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  • Stay tuned

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    As some of you have probably noticed, this website is undergoing a revamp. Although the posts & comments have already been migrated, there is still a lot to do: Redirecting the old URLs of the posts to its new URLs Making the theme more pleasing to the eye Possibly integrating with the Disqus commenting system…

  • The Corruption in EMS Philippines

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    I lost my faith in the International Express Mail Service (EMS) in the Philippines. And lost a certain amount of faith in the country in the process. I had two packages sent from abroad to the Philippines, worth $17 each. Both were sent on the same day. One was delivered right at my doorstep, and…

  • Now using (ugly) Toodledo … Good riddance, (pretty) Remember the Milk

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    It was not easy to say goodbye to Remember the Milk. I’ve shelled out $25 for a Pro account (& I’m cheap when it comes to these things). I also got a ton of tasks already up & running in RTM. Since they conveniently didn’t put an export feature, this has increased my reluctance to…

  • The shrinking road to cross platform computing

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    They say that once you start using a Mac, you will never go back to Windows again. And I was a big enough of an idiot to believe it. So I prepared myself in the eventuality that I would become a fan boy, and converted all my data to work seamlessly with Apple’s OS X.…

  • Wufoo (Nice Website)

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    Wufoo’s design is fun, creative, & original. The choice of bright colors goes very well with theme. Wufoo would probably benefit by standardizing its link colors and employing a more striking style for its headlines.

  • Evernote – Ever not pretty

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    Despite being one of the first users of the application, I still don’t know if Evernote is an app that I could ever fall in love with. Evernote has everything I know I should be enthused about – it is cross platform, maximizes cloud technology, features automated syncing of notes across computers, etc. However, even…

  • My Favorite Things 2008

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    The year 2008 was the year of gadgets & productivity. How about yours? Jailbroken iPhone. Out of the box, the iPhone was merely an Internet device, & I had to fight the urge to dip this overpriced brick in my Coke.After a month of agony, I got the courage to jailbreak it myself, and turned…

  • Give Live Sync a break

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    We live in a world where it is not very fashionable to love a Microsoft product … but I need to give credit where due: Microsoft Live Sync kicks ass, and wins over Dropbox by a landslide. Live Sync and Drop Box are free file sharing & syncing applications. You do this by creating a…

  • Updating the firmware of the Nokia N96

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    I finally solved the incessant hanging & mysterious rebooting of my Nokia N96 — by updating the firmware. I knew it was something I should have done the moment I got this phone. Goes to show what my real priorities are (i.e., finding a theme). To update the firmware: 1. Go to Menu > Tools…

  • Surviving Sim Lim

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    I prepared myself for a grueling day — slept for 8 hours, made sure my shoes were comfortable, and refilled my own water bottle. Sim Lim is not for the faint of heart. It has 7 floors (the basement included) of electronics, and is touted as Singapore’s (and even Asia’s) largest computer center. If I…