Taoyuan Nights

Do you have an Apple Mac or an iPod? Then this may be useful if you ever need to get it repaired.
Although there are a number of Apple stores in Taiwan, most of them do not offer a repair service themselves. Instead, they will accept your damaged Mac or iPod, and post it off […]

Many of you will have heard of the ‘One Laptop Per Child’ $99 laptop project. I’ve had my eye on the OLPC for some time, but it was never clear that I would ever be able to actually buy one. Unfortunately (for me), the OLPC project is targetting developing countries, and is not selling to […]

You can now easily find the Nintendo Wii in Taipei - for example, in K-mall (near the Taipei Main Station) and also at malls nearby many MRT stations.
The normal Wii is typically priced at $7999 NTD. If you look around, you should be able to find places selling it with a modchip pre-fitted for […]

Do you ever find yourself wanting to access your email from both home and the office - but at the same time, hating the crappy webmail client that seems like the only way of doing it? In fact, there is a much nicer solution than ‘POP3′ email (outlook express), or webmail, which surprisingly few people […]

Take a look here. Thanks to www.re-discovery.org!

Apple are now shipping a new 8 processor computer. It’s the new Mac Pro, and it’s based on two quad-core Xeon processors. It’s under $4000 US, including the O/S and a bunch of software in a server-class case ($4000 US = 130k TWD = 2000 quid in real money).
Now at a first glance, that might […]

Before you read this article, I want you to watch something…Bananaphone. It’ll take a minute to load, but it’s very worthwhile.
Ok, back? Then let’s talk about Second Life. Second Life is an online virtual reality world, which appears to be inhabited by two types of person, each labouring under a terrible delusion:

“Furries”. These […]

Memory is what tells a man that his wife’s birthday was yesterday.
~Mario Rocco

In fact, the type of memory I’m thinking of just now is computer memory. In the last 2 months, the price of DRAM chips has more than halved. I hadn’t noticed, since I haven’t been particularly looking to upgrade my computer, but this […]

I previously reported that the Wii was expected to arrive en masse in Taiwan around the end of Chinese New Year, (mid-February). This was based on what I was hearing from the store managers of large electricals stores in Taiwan. Unfortunately, it hasn’t panned out. It’s now mid-March, and lo and behold, there’s bugger all […]

Space.com is reporting that absolutely astounding amounts of water have just been confirmed on Mars with the new Mars Express orbiter. There’s at least enough water in this one location to cover the entire planet’s surface 10 metres deep!
From Space.com
This is absolutely incredible news. Unbelievable news. This discovery literally makes the prospect of human colonisation […]