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Of Snow Leopards and Beachballs…

December 14, 2009

I have had it…
Almost four months after installing Snow Leopard, I have taken to “upgrading” my OS to Leopard 10.5.8…after the initial purrs, Snow Leopard started coughing up hairballs.
With each successive update, the promised redemption never came. I hate to admit this, but at the moment, Windows XP seems a more stable platform than [...]

The Need for Speed…Extreme edition

November 21, 2009

In a bid to blast through cyberspace in warp speed, I recently got an Airport Extreme base station (802.11n) to replace my old Linksys wireless router (802.11g). I wasn’t sure how the new router (and the different standards – i.e. ‘g’ and ‘n’) would measure up, so I did a check with Speedtest.net.
With the Linksys, [...]

The Price is Fright(ful)!!

October 1, 2009

I decided to send my camera and some lens for a long overdue check and servicing, especially after a few overseas trips where they took a beating.
Brought them down to the Nikon Service Centre at Anson Road today, and explained to the staff behind the counter that one of my lens gave off a squeaking [...]

How to get ahead…

September 28, 2009

In the mould of self-help gurus and “how-to” books, here’s my very own tip on how to get ahead in life…
Step 1: Find a willing subject.
Step 2: Get a really sharp knife…
I guess you can see where this is going…so i shall just let the video speak for itself (yes, i know it was a [...]

Of pandas and Moses…

September 19, 2009

Some days ago, i posted a comment on Facebook that i had something in common with pandas and Moses. There were a couple of good guesses but only one correct answer…
I had gotten a Wacom Bamboo tablet…
Been eyeing one for a while, but never really justified the need for one. Until that [...]

Journey

September 12, 2009

If you are on facebook, you’d pobably have seen my comment about not being able to go away without being moved somehow, after having been in contact with a true artist and his art. You would also probably have seen an earlier comment about it being a packed and interesting weekend. Allow me to go [...]

There’s no Leopard like Snow Leopard…

August 28, 2009

I just got my copy of Snow Leopard delivered to me this morning! Pre-ordered on Wednesday, and wasn’t expecting to get it today since it’s launch day today.
Yay!
*grrrrrrowl*

(re)Facing Facebook

August 23, 2009

After almost one-and-a-half years, I am back on Facebook.
It wasn’t peer pressure, the need to get “with it”, or the search for old friends which led me to re-activate my account. In fact, I must say that I have been totally happy without Facebook all this time, and I did not at any time feel [...]

Airlines break things

July 24, 2009

Just saw a segment on the evening news (YES, THE NEWS!) about one man’s fight against an airline. Kinda like a David vs Goliath story. Anyway, this guy – Dave Carroll – travelled on a United flight, checked in his Taylor guitar, and landed only to find the neck broken. Well, it was a one [...]

Run, baby, run…

July 24, 2009

I’ve been running about 2-3 times a week for the past few months in a bid to lose weight and shape up (round is no longer the shape i want to be in).
Anyhow, I got this nifty app on my iPhone called Runkeeper which tells me how far I’ve run, how fast, how many calories [...]