By Jerry Liao
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 06:02pm (Mla time) 08/19/2007
Strengths:
1. Weight: 4.4 lbs; Dimensions: 7.8 in x 4.4 in x 7 in; Resolution: 600 x 300 dpi black and color.
2. Full PictBridge and Direct Print support; Dye Sublimation Photo Printer; Built-in carrying handle.
3. Range of creative options includes fun design layouts, including calendars, albums, and speech bubble templates.
4. Connection: IrDA, PictBridge, USB; Borderless printing; Uses DIGIC II Image Processor; tilt-up 2.5" colour LCD.
5. Print Speed: 4" x 6" borderless in 69 seconds; Expansion slots: 1 CompactFlash Card, 1 Memory Stick, 1 SD Memory Card
6. Software included: Drivers & Utilities, Canon PhotoStitch, Canon ZoomBrowser EX, Canon ImageBrowser, Canon Easy-PhotoPrint.
Weaknesses:
1. Retractable USB cable too short.
2. Optional Bluetooth.
3. Having to buy new cartridges all the time.
The Bottomline:
The portability and quality offered by Canon Selphy ES1 is simply awesome. It's easy to operate and has a sleek and stylish vertical design. An intuitive user interface displays helpful information on battery levels and the amount of ink and media remaining. It makes a great companion to compact cameras and a photo printer that is definitely worth a look.
Monday, August 27, 2007
The Canon Selphy ES1
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Small Pain In My Chest
The soldier boy was sitting calmly underneath that tree.
As I approached it, I could see him beckoning to me.
The battle had been long and hard and lasted through the night
And scores of figures on the ground lay still by morning's light.
"I wonder if you'd help me, sir", he smiled as best he could.
"A sip of water on this morn would surely do me good.
We fought all day and fought all night with scarcely any rest -
A sip of water for I have a small pain in my chest."
As I looked at him, I could see the large stain on his shirt
All reddish-brown from his warm blood mixed in with Asian dirt.
"Not much", said he. "I count myself more lucky than the rest.
They're all gone while I just have a small pain in my chest."
"Must be fatigue", he weakly smiled. "I must be getting old.
I see the sun is shining bright and yet I'm feeling cold.
We climbed the hill, two hundred strong, but as we cleared the crest,
The night exploded and I felt this small pain in my chest."
"I looked around to get some aid - the only things I found
Were big, deep craters in the earth - bodies on the ground.
I kept on firing at them, sir. I tried to do my best,
But finally sat down with this small pain in my chest."
"I'm grateful, sir", he whispered, as I handed my canteen
And smiled a smile that was, I think, the brightest that I've seen.
"Seems silly that a man my size so full of vim and zest,
Could find himself defeated by a small pain in his chest."
"What would my wife be thinking of her man so strong and grown,
If she could see me sitting here, too weak to stand alone?
Could my mother have imagined, as she held me to her breast,
That I'd be sitting HERE one day with this pain in my chest?"
"Can it be getting dark so soon?" He winced up at the sun.
"It's growing dim and I thought that the day had just begun.
I think, before I travel on, I'll get a little rest ..........
And, quietly, the boy died from that small pain in his chest.
I don't recall what happened then. I think I must have cried;
I put my arms around him and I pulled him to my side
And, as I held him to me, I could feel our wounds were pressed
The large one in my heart against the small one in his chest.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
dream girl
i remember the girl of my dreams found my souland she placed my heart back in my "missing-heart hole"and my child like passion and wonder and pridereturned, and i started to glow from inside
she's the girl of my dreamsshe's the one that i loveshe's the girl of my dreamsangel girl from above
and her heart's always gentleand her heart's always pureand her spirit is strongand her mind, always sure
and we fly through the stars in my dreams while i sleepexploring the universe vast, dark and deep
will you fly through the stars with me, dream girl tonight?will you rest in my arms till the morning light,
shines and reminds
through the sun's golden beamsthat love does conquer allif we follow our dreams
was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.oh my God....i dobt wanna live anymore....
It's always the same in every relationship, there is always one person crying and wishing to get back together, while the other doesn't even remember the things they've been through. I hate that I have to be the one who remembers every little detail while you can't seem to remember me at all.We laughed until we had to cry, we loved right down to our last goodbye, but over the years we'll smile and recall for just one moment we had it all.
