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Newport Sunset (HDR)

chris lin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:18:33 +0000

Sunset along Newport Pier during my photowalk a few weeks back. Used Photomatix to make HDR then used lightroom and photoshop to clean it

Ferrari Logo

chris lin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:23:00 +0000

Ferrari’s logo, correct the auto tone.

A rant on personal finance blogs

chris lin — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:23:45 +0000

Jon gives his take on personal finance blogs which is what I would’ve said if I knew how to write

Microsoft rejects Yahoo

chris lin — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:44:43 +0000

I haven’t been following closely at what has been going on with Microsoft’s negotiations to take over Yahoo besides hearing the intent to buy and last week when Microsoft was mentioning it might pull out. Well apparently it did over the weekend and as a result, the Yahoo stock has plunged which is what analyst would say if Microsoft were to pull out. Now, why is Yahoo not accepting Microsoft’s offer anyways? Is it because of the stigma attaches to them as the big bad bully? A lot of shareholders are upset over Yahoo’s rejection of Microsoft, which is warranted considering how their share has been doing recently over the last few years. I need to read more on this now

Last day to file taxes

chris lin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:40:46 +0000

I never understood why people always wait til today to file their taxes. I mean, from what the news indicates it seems to be a majority of people always waits until the last week to file their taxes. Once I recieve my forms from my employers, I like to file for taxes right away. There is less stress on me, I get my refund within 2 weeks and I do not need to worry about April 15th. I also understand those who do not receive their forms due to their incompetent employers but it still seems like a lot of people just like to wait until the last few days to do their taxes.

I procrastinate on anything except when it affects me financially. Maybe my prospective will change once I have a family to take care of.

NVIDIA to Intel, stop.

chris lin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:30:32 +0000

We’re going to open a can of whoop ass

Said by CEO Jen-Hsun Huang of NVIDIA regarding the situation of Intel trying to enter graphics market.

Citi’s Driver Edge Credit Card is Awesome

chris lin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:16:08 +0000

So I was going through my finances like I do every few days, since I don’t really keep an actual written budget (more like its in my head, I am pretty good with that sort of stuff) and I noticed I got a DE SERVICE CREDIT on my credit card in in the amount of 50.xx. After thinking about it, I remember it was probably due to the service rebate form I sent in two weeks back.

First of all, how it works is basically any kind of car service you perform on your registered vehicle on the card, as long as you fill out a form and send in your receipts (which you’ll never get back), they will credit you for the full amount sans tax. Basically, free car service. In my case, I got an oil change and it came out to be 53.xx with tax included. For some reason, i thought they would only refund a certain percentage but apparently they refund you the whole amount and I cannot find any sort of maximum cap anywhere.

Next time I go get my 15k or 30k service, I am definitely charging it onto this card. Plus, the 6% gas rebates for the first year isn’t as bad since I use gas so much.

I wish some things were true on April Fools

chris lin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:42:18 +0000

For example, Google announced Project Virgle which is a joint project with Virgin to create the first colony on Mars. That would be so cool if it were real

Government approves Sirius to buyout XM Satellite Radio

chris lin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:52:01 +0000

This is awesome. I just saw this on CNBC and the words “YES!” went on in my head. Through my utter sheer stupidity, I thought my car was preinstalled with XM radio so when I saw a sale for XM gift cards at half price (15$ for 30$ gift card), I got three in hopes of buying a years subscription at half price. To be honest, I need to blame the salesman, he kept on imprinting in my head that it was XM radio when in fact it was Sirius. But hey, if the buyout goes through, I should be able to use my XM card for my Sirius subscription.

Cheney and Obama are relatives

chris lin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:04:30 +0000

Dick Cheney and Barack Obama are indeed, cousins. And apparently, Obama and President Bush are related to. I am just laughing here, it’s just so weird.