YKM's Corner on the Web

Most of us take the USB ports on our computers for granted.

Swift is the modern programming language behind many apps that run on modern Apple platforms.

The Creative Midi Blaster MB-10 recently entered my retro-collection 33 years after its first release in 1993.

After 2.5 years of sweat, tears and lack of sleep, I’m a Master Graduate loh!

Ever thought of running a local Large Language Model (LLM) on a vintage PC running DOS?

If I were to tell you a PC has a floppy drive, optical drive, Sound Blaster card, serial, parallel and PS/2 ports running DOS, you would think I’m referring to a machine from the 1990s.

The Thinkpad is arguably the one of the most iconic and consistently long-running laptop brand in the world today.

When one thinks of modern technologies like Thunderbolt, 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet and modern CPUs, one would associate them with modern operating systems.

When one thinks of designing an Application-specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chip, one would typically imagine a very high production cost, lack of access to tools and individuals can’t really do this unless you work in a company or academia.

I have amassed a respectable collection of retro-PCs in the several years I have been engaging in my retrocomputing hobby.

HDMI is a relatively modern video connector we take for granted on modern PCs and monitors.

A new 386-based palmtop recently appeared on Aliexpress and was covered by sites like Tom’s Hardware.

With the recent attention on ChatGPT and OpenAI’s release of their APIs, many developers have developed clients for modern platforms to talk to this super smart AI chatbot.

During my volunteering with Repair Kopitiam, I noticed that an experienced coach had a tool that could plug into a socket to determine if the socket was wired up correctly.

I have recorded and published dozens of in-cockpit flight videos ever since my PPL training videos to the present.

I finally received the Framework laptop, said by many to be one of the most repairable and modular laptops made so far.

So another year has passed for me.

Singapore’s COVID vaccination programme has been doing very well by worldwide standards at 76% who received 2 doses since 16 Aug 2021.

Private leisure helicopter flights operating in Singapore are a rare occurrence compared to planes.

A faulty aircraft avionics Narco DME 890 came into my hands recently.

The first computer I used as a kid was a 486 PC back in 1995.

Seletar Flying Club (SFC) in collaboration with MAJ Aviation recently upgraded one of its aircraft, a Cessna 172N (N5748E) to use a glass cockpit.

A faulty aircraft radio model Bendix King KX-155 recently came to my hands.

My grandmother who lives with me and my family passed away at home recently.

With the recent release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 (FS2020), many videos have been shared online.

I’ve been working in a Chinese tech company for some months now.

This is the last of the 3-part book-review series on the Air-conditioned Nation series of books written by the academic Cherian George (CG).

This is the second of a 3-part book-review series on the Air-conditioned Nation series of books written by the academic Cherian George (CG).

I have heard of this term “air-conditioned nation” for more than a decade but I never actually read the book where this term originated from.

I recently got my hands on an old unserviceable aircraft transponder from my flying club.

I get a lot of flight requests from friends ever since I got my PPL last year, on average once every other week.

I recently purchased a new-old motherboard.

Migrating my blog to a static site has been on a backburner for several months for me.

The costs of flying General Aviation (GA) is a question I get asked a lot ever since I started taking up my family and friends.

During iOSConfSG 2020, I was asked by the organising team to give a Singapore quiz as part of my emcee role.

In October 2019, my company SP Digital held an internal hackathon.

I was in the market recently for a new phone as I had to give my previous Google Pixel 2 away to a family member in need of one.

I was the emcee in GeekcampSG 2019.

A private pilot once told me “when you write about your private pilot experience online, be prepared to be deluged by plenty of people asking you about your experience and picking flight schools”.

Today marks the last year of my 20s.

3 years ago, I tore down the NDP 2016 LED wristband as I got one during the Singapore National Day Parade (NDP) Preview. 3 years later, I got another one during the NDP preview held on 28 July 2019.

I told a friend I was heading to Malacca over the weekend.

Having obtained my FAA PPL earlier this year, I decided to join Seletar Flying Club (SFC) to maintain my flying proficiency and to also rent aircraft to bring friends and family up to the skies.

If you asked me 2 months ago whether I would be a conference emcee, the answer would be a clear no.

Ever since I got my Private Pilot’s License (PPL), my friends have inundated me with many aviation questions.

This post continues from Part 1 of my Private Pilot training journey.

I finally got my Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Private Pilot Certificate or Private Pilot License (PPL)!

2 weeks ago, I put my life on hold in Singapore to come over to the birthplace of aviation to achieve a life-long dream to fly a plane.

The last primary keyboard I’ll use in my life might be the IBM Model M.

What is the oldest x86 processor that is still supported by a modern Linux kernel in present time?