4/11 is fine

What's 4/11? Eleven is the number of items that peppered my last Christmas list and four is the actual total loot. I know it's not even half, but having them already made me feel like a kid in a candy store.

As it is, the four items already cost a lot of money and, because I declared 2011 as the year of my being frugal again, then I feel blessed enough to have a new smartphone, mirrorless DSLR, calf massager, and a Just Dance 2 Wii game.

I had no luck finding the automated ball launcher for dogs so I still play ball with my dog the old way. But that's okay. I think that's EXACTLY how she likes it. :)

The rabbit

I was very happy the way 2010 ended for me in the gadgets department. I bought myself a new LG Optimus 1 Android smartphone and a new Samsung NX10 mirrorless DSLR camera. I also got a new Flip video camcorder, two other mobile phones, and at least two new computer notebooks. These devices ushered me in 2011 and, despite the new tempting arrivals that debuted in the recently-concluded CES in Las Vegas, they will be my work and play mates through most part of 2011.

The funny thing is no matter how many new gadgets I have, old technology has a way of creeping back in because new technology is not always great. For example, a few days into 2011 I finally accepted that my "digital" satellite TV service, Cignal, is really sucky in terms of content and basic customer service. No amount of denial could make me appreciate the kind of "digital" content they pre-selected to clutter my Sony Bravia LCD TV.

I'm a comedy and talk show kind of person. But Cignal one day decided to remove those kinds of shows in my subscription and replaced them with more cartoons and religious shows. I subscribed based on the list of shows they said they will offer. Nobody told me they could just wantonly remove programs that made customers to sign up. 

Now that I don't get them in my paid subscription, I went back to my traditional TV that delivers for free some of the same content I used to get from Cignal. The problem is I don't have aerial antennae to improve the reception in my cute LG vintage TV. Comedy and talk shows are like carrot sticks to me and the way to get them in my analog TV is to pull out the rabbit ears.

This amuses me to no end. Not only because I could now again watch the kind of shows that entertain me but the fact that I have ditched digital TV service for regular analog TV with rabbit ears. Could there be a better time for this to happen than in the Year of the Rabbit?

Happy Birthday Geekay!

Dear Geekayness,

Happy birthday to you my blog, you are one year old. Your first year was exciting. I nourished you with close to 50 posts and a few more will come before the year is over. Those who visited you over the last 12 months, though few and redundant by Google's standards, were happy they did. You also produced affiliate blogs on food, pets and travel that are equally fun to do.

There have been many ups and one major down along the way but the road ahead remains bright. Brace yourself for a busier new year. The best is yet to come!!

Wanted: Assistant Wire Manager

I need a professional assistant wire manager. The job is simple: manage wires well. The candidates for this job must possess a great ability to rein in wires around the residential and office areas. A pleasing appearance is an advantage.

Anyone who has taken interest to read my previous posts here would know that I hate wires. That want-ad I typed above is for real. But I'm not looking for a real person to do it. I'm looking for an object to tidy up the wires that circumnavigate my digital spaces.


Yesterday, I finally "hired" someone, or should I say something, to do the job. It's a little plastic wire manager the size of a short book marker. Once it has neatly coiled and clipped the wires, its tip goes to a slit opening that creates an effect of a cat sticking out its tongue. It's cute and does the job in its own small way. This little helper costs P99 only and is available in other animal characters such as puppies, cow, moose and pig. :)

Cat speaker

Last night as I hurried back home, I chanced upon a store called DigiBabe at SM Cyberzone. Being a true geek-in-pink at heart I instantly decided to quickly browse the store.

The store is a tech lifestyle one catering to the female crowd.



There are hardly any hardware (pun intended) around because they fill their shelves with cute peripherals like this speaker cat. I love it. It goes by the brand name Cooler, a sound blasting MP3/computer speaker that only costs P395. It charges by USB. Ain't it cute? It sounds pretty good, too, for a speaker smaller than a new born kitten. :)

There are other models available. They have mummy, cyclops, Batman, skully, Friday the 13th, etc. I think they make perfect Christmas gifts or give-aways.

On my watch list!

What's the time? It's time for a new watch!! He he he.

Most women are shoes and bags addicts. Cosmetics and perfumeries, too. I'm not. It's watches that I like. It's my dream to one day attend any of the two most important watch fairs in the world, the Baselworld and The Salon International de la Haute Horlegerie in Switzerland, the bastion of timepieces.

My three-year old Philip Stein kept me satisfied enough not to want another one until I flipped through an old catalog and found this:

Ain't it pretty? :)

This Georg Jensen Vivianna large open bangle steel watch is making me drool at the moment. Aside from it's sheer elegance and sexiness, it makes me drool because my jaw dropped when I saw the price online. It costs Euro1180.00 (exclusive of VAT).

The face of the watch is a mirror and features sapphire crystals. Is that why it's so expensive? It was designed in 1969. Is timeless design expensive? Watches priced like this really makes you realize that time is precious. As in Georg Jensen precious.

HP unveils world's smallest color laser printer

HP today announced here in Singapore many printing firsts, one of which is the world's smallest color laser printer, the CP1025nw. It's also one of the world's most energy-efficient color laser printers that is ePrint enabled.

I'll post more details after our conference.