Similar to my previous post of  “My New *PINK* Sony VAIO“, I am making a new review of my new computer.
My rant is, if you can see that my PINK Vaio was purchased in January 2009, the lifespan of that thing was a mere 1.5 years.  Barely enough time to fully depreciate and after the 1 year warranty, the computer decided to fail on me.  It’s been known that the CS series has an “overheating” problem, hence my coined term of self-destruction of Sony VAIOs.  Basically, my old machine liked …

I’m changing servers within these next 2 weeks.  I’m telling you this because:

I know the migration should be seamless from the viewers point of view, but my time is limited so I may (and will) hiccup the process
I’m going so slow (not on purpose, but because I don’t have a dedicated 2 hours to focus on doing the migration) so just as a warning that my posts these next 2 weeks will be just as slow
I may blank out on you.  What this means is that while I am changing …

What’s with the hype and Twitter?  I know – a blogger who is not on twitter?  How can that be?  Well, it was.  Except this weekend, my curiosity got the better of me and quite honestly, I think I needed to experience it myself to really understand the craze.
The statistical breakdown:

35 recognized addresses imported from Gmail
8 selected twitters to follow at setup (sorry about the other 27 but I’m using a radius of influence here)
1 photo uploaded
0 success in finding some people I wanted to follow (does anyone know Matt Mullenweg’s twitter …

After my luncheon at AMCHAM with Matt Mullenweg, he made a mention of using Google Reader and because I only use email subscriptions for reads (which can sometimes get annoying because they are in you inbox whether you want it to be or not – unless you set up rules), I decided to go and try Google Reader. (Sorry about the resolution of the photo, didn’t realize it was so retarded looking since I just uploaded it directly to my site).

After about 2 weeks of using this.  I LOVE IT!   …

HELP!!  I’m looking for a fashionable IPhone wallet or purse.  Most of the products available today are literally, IPhone wallets that are UGLY and FUNCTIONAL.  Well, why can’t stuff for geeks be fashionable too?  Hmm, makes you think maybe there is a market for this.  Anyways, if anyone comes across one, can you please pass it along?  My only option right now is to check out the Coach Wristlets – which I have yet to do, but I’m having high hopes that they will fit my IPhone.  The problem is …

Wow, the founder of WordPress is coming to Hong Kong and speaking at a Luncheon!  WordPress is a free state-of-the-art platform used for blogging.  It’s actually the foundation of my blog as well. 
Currently there are over 13 million registered users world wide and to actually have a chance to meet one of the coolest Silicon Valley stories is a once in a lifetime chance!  He’s a typical dot com profile where he is a college drop out and started this online platform by hashing it out in his mother’s kitchen.  …

 
OH BABY!!  After a long period of training online, I’ve finally conquered my sister, the GEEK.  It’s all good because a little bit of healthy competition now and then doesn’t hurt anyone.  You can see my gradual increase in score over time and finally, today (just 2 minutes passed), I surpassed the mighty online nerd.   Her post Desktop Tower Defense was useful enough to get me the basics, but something was missing.  I will elaborate more here.  For starters, yes, it’s about the path you build, but that’s not enough.  You …

This is the 4th time that I’ve put my laptop in my suitcase, only to turn it on when I arrived back in Hong Kong to find that the back light had been shot.  I can still use it, but I can barely see and need to look at it from an angle with the correct lighting – which is still a good because my data is accessible.  The laptop was only 3 years old!  I hope to run more mileage out of these things.  Anyways, after consulting SONY in …

Yesterday, at a friend’s house, I was introduced to a game called “RockBank” played on XBOX.  We actually had the WHOLE band – which consisted of a drummer, 2 guitarists and 1 person on vocals.
Needless to say, everything was played on the XBOX 360 and the equipment was “human size”, which means, you’re physically “playing” the game.
The entire gig takes the following hardware:

1 wireless drum set
2 wireless guitars
1 microphone
Xbox and game

You see, I’m not a rock fan – so many of the songs I didn’t know, but you can still play …

With some time on my hands and the urge to spice up my blog (both functionally and aesthetically), I’ve decided to go outside the WordPress blog and see what additional yummies I can add to my site.
For those who aren’t bloggers, or rather, those who are, but using blogging sites to do so, I’m currently using a free software called WordPress.  You’ll need to find a web host to host the site for you (or you can create your own if you’re technically adept, have the resources and time) and …