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Aztech HomePlug HL280E Review

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I’m never a fan of wireless network even though I have a D-Link DIR-655 Wireless N router at home.
I’ll mainly be using the 4 ports Gigabit switch available on the DIR-655 for connections of my Mac mini server, MacBook Pro, NAS and Playstation 3.

The OpenNet’s Optical Fibre termination point is in the living where most of my servers, NAS, computers being in the bed room. Hence I’ve decided to try out the new Aztech HomePlug HL280E which enable network connection through the use of powerline up to 1000Mbps.

A pair of Aztech HL280E Adapter from Bizgram
A pair of Aztech HL280E Adapter from Bizgram

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Tempered Glass Stand

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Bought a Korean-manufactured tempered glass stand ($42.90 SGD) from hardwarezone.com forum member Theonestop and collected from him in Yio Chu Kang MRT Station. Dimension (Length, Width, Height: 57cm x 25 x 8cm. The glass has a thickness of 80mm. I like the glass stand very much as it’s light-weight yet sturdy and able to hold my Dell U2410 monitor.

Glass Stand compactly packed inside a slim rectangular box
Glass Stand compactly packed inside a slim rectangular box with Korean wording tapes sealing the box.

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Fix Singtel mio TV gears and cross problems

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mio TV died on me when I wanted to watch a “Live” Europa League Semi-finals match on Football Frenzy. Here’s a fix which works for me after calling helpdesk when after several power on and off of the modem and set top box which did not solve the problem. The display just simply shows 2 gears and a bar running below endlessly or a big red cross with both Link and Record lights on the set top box ON.

With the modem still connected, hold down POWER + OK + DOWN button on the front of the mio TV set top box for 5 seconds, release and wait up to 15minutes or more for the entire process to complete (Patience). Seems to me this helps to reset the set top box settings and restoring the STB firmware hence taking such a long time (I guess).

Single gear with incrementing progress bar
Single gear with incrementing progress bar

2 Gears with looping progress bar
2 Gears with looping progress bar

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Apple Magic Mouse Review

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Apple Magic Mouse with Razer Pro|Pad
Apple Magic Mouse with Razer Pro|Pad

The world’s first Multi-Touch mouse is here! Is it really that good?

Pros

  • Being an iPhone user, the use of gestures for the mouse is most welcome. The ability to do momentum scrolling like the iPhone and iPod Touch makes scrolling up and down a lengthy webpage effortlessly.
  • No more irritating wheel sound doing up/down scrolling with normal mouse.
  • The powerful laser tracking is higly sensitive and responsive.
  • The design of the Magic Mouse makes it suitable for both left and right handed mouse users.
  • Easy to clean as there’s no buttons or scroll ball found on the mighty mouse

Cons

  • Tracking speed is still relatively slow even though tracking speed has been set to the maximum. My Razer Pro|Click 1.6 wired mouse with tracking speed set to 50% moves way faster.
  • The mouse skates beneath the Magic Mouse do not move that smoothly on a smooth wooden surface table
  • Gestures do not allow access to Expose

Overall rating: 6/10