My Gadgets
If you couldn’t tell by now, I like gadgets. Here’s a collection of things I owned, reviewed and meddled with. I have been building computers ever since my Ivan helped me up with my first set, and have also helped friends and family with DIY-ing computers too. Most things i own are generally budget friendly and as much as I like tech, I am not too keen on splurging a fortune on them.
Gadgets I Own
Guitars
- Guitar 1: Peavey Something …
- Guitar 2: A black Yamaha RG Axe that I sandpapered and spray painted metallic silver
- Guitar 3: Slash Custom Snake Guitar is a guitar I will buy one day …
Consoles
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Sega Game Gear
- XBOX
- XBOX 360 w/ Kinect
Phones
- Sony Ericsson T68i
- Samsung (clamshell phone)
- Nokia E61
- HTC Touch
- HTC Touch 2
- Optimus 2X
- Blackberry 9630
- Samsung Galaxy S3
- LG G Pro 2
- HTC One E8
- Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
- Redmi 1
- Asus Zenfone 2 Zoom
Tablets
- Nook Color
- Nexus 7 2012
- iPad 2
- HP Stream 7
Media Players
- iPod Mini 8GB
- iPod Touch 2 (Apple Peel 520)
- Veolo 4K
- Tronsmart MK908
- Chromecast
PC
- Pentium 100
- 8mb RAM
- 1.6 GB HDD
- 6XCDROM
- Celeron 333
- Celeron 333
- Riva TNT
- 256mb RAM
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AMD XP 1700+
- Core2Duo E6300
- AsRock 775 HDTV-Twins
- ASUS ATI 4850
- AMD Phenom II X2 550
- Biostar TA790GXE
- Palit GTX 460
- Dell U2312HM
- LG 42” TV
- AMD X3 440
- Biostar A780L3G
- NVIDIA
- Fujitsu S6300 ?
- Intel Centrino
- 512MB RAM
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HP Mini (hackintosh)
- Asus Chromebox
- Canon Pixma MG3170
Cameras
- Fujifilm X31
- Pentax K-X
- 18-55 mm f/3.5 - f/5.5 lens
- 50mm manual f/1.8 lens
Wearables
- LG G Watch R
- Xiaomi Band
- Activa Band
- Fitbit
Recent years have seen a significant adoption of Android / Google related gadgets. My other family members have used Apple and also Microsoft based mobile devices so that has kept me abreast of the scene.
My first ever computer was a gift from my father, when I was 12 years old. Before that, I didn’t have my computer but had been using them at my cousins and over at friends place. I was a big fan of computer games at that time. Mashing away on a keyboard was pretty entertaining. I especially like Paperboy and the Duke Nukem series.
That first PC was a Pentium 100, with 8mb of RAM. Games were limited but it was great fun. I had no idea why but I kept playing Wing Commander, I guess it was one of those free games.
Gadgets I reviewed
I started GadgetReactor in 2012 together with Zhaolin to share tech news and my own experiences toying with gadgets I bought. I was impressed by the Barnes & Noble Nook Color and wanted to share my experience with it. We didn’t had much gadgets and we focused on sharing tech news at the start.
