The Siamerican

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Compaq Notebook Audio Microphone Soundcard Problem Solution

The Compaq Presario V3000 (and generally all Compaq and HP computers alike) is one of the most affordable known-name notebooks–laptops on the market. For the most part, they seem worth the money— sturdy, light weight, compact, and overall efficient for the low cost. So far in six months since its purchase, the hardware has proved [...]

Computer Music Composition: MIDI controller keyboard

For those contemporary Beethoven’s and all the wannabes likewise, technology continues to make life easier. There was a time when a composer either needed to be particularly talented or at least resourceful enough to afford access to the expensive space and equipment needed to materialize his/her musical ideas. Times have changed. Thanks to the emergence [...]

April Fools Dream

I was pleased to firmly grip the neck of the guitar. Music was pouring out from my fingers doing! What’s this, I can even form power chords at will–almost like normal. Though my wrist does seem something awkward… And then snap, I awaken to be faced with reality. To my dismay, it was merely a [...]

Nokia 7610 Supernova: Mobile Phone Review

Lately, the SW had been considering purchasing a new digital camera. With the advancement of technology, logic dictated that the SW consider a nice camera-phone instead; For the same price, one can have an overly-sufficient digital phone, camera, web browser, GPRS internet modem, video recorder, mp3 player, game machine–an overall dynamic multi-media super tool all [...]

Nokia 2630: Mobile Phone Review

Several months ago, the SW purchased the Nokia 2630 mobile phone for about 2500 baht (about 70 $USD) at Tesco Lotus, On Nut branch in Bangkok. To this delayed review date, the 2630 has proved to be a reliable and worthy purchase.

Nineties R&B Nostalgia: SWV’s Right Here-Human Nature Remix (1993) Video and Lyrics

With the ease and speed of ITC & technology, this cyber space proudly seizes yet another inspiring opportunity to enjoy and share in the timeless R&B grooves of the Nineteen-Nineties, remembering SWV’s Right Here-Human Nature Remix of 1993. In the last SWV flashback post, third single, ‘Weak’ from their first album ‘It’s About Time (1992)’ [...]

Nineties R&B Nostalgia: Brandy’s Broken Hearted Streaming Song

Continued from the previous R&B Nostalgia post, here is the next nineties Rhythm and Blues classic that the Siamerican invites you to travel some 13 years back and indulge. In this post, it’s the original version of Broken Hearted by the talented and pretty vocalist, Brandy. Anyhow, she ended up doing a remix of this [...]

Nineties R&B Nostalgia: SWV’s Weak Music Video

In an earlier post, the Siamerican reported about experiencing a wave of nostalgia, reminiscing back a nineties childhood so distant yet so near. In this post, following will post / share the video of a song that brought him back and may either bring you back or introduce you to a grand groove you may [...]

Bangkok Blues: Summer Break Work Overload and 90′s Nostalgia

For most students, the finishing of exams signaled a transition into a rest, relax, and recovery mode. For the Siamerican, it meant it was time to allocate and focus all his time and energy on the real world of work, management, databases, zones, buildings, teams, wages, and money…