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iPad Pro 11 (2018) – Part 1

Posted on 30 Dec 20183 Jan 2019   by CY

One thing I’ve come to realize about the blog posts I write here is that the first versions of the posts that go up are often littered with errors. Almost all the time too, the errors are a result of

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Revisiting Massachusetts 2010 Pictures

Posted on 29 Dec 2018   by CY

The longest trip I had out of the country was a three week visit to New England in 2010, and arranged as part of a two year long work project I was in between my institution and Massachusetts Institute of

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Revisiting Japan 2009-2010 Pictures

Posted on 27 Dec 201827 Dec 2018   by CY

We have friends in our church small group who visit Japan at least once, and more often than not, twice a year. It’s been about nine years since both Ling and I have visited Japan, and that was without bringing

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Year in Review – 2018

Posted on 25 Dec 201825 Jan 2024   by CY

Agggghhh – another year, and time to do another year-end review of the major purchasing and activity decision points we’ve made this year, amidst more white hair on the head and eyesight that gets incrementally poorer every year LOL. We’ve

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Huawei Watch GT

Posted on 23 Dec 201825 Dec 2018   by CY

I turned a year closer to 50 this month, and Ling surprised me with the newly released Samsung Galaxy Watch as a birthday gift just before we left for Taiwan. Ahhhh!! Only thing is that while I wouldn’t mind another

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Sony A7 III – Dynamic Range @ Taiwan (continued)

Posted on 23 Dec 201823 Dec 2018   by CY

Continuing from my last post on working with the Sony A73’s .ARW RAW files in Lightroom. Here are more examples from our Taiwan trip. I’ve included different locations this time round and also subject matter, especially when the kids are

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Taiwan – Hannah’s Perspective

Posted on 23 Dec 201823 Dec 2018   by CY

This is one post where I can leave someone else to do the talking and I really don’t have to write much! All too often on family trips, the adults record their perspectives of the experience, and typically in the

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Sony A7 III – Dynamic Range @ Taiwan

Posted on 22 Dec 2018   by CY

I did a post six months ago showcasing the amount of headroom I get working with the Sony A73’s RAW files, using selected photos I took in Bali as examples. I had to do pretty extreme post-processing work for the

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12 Days in Taiwan – Final Notes and Such (continued)

Posted on 21 Dec 201825 Jan 2024   by CY

This is a two part post reflecting on our 12 day trip to Taiwan, with the first part here. Accommodations We stayed in five different properties this trip: four of which we booked via Airbnb, and the fifth – The

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12 Days in Taiwan – Final Notes and Such

Posted on 20 Dec 201828 Dec 2018   by CY

We had a good trip to Taiwan this December. No one fell sick, no one had tummy upsets, the kids were (mostly) well-behaved, we weren’t swindled, and our itinerary was good for the most part. Barring the rainy weather on

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12 Days in Taiwan – Itinerary Retrospection (continued)

Posted on 20 Dec 201828 Dec 2018   by CY

Here’s the second part of my Itinerary Summary, and covering Days 7 to 12. Do click here for the earlier part that covers Days 1 to 6. The final itinerary for our trip first: Day 7 (Taroko National Park) Taroko

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12 Days in Taiwan – Itinerary Retrospection

Posted on 19 Dec 201825 Jan 2024   by CY

These twelve days in Taiwan has been our longest family vacation so far, and the kids have endured the constant movement and changing of accommodations very well. I think they’re ready for an even longer trip the next time: assuming

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