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Where I write things out: meals worth remembering, trips, gadgets, and the odd strong opinion.
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Past week’s Twitts
- will call it a relatively early evening for me. Watch a few episodes of CSI then to bed. #
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Is Smartone-Vodafone’s IOM Value Pack Right for iPhone?
Over a month ago I decided to switch to the Smartone-Vodafone “IOM Value Pack“. You can read why I make this move in my previous post, New Tariff Plan from Smartone-Vodafone…
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iPhone Firmware 2.2 Is Ready for General Consumption
It has been over two weeks since my first post, _[Phone Firmware 2.2 NOT for Hacked iPhones](<http://blog.vinko.com/2008/11/21/iphone-firmware-22-not-for-hacked
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iPhone Firmware 2.2 Is Ready for General Consumption
It has been over two weeks since my first post, Phone Firmware 2.2 NOT for Hacked iPhones about the new iPhone firmware 2.2. Since then the famed hacker team iPhone Dev Team…
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Movie Review: What Just Happened
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US Capitalism
It appears that United States capitalism is different from typical capitalism.
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Ridiculous Hong Kong Government Decision
Just read in HK Magazine (Nov. 28, 2008 issue) that Hong Kong Customs officers from inspector to assistant commissioner levels can travel to vineyards in France for wine…
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Movie Review: The Beast Stalker
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Review: PeopleBrowsr
I found another mashup web site/service; I purposely avoided the term Web2.0, called PeopleBrowsr.
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Review: Burgeroom [Update]
Tonight I decided to give Burgeroom of Causeway Bay another try after my visit last Thursday, which you can read all about in my post, Review: New Found Burger Joint.
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Developments of Hybrid
Recently I notice both Toyota and its Lexus brand have made hybrids. These are not the typical hippie boring family car, but the Highlander and Camry models for Toyota and GS…
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iPhone Firmware 2.2 NOT for Hacked iPhones
As rumored Apple has released the iPhone firmware 2.2 today.
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Review: New Found Burger Joint
Double Decker Burger @ Burgeroom
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Movie Review: 証人
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Wine: Lindemans – Shiraz Cabernet
Tonight at dinner I came across a set of wines from Lindemans, Australia that are on promotion at Outback restaurant. The one I tried was their Premier Selection: Shiraz…
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Review: HK Fatburger Experience
On the weekend I walked by the new Hopewell property, Queens Road East, on Queen’s Road East, and noticed the long boarded up store front of Fatburger is no longer boarded up.…
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New Tariff Plan from Smartone-Vodafone for iPhone
As I still found my Smartone-Vodafone charges too high, I decided to look for alternatives, including those from competitors, like: PCCW, Three and People.
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Microsoft’s Ballmer considers using WebKit within IE
Recently during a developer conference in Sydney Australia, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the idea of using WebKit as the rendering engine within its web browser was…