I’ve hardly ever posted things about my home country on this blog, so let’s show you something different today. Here’s a popular past-time in Malaysia this time of the year, it’s known as the Ramadan Buffet. Ramadan is the 9th month in the Islamic calendar when Muslims round the world enter into a period of fasting in the lead up to the Hari Raya. This year I visited Dorsett Regency Hotel in Kuala Lumpur where its Ramadan Buffet has somewhat become an annual pilgrimage in itself for many people. Read the rest of this entry »

The world is getting smaller with the advent of technology that allows us to connect to each other over long distances almost instantaneously. With Viber’s VoIP app, this is all the more true as it lets you call or text any one of your friends who also has the app installed.

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Digital cameras have long been used photograph faraway stars and planets. While this technology is nothing new, the billion-pixel camera on the Gaia Spacecraft, to be launched by the European Space Agency in 2013 is nothing short of amazing.

Gaia’s camera is said to be among the largest of its kind to ever exist, and it is estimated that Gaia will detect 15,000 new alien planets over the course of its mission.

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Moulding chocolate by using plastic or silicone moulds is nothing new, in fact, the art has been around for many years. Moulds can only make one set chocolate shape and you need many different moulds to create differently shaped chocolates.

Combine chocolate moulding and today’s 3D printer technology and you have a match made in heaven, for chocolate lovers who love to make their own little special creation.

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Learning a new instrument is always a challenge to learn finger movements and such, but now, with the PossessedHand, an electric finger stimulator that makes your fingers move without any input from your brain.

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