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Alvin - who has written 301 posts on Alvin Poh’s Blog.
Alvin is a Singaporean who's interested in marketing, techy stuff and likes to just figure out how the two can work with each other. On top of his blog, you can also follow him on Twitter.
Best Gaming Mouse Pad – The SteelSeries SX Mouse Pad Review
I had a cloth SteelSeries mouse pad, and it was the cheapest gaming mouse pad around, but then it started feeling very rough and I decided that it was time for me to search for a new one. After looking around, it was clear that the best gaming mouse pad seemed to be the SteelSeries [...]
Continue reading...How To Install IonCube Loader On MAMP On Your Mac
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
MAMP (Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP) is a package that allows you to run your own PHP-enabled web server with MySQL easily on your Mac. However, if you’re looking for additional libraries like the ionCube libraries, you’ll need to download and install them yourself. That’s not bad because it’s not hard at all. What you need is [...]
Continue reading...How To Find Out What’s Locking Files or Folders in Mac
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
One of the first problems that I came across the Mac was the “File in use” error that occurred whenever I tried to unmount a hard drive, or unmount a USB thumb drive. It was annoying because I didn’t know how to find the source. In Windows, I would face the same problem too, but [...]
Continue reading...Best Wireless Mouse: The Logitech Anywhere MX Wireless Mouse Review
Sunday, August 15, 2010
The Logitech Anywhere MX is a handsome, reliable, functional wireless mouse. I was previously using the Razer Orochi, and the Logitech Anywhere MX, while not Bluetooth, reminds me a lot of the Orochi. I opted for the plain packaging, which puts the mouse in a plain cardboard box. No hard-to-open, fancy plastic wrapping and extra packaging [...]
Continue reading...Best Wireless Keyboard: The Logitech K340 Wireless Keyboard Review
Sunday, August 15, 2010
I was using the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard for a while with my Thinkpad (running Windows 7), but I soon found it inadequate. The keys were mismatched, and I had to use software to match up the keys to what I want to achieve in Windows, i.e. home, end, delete, alt-tab. Also, since I got a [...]
Continue reading...Born To Be A Urologist
Thursday, August 12, 2010
An urologist named Cockburn. If you think this is a fake, check out the original source right here.
Continue reading...The Top Free Backup/Sharing Service (With Some Ingenius and Creative Ideas!)
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
I wasn’t a Dropbox convert until recently, because I didn’t understand what the big deal was with it, but I’ve tried it recently because of a school project, and it’s like I’ve seen the light! When I first signed up for the service (it’s free), I just used the web-based interface. However, I needed to share [...]
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
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