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Did you see the “Fire Rainbow” today?

Kristian — Sun, 23 May 2010 07:19:22 +0000

Today (May 22, 2010, 2:20 PM), as I was driving in Union City, my son asked me: “Is that a rainbow?” I looked up and saw what looked like a rainbow “belt”. I had never seen anything like it!

At home, I did some research, and found out that this phenomenon is quite rare, and is actually called a “Circumhorizontal Arc“, also known as a “Fire Rainbow”. I was glad that I had my iPhone with me to capture this occurrence.

Has anyone else seen this before?

Palm Pre: iPhone Killer?

Kristian — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:33:08 +0000

This is Palm’s latest phone. Could it be an “iPhone Killer” as mentioned in the video? Even though the Palm Pre seems to have many technical feats, the iPhone has gained large momentum in its number of apps, and many happy followers.

Shazam: Identifying music on your iPhone!

Kristian — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:46:52 +0000

Have you ever listened to a song on the radio, liked it, but didn’t know what song that was, or who performed it?

The same thing happened to my friend April who shared on Facebook that she heard a song on the radio which she liked. She used Shazam on her iPhone to record a sound clip, and it was able to identify that song: “Infinity” by “Guru Josh”, a song from the 1990′s! Amazing!

I wished I had this app when I was still DJ-ing for the Stanford Ballroom Dance Club. It would have saved me some research.

If I ever get an iPhone, I’ll be sure to install this app.