Update: Nov 2012 - I finally received the GPS thing last month or so.Have not had a reason to use it yet though.
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It has been a while since I blogged. Now I have my tp, I can blog anywhere :)
I had too may award points on my credit card and I pay a package fee of 365 to cba so I might as well get something in case they change their program. they have tonnes of goodies. If I had known, I would not have gone an bought my nikon s3100 pocket camera for cash from paxtons. for AUD 130
The Nikon S3100 is a great little camera which takes pictures super fast and its zoom is also the fastest out of all its competitors' similar models I tried at the shop, so I highly recommend it for all the features for its size, which is very small. To give ou an indication of how far the zoom works, it can see all the way across the Sydney Harbour. Its major annoyance is the screen at the back which needs you to look at it directly and not at an angle, and it is a smallish screen. However, it is a small camera so you can expect everything and for me, speed is everything as my baby wont wait even an extra second for a camera to focus :) IT has a BSS mode (best shot selector) where the speed of taking photos is increased significantly without sacrificing quality, so if you ever have a need for speed, this budget point and shoot camera will deliver the goods.
I aleady have panasonic gf3 which is also super fast at focusing, but I find having to change the lens and carry the lens annoying when I just want to take photos of my 2yo when I am on the go. The gf3 is also heavy and bulky (once you get used to the Nikon s3100)
Obviously the photo quality of the Nikon s3100 is heaps better than my mobile phone nokia n95, it is heaps lighter and thinner than then n95.
I had a choice of getting an iphone 4s with my points but I decided against it as I already have a working phone,and my current home Acer notebook keyboard started not working, so the TP is the next logical option.
I hate typing on the tablet surface so I didnt want an ipad2 or new ipad. My American friend had a kewl ipad keyboard cum case that would have a keyboard that split in half when folded up. Now I dont know where to buy that so my best alternative was to get ASUS Transformer prime 201 (TP).
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The TP is simply amazing. It is a combination of a notebook and a tablet so when playing games like angry birds, you can use the screen, and for blogging, I can use the keyboard. It has 18 hours of battery life if you have the tablet docked to the keyboard dock. The dock's battery is first used before the tablet battery.
My only complaint is the keyboard is missing a delete key lol. Asus always have something lacking in their keyboards eg for normal asus (& MSI) 15 inch or bigger notebooks that have a number pad, the number pad zero has a right arrow key that eats up half of it, which is why I hate those MSI and ASUS notebooks with numberpads ie if it was for work, I would buy a toshiba or acer since I use my thumb to type the zero on the numberpad (not my middle finger) and I hate hitting the arrowkey with my thumb lol.
There was only a 32gb tp model on cba's rewards site which they apparently sourced from JBHIFI so Since I got it with points I decked it out with accessories, I got a 64gb sandisk sdxc card for the dock as well as a 32gb sandisck fit usb for the usb port. I got a cheap microsd 32gb card for the tablet so overall I have 160gb of storage in total which is sufficient for what I need to do :) I get 99% of all my computer related stuff like USB SD card etc from shoppingsquare.com.au. Its great because they have the best prices in the whole world :) I got my sandisck ultra 30mb/s 64gb sdxc card for $64 AUD
I dont need to use the usb port because the charger cable has a usb end that can plug into my notebook for easy file transfer from tp to my asus notebook. My asus notebook keyboard keys stopped functioning recently so this tp was a timely fix :) At home, I have my old microsoft pc keyboard connected to my acer notebook as the acer warranty has expired and I dont want to pay to get it fixed.
I was going to buy a new notebook just before I got my tp and had looked at the asus gaming series again, g55vw its 17 inch big brother, but once I got my tp, it is just so much better than those bulky notebooks as I carry it with me everyday in my backpack. My university course starts again in 2 weeks so I can use the tp to take notes :)
I suspect the graphics card gt540m toasted the keys on the left side. on my acer notebook at home I am playing max payne 3 in the middle of my sleepless nights on the acer.... back to the TP
Unfortunately, the latest ice cream sandwich android os does not let me root it so I cannot install the apps i want. So far, I installed angry birds space and some other games I found on the internet as well as quickoffice pro which supports the xlsx and docx formats from microsoft office. Everyone says how good mxplayer pro is and to preserve battery life, should not use ad supported version with ads, so I found this one works with tp without needing luckypatcher since i have no access to root:
MX Player Pro v1.6h
I love how everything android is integrated easily with google's apps such as google calendar and the task list since once you login everything is logged in.btw, if you have a young child, a tablet can do wonders if you install some basic games on it :)
Today I went to eastbay.com and bought 2 pairs of shoes, a nike air max ultra black colored which I am going to use to wear to work since we are smart casual and all the ladies wear joggers all the time and our old HR fashion police ladies have now left our company.
The other shoe was a nike free 4.0 as I always wanted a pair. the price inclusive of shipping was USD 230 the shoes themselves were only 89 USD each. If I was to buy them here, it would have cost at least 150USD each. (AUD/USD fx rate now is 1 to 1 for paypal which shows how much paypal rips you off on the exchange rate, in real life it was 1.039)
I already have a lot of nike shox and air max 2011 which has great cushioning, so I wanted something light like nike free 4.0 which is only 7.9oz and is supposed to fit like a glove for sprinting and running. Hopefully, I will get it before friday next week so I can use it during my running day on grass intially :).
My workout currently is Mon wed FRi
I downloaded a ebook from rlslog.net which has 100 pushups in 7 weeks and 50 pullups in 7 weeks so I combined both workouts on a weekly basis. ie all 3 days have got 5 to 8 sets of pushups and 5 sets of pullups/chinups
If the pushup number is 10 reps or less, I substitute bar dips instead. When I miss a workout, I do the missed pullup routine reps to the following workout as pushups for me are easier than pullups so I dont want to lose progress
the workout is very intensive and in order to have enough energy for the workout 3x a week, I started buying recovery drink powder (those bodybuilding type massive plastic containers) from the discounting vitamin shop at Wynyard train station. IT really helped :) Its price was 66 but the discounted sale price was only over 50. It was really tasty and much more drinkable than normal water. I cannot fathom why this could be. For me, I dont even get this feeling drinking gatorade type drinks but with the recovery drink, I gulped down the whole 350mls in a few seconds!
The other thing is sleep, having naps during the day really helps keep up the energy levels.
To get high reps on pullup bar, I found this routine is the best because my back is worked out a lot. Also at the last rep of the last set, I do a long freeze with muscles flexed at the top of the final rep.... ok this weekend is tax return time.
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