Flip Flap Shows You How To Relax

Flip Flap has become quite the Dot Com Pho celebrity. People wonder who is he? How did he get here? Did Gigabyte make him? Well, only John Chow would ask if Gigabyte made him (of course not! DUH!). Today, I’m going to share with you one of his remarkable talents. The talent of complete relaxation. If you get into a situation where you are absolutely infuriated, just watch this clip and you’ll calm down. Repeat as necessary.

If you think he’s relaxing and soothing in a video, wait till you get the real deal in person. What? You mean you’re giving away one Stephen? That’s right! This month I’m giving away my beloved Flip Flap to ONE lucky person. Oh, and I’m giving away one of those iPod nano doodads too to another reader. If you want to be the new owner of Flip Flap, because owning Flip Flap is FTW, then enter today. You only have till July 1st, 2008!

Dot Com Pho - Flip Flap Edition and Giveaway!

In John Chow’s absence, I was able to take over the production of the weekly Dot Com Pho Video again starting with the May 17th Edition and then the May 25th Edition. Since I shot the pilot episode, it was only natural for me to take on the task once again. Now that the whole crew is back in Canada (except for Ed Lau who is somewhere in Japan) it’s time for another episode of Dot Com Pho!

Since I had gotten very used to doing the Dot Com Pho episodes over the last couple weeks and raising the quality level BACK to where I set it with the pilot, I wasn’t ready to let go of producing them quite yet. John Chow has decided that it will be up to the readers whether he goes or I go, at least till he gets shipped off to Lincoln, Nebraska (aka Middle of Nowhere) for the Top Affiliate Challenge later this month.

In order to up my game, I changed the software I used and switched to the totally unfamiliar iMovie HD. Though more powerful, I found it quite a bit more difficult to use versus iMovie 08 so I had to fiddle quite a bit with it. In the end, the software is quite a bit more powerful, although I personally think iMovie 08 has the potential to be better with new plugins down the road.

So what’s your favourite Dot Com Pho Crew up to this week? Tune in with John Chow, Michael Kwan, Greg Morgan, Gary Ng and me to find out!  To kick things off, hot off the YouTubes, is my version of the Dot Com Pho - Flip Flap Edition…

For a different point of view altogether, here is John Chow’s Flip Flap Edition. Same day, same people, but totally different editing…

So do I get a break next week? Or do you want me to keep going until I get sick of it? Only you can decide!

Oh…and One More Thing…

As an incentive, I’m going to use this opportunity to start a new contest!

If you leave your comment on this post about who should live to edit another day, I’ll enter you into a draw for an “UNBRANDED” iPod nano 4GB Silver that I won at the ZOTAC Party! Unlike the one that Market Leverage is giving away through John Chow this month, this iPod nano is free from any branding nonsense so that you can enjoy it as you please and if you are Chinese, you can even re-gift it properly because it doesn’t have your blog name or Market Leverage’s name on it. Yay!

To increase your chances of winning, you will get one additional entry if you provide another unique comment on my video’s YouTube Page and if you blog about this contest and leave a trackback, you’ll receive another FIVE entries just because I said so for a total of SEVEN lucky entries! WOW! If your trackback doesn’t show, feel free to leave a link to it in the comments on this post.

To sweeten the pot further, everyone that participates in any of the aforementioned methods will be entered once to win my beloved “Flip Flap” because it’s “Flip Flap” FTW! Market Leverage doesn’t have one. John Chow doesn’t have one. But I have one and it could be yours! Contest closes July 1st on Canada’s Birthday and is open to anywhere that snail mail goes.

Good luck and Have Fun!

Time To Giveaway The Samsung 20 Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor and 4GB MP3 Player!

This week marks the final episode of Futurelooks Eight Crazy Weeks of Giveaways. Backed up by Samsung Canada, Futurelooks will be giving away a Samsung 206BW 20 Inch LCD Monitor and a Samsung YP-K5 4GB MP3 Audio Player.  The Samsung monitor won Futurelooks’ Editors’ Choice Award and is highly prized by its many owners for its great looks and excellent picture quality.  The YP-K5 has a really cool trick if you check out the Final Week Contest Page. Don’t worry, the player we are giving away is NOT the same one in the video.  It’s also one of few MP3 players out on the market that has built in stereo speakers while being no bigger than a small cellphone.  It also don’t sound half bad for pint sized speakers.

