Me: How does XXX manage to maintain her hair? It is so long! Son: She just spends five minutes every day. Just lotion and comb. Me: How do you know what is her routine when you don’t see each other…
What is the difference between a S$400 and $200 mixer tap?
This is a post of a different vein. Home improvement. The big difference between the taps is how many parts are made of plastic. Yes. I bought a tap with the lever that is made of silver plated plastic. There is a…
Fight or Flight response
According to a website, cold showers can stimulate the nervous system, the part responsible for fight or flight response. Cold water shocks the system for a stress response.
Microsoft Word tips
Here are some Microsoft Word tips that I found to be useful
Extending life the smartphone battery
One morning, I was commenting to an iPhone user that his battery is nearly flat. He is trying to prolong the battery life by not charging overnight, reducing the charge cycles. The battery is currently a third party replacement as…
Running with Android Oreo Part 2
I was curious about Android 8.1’s Neural Network API, so I upgraded my from Oxygen OS 5.02 to OmniRom. After 2 days on it, I realized that the apps must be able to support the API and I wasn’t even…
Running with Android Oreo
I finally upgraded the OnePlus 3T to Android Oreo or Oxygen OS 5.01. There are changes under the hood, the most visible ones are:
OnePlus 3T and DM_Verity
I was editing the OnePlus 3T build.prop file when I encountered the DM-verity warning. This is part of the verified boot process. More details can be read here. There were several posts to use the following to turn off and…
Notable security vulnerabilities for 2018
In continuation of the 2017 post on vulnerabilities, the new year started with a big security bang.
End of the year retrospection
End of the year always put one in a retrospection mood. You think about the year passed, the what ifs, what could have etc. I was browsing some posts when I came across this.