Number is such a power way to express reality.
2 year ago when I came from the US from HK, I moved stuffs out of a public storage, which was where I stored my stuff 6+ years ago before I headed back to HK. Among all the stuff that I kept, I found a few video game consoles, among them a Sony Playstation (original), a Sega Dreamcast, and tons (I really mean it) of game discs.
"Great. Let me set them up the 2 consoles so that whenever I feel like being retro, I can play some old school Parappa The Rapper and Sonic Adventure!"
2 year passed. Guess how many times I played them.
Twice, for each of them.
They occupied spaces, took me time to clean them up as they gained dust from time to time, and I only spent time to each of these consoles TWICE.
So while I was cleaning up my room today, I decided to put them back to where they belongs to: their boxes.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
So unwilling to buy stuff
I went to Best Buy (huge electronic store in US) again to check out the Toshiba netbook. The display model has some problem, and although the actual product I buy from Amazon may not have the problem, that really gives a bad taste on my mouth on this netbook. Plus I still think my Tablet can do most of the job a netbook supposed to do. Sure it's hot like a stove after using for 30 minutes, but in winter this is actually a good thing. Maybe I should wait for next summer to buy a new Netbook.
I also played with ZuneHD. Such a sweet device. Great screen, and very smooth UI. Features are a bit lacking compare with iPod Touch, but it's getting very close. I won't buy it, but at least I won't LAUGH at people who buy it :-D .
I also played with ZuneHD. Such a sweet device. Great screen, and very smooth UI. Features are a bit lacking compare with iPod Touch, but it's getting very close. I won't buy it, but at least I won't LAUGH at people who buy it :-D .
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Sigh, no JPEG zoom for Astak 6 inch EZ Reader
And I thought that I found a perfect eBook reader. It turns out that Astak 6 inch EZ Reader does NOT support JPEG zooming. In fact, it DOES NOT support zooming any image at all. That sucks. I don't mind if the screen is huge like Kindle DX and doesn't support zoom. But with a 6 inch screen, that's just too painful.
May be I'll just grab a Toshiba Netbook as a media player and reader instead.
May be I'll just grab a Toshiba Netbook as a media player and reader instead.
Shopping without buying at Fry's again
Yep, it's me NOT contributing to economy again.
This time I was trying out a Lenovo netbook and see if it's a good deal since I saw a special offering online. The model is Lenovo Ideapad S10-2. It felt OK but after trying out Toshiba's Mini NB205-N311/W, I found that one feels so much better when doing a lot of typing. So I think I may settle on that one if I don't find any better deal within this month. I compared the price between Amazon and NewEgg and found Amazon has a better deal. This review also confirm my decision. With good battery life, nice heat emission and a reasonable price, I couldn't find a deal better at this moment.
But then, in tech world, things ALWAYS change.
I also tried the Sony netbook. I hated the right SHIFT key. The keyboard is too tiny. The only good thing about it is the style and the higher resolution.
A big surprise, though, was that I found a little device called Astak 6 inch EZ Reader. It's selling at $259.00. Not big deal, I thought, and 6 inch still seems small for my manga consumption. But the more review I read about this device, the more I was amazed. The best part of this device is that it support Chinese characters. None of the other devices, like Kindle, Sony eBook Reader, and so on support that.
Finally I walked to the digital frame section and was surprised that reasonable looking digital frame only cost US$38. Sound like a great gift item to me.
This time I was trying out a Lenovo netbook and see if it's a good deal since I saw a special offering online. The model is Lenovo Ideapad S10-2. It felt OK but after trying out Toshiba's Mini NB205-N311/W, I found that one feels so much better when doing a lot of typing. So I think I may settle on that one if I don't find any better deal within this month. I compared the price between Amazon and NewEgg and found Amazon has a better deal. This review also confirm my decision. With good battery life, nice heat emission and a reasonable price, I couldn't find a deal better at this moment.
But then, in tech world, things ALWAYS change.
I also tried the Sony netbook. I hated the right SHIFT key. The keyboard is too tiny. The only good thing about it is the style and the higher resolution.
A big surprise, though, was that I found a little device called Astak 6 inch EZ Reader. It's selling at $259.00. Not big deal, I thought, and 6 inch still seems small for my manga consumption. But the more review I read about this device, the more I was amazed. The best part of this device is that it support Chinese characters. None of the other devices, like Kindle, Sony eBook Reader, and so on support that.
- Review 1
- Offical Web site
- Review 2
- Review 3
- Review 4, with the hack that gives you a better reader
- CNet Review
- Chinese Info
- NewEgg Review
- Firmware Update
- Great font support
Finally I walked to the digital frame section and was surprised that reasonable looking digital frame only cost US$38. Sound like a great gift item to me.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Just had a hair cut
I just had a hair cut during lunch time. This time it's done by a guy in the shop, which was the first since I started going to that shop since 2 years ago.
And I seemed to forget when was the last time I had my hair cut.
And I seemed to forget when was the last time I had my hair cut.