the personal blog of C.K.Koay
How do I even begin to describe the new Apple Silicon M1 powered Mac Mini except with one very simple word: “Wow!”
After reading and watching every review I could find on the internet (or at least from countries where Apple deigned to launch it first), I was practically vibrating with excitement to get my hands on one.
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After a few days of using the new iPad Air with the Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil 2, I am glad to say that it is much closer to a laptop. It has neat features and design that makes it so much more closer to a laptop replacement. But that is not the full story. Find our more in this long-ish iPad Air review.
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Apple has been promoting the idea that iPad is a great notebook replacement over the past couple of years. It started when they introduced iPad Pro. These devices come with desktop class processors and have the ability to connect with special keyboards and pencil.
Continue reading “iPad Air 2020, the ideal laptop replacement?”It’s been four months of working from home now, and we’re on this three-team rotation system.
I love working from home. No more commuting– meaning I’ve reclaimed roughly two hours of my life each day that I used to spend contemplating my existence while stuck behind someone who changes lanes as if he’s moments away from an emergency of the digestive variety.
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It’s only been two and a half months into 2020, and the world is already in turmoil.
The new year quite literally kicked off in flames, with wildfires tearing through vast swathes of Australia in January. Just as fresh images of singed, bewildered koalas began to fade from our minds, Malaysia’s barely 24-month-old liberal government was toppled by a rebellion from within. And before the political drama of the Sheraton Move could even settle, the world was hit with something far worse—a once-in-a-generation global pandemic that broke out in March.
Continue reading “Is 2020 going to be the year of the COVID?”I’m back in my Paddington hotel now, fresh from a work meeting that has left me with the rarest of corporate travel luxuries: unscheduled time.
There’s something wonderfully liberating about being alone in a foreign country. It’s the only time I can wander into those spots that would otherwise be vetoed by family members who, for reasons beyond my comprehension, don’t find museums featuring historical androgynous depictions of Guanyin fascinating.
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