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 […]
I flew down to SoCal for the weekend to attend the wedding of my friend Travis and his wife, Cassie. I hungout in Ontario, Ranch Cucamonga, Redlands, and Yucaipa. Rancho Cucamonga had an 85º Bakery Cafe and that was where I bought some baked goods which were surprisingly cheaper (10-12%) than my local one.The weather […]
I drove down to Portland to visit my friend Wes one last time before he moved to Ohio. We mostly did food cart crawling around Lloyd Center, the waterfront near the Willamette River and Saturday Market, and Portland State University. Wes and I were impressed that Portland State University had its own Farmer’s Market inside […]
Today was the opening celebration of the new Highway 99 Tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The area was closed down to vehicles, but people were allowed to walk through, and I happened to do so with some friends. There were King County Metro Buses to shuttle people around the various celebration zones around […]
Today, I went to pick a pallet of twenty-four computers that I won an online auction for the City of Everett. The batch of computers was comprised of Dell Optiplexes and Precisions manufactured from 2010-2013. My Mitsubishi Outlander Sport was able to fit all the units snugly to the point that I had to place […]
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 […]
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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 … […]
Another day trip in the Vancouver area, just hung out in Metropolis at Metrotown, Crystal Mall, Aberdeen Centre, and Granville Island. I saw a tutoring center in Crystal Mall boasting tutoring that would give kids a shot at the Ivy League at Crystal Mall; I found it kind of funny that a tutoring center with […]
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.
Below are lists of the main benefits of my favorite rewards credit cards currently: Sallie Mae MasterCard 5% cashback on first $250 on groceries; applies directly to gift card purchases too (e.g. Home Depot, Amazon, Gap, Gamestop, Finish Line, etc.); I usually get the gift cards from Fred Meyer (Kroger) or Safeway 5% cashback on […]
For the last year or so, I have transitioned from all my personal computers from regular hard disk drives (HDD) to solid-state drives (SSD) for the primary drives. The main reason was because I wanted the smartphone and tablet experience in which applications and processes load instantly or in a few seconds, including operating system boot. I’m superbly […]
Recently, I was browsing through the foreign movie category on Amazon Prime and noticed quite a few Mainland Chinese propaganda films that were made decades ago, likely around the 1960s or 1970s. Usually I see mostly Korean films and low-budget Japanese films in the section, but I was surprised to see this type in there […]
Recently I found a new software called Waifu2x that easily enlarges image files up to 2x without significant quality reduction. Previously, there was no simple way to enlarge image files up to 2x without huge artifacting or pixelation, but Waifu2x is now a simple solution. The underlying technology behind it is artificial intelligence processing technology called Deep Convolutional […]
Revised 2019.08.20 Amazon (for general merchandise) Rakuten (for general merchandise) Newegg (for electronics) TigerDirect (for electronics) Steam (for PC games)
iOS In terms of UI (user interface), iOS seems to be the most simple, intuitive, & consistent among various devices whether they are smartphones or tablets. On the other hand, because of the simplicity and probably to ward off users from screwing up the UI, the OS is not very customizable in comparison to Android — you […]
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. […]
