Captain's Chair

And now, for a starting price or RM1,701, you too
can be a Captain. Or more space to hang clothes,
whichever you prefer. As usual, model in the pic
is not for sale. Pointy ears in the bed is bad, K?

You've seen JJ Abrams Star Trek, eh? Eh? Nice? Not Nice? Excited or not? Wow! Wow! Yeah, Babay!

LED tester from Hong Kong

Just after I came back from that workshop, the postman came and went. And right on my desk, was the small parcel. Its the LED tester I ordered from eBay 18 days ago. This is a great tool for testing LEDs as there are no wires or probes compared to using a Multimeter. Just a box for you plug in the LED. I could have done one myself but the cost and time plus research is just not worth the effort. Ego aside, there are a lot of things already done, all I have to do is to use them for my projects and not re-invent the wheel.

I am not sure how much it costs in Pasar road (Or if they want to sell it to you) but I have seen most of the shops using it since 2004.

This is the package on my desk. Right in front of my
Boss who was browsing my accident photos while I
wasaway to deal with that Lady.

For RM23 or so, I get a free battery too, which is
great because I can start using it right away

All you have to do is to plug the LED into the connector (at
the correct amperage slot, of course) and just press the
button to test.

Fighting it out on eBay

You know why I hate bidding on-line especially on auction sites like eBay? I always lose, that's why. I can see the item I wanted slip out of my reach moments after I bidded or see its price rise disappointingly high. Or worse of all, when I thought I got it, some stupid bidder usually snipes it a few seconds before the auction closes. But sometimes, the seller would put the "Buy it now" option on the item where I can buy it off without any competitive bidding but I have to be careful and calculate to see if the price is reasonable or not. And not only that, I would have to contact them to ask if they ship to Malaysia. So much hassle.

That is why, when I wanted an item badly, I will get Nexus to fight for me on eBay and he usually wins. But unfortunately he is here in KL this week, its not a good thing to bother him. Anyway, there was this item which I wanted last week and since there was not much bidding, I decided to put mine as the seller is willing to ship it here. However, days later, about three other bidders were "fighting" it out and I was doubting my chances. Anwyay, after weighing my chances, I decided to see what happens when it is about to close. And so, on Monday morning, with about ten minutes to go before it ends, all the fighting has stopped (I guess it must be bed-time over there) and I decided to bid a bit more. And at the same time the feelings of self-doubt and the "Do I really want this thing?" came on very strong. (Must be the enemy's midichlorians at work). I bid about 1USD at a time for the last 10 seconds and before I know it, I won!

Woohoo!

Woohoo!

Yeah!

But seriously, there is a problem too. I noticed that while I was sitting down and only clicking the mouse, my hearbeat was actually quite fast. And when I actualy won, I was almost at the point of my heart trying to jump out or pass out from not breathing at all. My Boss asked what happened and I needed to tell him to give me a few minutes to calm down first. Guess I am getting old, either that or this is what it feels like to single-handedly win an auction for the first time.

This is the sign I get at 11:02 on Monday. But since today is
Tuesday, I have yet to hear from the seller eventhough I have
sent him an E-Mail asking for the postage costs. I am
starting to get worried already.