The Siamerican

A guy’s wallet may be good for temporarily holding cash, but we can’t always rely on them for keeping other vital items in vintage condition. Whether business and bank cards, photos, identification cards, or even condoms, it is not a good idea to rely on these standard leather wallets as stand-alone protection against the wear [...]

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After a hazy eight months in the clouds with this Brachial Plexus Injury (BPI) which has had my left shoulder / arm paralyzed, it was finally time to shed some real light on the matter—never mind all the expensive tests i.e. MRI, EMG, Meyelogram CT Scan which at best, only gave conflicting speculations about what [...]

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This is simply a practice typing exercise implementing my left hand which has, for the most part, been inactive for the last six months plus. At this particular computer desk, I am able to rest the bottom of my palm on a block which is higher than the keyboard on the sliding tray, allowing me [...]

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Into the twentieth week, or about five months since the rebirth—a life changing moto-bike accident which has left the Siamerican’s left arm mostly senseless and flail—tis time for a post not flooded with only boring jargon, giving readers some eye sweets, treats, and snacks.
After a healthy and active life of 25 years, and then suddenly [...]

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With their comeback last year, the New Kids On the Block showed the world that they still knew how to draw crowds of screaming girls. Even so, the thirty-something boys back on the block will never be able to match the teeny zeal appeal they had two decades ago–which pioneered the way for Vanilla [...]

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Voice recognition technology has come a long way. The initial impression that I got about it five years ago was that it was virtually worthless software, at least that particular version which seemed to produce results nothing even close to what was intended.
I must say that I’m impressed with the Microsoft Windows XP version [...]

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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 efficient [...]

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Following are the transcribed findings of my Electromyograohy EMG test (an electro-physiological examination used to determine the extent of nerve function loss) conducted at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, followed by my interpretations.

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It’s been one month since the start of my new life. An entire moon after my accident, I mope in sorrow, soaking in every painful breath– returning from a university mid term examination, a cloud of haunting regrets about that peculiar waning January Wednesday encases my pride within the sufficing  small studio [...]

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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 [...]

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