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 last time I revamped my room was just after completing my National Service. That was around 5 to 6 years ago. It involved painting my whole room with two complementary colour tones, “Cappuccino” and “Latte”, dark and light respectively. It also involves getting the necessary furniture to make my room, as I like it. It took a... Continue Reading →
I have had the AegoM speakers as my desktop speakers in my room for close to 7 years now. Recently, I have been looking to replace my aging speakers with a new pair, but couldn’t decide on a suitable one. The Aego M has set the bar really high in terms of audio quality, and getting my... Continue Reading →
3 months in, and there are only a handful of apps that I use regularly whenever i am using the iPad mini.The top few most used app are the Kindle app for reading all my favourite e-books, The New Yorker app, for reading my favourite weekly magazine, the National Geographic app to the Nat Geo in its digital format,... Continue Reading →
It’s the time of the year to come up with my very own New Year Resolutions 2016. But looking back at the New Year Resolutions made this year, how has that fared? Did I accomplished what I set to accomplished for 2015? What were some things that I achieve successfully? What were some of the things that... Continue Reading →
This upcoming trip to Hong Kong with my colleagues wasn't originally in my calendar. It was planned by my colleagues and through impulse I just said yes that I would be thrilled to join in on this trip. Just a weekend away from town, going to Hong Kong, to do a little bit of sightseeing,... Continue Reading →
On impulse, over the weekend, I bought the Google Chromecast. Not the new generation that was just announced about a week ago, but the little dongle that has been on the market for quite some time. Initially, I never really thought much about Chromecast, or its ability to make any TV with a spare HDMI... Continue Reading →
So yesterday I went to my local Apple store, and casually looked at the new iPad mini 4 that Apple just released. I held the tablet in my hands and noticed that the extra millimetres shaved from the previous iPad mini, as well as the ever so slight weight reduction over the previous iPad mini.... Continue Reading →
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 →
So how long does it took for me to upload almost 500GB of photos to Amazon Cloud Drive? Almost 8 days, non-stop. My Macbook Air was literally switched on, 24/7 for an entire week, so that I could get every single 65,000 or so photos totalling close to half a terabyte uploaded to the cloud.... Continue Reading →
A pair of bookshelf speakers from Dali was one of my potential upgrades to my current speaker system. I am currently using the Acoustic Energy 2.1 speaker system and so far it has served me really well for the past 5 years or so. It is still going strong, except for the volume knob that gives... Continue Reading →
The Amazon Cloud Drive offers unlimited storage to backup your files to the Amazon Cloud. A relatively new player in providing unlimited file storage for just 50 bucks a year, its practically a steal. So how does it perform? And does the service suit my needs well? Remember I am trying to find an inexpensive,... Continue Reading →
Seven days was all it took from the moment I applied for the card, to the moment I received it, just in time to purchase our air tickets to Copenhagen, Denmark and to Reykjavik, Iceland. I applied for the credit card to take advantage of the sweet 5% cash rebate on all purchase (up to... Continue Reading →
I have been reading a lot about NAS, DAS, cloud backup, cloud storage, RAID options and many many more. But still, I have yet to come up with the most cost effective solution and efficient solution to back up and archive my photos. First, there is always the traditional route of backing up my photos... Continue Reading →
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 →
Ever since my household got upgraded to a fiber broadband, I have had difficulty getting decent wifi speeds. That is because of the location of the router, relative to the relay point of the fiber broadband connection, is situated at one corner of the living room, near the TV console. It is now further from... Continue Reading →
Phuket. Now Perth. Second holiday of the year and it was an amazing trip. Despite the fact that I have been to Perth, many many years ago, the city still gave me pleasant surprises throughout my trip there. Fremantle Market is still a joy to visit, and the 3 hour drive to The Pinnacles reminded... Continue Reading →
One of my friends has been on the fence on whether to join us for our Iceland adventure trip next year for a few months. Yesterday, he said ok to the entire endeavor. We are actually going to Iceland!! We have been planning such a long and far trip for months now. The only thing... Continue Reading →
I can't remember when was the last time I actually had the tickets to the National Day Parade. In my entire life, I think I had the chance to attend the NDP only once, and that was during my primary school days. Now, after many years later, a friend of mine had a pair of... Continue Reading →
I consider myself a tech geek. And by tech geek, I mean carefully choosing the kinds of devices or gadgets that would suit my needs. Choosing a piece of technology, be it smartphones, notebooks, hard drives or even a simple computer mouse must be reasonable priced, reliable, trustworthy and that it suit my needs perfectly.... Continue Reading →
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