I thought we were past the era of VHS v.s. Betamax, or Blu-ray v.s. HD-DVD. Turns out, we are having a war of attrition due to neither party has technological nor market supremacy than the other. I’m talking about LCD and OLED, of course. If you were thinking for a moment, ‘hang on, shouldn’t it…
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Bethesda Region Locks Elder Scrolls IV Remastered in South Korea
Bethesda has successfully launched its remastered classic, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, on 22nd, and with it, South Korean gamers have found out Bethesda has region locked the country out. The only other country that is locked out is currently Russia, possibly due to international sanctions. On Steam, it gets more mysterious as Bethesda…
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator Spiel
I’m not a fan of mini games and QTEs. I think we are at a period where if the developer is willing, they can easily concoct a method to incorporate convincing-enough side system, even if it’s only few moments compared to the overarching main system. Heck, we even have a zen genre dedicated to simple…
Monitors, OLED, and Future of LCD
Have you checked the price on the computer monitors recently? Mine is slowly burning away from each corner, so I decided good $300 budget would do – how naive summer child I was. The OLED monitors for 27-32 inches are roughly $1k, I get half (technically a quarter) of screen real estate. And while there…
How to Record Blood Pressure for HealthKit with Shortcuts
While there are good blood pressure monitors with IoT features attached, not all products support Apple HealthKit, let alone have accuracy required to be useful. As some reviews would have put it, smart BPM may not have ‘bang for the buck’, and the convenience offered by the device may not worth the bother if the…
Netgear Orbi RBR50 Spiel
Orbi RBR50 has been EOL for a couple of years now, so as a “review”, this post will be outdated the moment it is published. But I thought to share some of my experiences, some positives, and some negatives in using and setting up mesh routers for the first time then upgrading to another one.…
How to Fix Roborock Room Names on Home App
Roborock began to roll out Matter support on its latest models, and with it, HomeKit can now finally see a Roborock branded robot vacuums. So far, my experience with vacuum supports on Matter platform was it cannot completely replace the manufacturer’s official app; however, it is useful enough to automate “stop” or “pause” where it…