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The Search for the Proboscis Monkey

As I stood on this boardwalk watching this sunset in Borneo, I wondered if they were all like this one every evening. This is the pathway to the jetty where we boarded the tiny boats on the Garama River to seek out a very unusual reclusive creature. 1/250 sec f5.6 ISO 200. 17mm lens. Canon 20D.

Time flies. It’s almost been a year ago since I was in Borneo. Around this time last year we were in Kota Kinabalu, a city in Sabah, a state in East Malaysia. Specifically where is this? Well, see this map of the island of Borneo.

This was probably the highlight of our trip to Malaysia. It was my very first time to KK or Kota Kinabalu. The pace was much slower than on Peninsula Malaysia.

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Google Map’s Street View–freaky but can be useful

When I discovered Google Earth a while back, I was quite amazed with its capabilities.

After downloading the application and playing with it for about 10 minutes, the novelty wore off.

So much of what and how we remember events in our everyday lives is through scenes in movies we’ve seen.

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Sarah Montague BBC vs. Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar

Enough time has passed since Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar’s interview with BBC’s Sarah Montague aired.I’m hoping the dust has settled somewhat. I was outraged by what I heard. But thankfully I’ve had time to let my nerves calm down.

Every fair-minded Malaysian on the planet having seen the interview must have been disgusted. A quick search on Google with keywords “Malaysia Foreign Minister BBC interview” yielded all sorts of relevant results.
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iPhoto 08–new features

If you haven’t upgraded to iPhoto 08, you shouldn’t hesitate.

I have to be honest that I haven’t been using previous versions. One of my biggest complaints had been that adding keywords to ease searching was unintuitive.

I guess Apple has been listening to its users. 

iPhoto users who have a dotmac account can now easily publish a web gallery without knowing a single line of code. Continue reading iPhoto 08–new features