Off to Ching Chong Ching

Right now at KLIA. Heading off to China for a much needed break with Ariel and my parents. We’ve visited modern Beijing and Shanghai December last year. This time we’re off to Yunnan and Shangri-la for a cultural visit.

Not sure what to expect and honestly worried with all the floods I’ve been hearing. But I guess a little water wouldn’t hurt.

Well, I’ll sign off now and start my official holiday time.

Shopping therapy for geeks

It’s the weekend and I really needed to sit back today. What better way than to get some shopping therapy from my close-by computer shop. Dropped in morning to pick up my promise media player.

egear box
eGear miveo pro

I’ve been wanting to get myself a media player since 2-3 months ago. And had the decision between this and another sold at the Low Yat forums. Differences were mainly price (less than hundred), warranty and support (firmware and service).

I decided to get this in the end because unlike the forum, I get 12-months warranty instead of only 6. And as much as I admire the forumer who produces updated firmwares very timely, the warranty was a turned off. Especially when I’ve not bought this player before.

And besides the player, I ended up buying more stuff. Thank goodness the computer shop is outside my house, somewhat.

I had to replace my ADSL modem which apparently was fried by lighting. Thank you Mother Nature. At the same time, decided to buy myself an AVR.

koss avr picture
PowerLogic KOSS AVR

Image credit: Powerlogic

The AVR is a device to regulate the voltage and take lightning hits. Plus, I’ve known the computer shop owner (and sons) since they’ve been there. So it’s comforting to know, if lightning does kill the AVR, they’ll help me restore it for only RM10. Not bad, I must say.

Shopping therapy tsaiko! 😀

P.S.: This post was written after I indulged in nearly half a bottle of wine. Whee!

[WTS] Dell Inspiron Mini 10v (1011)

Updated: July 7, 2010

Sold to a friend of mine. 🙂

Selling off my Dell Mini 10v which I rarely use. I’ll start of with pictures.

New in box
Original Dell shipping box
inside box
Box was well kept
dell mini in box
Even original protector
dell mini accessories
Charger and Dell CD bundle
red dell mini 10v
My sexy red Dell Mini 10v

And here are the specifications for my Dell Mini 10v.

Processor1.66Ghz (Intel Atom N280)
Operating SystemWindows XP Home edition
Memory1GB DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Disk160GB 5400rpm SATA hard drive
Monitor10.1″ Widescreen 1024 x 600 WSVGA (WLED)
GraphicsIntelâ„¢ Graphics Media Accelerator 950
ConnectivityDell Wireless 1397 802.11b/g Half Mini Card
Webcam1.3MP
BatteryExtended version: 6-cell
Ports & Jacks
  • 3 x USB ports
  • 1 x SD / MMC card slot
  • 1 x Microphone jack
  • 1 x headset jack
  • 1 x VGA port

Based on Dell’s warranty checker online, I still have 44 days left for the warranty.

What’s the price?

Personally, I feel RM 1,000 is a fair price.