Looking Back 2010
Last year in Looking Back 2009 I said I wanted a job, and I got one as a Web Engineer at mig33, starting 1st February 2010, nearly a year now. I'll spend this New Year's Eve in the cinema again.
2010
Merry Christmas 2010
Wishing all my readers and visitors a Merry Christmas, and may you receive lots of gadgets in the years to come! My top two Christmas songs remain My Only Wish (This Year) by Britney Spears and Wham's Last Christmas.
Konnext SynCharger
With more gadgets come messy wires and crowded power sockets. I'd eyed Bluelounge's Refresh station for days but it's hard to find here, stocked only at EpiCentre Ion Orchard, so I settled on the Konnext SynCharger.
lesterchan.net Will Be Offline For A Few Hours
Update: we're back after about three hours of downtime. The site will be offline for a few hours between 10pm on 18th December and 6am on 19th December 2010 (GMT+8) while the co-location server rack is relocated.
HTC 7 Mozart
Got the HTC 7 Mozart from Mobile Square for S$670 without contract. After trading in my Nokia N82 and my mom's iPhone 3G, I paid just S$260. Now I own every major mobile OS except BlackBerry!
Geek Bag + Working Bag
Inspired by DK, I'm finally posting my geek bag over two years later. It rides to work inside my Crumpler Moderate Embarrassment. Contents include two 8GB USB drives, a 1TB WD My Passport and some Sanyo Eneloops.
Uncharted Waters Online Officially Launched
Hoist the sails: Uncharted Waters Online, the historical massively multiplayer online role-playing game, officially launched today in Singapore. It's distributed by Netmarble, the game portal from CJ Internet, a global entertainment company.
Sony Ericsson Fitness Experience Pack
Looks like a good alternative to Apple's sixth-gen iPod nano. The Sony Ericsson Fitness Experience Pack targets sports enthusiasts, bundling the LiveView display, the SportyPal Pro sport application for it, and a carrying case for your phone, ideal for exercising.
mig33 Android Client
I've spent the past few months building the mig33 Android client with colleagues, tasked with styling the native UI in Java and XML plus the HTML5/CSS3 webpages. It's tedious, but the first beta is finally ready for download!
Google Nexus S & Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Officially Announced
Google has officially announced the Nexus S and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Co-developed by Google and Samsung, the Nexus S pairs the latest Android with a 1GHz Hummingbird processor and 16GB of memory, making it one of the fastest phones around.
Nokia E72 (White Edition)
The earliest Christmas party goes to Nokia! At their media party at Serenity, VivoCity, I won a Nokia E72 White Edition in the lucky draw, since most journalists left early, leaving about fifteen of us competing for ten prizes.
Moonchild: Animated Short Film
Moonchild, an animated short film by Singapore's Stick and Balloon, needs donations to finish its final production leg. A shy fiddler named Niki meets a lovely moon-spirit and her strange musical band, and nervously tries to impress her.
Sanyo Eneloop Stick Booster KBC-D1BS
The Sanyo Eneloop Stick Booster KBC-D1BS was announced in Japan in August 2010 but never came to Singapore. My mom's business friend brought one back for 2,980 yen, about S$46.30. I love its design, and it outputs 5.0V.
Huawei MiFi E585
Bought the Huawei MiFi E585 for S$185 from Amos on HardwareZone forums. This mobile router uses your SIM card to get online and shares the connection with up to five devices, unlike 3G USB modems that serve only one.
A.C. Ryan Playon! HD
My second hoot from SITEX 2010 is the A.C. Ryan Playon! HD at S$349, bundled with a 2TB drive and a free Wireless N dongle. I chose it because it plays nearly every format, including RM and RMVB.
East meets West: Fundraising Football Match!
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities falls on 3 December 2010, with the UN urging everyone to keep their promise of inclusion. To mark it locally, the Disabled People's Association holds a fundraising football match.
Western Digital My Passport Essential SE (USB 3.0)
Hooted the Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1TB with USB 3.0 from SITEX 2010 for S$189.90, down from S$209.90. It's my first USB 3.0 device despite owning no computer that supports it yet, purely for future-proofing.
H&M Opening In Singapore
Not tech-related, but H&M is finally opening in Singapore! So far I've only visited Hong Kong's H&M, where I picked up some shorts. Hennes & Mauritz takes its first step with a store at a prime Orchard Road location.
Apple iOS 4.2 Out
Here are Apple's own direct download links for iOS 4.2 across iDevices: iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4, iPod Touch 2G, 3G and 4G, and the original iPad, all on build 4.2.1, giving every supported device the update at once.
CDN Sponsored By NetDNA
NetDNA, a Content Distribution Network company, is now sponsoring lesterchan.net, so I'm offloading all my static images, CSS and JavaScript to their CDN. They run ten data centres worldwide and serve over 200 large sites, including Mashable and SitePoint.
Sanyo Eneloop Mobile Booster KBC-L2B
The Sanyo Eneloop Mobile Booster KBC-L2B upgrades the earlier KBC-L2A, though the model number, merely bumping A to B, is confusing. Sanyo really should pick clearer names so buyers can tell new from old. Design-wise the two are basically identical.
Happy 26th Birthday Li Xiang!
Celebrated Li Xiang's birthday with a Friday stay at Marina Bay Sands. We booked early, choosing the Rise & Shine package with one night and breakfast for two, paying S$389 before tax. Pricey, but totally worth it!
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