My friend, Marcus, who has a holiday home in Marco Island, in Florida, is back from his vacation and he told me that he his grandparents bought a HD radio receiver not too long ago and have been enjoying crystal clear radio broadcast ever since. What surprised me is that they only had to buy a HD radio, which is different from regular, traditional radio set, and they can then tune in to a wide range of radio stations for free.

Can you imagine tuning in to high quality radio stations without having to pay a monthly subscription fee? Marcus told me that the folks are having fun discovering Florida high definition radio stations. They told Marcus that they are looking for new country music stations. Well, Marcus is totally not surprised since country music is their favorite genre! I personally prefer rock!

When Marcus was there, he took the chance make use of the iTunes tagging feature. His grandparents do not own an iPod, you see, so it is seriously under utilized! Marcus tagged a few songs so that he could purchase and download from the iTunes Store later. iTunes tagging is so convenient, that once you have tried it out, you wonder why nobody thought of it earlier!

A few days ago, I was at a shopping mall where there was a Chinese opera performance. I was on the first floor watching the show that was on the ground floor. In front of the stage, there was a diamond jewelry store that had set up shop. They do have a proper store but since it was Chinese New Year and they expect the crowd to be in the concourse area, they also rented space there to exhibit their jewelry.

So I was on the first floor looking down and was rather surprised that there are people who would buy jewelry. I am sure you know that Ipoh folks are well known for their stinginess but I guess when it comes to jewelry for Valentine’s Day, they are willing to pay for it since it is a once a year affair.

This jeweler is well known for their range of Tiffany jewelry but I also noticed from their brochure that they also do sell cheap CZ jewelry. I guess there is a market for any kind of jewelry from different segments of society.

I wonder if anyone would be giving me my favorite sterling silver jewelry this Valentine’s Day. It’s tomorrow and my ESP is not picking up any signals!

Since owning an Apple iPhone, I have been crazy snapping photos. OIn fact, if you know of my other blog, you will see that I have published so many photos and those are just part of what I have in my computer! The other day, my computer crashed but luckily I managed to salvage all my files. Howoever, that event reminded me that i should get the important photos printed and not only keep a digital copy.

Just now, I was told of a website that provides quality photo prints are really affordable prices at only $0.09 for 4X6″ glossy or matte prints. From what I understand, this is a promotion rate where we also have to purchase a $25 print card to qualify for $0.09 prints.

If you check the website, you will notice that it is a very simple site where we do not even have to register to place a printing order. Just upload the photos from your computer and select the photo size and type that you require and the quantity you want. I think that from the many photo printing sites that I have visited prior to this, QualityPhotoPrints, Inc. is one of the handful that are able to offer fast and simple prints.

I love the fact that they are using Kodak paper and from what I understand, Kodak offers lifetime warranty on prints. I wonder if this applies at QualityPhotoPrints too.