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Atacama Large Milimeter Array (ALMA)

Baru habis training this week, suddenly Mr. Azuma (my dept. boss) ckp “aa Zairul, awak dah abis training, so apa kata kalau saya tarik awak join the great ALMA project?” aaa? wtf is ALMA project tu? Pastu baru die kasik info2 bla bla.. baru la aku tahu rupe nye ALMA or Atacama Large Milimiter Array ni antara international mega project.. or meminjam kata encik wiki :

“..an international astronomy project that consists of an astronomical interferometer formed from an array of radio telescopes, located at Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in the Atacama desert in northern Chile. The telescope is expected to revolutionise modern astronomy by providing an insight on star formation in the early universe and imaging local star and planet formation in great detail. With a cost in excess of 1 billion US dollars, it is the most ambitious ground-based telescope currently under construction.”

So basically diorg nk buat buat 64 biji “bapak segala antenna” mcm dlm gambar tu, 14 bijik buat kat Japan.. Construction sumer buat kat JFE, tapi benda2 kecik diorg pass2 kat company2 lain.. cam company kitorg incharge bahagian heat insulator.. why kena ada heat insulator? sbb benda ni bukan letak tepi laut, tapi letak 5000m tinggi dari paras laut so kena buat die jadi kebal weather hehehe… anyway itu la projek aku latest.. dah siap 3 biji ada lagi 11.. aiyoo.. maybe next week baru dpt tgk diorg pasang kat JFE Mizushima..

Blu-ray disc

Blu-ray disc ni actually dah lama ada (Announced on Feb. 19th, 2002 by Sony & Matsushita ), tapi rasa ramai lagi org yg tak tahu.. esp after kuor PS3, kalau pegi DVD store kat jpn ni ade la tunjuk Blu-ray blu-ray.. Apa menda Blu-ray (BD) ni.. Maka mari kita meminjam info dari Encik Wikipedia;

“A Blu-ray Disc (also called BD) is a high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital media, including high-definition video. The name Blu-ray Disc is derived from the blue-violet laser used to read and write this type of disc. Because of this shorter wavelength (405 nm), substantially more data can be stored on a Blu-ray Disc than on the common DVD format, which uses a red, 650 nm laser. Blu-ray Disc can store 25 GB on each layer, as opposed to a DVD’s 4.7 GB. Several manufacturers have released single layer and dual layer (50 GB) recordable BDs and rewritable discs. All supporting studios have either already released or have announced release of movies on 50GB discs.”

So basically, BD boleh simpan data yg jauh lagi byk dari DVD. (1xBD=10xDVD=60CD lebih kurang).. Tapi apa yg menggembirakan aku, BD ni of course ade gak region code mcm DVD (buat region code ni kalau tak salah aku idea Jepun la – gedik). Tapi haha, jeng jeng jeng, Region dia camni:

A/1 North America, Central America, South America, Koreas, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
B/2 Europe, Greenland, French territories, Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
C/3 India, Nepal, Mainland China, Russia, Central and South Asia.

Apa maknenye tu? Maknanya semua blu-ray disc from US boleh play kat Japan ni, hence, aku tak perlu dah beli mahal.. FYI, DVD region kat sini region 2, US DVD region 1.. DVD utk foreign movies kat sini mahal cam siot.. Cth, kalau cite TV drama House Complete Season 1, kat sini harga ¥7,427 (=RM250), tapi kalau order from US boleh dpt US$40 (=130).. Apsal mahal? Sbb Jepun ni sumer bangang English, kalau citer yg takde alihsuara or takde subtittle mmg dia tak beli.. so mahal tu sbb mahal nk upah bayar org yg translate the whole movie/show la.. thats why kalau BD dah berlambak, boleh order terus US aje lagi murah (or kalau cerita bodoh2 tu beli pirate ekekeke)

But the only problem nownih, aku takde BD player.. hmmmm.. “terpaksa” beli PS3 ke? ihihihi

Kandang what?

13450749.jpgAn Amazing discovery on Zack’s way to Berllitz.. Sebuah kedai yg diberi nama “Kandang Babi” hahahaha… bangang la jepun ni eh.. ade ke pegi direct translate “Buta-Ya” tu kan dah jadi kandang babi namanye.. tobat pakcik tak masuk hehehe.. actually banyak lagi kedai nama pelik2 kat Okayama ni.. mmm patut aku buat collection… cam ada satu saloon kat tsushima tu “Hair and Make Scratch”.. hahahahaha

Penemuan terbaru!!

Bengang tak anda kalau jalan lorong yg sempit, pastu ade couple gedik depan anda jalan slow gile? atau makcik2 yg sebok usha sale tepi2 jalan? camne anda nk lalu tanpa perlu ckp “excuse me”..? senang aje, tgk video dibawah, penemuan terbaru dari org jepun yg tader menda nk buat.. hohoho

Softbank 911SH 3G

Added to my wishlist.. Softbank 911SH 3G
Price : Free

Features;

Optimized for One Seg with a 22 mm-wide slim body
A slim design with metal accents. The contrasting gloss finish and line texture finish for the surface along with the unique slim body complete this One Seg handset.
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3-inch widescreen QVGA mobile ASV LCD
Includes a large 3 inch LCD screen featuring the unique AQUOS LCD TV technology for advanced beauty. Enjoy breathtaking image quality.

Enjoy Voice Call and Mail while watching TV!
Features multitasking functions and allows for quick viewing and replying to Mail while watching a TV program. With the speakerphone function or the included TV antenna-equipped stereo earphone-microphone, you can even make Voice Calls while watching TV.

Features a “Cycloid Style” LCD that can rotate 90??? and enhance PC Site Browser
Viewing websites designed for computers with PC Site Browser is also enhanced when the screen is rotated*3. Also included is the useful Document Viewer for viewing PDF data and Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files.

Source : Softbank Japan 911SH