ArtPad Beta...very cool

Came across this fun little application. It's basically an artpad with some basic tools. The cool part about it is that you can playback the creation process. Furthermore when you're done, you'll have a link to your creation. Check out my creation. It's no Picasso tho'. http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?iwumif5888g

The one thing I'm not sure they can fix is that it lags once you got whole lotta strokes down. I guess that's the price you pay when there is unlimited undo's.

Now, what are you waiting for, go ahead and unleash your artsy-fartsy self!!!
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/

CPU Heating up

Found out that the beeps that I keep getting (My previous post:Rendering Nightmare) when I'm rendering is actually heat related. Ow must be right. It's because when I turned off my a/c one warm afternoon, the beeps were coming on like crazy everytime I hit render. Then I switched my a/c on again and voila, no more beeps. I'm actually surprised that it made that much difference. Sigh...maybe's it's about time I looked into getting one of them funky water-cooled cooling systems that I always laugh at for my machine.

Fun Homemade Video

A fun video I found on googlevideo.

New Killer Online Game.

I've just read a blog about Google Finance Beta off a buddy of mine's blog. This tool is way too cool. Plus it's easy to use too, I picked it up for like 2 minutes, and I already have some pretty huge names in my portfolio. Namely Dreamworks and Toyota...muahahaha! I've got like $13,440.00 invested and I've already got gains of a total of 15 bucks. Not bad eh! Unfortunately it is only limited to the US stock market for now.

After playing around with this tool for a bit, I came up with an idea to polish my investment skills. What I'm gonna do is get rid of my current investments and give myself $5000.00 as a start. Then, what I plan to do is grow this money through investments. So, what I basically need to do is keep myself updated with the latest news and follow the stock market, just like in the real world. Only difference is, I can blow all my investments and laugh about it later.

Rendering Nightmare

Been working on some hi-poly 3d models for a client recently. Rendering can be such a bitch!!!Arggghh!!! My pc's crashed like 1,265,342 times...so far. I'm getting this strange beeps too midway through rendering. I really need to figure out what it means. Could be ram issues, storage issues, processor issues...looks like I'm gonna be opening a can of worms soon. I bet I could solve the problem, and it's gonna need a stack of RM's and a trip down to Low Yatt. Not now, tho, now all I need is to finish the f@*&ing render. Time to put some Game Development tricks to use.

#2 on Google!

I accidentally pasted my name into google search and look what I found. I'm like result number 2. Woohooo! This could mean 2 things, That I am quite popular, or that there isn't many David Khaw's around. I'm guessing it's the latter...Good fun nevertheless. Now, what can I do to cop that #1 spot???

New Photos In My Album

Finally updated my photo album. There's some from my trip to New York last year and also some taken when some Aussie pro surfers (Taj, Parko and Trent)had a photo shoot in Sunway. Check it out here.

I'm planning to upload some more pictures of my east coast surf trips and also my bali trips soon. So keep an eye out.

cheers.

Drifting in GT4

I know that my bro has killa skillz when it comes to drifting in GT4 but wondered if there's anyone else out there who does it. Did a google search and look what I found. These guys have mad skillz too. To those who have tried drifting in GT4, I'm sure you'll appreciate these vids. I think they're using the steering wheel and pedals. That must be hella' fun!

http://overdrift.hp.infoseek.co.jp/movie/movie.top.htm#-movie-

Pimp My Ride, Malaysia...huh?

Yup, you heard it right.West Coast Customs baby!!! Da boyz from that famous MTV show are gonna be in town apparently. There is supposed to be a party with pimped out rides and hopefully some bootyshakin' in Sunway. Read more about it at the zerotohundred.com forums. Or, you can click here.

http://www.zerotohundred.com/newforums/showthread.php?p=1164823#post1164823

Job vs Freelance

Aih. This question has kept replaying in my head for the past couple of days. Do I get a 9 to 5 (9 to 6/7 for Malaysian companies) or do I take that brave step and venture into the world of freelancing and never look back. Okay, maybe looking back every once in the while and going "Oh crap!".
I've been doing the usual and weighing both the options and pretty much have always come up with the same conclusion which is freelancing. But the problem for me really is making the decision and following through with it. Oh boy???!!!