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Review of the Bose SoundLink Wireless Mobile speaker

Local Bose distributor ATLAS Singapore has kindly sent over a unit of the Bose SoundLink Wireless Mobile speaker. If you recall, the SoundLink Wireless Mobile is a portable speaker that weights 1.29kg with a depth of just 4.8cm with its fold-out stand closed.
The unit I reviewed is …

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Evaluating the Sanyo eneloop rechargeable batteries

Sanyo was kind enough to send me some of its eneloop NiMH Rechargeable Batteries to review. Those new to the eneloop may be puzzled about the fuss over what appears to be “old tech” NiHM (Nickel–metal hydride) batteries.
To quickly explain: the key difference has to do with how …

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Who’s afraid of maintenance downtime?

Experienced a downtime with my Maxinfinity Internet connection.  Admittedly, I’ve forgotten about it and despite working till very late (or early) on Tuesday morning, the entire maintenance window passed me by without me realizing it.
Of course, this would only be possible because of the Peplink …

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Software that I use

It takes far less time to perform a format and re-installation of Windows these days.  Instead, I’ve found that re-doing the list of the software tools that I currently have installed and then getting them setup actually takes up the the bulk of my time. …

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Peplink Balance appliance for powerful, easy to use WAN load-balancing

I’ve been using various Peplink WAN load-balancing hardware for more than a year now, and have found it to be a powerful, yet easy to configure appliance.  Ease of use is certainly important here given that load-balancing is not necessarily the easiest item to configure …

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My StarHub Fibre Broadband is live – 24 hours later

I made a decision to switch my home office’s StarHub cable broadband to one of its MaxInfinity Fibre plan just over a month ago.  The decision was helped by the Internet Service Provider’s (ISP) willingness to let  me terminate my former contract without penalty – probably …

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Some multi-monitor rigs from around the world

I recently convinced a friend to get a new monitor for a dual-monitor setup, which led me to think again about the use of multiple monitors.  You see, I’m an advocate of using multiple monitors for productivity and health reasons – I believe they help …

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Power over Ethernet ideally suited for Wi-Fi access points

As part of my evaluation of the HP ProCurve 2915 8G PoE Switch, I connected a trio of Wi-Fi access points to check out its Power over Ethernet (PoE) capabilities.  For those not familiar with PoE, the technology enables the delivery of power over the same …

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