2012
- iNo One (ZL)
- Nexus 7
- Nook Color
2013
- Google Nexus 4 (ZL)
- HTC Butterfly S
- TactSlider
- LG Optimus G
- Tronsmart MK908
- UnoVPN
- HTC One M7
- Samsung Galaxy S4
- Sony Xperia Z
- Sony Xperia Z1
- Sony Xperia Z Ultra (Event)
- iCookie
- LG NP3530
- TactSlider
- iNo Two (ZL)
- iNo Magic (ZL)
- LG G FLex (Event)
2014
- SGHITECH Pride Non Camera
- ASUS Chromebox
- SGHITECH Excellence Non Camera
- Solar Battery Pack (Gearbest)
- Roman S530
- LG G Pro 2
- iCookie
- G1W-C Dashcam
- Gearbest Bass Sound Piston In-Ear Earphone
- Google Cardboard
- LG G3 (Event)
- HTC One M8 (Event)
- PixePlay Kuro
- Xiaomi Redmi
- LG G Watch (ZL)
- ASUS Padfone S + Tablet
- Mi Band
- ASUS Gaming Laptop G771
- ASUS Gaming SFF PC G20
- HTC One E8
- OnePlusOne (ZL)
- Dell Laptop
- Cregle InkR
- Eubiq Director Track + Accessories
- OPPO Find 7
- OPPO N1 Mini
- Nokia Lumia 1520
- Logitech K400R
- Fobo Tire (ZL)
- HTC RE Camera
- HTC Desire Eye
2015
- LG G Flex 2 (Event)
- Alienware Laptops (Event)
- HP Stream 7
- Sugru
- Logitech Keys to Go
- Asus Fonepad 8
- ASUS RT-AC87U router (ZL)
- UE Boom
- Philips Fidelio NC1
- Lenovo S6000 Bluetooth Keyboard
- Krusell 2 in 1 iPhone Wallet
- Krusell FlipWallet Slide
- Zenfone 2
- UB+ Eupho
- D-Link DIR-890L
- RC Fibers Hybrid Wallet
- HTC One M9
- Dell U2515H
- Microsoft Surface 3 (Event)
- ASUS Transformer T300 Chi
- LG G4 (Event)
- Logitech M238
- Logitech G910
- Dell Venue 8 7000
- ASUS Strix DSP 7.1 Gaming Headset
- Tesoro Excalibur RGB (Brown Switch) Keyboard
- Sony Smartwatch 3
- Galaxy A8 and Tab S2 (Event)
- OnePlus 2 (Event)
- ADATA PV150 Battery Pack
- Strix Gaming Gear (Keyboard, Mouse, Mousepad)
- Sony Xperia Z3+
2016
2017
HTC U Ultra . ASUS B9440
Random Stuff
Websites
- Personal
- ngE Clan
- Rehabking
- Squadron
- Project BRASIL
- Travel Website Project
- CS2102 Database (NUS) - Cloud Enabled Music Library Player
- Geek-Looking-Glass
- VJC Robotics
- Share our joy
- Inspiration Social
- Windfall Travels
- Rehab King
- Diapers n Diapers
- Moobee
- Cloud AceProxy
- Descaro (Downloader)
Deploying OrangeHRM (O2C) DJANGO Android Codes and some other random stuff Financial Expense Tracker IFTTT Recipes Holeeday MK908 Cooling Hack ShareOurJoy * 3 Corporate Video for D&D
XBMC Plugins
- GameSaves
- GameTrailers
- NowShowing
- sg!Radio
- sg!TV
Clan ngE - It was started by my secondary school friend as we were the only two in the school playing Unreal Tournament. There were only four of us, my school mate’s brother and a rookie who was an endearing 12 year old - Psymasta. We were a small social group and when I started playing more competitively, we disbanded and I joined one of the bigger clans in Singapore. Now I was known online as Kaer[X3M] - and since I was still on 56k dial up connection, my ping connection was usually in the range of 150-250, which was still substantial lag for a fast-paced first person shooter. Yet, I handled myself pretty well online and was known as one of the better 56k players. It was also around that time when I took part in my first gaming competition. Adapting to gameplay without lag was a strange experience. UnrealTournament was quite big in Singapore, albeit perhaps smaller than Quake but it was still a nice, sizeable community. There were about 30 teams, and we made it to the last 8, before being eliminated.
When I finally made the upgrade over to broadband, I saw a marked improvement in my gameplay. Over time, my skills improved and I continued to participate in the clan activities although it coincided with my ‘O’ levels. I still remember playing UT on the night before my O level exams. Once the exams were out of the way, there were a couple of LAN gmaing competitions and I think the best result was in the SAFRA gaming competition as well as one organised at Cathay Cineleisure.
Routers
- Linksys WRT54G (DD-WRT)
- 2Wire Modem (Singtel)
- Dlink 865L (stock firmware but Tomato upgrade coming soon)