Mega Cities in Hong Kong You can build a two-story house on a plot of land or you can build a 60-story house, but if you build 60 stories you can get 20,000 apartments out of it. I went to Hong Kong was I was about 8 years old with my parents. I remember being…
Steve McCurry “The photograph is an undeniably powerful medium. Free from the constraints of language, and harnessing the unique qualities of a single moment frozen in time.” I am confident to say that Steve is my favourite photographer overall. He loves using colour and natural lighting. And his travel photographs are breath taking. You will…
I don’t want to be forced to pay for a cellular and data plan from my carrier. I just want a data plan. When Apple introduced FaceTime in 2011 and Google unveiled Hangouts and Voice, the notion of VoIP (voice over I.P address) became popularized. In essence, you could talk to someone face-to-face without using…
Melissa Yeong wrote a really in-depth piece in the Financial Post “I am investing to build a sustainable and growing stream of passive income with the goal of it covering our household expenses by the time I am 45 years old. We won’t necessarily quit working at that point; it’s just for the goal of…
Lifehacker has a fantastic article about what to “say to your children”. “You really tried hard on that!” “I appreciate it so much when you cooperate!” “I see red, blue and yellow! Can you tell me about your picture?” “Thank you so much for helping me clean up!” “It’s OK to cry.”
David Pogue on Siri and Android. Unfortunately, Android has an Achilles’ heel — actually, more like Achilles’ entire leg. To issue spoken commands, you have to tap the microphone icon on the Google search bar. And it’s only on the home screen or the Google Now screen (swipe up from the bottom). So you can’t…
