So yea... I didn't blog for the past few days is cause Friday night, when I came home from work, I started backing up and working on updating my computer to 64 bit OS. Which I did till like 3 before I went to sleep because I couldn't get the RAM to be up to 4GB instead of the "4GB (3.25GB Usable)" which I found out later after I Google a little that its because I set something in the configuration. I set it back and hey presto! Its back up to 4GB! I thought something went wrong with the installation so I reformatted another time before I was done hahahha.
On Saturday I woke up pretty early sleeping only like 6 hours? Possibly less? I had my breakfast and continued working on getting my desktop back up and working before going down to the city to get the Hercules 67mm P adapter ring for my Cokin holder and RAM for my desktop (since its 64 bit, why not take advantage?). I also updated my Mototola Milestone to Android OS 2.2, not sure if its really Froyo but it should, new features, slightly slower performance apparently despite being advertised as faster :/
First I went down to Excelsior Shopping Center to go to one of the mass seller's shop to get my adapter ring. Feels pretty solid actually despite being only 10 bucks. Apparently its made of metal :/ Oh well, as long as its durable and gets the job done!
Hercules 67mm P adapter ring
Next I went down to Funan to get my RAM from the usual shop I patronize. The auntie recommended me to get this brand called Strontium. Never heard of it before, but I trust that the auntie knows what she's doing. After all, she may look a little bit like your typical Singaporean auntie, but she's more knowledgeable in IT than I am D: Hahahah. I gotta say... I was worried since the RAMs in my computer were Kingston and that it might not work with the Strontium but the auntie assured me that it will, so I got 2 pieces of 4GB RAM, since it isn't very expensive as compared to the past though it more or less broke me though I have some cash in my bank just waiting for Adorama to deduct it for The Language Of Light DVD. After that, I bought KFC for my sister and went home. The bus was pretty slow for some reason.
Strontium
So I came home, shut down my desktop and ate my lunch despite it being dinner time. Giving my computer time to cool down before I open it up :S After eating, I opened up and installed my new RAM modules and BAM! It starts up and gave me blue screen, no matter what combination of RAM I did and no matter what I did to the BIOS, it just didn't work! So end up, I gave up and removed the Kingston RAMs leaving the Strontium inside, leaving with me 8GB worth or RAM to use. I went to sleep after tinkering with my desktop abit and installing my programs after doing a system restore which went bonkers.
Sunday I woke up and was installing and I couldn't install some programs due to some error which I've not faced before. So I decided that reformatting is the only way since I'm too lazy and can't be bothered to go in-depth of troubleshooting the issues. Then I was looking at something which I can't remember and apparently... Updating the BIOS might help solve some issues. So I had a look at my motherboard's site, for those of you who don't know or don't remember, my mother board is Gigabyte EP45T-UD3LR. Apparently, they had BIOS update to F10 (Apparently Gigabyte's term for something like version 10). I restarted my desktop and checked the POST (Power On Self Test) and mine was F5! Looking at the updates, F7 caught my attention. The update was "Enhanced Memory Compatibility".
So I went and installed some software that came with my motherboard to update the BIOS and proceeded to reading the instructions on how to update. Its my first time updating so I was a little nervous. When updating, my computer turned on and off and some weird noises and messages came out. I was prepared to get a new motherboard when it says on the POST that is F7! I jumped for joy! Then later, it updated the backup BIOS which was surprising. Apparently motherboards with dual BIOS will have the backup automatically updated when the main BIOS is updated successfully. When I finally boot into Windows sucessfully. I turned off my computer, took out and installed the Kingston RAMs and booted up, SUCCESS!
After using it for a while in full 12GB RAM, I left it on and went for a meeting with my fellow moderators. To help Japan in their time of need. We met at Burger King at Orchard Central. Its a new place to me, never been there before but it looked boring. After some discussion, we walked over to Far East Plaza to check the place out. Oh! I also learnt that my Facebook now has places and that I can check in! My first check in was at Orchard Central hahahha. I went home from Far East Plaza and well, turns out my desktop had not had a blue screen nor has it restarted. The 12GB RAM is stable.
So basically my desktop had a 200%? 300% increase in RAM. Updated some softwares to take advantage of it as well. I am quite pleased with the upgrades :D. I spent the remaining of the time reformatting to solve the issues and then went to sleep after done with just formatting.
So today! I woke up and installed the programs and had breakfast before I left for Eastgear to return the Olympus E-PL2. I came home, changed into shorts and went down to have my hair cut! It feels cooler and I look neater now! :D. After cutting my hair, I took a shower and went on installing the last of the programs and till now,its stable, and more or less finished. The only thing I have left is to update the keywords in Adobe Lightroom of my images and create a catalog for it.
I also took some time to test out my filters! Apparently the 1 stop GND isn't easy to use so I may just sell it off in favor of a 2 stop GND or I may not use any GND at all.
*At this point, I'm unable to upload images due to some problem with Blogger =.= So I'm doing some manual editing, copying and pasting
The scene of my "test", shot with Olympus E-1, manual mode, manual focus, without any filters other than UV of course, all images shot in manual mode, ESP metering
Before attaching Circular Polarizing Filter (CPL)
After attaching CPL
Before sliding in Graduated Neutral Density (GND)
After sliding in GND
Well, it was hard to tell on my tiny E-1 screen, but on computer, the differences can be seen in the paint, windows and sky for the CPL. For the GND, it was tough to see the difference in the viewfinder so as said, I might just sell it in favor of a 2 stop GND.
I'm finally getting rid of my trusty old Epson Perfection 2450 to get something more "mordern". Eyeing on the Epson Perfection V330 as the Epson V600 and V700 are too expensive for me. I would be more sad if I still used 120 film ,but since I got rid of my Mamiya m645j. I'd take my 120 film to the shop to scan if needed. Since I still prefer and mainly shoot in 35mm format.
* I just realize that the browser for uploading images in Blogger is opened =.= So that wasn't any issue with Blogger afterall hahaha
That's all for tonight! Tomorrow will by my first day as an official part timer at Oxygen Studio. Can't wait to get my Language Of Light DVD, my Switchfoot DVDs and books. Scanner as well! Hopefully I can be a vendor for my secondary school! Then can earn money from photography. Good night world!
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