Because it is the final segment of the eight week contest, we’ve extended the entry date till December 16th, 2007.  To get entered to win, go check out the Final Week Contest Page.

Week Seven of Free Stuff at Futurelooks!

When it comes to contests, the only thing that is worth anything at the end of the day is a product you can hold in your hand and tell people about. For Eight Crazy Weeks, I’ve been helping to give away some pretty darn cool products.  Some of them, like the computer cases, are too large to hold in your hands which is OK because everyone loves getting a huge honking box in the mail.  Well, let the giving continue!

Futurelooks has just launched Week Seven of Eight Crazy Weeks of Giveaways.  This week up for grabs is an LG DVD Player, X-Arcade Retro Gaming Trackball Controller, and a copy of Lord of the Rings Trilogy Special Edition on DVD. Any one of these prizes would be perfect for regifting to someone you love…not that you would do that.  Don’t forget to enter the BONUS DRAW as well too.  For more information on how to win this week, you can check out the Official Week Seven Contest Page.

Stephen Fung DOT NET Update - US Turkey Day Edition

First off, happy turkey day to all our Yankee brothers and sisters across the border. I know that some of you are probably already camping out in front of your favourite stores to snag some of those “Black Friday” deals. If you’re wondering if what you’re camping out for is worth it, head on over to Shopping Price Engine and punch up a few of your chosen deals to see if they camping out in the freezing cold overnight. Canadian shoppers do the same thing every December 26th. We call it Boxing Day.

Being Bribed By AMD…

Last week, AMD flew myself and some other media outlets down to Lake Tahoe to check out the launch of their new “SPIDER” platform. I’d never been to Lake Tahoe before so I was really looking forward to checking it out. Although it was sunshine for the two days that we were there, it was too cold for Bikinis and not cold enough for Snow Bunnies. Instead, the crowd was more “geriatric” in nature and there was extreme danger of “Cougar” maulings. It looked to be the perfect spot for Las Vegas Casino retirees to end up at.

Despite the lack of a party crowd, the view was certainly to die for. I have never seen such a view that was so breathtaking that it looked almost unreal. It was like my little Canon SD850is could do no wrong. Besides the view and the limo pick up from the airport, we also got treated to a full dockside BBQ complete with steaks and this peach cobbler that made me go back for seconds, thirds and fourths. It made me do it, damn it!

Hardware? Oh right! They’ll be shipping out my “Spider Platform” in a week or so which will include a couple of their new 3800 series GPU’s, a 790 series board, and a Phenom processor. The event did allow us some hands on testing of their hardware platform, but I would prefer to install my own “un-optimized” OS and do some comparisions on home turf before passing judgement. However, as you’ve probably heard from the reviews of the Phenom processor, it hasn’t been the “Phenomenom” that a lot of AMD fans were hoping it to be. However, there were some really great features of this new platform that should give it some mass market appeal. I think it was smart to play the platform card to smooth over the bumps with the CPU side of the launch.

All Set For CES 2008!

This week, I got my “International” press badge for the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Just FYI, the only thing that makes it “International” is the little red ribbon. Yay! I’ve actually been ready since I got back from COMPUTEX this past summer. I had my room and flight booked before they jacked the prices up. It’s hard to believe that they can charge $250 US a night for even the Imperial Projects just because CES is in town. What a rip!

CES 2008 will also mark the return of the “Night Before CES” party. Last year was Futurelooks’ first time sponsoring the event and I’m really looking forward to sponsoring it again. The event will take place on January 6th, 2008 at the Absolut Vodka Suite inside the Caesar’s Palace Hotel and Casino. If you’re going to be in the neighbourhood, contact me and I’ll put you on the list.

More Free Stuff at Futurelooks!

 

This week marks Week Six of Eight Crazy Weeks of Giveaways over at Futurelooks! Up for grabs is a Thermaltake Water Cooling System and a VGA Cooler. Don’t forget to sign up for the Newsletter for the bonus draw sponsored by Saitek.  Last week we gave away one of these. Beats silly eBooks any day of the week