Tech On Me

It was inevitable. Now that I have a Mac Mini (add coolness factor +10 points!), what now? Time to pimp it out! Precisely because the Mac Mini doesn't come with all the bells and whistles of its Mac family counterparts. you are free to mix and match to whatever pleases you. Woohoo! Keyboard I was using a standard Logitech wired keyboard (windows layout) for a while with my Mac Mini when I got to thinking of getting one with a Mac Keyboard layout. I wanted a wireless (to reduce the clutter of wires on my desk) full sized Mac keyboard. That ruled out Apple's own options like the Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad   and the Apple Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard  (which doesn't have a numeric keypad).   After reading reviews, I chose the Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 for Mac . It fulfilled all my criteria plus it could automatically recharge itself using solar technology which even works with ambient room light. Excellent! Unfortunately, the local distributor in...

When I moved to my new place more than a year ago, my old PC had gone Kaput after 6 years of service and I was using my Samsung laptop for the last year as my home desktop. Last September, it also started to give signs that it was on its last legs (It's more than 3 years old so you could probably consider it in its twilight years already since most electronic seem to have an average lifespan of 3 years these days). I looked for a replacement and I started pondering the options available. I wanted a small form factor computer to save space and also not to spend too much for it. I took an honest look at my usage over recent years and it encompassed activities such as checking emails, surfing the web, watching youtube videos, playing facebook games, writing blogs (of course), simple photo editing and using office applications. With this in mind, The following were considered:  Small Form Factor PCs: Can be custom assembled with different powerful components but the hassle would ...

When my ipod classic recently decided it had had enough (started skipping tracks, failed to play some songs etc all signs pointing to an impending harddisk failure), I started looking for a replacement to house my music collection. After careful consideration among existing players from different brands (the usual suspects like Cowon, iRiver, Creative, Apple etc),  I decided to plunk my money on an ipod nano (6th gen). The reasons to me are clear: It is resuable with my portable amplifier infrastructure (more on that in an upcoming post) and existing charging cables. The Nano is small and much more portable than my ipod classic and other competing models. It has other interesting features that I wanted to explore i.e. Nike+ running app and watch faces. I chose the 16GB Red model at S$208 (Red is exclusively available at the Apple online store and a portion of the proceeds goes towards a global fund to fight AIDS in Africa). It arrived within 2 days. As with most Apple products...