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My mom helped me RMA my Leadtek PX9800GX2 at Ban Leong after it died last Sunday. Li Xiang was using my desktop when the screen showed grey horizontal lines, then purple squares, before lagging so badly the computer became unusable.
We've been on a ramen frenzy lately. Li Xiang has blogged, with photos, about the supposed three best ramen in Singapore: Marutama Ramen at Liang Court, Sapporo Ramen Miharu at Gallery Hotel and Ramen Santouka at The Central.
Attended the Nokia Ovi Store Showcase at Ben & Jerry's in The Cathay; I love how Nokia always picks novel venues. We could order anything off the menu, even the S$88 twenty-scoop monster. I managed just one scoop.
Challenge #3 of Nokia's Teach a Technophobe arrived yesterday. With my dad finally home to receive it on my behalf, I could start early. This one is trickier, and even I had to puzzle over it.
I ordered the Fabrix Black Suite Delux laptop case for my Asus EEE 1000HE last Friday. Though listed for the EeePC 1000 and MSI Wind, it fits the 1000HE too. Promo: S$10 off another item with any case.
After a week with Infocomm123, I've found it's far more than a questions-and-answers portal, though that's the main feature. It also packs extras like the Big Fact Book and the Wireless@SG coverage map, my personal favourite. Here's a brief tour.
As mentioned, I received three parcels on the same day. The last was from Gear Zap and Mobile Fun, who sent two netbook cases to review. Cool Bananas offers plenty of designs for 10-inch netbooks.
Christmas came early on Friday with three parcels! One for Nokia Technophobe Challenge #2, the second the Wii Birthday Party Bash game from 2K Play, and the third two netbook cases. This post covers the Wii game.
Went to Desaru on a two-day, one-night trip with my family of six on Saturday, S$178 each, organised by the Ngan/Gan Clan Association. We gathered at the association at 7am, a tour group of 27 in all.
Attended the official opening of Tampines 1 last Friday, held on the rooftop terrace with host Adrian Pang. The ceremony marked 100 days since the mall opened to the public on 9th April 2009. A lively celebration for a milestone.
Challenge #2 of Nokia's Teach a Technophobe arrived on Friday: teach my mom to snap a photo with the E75's 3.2MP camera and email it to me. This one was more about feature discovery, since she picked it up quickly.
iAsk, iAnswer is Infocomm123's platform to post any infocomm-related question or help peers by answering theirs. Whether asking or answering, you stand a chance to win a Microsoft Xbox 360, so your curiosity could pay off nicely.
I've moved Li Xiang's blog from Blogger to our own domain on WordPress. I imported all posts successfully without using WordPress's default Blogger importer; instead, I backed up the Blogger site first and worked from that export.
I was invited to Symantec's Cybercrime Uncovered event at the Pan Pacific Hotel, arriving on time since it's near my workplace. I was surprised to see Wilfrid there, now sporting a Nokia N97. Sadly I forgot my camera.
Just a reminder, the iLike.iLink and Xbox Xtravaganza contests both close on 27th July 2009, with eleven days left. For iLike.iLink, simply write a blog post of 250 words or fewer to share with your readers, among three easy steps.
My first Teach a Technophobe challenge arrived on Friday. I chose my mom, Jas Ngan, a businesswoman who often needs email on the go. I'm using the excellent free Symbian app Best Screen Snap to capture screenshots on the E75.
Last year I queued at the SingTel iPhone 3G launch as an ordinary consumer; this year I attended with a media pass. I arrived early, around 1.30pm, since I had errands at Funan, and the media event began about 3.30pm.
EA has announced Command & Conquer 4, shipping sometime next year. Behold, disciples of Nod, the end is near! After almost fifteen years and 30 million games sold, EALA brings the award-winning Tiberium series to an epic conclusion.
Tampines 1 holds its official opening ceremony next Friday, 17th July 2009, and on Saturday 18th there's a SWOP party at its Roof Garden. The SWOP party encourages recycling, letting anyone come exchange their clothes and accessories with others.
I'll be endorsing Infocomm123's iLike.iLink contest and the Xbox Xtravaganza from 8th to 27th July 2009, blogging once every three to four days. In this post I introduce three things: Infocomm123, the iLike.iLink contest and the Xbox Xtravaganza.
Google has announced Chrome OS, though it won't ship until the second half of next year. It looks set to challenge Microsoft's Windows 7 Starter Edition on netbooks. Chrome OS is an open-source, lightweight operating system aimed initially at netbooks.
SingTel has released its iPhone 3GS prices for the iFlexi plans. This post also links to my pricing write-ups for the later iPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5c/5s, 6/6 Plus and 6s/6s Plus on SingTel, for easy comparison across generations.