The personal weblog of Nigel Chia
I love his surprises. They make me so happy! And this time, it’s a pair of USB speakers.
They may be small, but they are fierce! Even at the softest audio setting, they are still very much audible. And for such a small pair of speakers, the quality produced is surprisingly good. We tried them on movies and games, and they have proved their worth many times over.
Thank you so much for them dear!
Glad you like them dear! 
I’ve been having storage problems on the little Atom. So his solution for me is to get me more storage, lots more storage!
It’s my 2009 Christmas present and it’s 500 GB worth of Western Digital Scorpio goodness. Not only that, it also does the job faster, and with virtually no sound compared to the stock one that I was using up until now. Thanks to him, I don’t have to worry about how my hard disk drives are perpetually showing up red.
But what can I do with the stock hard disk? He has another surprise for me, and it’s an external hard disk enclosure! This will come in very useful for me, especially when we’re transferring files from his machine to mine.
Thank you dear. You always seem to know exactly what it is that I need and want.
You’re welcome dear. I’m glad you love your Christmas gift!
It’s time for his machine to get a boost, and the best boost would be an SSD hard disk.
With SSD, we really can see much of a difference compared to a traditional hard disk. Here’s what we’ve found:
On the downside, it runs out of space rather quickly. Better not use it for backups 
To fix this problem, I’m planning to get another one in the future and RAID 0 them for a combined 160GB of space and get double SSD speed goodness! Windows 7 Ultimate currently loads in 18 seconds and hopefully RAID - will be able to shave off a few more seconds!
The Atom now has Windows 7 support, whee! My Atom is getting an upgrade!
But here’s the secret: my Atom is already running Windows 7 It actually works very well with such a small machine. But I was using Windows XP drivers for it (I was also using Windows XP drivers for it when it was running Windows Vista) but since the Windows 7 drivers have already been released by Asus, it’s now time to “officially” upgrade it.
I’m so excited! Now I’m waiting for the weekend to come so I can try my “new” machine!
Yay! We loves our Weendoze 7!
This USB microSD reader is tiny!
It looks even smaller when compared to a regular USB pendrive. It came bundled with an 8GB microSD card, but it’s now being used with another 16GB microSD card that he has.
It’s a reader that came free with the Transcend 8GB Class 6 microSD that I bought for use with my HTC Hero (we’ll be blogging about that soon). It’s really handy to have and amazing that 16GB can be squeezed into such a tiny package!
Tis the season for gadgets again! Actually… in my book it’s kinda gadget season all year round! :p Anyway, since we’re putting on hold plans to get a camera since the Samsung WB 1000 is yet to be launched here, the bank account currently allows for an even better gadget to replace my old-ye-faithful Sony Ericsson K750i.
I’ve always wanted the iPhone 3Gs, but I detest the fact that I’ve to switch to Maxis, as I’m already pretty happy with my current Celcom postpaid plan. I finally decided that the iPhone isn’t the phone for me when she convinced me that it was just not worth it.
It’s over-hyped and over-priced! For that price tag, you should deserve better. Not to mention everyone already has one
Hence, I went on a hunt since to look for a phone that I think is truly worth its ridiculous price tag and in the end, set my eyes on the HTC Hero. Went to Low Yat on Tuesday with her to check this baby out and so far I like it very much. Prospect looks good. It retails for RM 2399 but I’m waiting for Celcom to launch this with one of its postpaid plans that will help bring the price down to a more manageable figure. Oh have I also mentioned that this phone is girlfriend approved? Yay!
Have I also mentioned that this phone is pretty much unique? That when everyone is using their carbon clone iPhones you can whip out the one and only HTC Hero? Stand out in the crowd, be seen! Yay!
Look who’s got a new toy! 
I love it! Thank you so much! *hugs*
Now that I have a watch (a real, functioning one too!), not only can it tell the time, it also has:
Specifications are 36.1 x 31.4 x 8.3 mm / 76g.
Not only that, it also doubles as a pretty bracelet! Now here’s something that will definitely match the Edifice.
Did I mention that I love it?
Photo courtesy of Wonderboy
This one is much overdue, even though everyone must have seen it coming:
For those who are still in the dark, the pretty pictures above show Nigel’s latest accessory (although not technically a gadget, it still has enough dials and buttons to qualify as one…buttons!)
It is a carbon dial stainless steel chronograph that comes all in black with:
Specifications are 50.6 x 45.5 x 13.7 mm / 177 g.
Start feeling sorry for the Casio? Don’t be, it has a new role as a glorified paperweight now
Photos courtesy of Wonderboy.
Snagged some test shots with the LX3 while we were in Low Yat last Sunday camera-surveying. Some photos of the floors in the building, shot using max resolution, RAW and in Aperture Priority mode:
Gotta love ‘bokeh’ shots. The LX3’s F2.0 aperture certainly helps in this department:
Another test shot, this time in JPEG mode. As any usual Sunday, Low Yat is teeming with people:
This Sunday, we’re heading off to Lowyat/Sg Wang to check out these two beauties to help me decide which I shall be a proud owner of. Currently, based on appearance alone, I’m more keen on the Samsung!
Panasonic Lumix LX3
Samsung WB1000
We’ll be testing these cameras out first. Stress test by photographing us in the most colourful clothes. Then water test to check for durability! After all, what’s the point of checking out cameras when you can’t torture them first
*Update* Looks like the Samsung WB1000 is yet to be released here. And the successor to the Panasonic Lumix LX3 will be released soon. I suppose it means that we’re back to using phones as cameras. To all the shutterbugs out there, please don’t get an aneurysm. We’re harmless, really!
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