Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
The Dell XPS 13 (2015) finally arrived yesterday afternoon – 2 days after the initial projected delivery date. I’m not absolutely certain of the reason for the delay in assembly, but from what I’m reading on online forums about others
It seems that my new Dell XPS 13 (2015) will take longer to get delivered now. Several days ago, the online status of the unit inexplicably changed backwards from “Work in Progress” to “Order Received” – the latter state of
The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 arrived at our door-step WEDS yesterday evening. Pretty quick. The Microsoft point of distribution was in Shenzhen China. The order was placed on Sunday evening, processed the following afternoon by DHL, picked-up by the courier
It wasn’t easy deciding on my MacBook Pro Retina replacement, on account that no matter what I might think of the general reliability of their MBPs, they do produce lovely machines (externally at least), decent specifications, and as an educator,
As (bad) luck would have it, barely two days after writing my year-end notes of 2014, the MacBook Pro Retina – my daily-use computer at work – started failing spectacularly. The machine is just a shade under 2.5 years old,
Another year, and time for my annual year-end post on our big decisions of 2014 – what went well and what didn’t! Choice of Interior Designer – Win: Our renovation project took a good part of all our free time
And for my 43rd BD, the wife got me this: And I like it.:) Ling every year has a lot of difficulties thinking of the right gadget/toy to buy for me. There were two memorable BD presents mishaps of this
Ever since picking up the iPad mini Retina in June this year, my mobile data usage has shot up significantly, and each month at about its fourth week, I start having to put very close attention and ensure that I
One of the main reasons why I started moving in 2010 to the micro four-thirds system was the general sizing of the camera bodies and lenses. Basically, the removal of the reflex mirror found in traditional (D)SLRs meant that camera
Earlier post in this two-parter here. A desktop PC would have easily been able to hold a solution that was quick, offer storage solutions as large as its case can hold. Except that if the thing was possibly gonna go
Long-post, so split into two parts. Back at the end of last year, I did my every couple of years routine of assembling a new desktop rig to see me through the next stretch. That PC now sits comfortably in
It might be the company I keep, but I rarely see or hear of many friends who still listen to classical music regularly anymore, if going by social media posts is any indicator. Just earlier this year, I shared a
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