Category: Geek
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Throwback Review: Siemens SX1
Note: This post originally appeared in PDA Buyer’s Guide in 2004. PDA Buyer’s Guide was a tech review site that had a technical slant to reviews, which were mostly above 1,000 words. This was a challenge I was willing to take since I was one of the first to handle this phone in South East…
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Startup Nation: how Israel is rebranding itself as the friendliest nation for technology
There’s a special place in the world for startups and we aren’t talking about Silicon Valley. Viber. Wix. ICQ. Waze. What do all of these companies have in common? These popular apps all have their roots in Israel, a melting pot of culture, religion and yes we aren’t sugar coating it — conflict. But in…
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How to Restore Deleted Data from Hard Drive
Not everybody has the same opinion about the importance of data backup. Keeping the exact same data in two or more different devices is a form redundancy indeed, but a necessary one. In this case, redundancy is more than being superfluous because it does serve a useful purpose. A computer, or more specifically a hard…
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Tronsmart: Because not all fast chargers are created equal
I’ve been traveling this past month for work. Media trips allow for a lot of refreshers especially in the tech scene. October found me immersed with the next generation of bloggers in BKK for Cherry Mobile while November flew me across the pond to Israel for an immersion with the local startup scene. The BKK…
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I can’t believe this piece is 11 years old. Oh how the world has changed.
Me: “Mobile Internet.” USD 140 laptops. HSDPA. Oh how the world has changed. 2006 was the wild west of mobile — the iPhone was new and Internet on your phone was a novelty. Oh the places we will go… Publication: Mobile Philippines August 2006 Section: Columns Column title: The prodigal screen protector and other bedtime…
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My new normal with the Fitbit Charge 2
All I really wanted was a watch. But the more I kept this thing strapped on my wrist, I got sucked into that all too familiar trap of seeing my life as a series of numbers and charts, and the inevitable competitive sport of “social walking.â€
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How the Japanese eat
Not like the rest of the world. I went to Tokyo to eat for a week. I came back full, both literally and figuratively as I was given the grand tour of the art AND science of how the Japanese prepare, eat and digest their meals. As it was my first time in Japan, my…
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My NVIDIA Zotac 1060 Gaming Desktop Setup
It’s been about a decade since my last desktop DIY so building a gaming PC was rather nostalgic. I bought everything except the monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers from Quest Logic in Aguirre Avenue, BF Homes in Paranaque. For those unfamiliar, it is on top of the BDO along Aguirre, on the same side of…
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#Throwback Column: Titillating scandals of text
This piece originally appeared in March 2006 for MPH Magazine. Column: The Prodigal Screen Protector and Other Bedtime Stories Title: Titillating scandals of text Subhead: There are those rare moments when the demo unit reveals all There’s a reason why I love reviewing phones for m|ph. In the beginning I ‘d choose to review phones…
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Tokyo: Observations
A trip to Tokyo isn’t complete without diving into the Otaku culture. In my previous post, I mentioned that I didn’t have a lot of time to move around Tokyo during the day as I was busy with work-related endeavors, so it was only during the weekend where I really felt compelled to take the…
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