I decided to take a stroll to the computer mall some weeks ago, and the place was abuzz as the new iPaq h2210 hit many of the stores. As I wrote in some of my previous blogs, I too was getting caught up in the euphoria. I have been more than 3 months now without a PDA and I was starting to have gadget...
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I am truly a gadget freak. Even my washing machine needs to be gadget-like. When I moved into my new place here, we decided that we should get a new washing machine, because the one here was older than the apartment. So we went shopping. After looking through the usual suspects: Whirlpool, National, etc. we came upon the Siemens brand. ...
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You know theVooner just couldn't resist it. New PDAs everywhere and I hadn't bought a new one yet. The Sony CLIE's are spectacular and I had always wanted one. Just look at them. I've been looking at it for over 3 months now since the introduction of the present form. By sheer luck, I did the right thing as the N760c replaced the N710c...
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It's been tough thinking about writing and doing reviews this past 7 weeks. For a time, it just seemed too trivial. But life has to move on and so too shall the reviews. The Alfred Dunhill Carbon Fibre pen was first mentioned by theVooner in last year's Christmas Wish List. Well it took me nearly a year before I finally...
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Yes, theVooner bought a Plasma TV. Once in your life you make one of those purchases that is just out of the world. Your first car, your first house, etc. Ok, this isn’t really the same league, but to me it sort of feels the same. In HK, buying a place is less than ideal. First, property values are especially expensive. But getting...
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When you’re a gadget freak like me, sometimes you just acquire too much electronic equipment. And, of course, many of them come with remote controls. I have two TV’s in my living room right now, add my DVD player, VCR, two satellite boxes, and you have way too many remote controls. So I decided to buy a universal remote. Strangely enough, Hong Kong seems...
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I’m planning to move apartments sometime this summer and as such, I thought I buy some new gadgets for my new place. Top of the list is a Plasma TV. Having decided that, I decided I should look into selling my stuff so I wouldn’t have too much stuff to move. Given the limited space of apartments in Hong Kong, there isn’t much room...
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