Lately, I’ve been shopping for a new motherboard platform to build a new daily driver desktop PC, specifically AMD X870E chipset-based. To my shock and dismay, most motherboards with that chipset only had two or three PCIe slots since many of the other PCIe lanes have been allocated for M.2 NVMe slots instead; it seems […]
Lately, I’ve been noticing more California Proposition 65 warning labels on food items at my local grocery stores and decided to do more research by going directly to its official website. Key Takeaways: I have a friend who used to be a public health researcher and years ago he stated only around ten percent of […]
As one can imagine during this Covid-19 pandemic, a significantly larger amount of people are staying at home and not venturing out which has directly led to a huge spike in demand for electronic gaming. In addition, huge demand for more laptops, desktop computers, and other electronic devices for remote work has drove a silicon/semi-conductor […]
The Fry’s Electronics of Renton looked very dismal to say the very least. From my take on it, it seems like the business as a whole is about to go out of business. From walking through most of the store interior, it seemed like that they had little to no new merchandise and this was […]
This was an iBuypower gaming PC that I saw for sale at the Covington Walmart today and I thought it was terrible value overall. For that price range, the gaming PC had only two RAM slots instead of four which prevents expanding RAM capacity without taking the current ones and replacing them with higher capacity […]
I was at the Walmart in Covington today and was checking their electronics section and spotted a camo-skinned laptop by HP. Judging from the specs and price, it wasn’t very high quality or rugged/military-grade. There were no dust-proof or water-resistant certifications on the specs and I didn’t expect it to have them at that very […]
In my opinion, this was an epic road trip to say the least since it involved driving from Kent all the way down to San Diego and back again. Notable cities/towns visited were of the following: Portland Fresno Bakersfield Los Angeles San Diego Monterey Monterey Park Encinitas Santa Barbara San Jose San Francisco Redding […]
Recently, I was reading through blogs and news sites and found out there were companies capitalizing on the fact that air pollution is so extreme in most major cities in China by selling cans of fresh air. There is no scientific or medical evidence that these contraptions could lead to improved health, but hey … […]
I went to a local Taiwanese family-owned tofu/soy product manufacturing place (Zin Tai Soya Foods) in Richmond to buy some bulk bean curd for my parents; the place mostly does wholesale, but they do have a small store-front for retail sales. I also went to Burnaby particularly Crystal Mall to hangout. What stood out to […]
I don’t usually shop at outlet malls, but for the last Black Friday Sale I decided to go with some friends to The Outlet Collection Seattle (formerly SuperMall) just for the heck of it. For some reason, I got sucked into the sensation of what I thought were “bargains” that later I thought didn’t have the best […]
Just went between Vancouver and Richmond BC, particularly Stanley Park and Aberdeen Centre.
Revised 2019.08.20 Amazon (for general merchandise) Rakuten (for general merchandise) Newegg (for electronics) TigerDirect (for electronics) Steam (for PC games)
Buyer Tips Buy from sellers with established history & high ratings (98% or above) Avoid cheap or items way below market from sellers that are relatively new or have limited selling history Make sure to read sellers’ return policy; some have limited return periods such as 14 business days and some do not offer returns. […]
I came to realize recently that Google products and services had a tremendous impact on my daily life in so many levels from personal to work use resulting in me pondering a bit about a life without Google. Even one of the fonts of this website that you’re viewing now – “Lato“, is hosted from […]
Over the weekend, I had a hot pot dinner with one of my good friends and over the course of the meal he brought up the topic of his excess electronics and surplus of store credit from the Staples Ink & Toner Rewards Program. Due to my friend’s fear of his career being jeopardized, I […]
Notes on Magento in regards to SEO, speed, UI, and other optimization tweaks. Combine CSS & JS Files In the Magento Admin Panel, go to System > Configuration > Developer. Under “JavaScript Settings”, change “Merge JavaScript Files” to YES. Under “CSS Settings”, change “Merge CSS Files” to YES. Clear the cache to see changes.
I was hanging out with my friend Wing during his birthday and one of the places he wanted to go was The Commons at Federal Way because he had never been there before. When strolling through the mall, we encountered a fly infested orange juice vending machine. I can’t say I was totally surprised since […]
From The Economist Video covering the Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba. Explains that Alibaba is heading in the direction to become the first company in the world to posses transaction volume of a trillion dollars, possessing the largest repository of Chinese consumer data, going to rival the largest banks in China in lending, and much more.
I was at Southcenter Mall not too long ago and stumbled across this so-called promotion. The reality is that this was once the location of Zoopa Express — a salad, soup, and pasta restaurant. I have to give credit to the mall management for their craftiness to hide the negativeness; from my observations, about half […]