Founder of lesterchan.net, a Singapore tech and gadgets blog running since 2002. An engineering leader by day and a WordPress plugin developer since 2003, with a soft spot for gadgets, smart home, and a good deal.
After upgrading to the 50GB Dropbox plan for US$99 a year to sync all my photos across computers, several images in different Photos subfolders showed a red x and refused to sync. Here's how I forced a full resync.
mig33's creative team is hiring a full-time Webmaster reporting to the Director of Content and Creative Factory. They want at least five years of production web-development experience, plus knowledge of web design, GUI, mobile UI and information architecture.
Apple announced iPad 2 at yesterday's event, which I was too tired to follow live and only caught this morning. Most rumours proved true: FaceTime, dual cameras, Photo Booth, a dual-core A5 chip, and a white option alongside black.
Flickr first teased apps for Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 back in January 2011, and they're finally available, something I'd been waiting for. The app shows your photos in high resolution and lets you browse photostreams and sets richly.
Invited to Norton's blogger session for the launch of Norton 360 Version 5.0, thanks to Text 100. Highlights include a perfect online-threat detection score from Dennis Technology Labs, a top PassMark performance ranking, and a new Norton Control Center.
Challenger at Funan goes 24 hours daily from tomorrow, 1st March 2011, at Funan DigitaLife Mall on North Bridge Road. Finally a computer store besides Mustafa keeps round-the-clock hours, handy whenever you urgently need IT supplies at odd times.
kaypo.me, an interesting service from fellow NUS School of Computing graduate Kent Nguyen, lets you update your Facebook status by SMS. Since not everyone has a data plan but almost everyone gets free SMSes, even feature phones work.
Apple has refreshed the MacBook Pro, bumping processor speeds while keeping the unibody design. The entry 13-inch gets a 2nd-gen Core i5, higher models a Core i7, all with Intel HD Graphics 3000 plus dedicated AMD Radeon graphics.
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is now available. Sizes vary widely: the 32-bit Windows Update is around 750MB and the 64-bit 1,050MB, while standalone downloads from Microsoft balloon to 4,100MB and 7,400MB respectively.
Bought Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds from GameScore at Funan. It launched in the US on 15th February 2011, with the Japan and Asia version out only today. Snagged it for S$52.20 after member's discount, thanks Benjamin!
Didn't realise Edelman handles PR for Facebook Singapore. Facebook today launched Places here, already live in some countries, letting you check in and share where you are and who you're with. Personally I prefer Facebook check-in to Foursquare.
Crumpler released a new pouch called The Tuft two days ago, this one bundled with their carbine hook. Available in three sizes and three colours, though by the time I visited Raffles City only the medium (S$35) and large remained.
Finally, Nokia is dumping Symbian for something better: Windows Phone! Nokia and Microsoft today announced a broad strategic partnership combining their complementary strengths to build a new global mobile ecosystem and challenge the smartphone status quo.
TikTok and LunaTik are multi-touch watch kits for the sixth-generation iPod nano, the most successful Kickstarter project at the time, raising US$941,718. I was skeptical, but as the deadline neared Li Xiang backed LunaTik for me, thanks dear!
Palm was doomed once HP bought it in April 2010, and now it's officially dead: HP has dropped the Palm name and launched three new webOS devices, the Veer, Pre 3 and TouchPad.
Today is the eve of Lunar New Year, so I wish all Chinese a Happy Lunar New Year, may you all huat gao gao! For reference, the next Lunar New Year falls on Monday, 23rd January 2012.
It's been one year since I started at mig33, my first job, and I'm still learning loads every day. Beyond coding we research new technology trends and how to deploy them to production, picking up Hadoop, Redis, Memcached and RabbitMQ.
As part of the Nokia Rangers program I received another phone, the Nokia C7-00. Running Symbian^3, it has an 8MP camera with dual-LED flash and HD video, a 3.5-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, plus WLAN, Bluetooth 3.0 and HSDPA connectivity.
I'm a big Crumpler fan with about five bags and five pouches, and I'd eyed the Seedy One remake for months before finally getting it last week. Retail is S$169, but I saved 10% as an EpiCentre member.
I began my weight-loss goal after getting the Nike + iPod Sport Kit with SwitchEasy Runaway. In October 2010 I weighed 89kg, aiming for 75kg by Chinese New Year. I'm now at 78kg, three to go with two weeks left!
I think the new HTML5 logo looks great, and I'll probably get the t-shirt! It stands strong and true, resilient and universal as the markup you write, a pennant for progress that certainly doesn't use tables for layout.
Bought the Magic Trackpad at iStudio in Changi Airport Terminal 3 before flying to Jakarta. Apple Singapore ran a Chinese New Year sale that day, but with no 7% airport tax the price was about the same, S$91.59.