All wired up
If there’s one thing I missed when I was in Perth, it was quality Internet access. The University network was pretty good, but public Internet access was a different matter. For the first year, I was using dial-up 56K connections,
Category: Toys & Technology
Tennis, anyone?
Of the three boys growing up at Lentor in the 80s, I was the only one who didn’t get into Tennis, which I think was the ‘in’ sport back then. Both my brothers did, but I preferred badminton. Maybe it
Slam dunks
My dad loves watching the NBA. It must be something about those tall black American players with their 3 point shooting and slam dunk moves. Myself; I remembered following the stunning debut of the American ‘Dream Team’ basketballers at the
Golf, goofing
I’m not a sporty person. In the last 10 years, my exposure to physical training and activity has been limited to jogging, swimming, and all those training sessions in the IPT program in order to fulfill my yearly NS IPPT
If I could dream…
… it’d be of this lens: The Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR LOL. But I’m not crazy: the damn thing costs a whopping ~$2.5K.:(
Keeping up with the Lims
I used to spend a lot of money as an early adopter of new toys that come along. I was quite at the forefront: the early 3D graphic accelerators just before the mid 90s, optical drives from 1995, video imaging
Ling’s new toy
Truth to tell, I think one or two of our friends are a bad influence on Ling. How so? Well, she was inspired by the steam vacuum cleaner that our small group friend Ann has. So on Monday evening Ling
Lego bricks
30 years ago while the three of us were growing up at our old place at Sembawang Hill Estate, we had a lot of Lego bricks. And we had huge tubs and boxes of those things. They must have cost
Windows 7
One of the best things about having more than a few notebooks and PCs at home is that one of the machines get designated as the throwaway toy and you can really try all sorts of stuff on it. And
Toys and babies
Matt was asking about a new toy I picked up. But ah no; this isn’t about toys for the coming baby.:) Ling has started making regular trips to Thomson Medical Center and in about five months will be delivering there.
Home plugged II
Technologies have certainly changed. These days, Internet service packages come bundled with everything you need to setup a home network. The hardware is typically even multifunctional: it’s a cable modem + router + wireless capable all in one. Quite a
Home plugged I
It’s interesting to recollect my experiences “getting connected” over the years, and see how technologies have changed since then. I first got ‘online’ as an undergraduate freshman in NTU in 1992, receiving my first email account then. It was an
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