ACHTUNG, Xiao Xin, Abunai !!!!
Please check your mobile company on data rates and your allowance before you use this feature. You don’t want to end up paying a huge data fee.

PART A - On the iPhone Enable tethering on your iPhone (running os 3.0)

1. Go to Settings on your iPhone. tap on GENERAL button

2.Under General, tap on NETWORK button

3. tap on INTERNET TETHERING

4.Turn it ON

5.Select BLUETOOTH or USB. I am using the USB as the phone gets charged too while you are using it.

PART B (using USB cable)
Just connect the iPhone to your Mac via the USB cable.

And you should be able to use the internet.

I have been running some online and offline workshops for educators and non-profits on Creative Commons. Creative Commons is an organization that supports people who are interested in allowing people to use their content.

A bit about Creative Commons licensing

Lets say, I have a picture of durian, its not that important to me as I live in South East Asia and I can take pictures of Durian everyday if I want.

Say a student in Iceland wants an image of durian for her presentation. She googles and find the image, ideally she would have to write to me to get permission.

Luckily for her I use a Creative Commons License and my license clearly states that anyone can use the image as long as they attribute me. She can download and use the image and all she needs to do is mention that the image came from me.

I have the flexibility to specify what kind of usage I allow - for example I can say that my pictures can only be used in non-profit projects.

Thanks to services such as Flickr, that lets its users tag their images with a Creative Commons license, it has become easier to find images and use them.

Free Online Class on Using Creative Commons Resources

If you are interested in learning more about using Creative Commons resources for your students, please join me

Date: Sun, Jun 21 2009 10:00 PM Malay Peninsula/China/Singapore/HongKong Standard Time (2PM UTC)

Venue: Online (as long as you have a computer with internet connection you can join)

Coverage:
1. Copyright laws relating to online media
2. Where to find creative commons licensed images and sounds
3. How to use and properly cite the source
4. What else should we be aware of while using Creative Commons licensed images. How about the privacy rights of people featured in the images.

I will be making this online class interactive, you will be doing stuff with me and not just listening to me talk.

Click on this address to join
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/149310-Creative-Commons-Licensing-for-Educators

Earlier this year I was in the Singapore Blogout event and they had Samsung’s Lapfit LD190G monitor on display. I wanted to buy it but it was not available for sale yet. I need additional screen space so bad that I ended up buying a mini-USB monitor in Tokyo last month.

Last week, Samsung contacted me and they sent me a LD190G for review.

I have been using for the last couple of days and I will probably end up buying it from them.

My Observations

1. The profile of the monitor and the box that it comes in is compact and portable. I like this as I keep moving often and want to have as little worldly possessions as possible.

2. My previous secondary monitor was also a Samsung and I was happy with the colors etc. This one is good too and more importantly it has the wider dimensions - means good for video playback.

Here I am working on my assignment for a course I am attending in Second Life. I can watch the tutorial on YouTube and build in Second Life at the same time.

3. The flexible stand at the back has a nice feel and can support the monitor at two angles.

4. The overall design is cool. I like the buttons.

5. Mac drivers for the LD190G and LD220G are can be download online from their support site. It is in .rar format. You will need the free UnRarX utility to expand it.

Thanks to Lester Chan for pointing to the drivers. Please check out Lester’s web for an excellent review of the LD190G.

Pricing and Special Offer at Singapore PC Show

There are two models - The LD190G(18.5 inches, Resolution : 1,360×768) and the LD220G (21.5 inches Resolution : 1,920×1,080) and the Singapore prices are LD190G at $239 and the LD220G at $339.

They are offering promotional prices at Singapore PC Show (11 to 14 June at SUNTEC), LD190G at $229 and the LD220G at $309 respectively.

Additionally, if you print this coupon and show them at the PC show you will get a free 20$ Takashimaya Voucher.

Looking to pass the time on the flight from Thailand, I had downloaded Eucalyptus. it is a e-book reader that at the moment only reads the ebooks available on the Gutenberg project.   I ended up downloading classics such as Around the World in 80 days by Jules Verne and some texts on China by Herbert Allen Giles. Let me show you how the page flip looks like on Eucalyptus.

This app costs 10$ on the iTunes app store. It is a thing of beauty, worth the price. The rendered text is so crisp, so close to print. Thanks to Eucalyptus, now I am enjoying these old books and remembering the innocent years on my childhood when I first read these, dozens of summers back, in a land far away, with Mayflowers blooming and the scent from eucalyptus trees all around.

I had heard about these Eye-Fi cards and when I saw one at a electronic store in Tokyo, I decided to get one and try it out.

It looks like a regular SD card that goes into your camera but this one has a wi-fi antenna built in. Where? you will ask, the card is so thin. Yes that’s what I thought too. But it really is there - such wonders of science and technology these days.

First you must configure the card by plugging it into your computer via an USB card reader (supplied in the box). There is software inside the SD card that installs the software drivers and a manager utility. With the manager utility, you can tell the Eye-Fi cards
1)What wi-fi networks you want to use and
2) What services (Flickr etc.) you would like to use to upload pictures.

Once you have configured the card, just slot it in to your camera.

Now as you take pictures, the Eye-Fi will keep uploading them to your online photo storage.

Some pictures we were taking in a pub in Bangkok and seeing them come up on Flickr instantly.

I am often at events and meet live bloggers or twitterers who are frantically trying to post text, picture and videos of the happenings. This eye-fi card could be useful to them.