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 [...]

This is probably the most discussed topic in the realm of digital photography nowadays. I have read a lot of them and some of them even go to great lengths to break down the comparison into physical science. The same question had troubled me a while ago though.

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 could not agree more with the views expressed by Au Man-ho, director-general of the Office of the Telecommunications Authority, in his article on broadband wireless access (BWA) licensing ( South China Morning Post, March 15).
The list of what BWA promises to deliver seems to grow daily, and it may eventually transcend all means of [...]

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’.