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Moving my WordPress website to AWS Lightsail saved me some money. | I moved this blog about two weeks ago, going from DigitalOcean to Amazon Web Services (AWS). I also changed my DNS registrar, something I’ll ...
Zit Seng's Blog
A Singaporean's technology and lifestyle blog
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This is a functional workhorse laptop on a budget. | ASUS’s new Vivobook S14 S3407 aims to deliver next-generation performance and efficiency for the everyday user. It’s a sensible, practical machine with ...
Technology
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A Fan Edition Samsung phone that doesn't feel like a compromise. | Samsung’s Fan Edition smartphones have always been a fan favourite. But some fans have felt they make too many compromises. The perfect middle ...
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The network heart of a modern family home | Our home networks are buckling under the strain of countless devices. From school video calls to 4K streaming and smart home gadgets, older routers simply can’t keep ...
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ISPs won't sell you that one plan that makes most sense. | Broadband in Singapore has gone crazy. ISPs don’t want to sell you what you actually need. They want to upsell you to something faster, shinier, and ...
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Easy-to-use Wi-Fi 7 mesh for the masses | Following the most premium max-performance eero Max 7, eero has expanded its Wi-Fi 7 portfolio with the new eero 7 and eero Pro 7 just launched this month in Singapore. You ...
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The lightest and longest lasting Windows on ARM laptop | Want an ultralight laptop with forever battery-life that runs Windows? Look no further. ASUS’ Zenbook A14 may be exactly what you want. That it is powered ...
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Total fail that a simple problem took out this ISP | The Internet broke for ViewQwest broadband customers on 31 May 2025. This comes after another severe disruption that begun on 30 April 2025, lasting a few days for ...
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I'm surprised that I like the Royal Kludge RK100 quite a lot. | I normally don’t make a big deal about keyboards — not unless they’re particularly spectacular, like the Logitech MX Keys, which I’ve raved ...
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ASUS' sleek Zenbook laptop line now has a model with Ultra 7 255H processor. | The Zenbook line of ASUS’ ultraportable series of laptops has been around so many years that its evolution through each generation ...
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The ultimate home lab server for 8-bay NAS and to host multiple VMs. | This is my ultimate DIY NAS build of 2025. It packs 8x hot-swap 3.5-inch disk bays, a decent Pentium Gold 8505, 64 GB of RAM, and enough NVMe ...
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The best 8-bay ITX case for DIY NAS projects. | I’ve built clunky NAS using tower cases in the past. However, for my NAS build this time around, I wanted something diminutive. Ideally, it would be something as ...
Other Posts
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AMA about driving and owning an EV | As you might know from recent posts on this blog, I bought an EV car earlier this year. I’m somewhat of an early adopter amongst my friends and colleagues, and so I’ve ...
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We need to clean up the chaos in our EV policies. | Singapore is a small, modern, urban, city-state that should have been well-positioned to be a haven for EV (electric vehicle) cars. The government seems to want to ...
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BYD has good options and decent value proposition. | I recently bought a BYD M6. It’s a 7-seater electric vehicle. I’ll write a review on the car in a later post. For now, I just want to write about the ...
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Quiz time, what does SMRT stand for? | We love to complain about our SMRT. After the most defining moment of MRT breakdowns in Singapore last year, spanning a total of 6 days, the investigation into the 2024 ...
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At times, I wonder, who owns the laptop. | This is mostly a rant. Our Ministry of Education (MOE) makes our students pay lots of money to buy a laptop and then cripple it so that basic things become so difficult to ...
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Is now a good time to switch to EV cars? | Singapore plans to require all new cars from 2030 to be of cleaner-energy type. With just five years to go from now, people who are looking to buy a new car now face a ...
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No need for brand loyalty with telcos. | StarHub was my first ever broadband provider. I’ve been their customer for over 20 years, even before the time Singapore began its Next Generation National Broadband ...
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You still need to show your passport multiple times after all. | Changi Airport has fully implemented passport-less immigration clearance. It sounds cool not having to take out your passport and keeping it back safely ...
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The current MRT disruption on the East-West Line is probably going to be the defining service disruption incident of 2024. Barring any further delays, we’re looking at just one day shy of a whole week of significant travel ...
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Redefining success is less like a choice and more like a necessity. | Our new prime minister, Lawrence Wong, called on Singapore to embrace a wider definition of success. Netizens were quick to note, he probably meant ...