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Last Thanksgiving Day, I had the opportunity to buy the new ROKU HD-XR Media Player at a deeply discounted price. It was the company’s Black Friday online promo and they limited the sale to only 500 units of their top-of-the-line…
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The Palm Pre via the Sprint Network – a Month Later
My trusty Nokia 6230 was badly bruised after almost 4 years of use. It had endured numerous drops & bangs, numerous cellophane tapes at the back cover because of the oversized battery I installed and dust had perennially gathered on…
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Added Twitter Feeds to This Blog
Woke up early to smell the breeze on the rain-drenched backyard which I cleaned-up a week ago. The flowers are starting to bloom and the grass are very green! Also, I have to clean the small hot-tub/spa that we have…
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Do You Really Trust Your GPS???
During our recent visit to Puerto Rico early this year, I brought along my Garmin NUVI 660 to test its accuracy as well as its dependability. Since we bought the unit about middle of 2007, it had been our constant…
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SFO: So Many Things to Do…So Little Time!
Since I moved working environs from Fairfield to SFO in late August this year, I hardly had the time to update this site. San Francisco is such a bustling city that getting used to this new lifestyle will take me…
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