My Gadgets

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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

  • 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

  • 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

  1. iNo One (ZL)
  2. Nexus 7
  3. Nook Color

2013

  1. Google Nexus 4 (ZL)
  2. HTC Butterfly S
  3. TactSlider
  4. LG Optimus G
  5. Tronsmart MK908
  6. UnoVPN
  7. HTC One M7
  8. Samsung Galaxy S4
  9. Sony Xperia Z
  10. Sony Xperia Z1
  11. Sony Xperia Z Ultra (Event)
  12. iCookie
  13. LG NP3530
  14. TactSlider
  15. iNo Two (ZL)
  16. iNo Magic (ZL)
  17. LG G FLex (Event)

2014

  1. SGHITECH Pride Non Camera
  2. ASUS Chromebox
  3. SGHITECH Excellence Non Camera
  4. Solar Battery Pack (Gearbest)
  5. Roman S530
  6. LG G Pro 2
  7. iCookie
  8. G1W-C Dashcam
  9. Gearbest Bass Sound Piston In-Ear Earphone
  10. Google Cardboard
  11. LG G3 (Event)
  12. HTC One M8 (Event)
  13. PixePlay Kuro
  14. Xiaomi Redmi
  15. LG G Watch (ZL)
  16. ASUS Padfone S + Tablet
  17. Mi Band
  18. ASUS Gaming Laptop G771
  19. ASUS Gaming SFF PC G20
  20. HTC One E8
  21. OnePlusOne (ZL)
  22. Dell Laptop
  23. Cregle InkR
  24. Eubiq Director Track + Accessories
  25. OPPO Find 7
  26. OPPO N1 Mini
  27. Nokia Lumia 1520
  28. Logitech K400R
  29. Fobo Tire (ZL)
  30. HTC RE Camera
  31. HTC Desire Eye

2015

  1. LG G Flex 2 (Event)
  2. Alienware Laptops (Event)
  3. HP Stream 7
  4. Sugru
  5. Logitech Keys to Go
  6. Asus Fonepad 8
  7. ASUS RT-AC87U router (ZL)
  8. UE Boom
  9. Philips Fidelio NC1
  10. Lenovo S6000 Bluetooth Keyboard
  11. Krusell 2 in 1 iPhone Wallet
  12. Krusell FlipWallet Slide
  13. Zenfone 2
  14. UB+ Eupho
  15. D-Link DIR-890L
  16. RC Fibers Hybrid Wallet
  17. HTC One M9
  18. Dell U2515H
  19. Microsoft Surface 3 (Event)
  20. ASUS Transformer T300 Chi
  21. LG G4 (Event)
  22. Logitech M238
  23. Logitech G910
  24. Dell Venue 8 7000
  25. ASUS Strix DSP 7.1 Gaming Headset
  26. Tesoro Excalibur RGB (Brown Switch) Keyboard
  27. Sony Smartwatch 3
  28. Galaxy A8 and Tab S2 (Event)
  29. OnePlus 2 (Event)
  30. ADATA PV150 Battery Pack
  31. Strix Gaming Gear (Keyboard, Mouse, Mousepad)
  32. 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)

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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)