also to the flash Sigma EF-430ST that I bought from Cash Converter for $32. It gives plenty of light, that's for sure. I don't really know if this flash is good price, I didn't bother to check cos it doesn't cost much. But I have realised that Cash Converter doesn't sell cheap as far as I know, the price in the shop for brand new products are the same as these second hand ones. I wonder whether I should even consider coming to Cash Converter at all. Mainly I go there because it's close, but if it is something involving a lot of money, I definitely would check with other brand new product shops.
Canon PIXMA IP2000 Color Bubblejet Printer
Just bought a color printer today the Canon PIXMA IP2000. I saw this model yesterday at Harvey Norman at Garden City for $99. Today the price has gone up again $179, but luckily I found out the price is still on special $99 at Carindale Westfield Shopping Centre.
First time at the Carindale Shopping Mall, and it's huge.
Do not underestimate this $99 printer. The photo print has little difference than photo print from photo lab. Life just couldn't get cheaper. Oh, actually this might just be the beginning... now those countless desperate researchers are trying to get jobs... nobody really need to leave the house anymore cos everything is so cheap...
The glossy photo paper and the color ink are probably the most expensive from the lot, but you can get them from eBay considerably cheaper too... it seems technology has arrived at some point nowadays that you can get almost everything cheaply if you really try.
Well, I will print photos using this printer very occasionally cos it's still cheaper to print them from the photo lab. But this printer can also be used for color document printing which is what I wanted to get everytime someone prints in color.
First time at the Carindale Shopping Mall, and it's huge.
Do not underestimate this $99 printer. The photo print has little difference than photo print from photo lab. Life just couldn't get cheaper. Oh, actually this might just be the beginning... now those countless desperate researchers are trying to get jobs... nobody really need to leave the house anymore cos everything is so cheap...
The glossy photo paper and the color ink are probably the most expensive from the lot, but you can get them from eBay considerably cheaper too... it seems technology has arrived at some point nowadays that you can get almost everything cheaply if you really try.
Well, I will print photos using this printer very occasionally cos it's still cheaper to print them from the photo lab. But this printer can also be used for color document printing which is what I wanted to get everytime someone prints in color.
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