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Comics from my misspent youth

Found some of my old comics from the late 80s at my late mother’s home. Longshot was a personal favourite of mine. I have all six issues of the limited series. I also had a thing for comics done by Bill Sienkiewicz and John Byrne.

Also of note, my collection of Mai the Psychic Girl and Lone Wolf and Cub. At some point, certain issues of Mai and Lone Wolf were banned in Singapore. But they aren't anymore. I, er, had all the issues back then.

A lot of my allowance and tuition salary went into this comic hobby. No wonder I was so broke all the time.

Kim Huat and the KTV Cluster 2

As the KTV Cluster grows, and so will the excuses, Kim Huat thinks.

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Kim Huat and the KTV Cluster

Kim Huat is absolutely livid about the KTV Cluster.

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Kim Huat and the Social Times

Kim Huat is excited about the easing of social restrictions in the days to come.

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The mrbrown WFH Show Season 5 #58

Video version of the podcast chat with Colin Goh, about his SHN, flying in the midst of a pandemic, life and kids, and his Dim Sum Warriors app.

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See What Show: Without Remorse

Amazon Prime’s Without Remorse was a serviceable action flick held together by Michael B. Jordan playing Navy SEAL John Clark. Or more like Michael B. Jordan playing Michael B. Jordan.

But it is NOTHING like the original Tom Clancy book that fans loved. Fans of the book may even hate it for the dumbed-down cliched plot that you could see from a mile away.

And the movie is so obviously trying to set up a Rainbow Six franchise as well.

I would watch this as an action movie but not as a Tom Clancy movie. I doubt we will get anything better than The Hunt for Red October.

The problem with Tom Clancy books is the sheer amount of detail in them, and perhaps the stories are better told in a tv series format than a movie.

I thought the Amazon Prime Jack Ryan series, at least for season 1, captured the feel and tone of Tom Clancy's legacy even if they updated the plot. But so far, very few movies have done his books justice.

Kim Huat and the Gen Z Slang

How do you do, fellow kids! Kim Huat gives you another lesson in the latest slang!

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My 2021 iPad Pro with M1 chip

This is my Minimalist workspace today.

Sometimes you have writing and podcast editing to do, and all you need is a small folding table, the 2021 iPad Pro with the M1 chip, an Apple Pencil, and the AirPods Max playing some Spatial Audio music from Apple Music’s Dolby Atomos tracks.

Oh. And some peace and quiet in the bedroom whilst the rest of the family occupies the living room for their WFH and HBL.

Some thoughts on the 2021 iPad Pro: it is wicked fast. That new M1 chip chews through any task I throw at it. Including video editing. The Liquid Retina XDR display is the best screen I’ve ever used on a tablet or a laptop.

The Centre Stage feature of the iPad Pro’s new 12MP Ultrawide front-facing camera is also very neat for video conferencing as it digitally zooms in on your face and follows you as you move around. It’s like having your own cameraman.

My only gripe is that the camera is located to the side of the iPad Pro when you use it in landscape mode, and you may look like you are looking away, and not at members of your meeting, when you look at screen.

In case you are wondering, no you can't add an external webcam to the iPad Pro still. So it is just as well the front-facing camera has been improved and has the Centre Stage feature.

And the Thunderbolt 3 port on this iPad Pro means file transfers are going to be so fast. Slap a Caldigit TS3 Plus Thunderbolt dock on it and you have a desktop mode iPad Pro. All the ports you’ll need. You can connect up to a Pro Display XDR external display at full 6K resolution but be aware that it is only in mirror mode.

For folks who use a lot of Pencil work, like design, art and AR/VR, the iPad Pro with M1 chip is probably the best computing device for their needs.

I am wondering if I can even use it for a travel video editing tool in lieu of a MacBook Pro when work travel resumes. Hmmmm.

That white Magic Keyboard is really pretty, and it works on this 2021 5th generation iPad Pro as well as the previous 3rd and 4th generation models. I only worry about cleaning it. If you like, you can still buy the black Magic Keyboard for this M1 iPad Pro. It all works. Personally, I think the white Magic Keyboard looks nicer with the silver iPad Pro, and the black one goes with the Space Grey iPad Pro.

On a totally unrelated note, this is a photo of brunch on one of my WFH days with the iPad Pro in the background. Home-cooked food is the best.

Kim Huat and the Internet Outage

Kim Huat finds out half the internet is down, and looks for answers.

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Kim Huat and the Daily Numbers

Kim Huat takes stock of the numbers in the middle of Phase 2 (Heightened Alert).

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Kim Huat and the Dinner

Kim Huat tells a dinner story.

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Kim Huat and the Chief Minister of Delhi

Kim Huat would like to have a word with the Chief Minister of Delhi. In fact, he has more than a few choice words.

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Kim Huat and the Whatever Phase

Kim Huat enters the new Whatever Phase by going back to WFH.

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Kim Huat and the Switch (brought to you by iStudio)

Looking for a laptop? Professor Kim Huat, Teacher and Scholar in all things Mac, can help you make the switch! At iStudio, the largest Apple Premium Reseller in Singapore.

Come down to one of iStudio’s 22 stores to check out the new MacBook Air with Apple M1 Chip, and other Mac products supercharged by the Apple M1 chip! Or shop online at www.istudiosg.com.

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Encik Takes Umbrage

Encik is aghast that there is so much insubordination in the ranks.

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