Experiment: Moving to a Tumblelog

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Benjamin Koe

For those who have been following my blog for a while will know that I’ve been quite fascinated by Tumblelogs and in particular the hosted service provided by Tumblr.
I like blogging and the nature of blogs, but I always felt uncomfortable with the formal nature of traditional blogs. Blogs like this one hosted on Blogger [...]

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Water your phone?

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Benjamin Koe

This phone above is powered by water. Yes, the stuff you get when you turn the tap. This hydrogen fuel-cell technology fascinates me more than solar or wind power and all that “green” jazz. This is not simply about alternative power but possibilities.
If all it takes to power a 3.7V mobile device the equivalence of [...]

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Could laptop lids be sold as ads?

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Benjamin Koe

That’s what my hacker friend Michael Boman (pictured) asked me about yesterday evening. As a professional (read ethical) hacker, Michael is always on his Linux-powered ThinkPad everywhere he goes, and like many of us he’s fed up of paying for a laptop and giving free publicity to the computer maker’s brand.
His suggestion was to use [...]

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Theory: How to make a MacBook Pro last longer

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Benjamin Koe

I normally advise people to bidget S$1,000/year for personal computing procurement. In other words, get a S$3,000 laptop keep it for 3 years and dump it. It makes sense because that’s as long as any warranty would cover you for.
But I now have a new theory on how to make that purchase last longer. And [...]

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