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More Onion

Posted on 7 Apr 200914 Jan 2010   by CY

The fun never stops! Hopefully even my friends who’re ardent buyers of Apple toys will laugh at this one.:) Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

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Photographic post-mortem

Posted on 31 Mar 2009   by CY

Every trip I make I get a more refined idea or perspective of what to do the next time. So, photographic post-mortem of the 8 day trip: Leave the Sigma 10-20mm UWA lens at home. I like the lens, but

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Posted in Photography & Cameras, Toys & Technology, Traveling    Tagged San Francisco 2009    5 Comments on Photographic post-mortem   

Game Developers Conference

Posted on 26 Mar 2009   by CY

The Game Developers Conference here at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center isn’t just a conference where bespectacled geeks gather and talk about video games. It’s a festival and celebration of technology, the visual arts, story telling, sound and music –

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Posted in Toys & Technology, Traveling    Tagged San Francisco 2009   

Getting packed

Posted on 21 Mar 200913 Jul 2018   by CY

Funnily, I don’t usually have difficulties deciding what to pack for trips out of the country. I have a handy spreadsheet that lists the standard items that go into luggage and/or hand-carry. Thereafter, the only thing that needs to get

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Posted in At Home, Toys & Technology, Traveling    Tagged Laptops, Nikon D300, San Francisco 2009   

Phone Ownages

Posted on 19 Mar 200914 Jan 2010   by CY

Continuation from my entry on phone ownership earlier.:) There’s been a bunch of phones I’ve been keeping an eye on since deciding to change my mobile last week. There’s quite a bewildering array of devices to suit every price and

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Posted in Toys & Technology   

Panasonic HDC-SD20 – Notes II

Posted on 18 Mar 200914 Jan 2010   by CY

More notes.:) Navigation: The SD20 has a small number of buttons and levers for triggering the record, shutter for still images, zooming, the built-in LED video light, power-on/off, battery release etc. But the rest of it is operated via a

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Posted in At Home, Photography & Cameras, Toys & Technology    Tagged Panasonic HDC-SD20   

Panasonic HDC-SD20 – Notes I

Posted on 17 Mar 200914 Jan 2010   by CY

The HDC-SD20 is Panasonic’s entry line of Full HD digital camcorders. It’s a pretty new release too; several stores including MSColor, Courts and Best Denki, haven’t received stock for it yet. And Amazon.com lists the item for sale only from

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Posted in At Home, Photography & Cameras, Toys & Technology    Tagged Panasonic HDC-SD20   

HD Toy

Posted on 15 Mar 200914 Jan 2010   by CY

While I’ve had quite a few still image cameras, both of the digital and film sort, I haven’t been in video recording for quite nearly as long. Consumer-priced video recorders didn’t drop in price quite as quickly as photographic cameras

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Posted in At Home, Photography & Cameras, Toys & Technology    Tagged Panasonic HDC-SD20   

Dai Goh Dai

Posted on 11 Mar 200914 Jan 2010   by CY

A post about handphones! In Cantonese, ‘Dai Goh’ means ‘Big Brother’. Dai Goh Dai means “Big Brother Carrying” I think, and the phrase was used in the 80s when mobile phones became available for consumer purchase. Those phones were like

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Echoing: The Witcher

Posted on 2 Mar 2009   by CY

Echoing a game review for the other blog I manage and write for. I wrote this one last year though. The Witcher No, this isn’t an educational game review. For a change, this one’s just a game review for an

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Posted in Entertainment, Toys & Technology   

Windows Utilities III

Posted on 1 Mar 200914 Jan 2010   by CY

I figured what the heck – I might as well just finish the series of posts with the last bunch of freeware.:) While there are a lot of file compression standards used online, the two most common ones by far

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Posted in At Home, Toys & Technology   

Windows Utilities II

Posted on 1 Mar 200925 Jan 2024   by CY

Continuation of my earlier post.:) The earlier incarnations of Windows kept their application settings in easily configurable .INI files, but have now packed them into a registry file. Most users don’t ever peak into the registry since it’s a cryptic

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