The Aftershock S17 which I’ve used extensively for four years finally gave up its ghost during the last week of March, and no amount of coaxing would revive it. I couldn’t figure out what had finally failed, but I suspect
Covid-19 has certainly change everyone’s lives a lot. While our little island has been spared relatively well from the virus’ onslaught elsewhere – thanks largely to our government’s foresight and immediate action starting in mid-Jan – there’s nonetheless an unmistakable
A follow-up post of sorts to my last post on new technological features found on the new wave of smartphones. I’ve had the Oppo Reno 10x Zoom for about nine months now, so about time to do a post on
The outbreak of Covid-19 a month ago here in Singapore really put a big dampener on people’s morale here. But credit really goes to the government here for reacting fast, decisively and with great foresight such that the local transmission
It’s been two years since I did a review of the m4/3 system, posted here – about time for me to do an update! The heyday when camera manufacturers were thriving seem to be long gone now. Oh, the camera
The Lunar New Year period this year in 2020 lands on the best possible date, weekday wise: eve on a FRI, and as both proceeding public holiday days are on weekday days, the country declares the following MON as another
There’s been a lot of stories of late about the kind of extreme photo-editing that some social media influencers have gone to to make themselves look far better than there really are. There are even YouTube channels devoted to calling
Some early benchmarks done using the XPS 13 9380 using CrystalDiskMark, Cinebench 15, and PCMark 8. Generally, the results at least about expected one would expect from a laptop using a i7-8565U processor, and at times, the 9380 also well
My 2020 edition of a very long running series of posts on notebooks I’ve owned and used. The previous editions were in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2018. Things move so quickly in the technological world that there’s a high chance
The refurbished Dell XPS 13 9380 arrived on FRI after placing an order for it on TUES just three days earlier. That’s a quick turnover for the sales transaction to complete, especially considering that my last two Dell computers both
I’ve become a big fan of late of premium refurbished gadgets. These aren’t quite the same as typical pre-loved or used equipment where basically anything goes: you can get stuff that are basically mint and barely used, stuff that’s in
There are two f2.8 zoom lenses that are widely considered mandatory items for professional and enthusiast photographers; a 24-70mm, and a 70-200mm. So, whenever there’s a new camera system launched, photographers all around would be particularly interested to see where
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