If you’re a road warrior, you need a bigger keyboard and screen, excellent connectivity, and a large hard disk in a small space. The Asus Eee PC 1000HE has got it all, in buckets; and attractively so. The 1000HE sports Intel’s new and faster Atom N280 chip. The 10″ display shows 1,024×600 pixels, but doesn’t…
I’ve been abroad for quite a while, but despite living in a non-English speaking country and learning something of the language, I still prefer to use English on my PCs… it’s just faster to learn and use. So whenever I need something from Google in English, I always set the cookie to the default using…
Tonight I was chatting with Christine in the car as we came home after dinner. Through our discussions, I found that I really have been something of a jack of all trades through my life. I’m not sure if this is the result of personal upbringing or experience or is simply a reflection of my…
I was sorting through my collection on online photos and digi-cams (and I’m already on the fifith!)… when I found this sorry bag of old negatives. I had almost forgotten about all those old 35mm pictures that I took. I’m so glad that I switched to digi-cam but I’m sad that I have all these…
Let’s dig in !, originally uploaded by EndlessSupra. Endless Supra took this wonderful picture of Sushi. It’s a particular favorite of mine. The vendor on our street stopped selling it just after Chinese New Year. 🙁
I was chatting with my wife today. She used to be an agent for a well-known insurance company in Taiwan, selling health insurance, and term life insurance. It always amuses me how she managed to do that job! Her numeracy skills aren’t the best, and so much of that job requires an understanding of the…
Caffeine – that’s been my drug of choice for quite some time. I do consume quite a bit over the course of a day. I prefer to consume the caffeine in hot forms: like expresso, cappuccino or, occasionally, some other mix. And I like it strong. In fact, one time my addiction to the substance…
Nickname: investorblogger Review: I do think it’s quite funny how the dinosaur of software was portraying non-upgraders of Microsoft Office as dinosaurs. I guess it takes one to know one. Truly, Microsoft is the dinosaur here. I do think companies and large organisations will find ways to these web-based programs to their advantage. I also…