Tag: Tips
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How to Save Time by Watching More TV Shows in a Day
The title’s not wrong, but this post might not be what you thought it was about. It’s not about saving time in general, it’s about saving time by squeezing more TV shows or movies into the same time period. So I was pretty amazed when I saw people multi-task by having a TV show playing […]
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GMail Trick
Unlike most webmail services (e.g. Live mail or Yahoo mail), with GMail, you can actually do pretty neat stuff with your email address. For instance, did you know that you could put the + sign in your email, and still receive emails as per normal? So if your email address was [email protected], you could actually […]
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Protect Your Wireless Network with MAC Address Filtering…A Bad Idea
To secure your wireless network, you can use a variety of means, and one of which is by selecting only what MAC addresses are allowed. This is known as MAC filtering, and it can serve as a basic deterrent against most opportunistic attackers. However, just using MAC filtering alone will probably be a bad idea. […]
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Tim Ferris 4 Hour Work Week Book Review
When I first heard this joke some time ago, I thought it was just like any other joke. But I saw it again recently (in Tim Ferris’ book, The 4-Hour Workweek), it suddenly dawned upon me about how strong the underlying message is. An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal […]
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Switching Off Appliances Still Draws Power
My previous post about power adapters got me interested in electricity and it led me to this article on how there are vampiric devices in your home, sucking energy all the time. I got pretty surprised when I read the article (Read the full article here: http://www.electronichouse.com/article/why_your_electronics_suck_energy/). It turns out that all our appliances still […]
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Best International AC Pocket Socket / Plug Adapter Review
I just returned from a short trip to Taipei, and while it was really fun, it’s nice to be back home. Taipei is surprisingly not very different from Singapore, except the mild winter’s there currently is a welcome change from Singapore’s all-year-round tropical climate. Another difference that got me was the power sockets — Taiwan […]
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Small Plastic Travel Bottles Used For Gym, Travel, Shampoo, Etc
I’m leaving for a trip to taiwan this Monday! To Taipei in particular, and I’ll be away for 7 days 😀 I’m in the midst of packing now, and I realised how useful these bottles are. I got these plastic bottles a few weeks back, but only got to using them now. I’ve transferred my […]