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• Posted Apple's Shrine to macasia.com
  If you're as enamored of The new Apple Store in Shanghai as I am, then you will want to read WSJ's Apple's Glass Temple, Made in China. ...
• Posted Reader-like feature on Mobile Safari to macasia.com
  I love the Reader feature on desktop Safari 5.0. It strips a webpage of annoying ads and flashy sidebars, and formats it into a nice, clean page, with only the text we want to read. It's perfect for pages with...
• Posted Opera Mini for iPhone to macasia.com
  Opera Mini lets me access CNN mobile site outside of the U.S, not possible with Mobile Safari....
• Posted Google Analytics implemented to macasia.com
  Just got around to implementing Google Analytics to this site. I'm now testing it. Hope it works.Update 1: The instruction said to paste the tracking code on every page I want tracked. That's too much work. So I look inside...
• Posted Microsoft Messenger 8 for Mac beta to macasia.com
  The official beta release of Messenger 8 for Mac is out. Why should we care? Because this is the first version to support video conferencing. Yes, it's 2010 and Microsoft is finally catching up to other Mac chat clients. Now...
• Posted Google could plummet? to macasia.com
  It's not often I hear bad things said of Google, and then I see this title, Google Could Plummet as Apple War Takes Toll. TheStreet commentary talks about how Google is losing its leaders, profitable innovations, mobile search, brand trust...
• Posted Amazon Kindle for Mac to macasia.com
  The Amazon Kindle for the Mac is out, finally. I've been waiting a long time for this one. I got my first Kindle book for my iPhone recently, but I can't get used to reading book-length work on such a...
• Posted Why Mac users hate Windows to macasia.com
  Okay, I decided to buy a copy of Windows 7 after testing the evaluation copy for six months and was impressed with it; the speed is acceptable running on my iMac, which was never the case with previous versions and...
• Favorited Dictation on the iPhone on macasia.com
• Posted Dictation on the iPhone to macasia.com
  I am writing this blog post not by typing but by talking. I am using Dragon's Dictation software on my iPhone. The accuracy is phenomenal, nearly 100% if I speak clearly and slowly, oh, and a quiet background should help,...
• Posted Movable Type 5 and themes to macasia.com
  Upgrading to Movable Type 5 was no trouble, as usual, but afterwards, I tried to switch to a new theme, and now I'm running into all kinds of trouble: inconsistencies, previous leftovers, missing elements, just general weirdness. It's probably caused...
• Posted No printer. No problem. to macasia.com
  I don't own a printer. I haven't for over 10 years. Even back then, I believed the way to a paperless office is to not print out, well, paper. Let me clarify, I don't have a printer, but I have...
• Posted My first Kindle book to macasia.com
  Amazon announced that for the first time ever, it sold more Kindle books than physical books in one day, on Christmas. Wow, that is not something we were expecting to hear so soon. After all, the Kindle reader has only...
• Posted HairMax LaserComb to macasia.com
  I am buying the HairMax LaserComb for my brother's balding head for Christmas. He's used every hair-growth product under the sun. Here's hoping for a miracle!...
• Posted Compass in iPhone 3G S to macasia.com
  I went to Sheung Wan today to buy refills for my Fisher Space Pen. Traversing to this part of the Hong Kong island is unchartered territory for a guy who spend 99.9% of the time on the Kowloon side....
• Posted iPhone 3.0 software update to macasia.com
  Incidentally, the strongest added functions to the 3.0 software are not yet supported by AT&T in the U.S., MMS and Internet Tethering, both of which were available here in Hong Kong as soon as we updated our iPhone. Photos appear...
• Posted Movable Type Pro 4.261 to macasia.com
  Movable Type is easy, trouble-free, albeit time-consuming to update....
• Posted Facebook username URL to macasia.com
  Wow, in less than an hour, Facebook will open up registration for a permanent username URL at http://www.facebook.com/username/. It's on a first-come, first-serve basis, so everyone's fair game. I don't use Facebook much, yet, except to play poker, but I...
• Posted Movable Type Pro 4.26 to macasia.com
  Just updated to Movable Type Pro 4.26. Posting an entry to make sure it works with my current theme....
• Posted iPhone 3G S: To upgrade or not upgrade to macasia.com
  The new iPhone 3G S looks identical to the previous one. The changes appear beneath. Bigger drive, faster graphics, higher camera resolution and video recording. The other improvements--cut/copy/paste, search, MMS and tethering--will be available for all iPhones via 3.0 software...
• Posted Britannica Mobile iPhone Edition to macasia.com
  While I am on the subject of iPhone web apps, Britannica MiE <http://i.eb.com/> is probably my favorite one of all. Although Wikipedia is ubiquitous, Britannica is authoritative. Plus, it never hurts to look up more than one source on a...
• Posted Dictionary.com iPhone app to macasia.com
  I use Merriam-Webster's iPhone optimized web app <http://i.word.com/> for definitions, but if you want to look up words offline, Dictionary.com has released an iPhone app based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary. The app is a 35MB download, and it's...
• Posted Pay Lauren to buy a PC? But she really wants a Mac! to macasia.com
  Wow, I don't know about you, but watching this ad by Microsoft just made my Mac ego shot through the roof:...
• Posted MacHeist 3 bundle to macasia.com
  Another year, another bundle. Macheist probably offers the most affordable Mac software bundle out there. This time with 12 apps for US$39, or 13 if you're one for the first 25,000 people to place an order. It's US$10 cheaper than...
• Posted Waiting for iMac to macasia.com
  It's nearly two weeks, and I'm still waiting for my new 24-inch iMac to arrive. I hope it comes soon.[Update: 25 March 2009] Just received a call this morning that the new iMacs are in stock, and mine will be...
• Posted iPod shuffle - a tiny stick of gum to macasia.com
  The new iPod shuffle is slick, without controls of any kind on the surface; everything is done on the earbuds. Plus, it talks back, so finally it makes sense to not have a screen. I wonder what will happen when...
• Posted New iMac on its way to macasia.com
  I finally took the plunge and ordered the newly upgraded 24-inch iMac. I chose the base model, the 2.66GHz with 4GB RAM and 640GB hard drive, which is plenty powerful. About the only downside is its integrated graphics card. But...
• Posted Super Bowl live on iPhone to macasia.com
  Its 8:30 Monday morning in Hong Kong, and I'm following the game in Tampa on my iPhone. It's showing a bunch of red and blue lines. Strangely enough, I'm starting to get it. m.espn.go.com[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]...
• Posted Keynote live to macasia.com
  It's 2:05AM in Hong Kong, and I'm following the Macworld keynote live in San Francisco. The Gizmodo Liveblog is doing an awesome job of covering the event with large, clear pictures of the stage and screen. I'm also reading the...
• Posted Movable Type Pro 4.2.3 to macasia.com
  This time took me two tries to get my MT blog updated properly. Still, it isn't difficult to do, but WordPress is a lot faster and easier when I use the One-Click Installs provided by DreamHost. Alas, the option isn't...