I noted this news story in my Google Taiwan News Feed (click here for my special Taiwan News Feed!) !. FET soft launches WiMAX network in Taichung Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone (FET) has launched a limited trial across its WiMAX network in Taichung, central Taiwan, charging users a monthly fee of TWD599 (USD18.50) for…
Since my last diet update, I’ve not been very assiduous in my diet at all! Sorry, readers! I know you’ve all been expecting me to lose vast amounts of weight without any taking diet pills. I’m not about to admit defeat. But gradually, getting on with the basic program. Remember dieting is a program of…
Image via Wikipedia It’s been a while since I updated the diet blog side of things. But I did weigh myself today, and I noted that I had some success already in following my own five step foundation to good dieting. 1. Drink more water: drink 1 liter of water a day. I think I…
Having just tried out several music services and products, I happened to come across this piece of software, called RadioSure. It’s a simple player that sits between your PC and 12000 online radio stations, including many of my favorites. I’ve been trying it out for a couple of days, it includes multi-format playback, buffering and…
We’re spoilt for choice these days in the Second Browser Wars. There are at least five popular choices and quite a few non-mainstream choices as well. So if you have bought a new netbook or notebook recently, and didn’t get a choice of browser, just lumpy old Internet Explorer version 6, then some of these…
Smart Car: Really for two?, originally uploaded by obblogatory. What a great little run about? How big is the engine? About the size of my pen capacity?… Still looks great. update: it’s apparently called the Smart Roadster and has excellent fuel economy: Toyota Prius levels. I’m not exactly sure which model it is: so please…
Yes, tomorrow is July 4th, a celebration for the United States. In my family, though, we’ve adopted the tradition of “Liberty Days”. Tomorrow is Liberty Day It’s quite simple: if either of us (or both) want some free time from each other, we declare an infrequent Liberty Day in which we both can do whatever…
If you’re happy toting around a large notebook from the early 2000’s, then you’ll be quite happy buying large usb dongles for all sorts of added functionality: memory cards, plugin mice, keyboards, Bluetooth, etc… So good deals in the Sale like the Kensington Bluetooth USB Adapter will make you happy! Why? It’s inexpensive, plugs into…
You have seen them a thousand times… and probably never given them much thought. But each time you purchase something in a store, you’ll come across one or another type of retail pos systems. I remember in the 70’s my parents owned a shop and bought a simple cash register. Each night, they’d have to…