Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category
I couldn’t have survived my now two and a half years of stay here in Japan without my most faithful companion: my good ol’ Dell. When I first stepped into my current apartment, only the necessary appliances were provided. I was glad that the company provided a small TV, but there’s nothing else to choose [...]
The first video game console that I’ve ever played with was an Atari ST. I can still remember the petty fights with my younger brother due to game preferences. Then our parents bought us a Nintendo Family Computer. As expected, my brother was superior and I always end up as an underdog. So he often [...]
The phone that I got when I arrived here two years ago is already outdated. It is not even a 3G phone, not blue-tooth capable, and could support only up to 500MB mini SD card. It may have a 3.2 megapixels camera but with its memory capability, I can’t put in music, videos, and more [...]
It was around the year 1997 when my father (Papa) brought home our family’s first computer. It was just an Intel 486 and the hard disk was just about 2GB. Installing an application would take about 30 minutes! But I was more than happy at that time because Papa also brought home a printer and [...]
I took up Computer Engineering in college, so we had a few electronics and communication courses. Trying to make those circuits work was really fun but I hated calculating frequencies, resistances, capacities, etc. Why am I talking about this now? My cousin happened to ask me about Cat5e Keystone jack and I was clueless. Forgetting [...]
MP3 players – Almost everyone has an MP3 player and I’ve been wanting one since I arrived here. I badly needed one especially when I was working in Kobe. The 4-hour travel to and from work was so boring. But I have priorities so I was just contented visiting the electronics store and try out [...]
I was very depressed so I gave my self a treat … a hair makeover! And it cost me 20,000 yen! He he… I wish! I really had a good laugh trying out different hairstyles and as I have suspected, I look hideous in lighter hair color. Just for fun, you could try playing with [...]
