Vinko's Thoughts On...
Blog URL http://blog.vinko.com
Located Toronto, Ontario Canada
Tags iPhone, Apple, Macintosh, technology, gadgets, social culture, Hong Kong
Thoughts on various technology topics with a focus on Apple's Macintosh and iPhone products.
Also include movie, software and the occasional Hong Kong restaurant reviews.
Latest Blog Posts
- Movie Review: 2012 on Nov 14, 2009 in Movie Review drama sci-fi
My Rating: This afternoon I saw the movie 2012 at AMC Theater, Admiralty, Hong Kong. Another one of the movies from my Must See Movies list. Normally I make a point not to get into details of the plot of the movie, but I will make an exception fo...
- Do You Want a Google Wave Account? on Nov 12, 2009 in Announcement Google Wave invitation nomination procedure
The following is how you can get your own Google Wave account. If you have not heard of Google Wave you will want to go to the About Google Wave web page to learn all about it. Please be aware that Google Wave is still in “public preview”...
- Elf Yourself 2009 Edition on Nov 10, 2009 in Announcement Christmas ecard OfficeMax viral video
Several years ago OfficeMax created the viral holiday ecard called ElfYourself, now it is back with an improved version with more functionalities for this holiday season. You can see my version of it below. Don’t worry I will not be spamming my...
- Speed of 3G Network in Hong Kong on Nov 8, 2009 in Observation 3G CSL Hongkong HSDPA pccw Smartone-Vodafone
Early this year both PCCW and CSL launched their HSPA+ network. As a result improving the speed and capacity of their respective networks. Offering a theoretical downlink speed of 21Mbps and uplink speed of 7Mbps. On Wednesday, November 4th Smartone-...
- Review: Shipwrek on iPhone on Nov 2, 2009 in Review iPhone game iPhone App iPhone application
A friend on Twitter brought Shipwrek to my attention, an application developed by Candy Cane in Estonia. It is a game with a simple goal. There are two docks: one yellow and one red, the player has to guide the corresponding coloured boats to the co...
- Movie Review: Jennifer’s Body on Nov 1, 2009 in Movie Review comedy horror thriller
My Rating: This afternoon I saw the movie Jennifer’s Body at UA Cinema, Times Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Another one of the movies from my Must See Movies list. This is a comedy thriller staring the Transformers famed Megan Fox and A...
- Review: Newsie on iPhone on Oct 31, 2009 in Review iPhone client Google Reader iPhone App iPhone application newsreader
The Google Reader web client on the iPhone is not bad, it is one of the better web applications from Google aside from GMail. May be that is why there are very few iPhone client made for Google Reader. Newsie is such a client developed by Instant Voo...
