New Resizing Image Technology

Extremely awesome, this is an amazing technology, photoshopping will never be the same again - ever.

A new technique shows resizing of images while keeping the important features of the image undistorted, also allows you to protect or remove part of the image with anything removed being automatically and seamlessly filled in.
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How to Become a Famous Architect

I had a conversation with an architect last week and during the conversation he told me, “The fastest way to become a famous architect,” he said, “is to throw a brick at a famous architect.”
Advice taken.
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Books

Sorry for the lack of updates, was sick for the entire week, flu, sore throat, fever, running nose, you name it I’ve got it, possibly bird flu, SARS, mad cow disease and all the good things.
Falling sick means I’m a half dead zombie with plenty of time to spare and reading is the best activity [...]

Diller & Scofidio - Blur Building

Image Source: Swiss Expo 2002

Image Source: Swiss Expo 2002
Seven years ago when I was in secondary school I came across a documentary about the Swiss Expo 2002 in discovery channel, I can’t quite remember the content of the documentary but some of the finer details like the mist was rather hard to forget. [...]

Wedding at Tanarimba Janda Baik

I’m not a very sociable person, close friends of mine knows that I am awfully quiet in a crowded environment, such as party and gatherings, same goes for wedding dinner, things are made worst with those typical Chinese wedding. What annoys me in a typical Chinese wedding is the way they dine, duel for food [...]

Going Green - Chicago City Hall

Image Source: Time Magazine, Photographer: Anne Ryan / Polaris
I came across an interesting article on the latest Time Magazine, it is about greening rooftops. According to the magazine, in an effort to conserve energy, reduce storm water runoff and deflect heat, the roof of Chicago City Hall has been transformed into a brilliant garden. Undeniably [...]

Korean Robots to Construct High-Rises By 2010

Image Source: The Animatrix
We’ve been sending humans to do a robot’s job for quite sometime now, and in a few short years the Korean are going to flood the market with cheap construction robots that promise to cut labor costs by a third, construction time by 15% and the number of construction related accidents. The [...]

Kuala Lumpur Flood Control System

Sorry for the lack of updates, was away attending my cousin’s wedding, will update about that too. Anyway, while I was in Kuala Lumpur for the weekend prior to the wedding, I stumble upon a row of shop houses and their flood control system, probably they’ve given up on the local authorities and decided to [...]