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Journey Into My Mind

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There is a magical world right in our own backyard, if only more people could see it. Ever so often, I hear shutterbugs complaining about photo opportunities here in Malaysia. Must journey to Morocco or Maldives they suggest. Those places are nice but open up your eyes and mind first, I say…

Journey Into My Mind

Journey Into My Mind

I drove by Bang-Sar (pronounced matsalleh-style) today and saw a dead tree. I ended  up with a background slide which I can later use in a PowerPoint presentation or video.  The picture started life as an ordinary scene of an ordinary neighbourhood, with maids walking obese dogs and all 🙂

The Tree

Whisper after me: "I See Dead Trees"

I thought the dark branches and dried leaves on this skeletal tree made a pretty silhouette, what with a hazy sun hiding behind it. Using a tele lens, I was able to pick out the sun and avoid that messy utility cable. An orange filter was used to warm up the scene and bring it to life.

Backyard Beauty

Backyard Beauty

Open your eyes and journey into your mind.  There is beauty in our own backyard…

Understanding QR Codes

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Some of you may have noticed a strange badge appearing on the lower part of the pages at the new MyCen Maps beta. The thingy is a QR (Quick Response) Code. So what can you do with it?

QR Code

Scanning a QR Code

Just like barcodes, the QR codes contain info that can be extracted with a scanner. With an iPhone, Android or Symbian smartphone, you can install a scanning application and the phone’s camera will function as a bar code reader.

For my Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S, I use the free app ‘Barcode Scanner’,  downloaded from the Market. Just point the camera at the code on your PC screen (screenshot 1) and it will convert it to a link almost instantly (screenshot 2). You can then either e-mail, bookmark or open it right away in your mobile browser (provided data, 3g or gprs connection is available).

Why would you want to get a particular MyCen Map page into your mobile phone? When you are on the road and heading for that unfamiliar area. All the integrated info such as map, pictures, nearby hotels, police stations, landmarks, GPS coordinates and other links will come in handy.

Of course, there are other ways to get an address into your phone but this is a quick and dirty method. Incidentally, the codes can be printed and scanned off a t-shirt too, if the wearer is not too voluptuous 🙂