Harddisk is history?
In September 2021, I blogged about choosing between hard disk and SSD (Solid State Disk) as digital memory options. Fast forward 1.5 years, and I think it’s safe to say that hard disk (HDD)...
Author: Calvin Lam
Facebook “Improvements” published on March 31, 2021
Many would immediately react with “Can the notorious Facebook improve? or care to?”. There has been so much bad news about Facebook, its neglect of users’ privacy, and its priority only on business, and...
Intelligent Toothbrush with Monitor
It’s often said that dental health is paramount. I recently researched, found, and can recommend a good intelligent toothbrush which has been of good help in promoting my good tooth brushing habit with feedbacks....
Cloud Storage, go for it?
Is storing most of your data on clouds (of which there are heaps of providers) suitable for you? If you want the full discussion on the pros and cons of Cloud storage, refer to...
Hard disk or SSD (faster & price now much-reduced)? – 2020
I blog posted about the importance of digital data storage in 2015, and reliable backups must be the next thing to put in place after setting up your computer. Reliable here often means redundant...
Secrets of a Fulfilled Life
A fulfilled life would contribute to Carefree living, hence would love to share this, this guy (Oliver Burkeman) has been writing life-changing advice articles for over a decade. See if you agree? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/04/oliver-burkemans-last-column-the-eight-secrets-to-a-fairly-fulfilled-life?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits Credits...
How Best to Organize a Lifetime of Photos – 6 (Digitising prints revisited)
This is the 6th posts on this topic and an update of Post 2 of this series which was written more than 5 years ago in 2015. Back then, I recommended a sheet feed...
Youtube- be more efficient in using it
If you are an avid youtube user, then maybe you have yet to utilize all the features and shortcuts efficiently? They will save you much time leaving you time to enjoy more. For example,...
Virtual Banks
This blog will focus on Virtual Banks, to distinguish them from other online fintechs like peer-to-peer lenders, micro investment apps, money management apps, etc which are covered under different ‘banking’ licences. The distinction is...
Taobao, Tmall, and JD (also AliExpress)- what are they and their differences
At the start of my Carefree Living Blog posts, I mentioned I’d be focusing on anything nice in life, including what facilitates it. With that, one of most post focus and categories is Online...