LiewCF.com

Last week, I was invited to join the HP’s “Touch the future. Now.” media summit in Beijing, China. It was a 2 days event.

The transports, accommodations, and meals were on HP. It’s also the 1st time I was invited to such a mass event.

What’s HP PSG?

HP PSG Regional Media Event is the annual Asia Pacific event where HP unveils their latest products.

From left: Dennish Mark, Vice President, Desktop System Unit. Chua Hwee Koon, Vice President, Mobile Business Unit. See chin Teik, Senior Vice President, Personal Systems Group, Asia Pacific & Japan.

Some highlighted products this year are: HP Mini 110, HP Pavilion dv2, HP Pavilion Elite & Slimline, and, HP MS200 all-in-one PC.

HP Mini 110

I always wanted to get a netbook. The pink color (also available in Black and White colors) HP Mini 110 caught my eyes. The artistic pattern on the cover make it a perfect gift for your girlfriend.

Mini 110 is only 1.06KG and 1 inch thick, completed with standard netbook features. The new netbook has a sync feature which allows you to sync content with your primary PC.

What surprised me is the price of HP Mini 110. It’s only US$299 (~RM1043)! (Malaysia’s price is yet to confirm)

(Continued…)

Popularity: 2% [?]

My friend, HongKiat, is having a contest to giveaway 3 premium wordpress themes from FlashMint.

How to win the free premium themes?

All you have to do is head to the FlashMint’s wordpress themes list, pick a theme you like and tell them in the comment box of the blog post.

The contest will be closed at Monday, 27th April 2008.

FlashMint wordpress themes

There are only 10 wordpress themes on FlashMint. Each cost USD$55. 7, all of them have very similar layout, with differences in theme colors and graphics used.

Though they are suitable for CMS, cooperate and personal blogs, none of them is my pick. Ah.. I am picky one!

If you would like to get any of the premium theme for free, drop your comment at the contest page. Good luck!

Related books:

• "WordPress Theme Design: A complete guide to creating professional WordPress themes" listing at Amazon.com
• "How to Theme WordPress: From Blank to Beautiful in 2 Hours" listing at Amazon.com

Popularity: 3% [?]

Last week, I went to the PC Fair 2009 (I) held at KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur.

(photo by saimatkong)

What I noticed in PC Fair 2009 (I)

• DSLR everywhere. there were many people bringing their DSLRs, flashgun to take pictures of the showgirls. I didn’t bring mine and I would be too shy to ask the girls pose for me.
• Less showgirls. Compared to previous PC Fair, I saw less showgirls this time. Is it due to the economic crisis and the companies are cutting cost?
• Less buying. It was still very crowded but I see less people were buying. They came out PC Fair with empty hands.
• Broadband war. Malaysia broadband providers (wired or wireless) were compete in PC Fair. They had the largest booths and hired most sales persons. I rather hope they will improve service quality and coverage area first.

What’s new in PC Fair 2009 (I)?

I don’t see many new/interesting gadgets in the PC Fair. Notebooks and printers are the main products. Netbooks are RM200 cheaper than previous PC Fair.

Asus promoted EeePC 1000HE on their brochure but it hasn’t yet available in Malaysia… Very disappointed.

More booths were selling GPS products. Only one of them has the GPS data logger (used to record your positions during trip) but overpriced. GPS data loggers are priced less than USD$100 in USA.

(Continued…)

Popularity: 1% [?]

Thanks to the supporting partners of Earth Hour in Malaysia, it has successfully created a buzz in Malaysia. But, do you know what is “Earth Hour”?

I did not.

I watched the “celebrities” (don’t know who they are…) commercial on Astro but didn’t get the message they tried to send. (blame it on my bad English understanding)

By visiting the office website of Earth Hour, I understand that Earth Hour is a global election. Your light switch is your vote. Turn off your lights at Saturday, March 28, 8:30-9:30pm means you have placed your vote to Earth.

The slogan of Malaysia’s Earth Hour website (hate the yelling animation!) is quite misleading:

“Come together to fight global warming. Turn off your lights for one hour.”

Does it mean that if we turn off our lights for that 1 hour and the global warming will be settlef?

No way.

After you have voted for the earth (switch off lights for 1 hour), there are something you can do to fight global warming. It is not as difficult as you might thought.

P.S. Like the Earth in my hand pic above? Make yours here.

Popularity: 2% [?]

KL Tweetup is a gathering of Kuala Lumpur tweeters. It is the first of its kind in Malaysia.

Date: Friday, March 27, 2009
Time: 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Location: SANTINI, KLCC

Purpose? According to KL Tweetup page on Facebook:

“Discuss social media in Malaysia, explore trends, make friends, get to know people from other walks of life, do what you want, put a face to your twitter friends!”

It is interesting to meet other twitter users in Malaysia. Am sure you will meet a lot of experts in different fields. You will learn a lot by just talking to them. Yes, they are very friendly guys.

Maybe I am going, maybe not. My mom and I will join a Japan tour at March 31, 2009. I don’t wish to be busy traveling around before the tour.

Twitter users, add me (@liewcf) !

Popularity: 1% [?]