Gadgets

Old CFs

Sep 27th

I was one of the early adopters of CF when it came out. I was one of the first owners of a digital camera. Time flies so fast, here I am disposing them as 16 and 64MB would get me nowhere. And the speed of the flash media is insanely slow.

The Think Red Dot

Aug 15th

Posted by Richard Relos in Gadgets

Aside from the legendary ThinkPad quality, IBM or Lenovo alike, the TrackPoint is the other thing that keeps me glued to ThinkPad. Not unless other laptops have a trackpoint, I won’t probably switch sides. My ThinkPads were indeed ugly but exudes elegance and computing power. In my belief, the TrackPoint is more usable and accurate over trackpads.

Opinions, ThinkPad

I want more speed

May 30th

Posted by Richard Relos in ETC Topics

Oh, the magic (bull) of marketing. Well, you can’t blame ‘em. They said, “up to”. My account’s maximum download speed should be 8Mbps while my upload speed is 768Kbps. Now, here’s a real-world benchmark of what I am really getting. I was just left wanting…

Kuala Lumpur

Manila

Tokyo

Moscow

Rio de Janeiro

New York

Melbourne

London

San Fancisco

Internet, Marketing, Network, StarHub

My X200 Desktop

Apr 26th

Posted by Richard Relos in ETC Topics

Just capturing the Vista eye candy before disabling

Vista

The ThinkPad Tradition

Apr 12th

Posted by Richard Relos in Gadgets

In continuation with my ThinkPad patronage and in line with my A21, X23, T60 heritage, here’s my new toy! X200

ThinkPad

SB 600

Mar 1st

Posted by Richard Relos in Gadgets

My D90 just got company. It’s a Nikon SB600 SpeedLight.

Nikon

2009 wishlist

Jan 3rd

Posted by Richard Relos in Gadgets

Happy New Year 2009!

2009, though an impending financial gloom, is the 3rd year anniversary of my current laptop. My ThinkPad T60 has accompanied me through work and home endeavors. Through the months I have enjoyed my T60, I can already see the ravages of wear and tear. Hope I can have the funds to get my laptop replaced this year. My T60 has served me well. And as a new year wish, I do hope I could find some time to re-ignite my home-off-office-over-the-night-java-activities. There is no doubt, it’ll be a ThinkPad that will replace my ThinkPad.

ThinkPad

WiFi madness

Dec 28th

Posted by Richard Relos in ETC Topics

It’s been quite some time now that I have been thinkering with my home wifi infrastructure configurations. Everything else is fine, except that signal to our room drops off intermittently. I have tried different antennas, the latest being, a directional one. There are two more things that I can try out in the future. A more powerful router or a powerline approach. Both will require a significant amount of investments, so I am living with the dropped lines for now.