As 2016 comes to a close, I am in the process of writing up my new year resolutions for 2017. One of the goals involved meeting my financial goals for next year. I am going to list two main financial goals, one of which is a milestone goal, meaning that if I achieve my first... Continue Reading →
The Black Rage Build
Over the past few days, after months of research I have finally finalised by PC build. This would be my first time building a PC from scratch after more than 10 years. I have a lot to learn since then. Technology moves so fast and so much within that span of time. The DIY and... Continue Reading →
Netflix launches in Singapore
I woke up one morning and as I was having breakfast in the living room and swiping and left and right at my daily newsfeed on Flipboard on my iPhone at the same time, Netflix announced at this year’s CES that they have gone global. I was shocked. Netflix did announce that they are launching their... Continue Reading →
The beauty of odrive
Some of you by now would have multiple free cloud storage accounts spread across the net. From Dropbox, to Box, to Google Drive, Microsoft One Drive and many more. Some of you may even have a paid cloud storage subscription for increased storage capabilities. You might have encountered some slight annoyances in logging into individual... Continue Reading →
Toying with Direct Attached Storage
For the past week, I have been trying to educate myself to the world of NAS, or Network Attached Storage. I was reading articles on the web, watching Youtube tutorials, unboxing, reviews, you name it just to get up to speed to what NAS is all about. It took me a... Continue Reading →
Apple Music vs Spotify. My Personal Take
It's been close to a month since I started using Apple Music, Apple's newest streaming service, out to compete directly with Spotify. As a Spotify user for 6 months prior to Apple Music's launch, there are distinct differences between the two services. Personally, I think Apple Music has a better music collection available for streaming.... Continue Reading →
Brand new battery for my Macbook Air
After 3 days of servicing, I finally collected my Macbook Air, with a new battery inside. Last week, I sent it for servicing, after my battery capacity dropped drastically to around 60%. The "Service Battery" indicator was turned on as well, reminding me to send the Macbook Air for servicing. Now it feels like I... Continue Reading →
A new tumblr
I've always had a tumblr account. I opened an account several years ago just for fun. There was a short period of time where I actually used it to get a hang of it and to see if there is any way at all I could integrate microblogging into my day to day life. That... Continue Reading →
iTunes Match
A couple of months ago, iTunes Singapore went live. And with it, Singapore customers using iTunes now have access to a huge library of music, and movies in which they can buy legitimately through the iTunes store. Singapore customers also get to use their relatively new service called iTunes Match. I decided to try it... Continue Reading →
Tunisia Tourism Commercial
I was surfing around Youtube and I came across the Tunisian Tourism Commercial and I think it's pretty amazing. The ad showing Tunisians from all over the country, united in welcoming visitors to their country really hits the sweet spot for me. After what they have gone through during the period of the uprising, and... Continue Reading →
Melted Crayons Art (inspired by Pinterest)
Pinterest is an extremely inspirational website. Any registered users can share creative pictures and DIYS that they come across the web or that they created by themselves. I have been using it for a little more than 3 weeks now and after having scoured the entire DIY section of Pinterest, I am extremely inspired to... Continue Reading →
SMRT fiasco: My two cents worth.
The past week, there have been a lot of talk regarding the numerous train breakdowns that occurred on the Circle Line as well as the North-South and East-West Line. It caused a lot of problems for commuters and have raised a lot of concerns on how SMRT have dealt with the situation. Now, I'm not... Continue Reading →
Incredible, incredible week
I had such an incredible week this week. Not only did I celebrate with birthday with my closest buddies, friends and parents, but for the first time, I got passes for this year's F1 race in Singapore! So my birthday just passed, and it was a blast! Carousel, was by far a fantastic place to... Continue Reading →
Clone troopers meet the Mac mini
Tried photographing my mac mini together with my clone troopers. You can click on the images for a better look.
Mini Studio, mini success?
So a couple of weeks ago, an inspiration hit me. I wanted to create a super low budget photography studio at home. Something where its super cheap, yet practical and at the same time, allows me to experiment on photography. I was watching some youtube videos online about how to set up a studio, when... Continue Reading →
The Survivors Club
The Survivors Club, written by Ben Sherwood, is an international bestselling book that explores the secrets and sciences that could save your life. And by the definition of "saving your life", he means the human psychology of what makes someone a survivor. Be it in an air crash, or a person who have experienced extreme... Continue Reading →
New Mac mini!
Im a fan of mac products. They are expensive no doubt, but the strength in their product lies in their design, use of materials, some of which are free from toxic chemicals and environmentally harmful manufacturing processes and last but not least, reliability. I have the mac mini, and I have used it for 10 months.... Continue Reading →
The power of the Internet as a tool for collaboration
I read Thomas L Friedman's book, The World is Flat many years ago, and I still find the book an amazing read. A true visionary, he describes in detail the forces that truly flatten the earth, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the invention of the internet, the standardization of collaborative tools and... Continue Reading →
American Idol and what Mankind can possibly do to the world.
I have been following the first few episodes of the latest American Idol, now in its ninth season. Itwas hilarous to see some of the worst and most outrageous singing auditions in the history of television. But while watching, it dawned upon something that I never really thought of much, but at the same time,... Continue Reading →
Charlie Francis's death. Did he deserve it?
You know, I was watching episode 11, season 2 of Fringe, and it was one of the unaired episodes from season 1. Fringe is back after the holiday break and the unaired episode has Charlie Francis back as the cast member in the series. Obviously this episode took place before his unfortunate death, where is... Continue Reading →
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