Author: Benny Ling

  • 32 Reasons why PCs are Better than Macs

    While having one company controlling both the hardware and operating system undoubtedly has its advantages, it also leaves Mac fans with all their eggs in one titanium-clad basket. Apple could, for example, decide to drop Mac OS X at any time – not entirely out of the question now that Intel-based Macs are perfectly capable of running Windows.

    via 32 Reasons why PCs are Better than Macs – Features – PC Authority.

    BWHAHAHAHAHA!

    You’re kidding, right? Apple? Drop OSX?

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Read the full list for more lulz like that. Seriously – only a couple of their points are valid, anyway.

  • Malaysia 2009 – Part IV

    So we were at my Gramps 80th Bday bash (haha – now THAT’S an overstatement), and during one of the courses, I noticed there was something funny in the rice dish we were having. It wasn’t a rice dish, more like a rice dish on a platter of assorted Chinese delicasies, but whatever it was, there was, unmistakably, a fly.

    Now, the way the rice was presented meant that the fly had to have been cooked into the rice bowl – or, at least, crushed between the plastic, rice, and whatever the nutty stuff on top is.

    Needless to say, my cousins and I were similarly grossed out – we only ate the parts of that dish that we liked, and yeah – that was that.

    The next dish came and went, and the night continued on…

  • Just Mobile Gum Pro Review – MacTalk Forums

    With it’s large battery capacity, and ability to charge more than just your dock-connecting devices, the Gum Pro from Just Mobile is a winner in my book.

    via Just Mobile Gum Pro Review – MacTalk Forums.

    A review, by yours truly.

  • Team Fortress Fan Girls by ~T03nemesis on deviantART

    Team Fortress Fan Girls by ~T03nemesis on deviantART.

  • Where To From Here?

    You may have noticed that things around here are a little funky.

    They have been from the start, actually – the very first post was about how Steve Jobs thinks that computers are like a bicycle for our minds, and I said that that was the direction that this blog was going to take.

    From there, we meandered though the plains of “infrequent and random posts”, the introuduction of the “is/are AWESOME!” semi-meme (pronounced meem, as in meeem, Martin P and co), and then on to what we now call the “Press This” infatuation – where I cross-post a random article that I find interesting from the World Wide Web.

    Yeah, that’s all good and well, but I don’t want to be yet another one of those carbon-copy bloggers that post random crap all over their blog.

    So, I’ve come up with a few ideas as to where this blog is heading next:

    • Press This will still be used.
      I’ll still cross post things occasionally – things from obscure corners of the web, things from obscure websites that the people reading my blog won’t necessarily be familiar with.
    • I’ll continue to post posts with links. Lots of links.
      Live I’ve been doing, posts will lots of links will stay. They’ll somewhat replace those Press This posts that were littering the blog… Sure, pictures are nice, but sometimes you just have to share it all, you know?
    • From the Book of Face
      A new section will be introduced, where I post things from Facebook. This will contain mostly explanations of my Facebook status updates, as well as a bunch of other stuff.
    • Fun@Work, Fun@Uni
      So, Uni 2009 looms ahead. Just like the currently single-post Fun@Work, Fun@Uni will endeavour to bring you the best moments from Uni life. From the stresses of assignments, to the joys of meeting new people (/sarcasm), every “lulz moment” will be recorded for your pleasure, right here.

    As for the “infrequent and random posts”, as well as the “is/are AWESOME!” posts, don’t worry – they’ll stay.

    Got suggestions for what else this blog needs? Shout out in comments below, and I’ll endeavour to hear you out.

  • 16 Links: The Engadget Edition

    So I just had the task of trawling through all the Engadget posts that I missed while I was away (some 43 pages of posts). I must say, Endgadget has turned into something that doesn’t quite cut the mustard for me. Maybe I’ll have to start subscribing to Gizmodo – maybe they’ll have a better SNR. 20 out of 440+ isn’t so bad! /sarcasm.

    In any case, there are a hell of a lot of links, so I’ll just get right into it:

    DIY Screw-Nut Rings
    Corny? Undoubtedly. Geeky? For sure.

    DIY Prosthesis in Tasmania
    A post on Engadget, about Tasmania! Woot!

    DARPA’s 1.8 Gigapixel digicam
    Whatever happened to “less is more”? Then again, this is DARPA we’re talking about…

    Cell Phone Reunion
    iPhone is bad-ass. Owning one doesn’t make you so.

    LaserPup
    Lazors fire! PEW PEW PEW!

    Recompute – the cardboard PC
    Cool design. Recyclable exterior.

    Windows 7 SKUs
    Wait – how many versions?!

    Tokyoflash’s Heko watch
    Again, this is the watch I’d be wearing. If I wore watches.

    Seagate’s 2TB HDD
    Lots of data (to lose).

    Western Digital’s 2TB HDD
    But this ones’s GREEN-er.

    Days to 1 million
    How long did it take to each smartphone to hit 1 million units sold? FYI, the iPhone 3G took 3 days.

    Gigapixel image of Obama’s inaguration
    Because we need a mega-close up, okay? You can buy one of the devices, too!

    Canon doesn’t suck
    No, they do not. For those of you that don’t know – no, Canon do not make vacuum cleaners.

    Windows 7 Beta Impressions
    It’s good, actually. Better than Vista, and better than XP.

    Apple vs Palm
    A good read, if a little long.

    That’s it!

    Go away – I don’t want your comments anyway. 😉

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Computers are like a bicycle for our minds.