The Geeky Junkyard of kingler

Just watched Steve Jobs’ keynote speech for the launch of iPhone. He is such a good speaker and I cannot imagine anyone replacing him as the best spokesman for Apple.

The iPhone was not a big surprise, as rumors had been around for a LONG time. However, the sleek look of the phone and the touch screen User-Interface still fascinated me. I liked Apple’s approach to small electronics. They built software to support their own hardware and the hard work definitely paid back. The success of Intel-based Macs and iPod showed their strength. No one else could do the same, well, except Microsoft (remember, they released Zune … ).

I wanted to try out the service from Youtube, so I uploaded this video I shot using my digital camera back in August, 2005, when I was visiting United Nation Headquarter in New York City.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77P0dAMbf_U[/youtube]
Viper’s Video Quicktags plugin for WordPress was used to embed the video into this post. Really simple and easy. Great plugin!

Best wishes to you for a wonderful Year of 2007! Hope your 2007 will be quiescent but also filled with joy and fun.

I have had my D50 for a while and loved it, and you know what? It appears that Nikon is going to release a new budget digital SLR camera: D40!

Photos and specifications have been leaked to a few websites including this one: KenRockwell.

The entry price for the D40 would be around $500 (body only), which sounds incredibly attractive for people who’d like to get great photos and don’t mind carrying a large camera around (like me). Anyway, let’s see how this rumor turns out.