Initial Subscription RequestAs a Telstra customer I thought of obtaining a Foxtel connection from Telstra. Since it's very easy to have both items on the same bill. I did submit my application at the Telstra shop in the city (Brisbane), at Queen Street mall. I was told, Foxtel would contact me within a few working days. But nothing happened after ...

Now I need to buy a new laptop, I've been thinking of buying a Lenovo X220. However, one of my team mates suggested me a Dell Latitude E6320 with Intel i7 2620M processor. Initially I was attracted to its looks but then, the reality took the best of me... The worst laptop experience I've had with Dell laptops came into ...

A bit of background Do Audio Video Receivers (AVR) deliver quality music for audio sources ? No, never. I guessed yes for a while but I soon discovered AVRs lack real presence of music although I listened to audio in Pure Direct mode. What Pure Direct mode does is, it disengages power and control to the tone controls (IOW it ...

I actually had a lengthy list of speaker options to pick these from; such as Krix, Jamo, PSB, B&W etc. But I chose Klipsch for that produced the sounds I loved. The built quality was great but the speaker legs are annoying and I didn't like it at all.These bass-reflex speakers provide great mids and highs through its solid tweeter. ...

i can't exactly recall when i first noticed this "loudness war". but i'm pretty sure i noticed this during the first leg of the present decade. well, the "loudness war" means, the record companies increase the level of loudness to sound their records loudly at a lower volume. you might think this is appropriate but this loudness generates nothing but ...

Why vinyl records again ? This is the digital age, one might wonder why do we need to go back in time. Why do we need to listen to vinyl records again ? The truth is vinyl records never died but it was just that were a bit distracted. There's a huge difference in terms of audio quality and accurate ...

We've complained about overheat problems on AMD notebook processors, well now it's all history. With the introduction of their new 'vision platform' processors, I believe they may have just turned the tables. :-)AMD introduced a bunch of multicore processors to prevent a possible extinction from mobile processor market. Looking at the processor specs and what was seen on forums, I ...

I was shopping for a laptop since my laptop fleet caused a few concerns. I picked a Dell XPS 15 (L521X). Unlike my previous Dell purchases, I made sure to read as much as reviews to be sure I was doing the right thing. There were a few negative comments on Dell XPS 15 (L521X), to be more precise on ...

In this day, we are stormed with faith albums all around but sadly I question the purpose they serve. There's a huge vacuum for worship music, so the musicians and record companies exploited this by increasing the production of faith albums. Just like a toy factory produces toys to cater the consumer demand. What these so called musicians have failed ...

Time reads as 1400hrs, after hours long delay, all passengers were boarded the plane and it was ready to take off. but it didn't happen as usual, it got further delayed. then the captain broke the silence, almost after two hours since they were boarded. "welcome on board, i'm your captain for today's flight. i'm afraid that i have to ...

I've been struggling when it comes to buy jeans matching my waist and length. I was stumbled upon two brands who produce my correct waist and length, yet they produce a bit expensive raw jeans (Hugo and G-Star). The raw jeans are the ones who don't get washed after dying, during the production phase. Most modern jeans use indigo dye ...

This was shot in 2011 using 65MP-EPonte Vecchio, Firenze Italy 2011I’ve been using Canon DSLRs for almost a decade, starting with an entry level Canon EOS 350 and on. Canons were improving and leading the way back then. I upgraded to a couple of Canon DSLR bodies before hooked up to a 7D in 2009. I then started playing the ...

Ever since I replaced my old Yamaha RX-V 663 with a Marantz SR 7002, I truly enjoyed quality sounds from the both worlds, music and movies. The Marantz SR 7002 was one of the best receivers we had in 2009. However, it didn't take much longer to make the Marantz SR 7002 an outdated metal chunk. I looked towards Yamaha ...

The turning point of man kind People have a various opinion on the turning point of man kind, some say it was when we invented the transistor. The newer generations claim it was after the WWII. The most recent generations claim the ARPANET, the first TCP/IP packet based network, which led the way to Internet. If you ask this question ...

Hellish customer support experience from HSBCI was shocked today by a phone call received from HSBC, probably from an offshore calling centre given the accent of the caller. The banker, a female was furious. The tone, aggression, and pitch were fuming. It was rude and arrogant, I was dumbfounded for a moment. The phone call wasn't from a gang leader ...

Our ears are fed with tons and tons of mediocre music by radio stations. I have distant from radio stations ages back, most radio stations are next to nothing. I can't recall the last time I bothered tuned in. Sadly though the amount of garbage albums are on the rise to cater equally dumb listeners. A good album has become ...

Why I ditched iPod touch for good ?I bought my first digital media player, an Apple 80GB iPod classic not knowing it wasn’t supported by Rockbox in 2006. I was disappointed but went on to buy an iPod touch 64GB to have the bluetooth support to use with my bluetooth compatible devices. I bought them not because they’re good products ...

Don't you wish you had the answers?Please click on the photo for a better viewLook out your window, see the earthWhere did it come from, who gave it birth?Look at all the living creatures, who created them all?See how the rain falls, who made the sky?It's never ending, and you wonder whyWhere did it come from, where will it go, ...

I purchased my fourth Subpop record making my records tally closer to one hundred. A record that carries an interesting title “I love you honeybear” by Father John Misty (Joshua Tillman). This is undoubtedly the best album I purchased since December 2014. This is a funny, melodic, cold yet harmonic album with cruel lyrics showcasing what Misty had become since ...

Freedom from the curse of cable TV"What it feels like living a life without a cable TV connection ?", one of my mates asked a few days back. I replied him, "I feel better now, happy and freed. Television channels are all about manipulation and propaganda. I feel like I have saved a plenty of time to do real things ...