Of Snow Leopards and Beachballs…

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

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)!!

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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

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…

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 [...]