HOW TO RESET YOUR TV REMOTE CONTROL - TV REMOTE CONTROLS AMAZING SECRET

Vertical Power Strips

Space efficient power strips, a 3 way x 4 sides = 12 ways vertical strip would be sufficient for most people's PC rig.

New Rig

 Here is a new Rig I was toying around

1 x case (3 x fans)
1x 750W PSU Gold
1x Intel i7 4770k
1x ASUS Z87-K motherboard
2x 8gb 1866 Memory
1x DVD RW LG
120GB SSD (Samsung EVO 840)
2TB HDD ( WD Red)
Asus GTX 770 2gb graphics card

Price - approximately S$2000.   Price in Singapore not as competitive as compared to the US, so I suspect such a rig would cost cheaper in the US.

Now, what software to load up ?

Am toying with the following ideas

1. Windows 8.1 pro
2.  Productivity apps - Libre Office, IZArc Archiver, CDBurnerXP, utorrent, spinrite
3.  Graphics App - Adobe stuffs, OnOne stuffs, Portraits Professional , Proshow Producer, Gigapano, HDRMatix,3DS max
4.  Gaming - Steam and Dota2
5.  Media Apps -  Codecs, Plex, Itunes
6.  Browsers - Chrome and Aurora Firefox
7.  Infrastructure - Java, Flash player
8. Fonts - get your favourite fonts from dafont.com
9. Antivirus - AVG  
10. firewall - Zonealarm

ASUS RT-AC68U Dual-Band Wireless-AC Router 

This router seems to be a little steep on pricing, but sures come with interesting specs. I'm considering the Buffalo dd-WRT firmware models - but this Asus model seems to be the most performing one - based on throughput.   I like the dd-wrt firmware coz you can use the router for other purposes, like access point or wireless bridge. 

Buffalo AirStation™ AC 1750 DD-WRT Router
GIGABIT DUAL BAND OPEN SOURCE WIRELESS ROUTER

Buffalo's AirStation™ AC 1750 Gigabit Dual Band Open Source DD-WRT Wireless Router is a high speed, open source dual band  solution, delivering the latest in Wi-Fi technology. Ideal for high bandwidth applications, it features an 800 MHz dual-core processor with 512 MB of RAM and is equipped with two wireless radios and onboard amplifiers to provide maximum radio power for improved performance and range. 

• DD-WRT Pre-Installed
• Wireless 802.11ac
• Simultaneous Dual Band
• 5 GHz Speeds up to 1300 Mbps*
• 2.4 GHz Speeds up to 450 Mbps*
• 5 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
• Configure as an Access Point or Wireless Bridge

Any of you readers, have any comments on this matter?

Synology DS1512+ VS. Drobo 5N - Head to Head

Remember the Drobo video? this one does a comparison - looks good for knowledge

Synology Advantages

The Synology 1512+ holds several distinct advantages over the Drobo 5N.
It’s faster.
It has a LOT of apps.
It allows for extreme customization.

Drobo Advantages

Meanwhile the Drobo 5N has several distinct advantages over the Synology 1512+.
It’s completely automated.
It’s far easier to expand and repair.
It costs less, uses less power and takes up less space.

The Bottom Line

Both machines have distinct advantages in different areas. Which one is best for you will depend on what you find most important and how you plan to use it.

For the full rundown and all the details, check out my article comparing the Synology DS1512+ and Drobo 5N.

Introducing the Drobo 5N Networked Storage Array

Raffaello D'Andrea: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

The Singapore IT Show is here again

http://www.itshow.com.sg/

27 Feb - 2 Mar 2014

Levels 1 & B2
Marina Bay Sands

Opening Hours
12PM - 9PM

One of the items I'll be looking out for is the MiiPC - see image below

The MiiPC is your easiest way to experience brilliant moments at home.

Connect the Android-powered MiiPC to your TV sets and enjoy sensational viral videos, play your favourite games and surf the world-wide web from a single device!

Experience the MiiPc at I.T Show 2014, Booth B815.

How to install Android Apps on SD CARD by default without rooting

1Gbps fibre broadband

MyRepublic has just been promoting their latest S$49.95 a month plan for fibre broadband at a whooping 1Gbps.... I wonder....

Bikini Site

Bikini Site : thebikinisite.blogspot.com

Everything Binary of photos of women in bikinis - experimental.

4K displays coming up

I believe 4K displays will start to pick up in 2014 in a very fast paced introduction.
Most movies are still not being shot in 4K resolutions yet though - which makes content scarce at introduction.  Movies are typically being shot at 2K resolutions, and up-sampled to 4K - reason for doing this is that the computing resources required to do special effects progressively get more intense as the number of pixels increase in a production.

Lenovo has some announcement in CES this year, citing 4K monitors for PC - one such monitor is the Lenovo ThinkVision Pro2840m  (28-inch, 3840 x 2160). It will be interesting to see the adoption rate of such "high-end" monitors.  Games may not be able to drive such monitors yet as 3D graphics card may need to double their performance before we see 4K games. Retailing in April 2014 for approximately USD$800.  Let the 4K war begin!