I picked up my new toys on thursday night. That was the first day of the Comex 2010. I only managed to get the D-link DNS-323 and a portable 1TB hard drive (Made in Japan).My initial impression of the device is it is very well built. It did not feel cheapskate like most of the things “Made in China”.
After some lengthy backup of my Tera-Byte data, i moved the 1.5TB hard drives into the DNS-323. The installation guide was simple to follow. Now i am restoring my data back for …

For the past few weeks i have been reading up on the Mac OS X. I read of OS names like Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard. I also read of people paying for the original  OS or downloading hacked version to install on the normal netbooks and pc. The result is called a Hackintosh.
Mac is Unix based and we know many good things about Unix. It boot up fast and rarely give blue screen. Mac on the other hand is well known for its nice user interface.
So for the past …

The Apple iPad is a impressive product and it came in different prices due to Wifi 3G features and amount of memory onboard.
1. Determine why you need an iPad?
What is the primary reason of usage? Is it for reading ebooks? Is it for games? Is it for internet? Is it for photos?
2. Determine how long you intend to use it? 
We call this “rate of deppreciation” in accounting. It also start you thinking how much data storage you need. What you are putting in could double or triple in the 2nd or 3rd year. In …

This could be my biggest expenses for the year 2010. I have many things to buy on hand. Here is my hi-tech shopping list:
1. Panasonic Lumix LX5 (YES! I am going travel soon!)
A new compact camera to replace my 3 years old Fujifilm F31fd. Why i chose Panasonic Lumix LX5 is because of the below strong reasons:
i. 1:1 format. I like to experience with square pictures without post processing.
ii. Long battery life just like my trusty Fujifilm F31fd.
iii. Movie recording on AVCHD.
iv. Leica len! What else?!
v. I did not own …

The Alexandra Village has closed down for renovation. What happened to the Mr Avocado?
I found the stall today. I saw 2 men holding familiar glasses of the delicious green stuff inside. Hey! The glasses look familiar! The green liquid looks familiar! It is Mr Avocado!!!
Where are they now? They have moved to the Food Center at Margaret Drive. Go go go! “Thank You Brother!”

Today was a interesting day. I noticed many things. First was the women’s heels. The current trend is to have a buckle on the front. This morning i saw a number of women wearing such heels.<skip>
I used the public transport everyday. Whenever i take the mrt, i will recall what my sifu has told me. He also take public transport most of his time.
“In the past, if the train is crowded, you can wait for the next one”
“If the next one is crowded, you can wait for the next one”.
“Now, …

I went to the Genting Highland’s casinos recently and realised how to make money from it. Here are the tips (use at your own risk):
1. Understand how the game works. If in doubt, you can check with the casino’s free lesson trainer. There are some simple games for everybody like the Blackjack, Pontoon and Casino War.
2. Understand your luck pattern. You should be able to tell when you are luckier and when you are in bad shape after a few tries. My recommendation is to cut loss after 3 continuous …

I asked my sister this question in the morning. Her answer is YES! The Apple iphone is imperfect. You cant bluetooth music or transfer files like Word doc or pdf into it as easy as the other telephone vendors. These are small pain compared to what i and maybe many others had underwent in the past.
I got my iphone 3GS sometime in Oct 2009. Since then, my godsis is on iphone, my sister is on iphone and my gf is on iphone. There has been a series of conversion to …

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I read an interesting article by Devin Leonard a few days ago. This article was published in one of the local free paper, mypaper. Its title is “Go green? Just buy less stuff”. I have included some quotes that were of interest:
“one of the biggest business stories was how large corporations were going to save the planet and make billions of dollars for their shareholders at the same time.”
“consumers who load up their shopping carts with organic food, for instance, may be unwittingly subsidising big farm companies that are …

I had a rather persistent hiccup today. I tried drinking a lot of water but it did not help. So i decided to try the isotonic drink, H2O. I drink a full cup and after a while it will go away. However, it will return much later again. Drink some more H2O and it stopped again.
28 Mar 2010
The hiccups are back. It came back when i doing chanting at the temple today. I was chanting the 88 Buddhas. Somehow it disappeared just before the end of the chanting. I stayed …