weblog of roderick kar

my letter to the editor of south china morning post for today’s edition:
“I wish to share with readers my experiences with unsold yet clean food which could be made available to people in need.
Pret A Manger is known for its donation of unsold sandwiches to charities.
I learned from its website that it is seeking [...]

i wrote a letter to the editor of south china morning post a couple of weeks ago but it didn’t get published – a first for me. maybe it is a sign that i should quit writing stuff for audience of the brick and mortar media. afterall, especially for this story, the internet is a [...]

I was pleasantly surprised when greeted by a pair of non-disposable chopsticks during my first visit in 2009 to my favourite kaiten sushi restaurant in Causeway Bay. I have been bringing my own chopsticks since, ashamedly, only a few months ago when I finally heeded the warnings about how demands for disposable chopsticks are accelerating [...]

Letter to the editor of SCMP:
Your article “Movers & savers”, published on December 28, has since served as my guide on how to minimise waste in Hong Kong. The organisations listed in the sidebar “Turn your trash into treasure”, along with a summary of what each one collects, is what socially responsible journalism is about, [...]

I bought a Canto-pop CD last month. Its back cover tries to convey the message that its content is protected and would only allow transfer of them to WMA format within certain restrictions by using a combination of English and graphics that is almost cryptic. It also says “Playability on all devices cannot be fully [...]

Microsoft unveiled Windows Mobile 5 (WM5) in May, but I went ahead and bought a Dell Axim x50v PDA in July, which was based on an “older” system. A lot of new and exciting WM5 devices, particularly PDA phones, were announced together with WM5, but none had a definite timetable for release in Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, [...]

Until three weeks ago, my entire collection of digital music had been ripped from CDs bought from brick and mortar shops. When I had an iPod, I wanted to buy music via iTunes, but couldn’t because I don’t own a credit card with a United States billing address. Having made my first digital music purchase [...]

I am happy to see that two items on my ‘3G wish list’, the subject of my April 13 letter, have been addressed by Hutchison Telecommunications.

I have finally succumbed to peer pressure and got myself a BlackBerry 7730 handheld.
During my first 24 hours with it, I composed close to 100 text messages and a couple of dozen of e-mail messages.
One does get addicted to the BlackBerry.
No wonder it has got the nickname ‘CrackBerries’.

I am writing in regard to Deep Batra’s letter about his frustrations with 3G (Technology, March 30) and the concerns about the NEC c616 raised by Neil Taylor.
The ‘bad’ experience that has bugged so many early adopters is largely the result of handset glitches rather than the overall 3G service.