Boyd Chan

My name is Boyd and I’m a Service Management Specialist with a knack for operational data gathering, transformation, analysis and reporting. In 2012, I obtained my Masters of Science in Information Technology through the University of New South Wales @ The Australia Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA). I was also part of an online community known as the Panasonic Insider Crew in the capacity of “Insider Guru” for Panasonic Australia where I interacted with other tech enthusiasts and find out more about Panasonic's latest gadgets. I love technology, gadgets, and the Internet and maintain a keen interest in these areas locally, nationally, and globally. I hope by sharing my views on these topics that people will receive an honest point of view from someone with a genuine interest in these topics. I have also written and edited articles for Neowin - you can check out my articles over @ https://www.neowin.net/news/poster/boyd_chan I hope you enjoy reading my blog!

Most commented posts

  1. How to Find a Missing Fitbit — 241 comments
  2. Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale and the Cold — 88 comments
  3. How to Fix Windows Activation Error 0x80072F8F — 71 comments
  4. Why is GainSpan on my Wi-Fi Network? — 54 comments
  5. There Was a Problem Installing Mac OS X (Lion) — 48 comments

Author's posts

Aug 27 2013

Scheduled Tasks and Windows Account Lock Outs

Just sharing a rather frustrating experience of mine from the last few days. As is the case with many large companies, the fleet of computers is managed via Active Directory and one or more domains. Users main interaction with AD would be in the form of authentication with a username and password but also for …

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Aug 26 2013

A Way to Connect Headphones Without a Headphone Jack

An increasing number of televisions these days are forgoing the old 3.5mm stereo jack which you may have used to directly connect stereo headphones. There are times when you can’t have the volume up too loud and being able to use headphones makes watching television a little more practical compared to having the inbuilt speakers …

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Aug 25 2013

Support Charity and Get Up to Ten EA Games

Deals like this don’t come around too often let alone to the benefit of charity. If you’re into gaming then you might want to head over to Humble Bundle where there is a bundle of games on offer. If you donate any amount over USD$1, you will get codes to unlock these games on Origin …

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Aug 24 2013

Sudden Drop in Fitbit One Battery Life

Just sharing an observation regarding my Fitbit One. Recently, the battery life seems to have dropped quite a bit to the point where I have had a flat Fitbit – incredibly inconvenient when it needs to be ready when you are. Perhaps this is related to the low battery notification service upon which I have …

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Aug 23 2013

LockedUSB – A USB Charger Firewall

Public charging stations are popular overseas and whilst they may not be as mainstream in Australia they can still be handy if you know where to find one when your gizmos are shrieking about an imminent loss of power. However, particularly in light of information snooping in the USA with the likes of PRISM you …

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Aug 22 2013

How to Tell Which Browser Tab is Playing Back a YouTube Video

Another quick tip. Sometimes you might just have a lot of time to kill and you end up with a whole stack of browser tabs containing YouTube videos that you want to watch. However, you might lose which tab has a video playing back if you’ve got a large number of them opened and you’d …

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Aug 21 2013

Boydo Gets Access to YouTube Live Streaming

Just a quick update today. I was having a look through the features page in the YouTube channel settings for my YouTube channel and noticed that I can now stream live events. I’m going to have to read up on how live streaming is setup but my next issue is figuring out what I could …

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Aug 20 2013

Kill the Music Player in Windows Phone 8

Here’s a quick tip for Windows Phone 8. If you’ve fired up a music player but have stopped the music and exited the app you may find that when you adjust the volume you get the larger volume control sliding down from the top of the screen with the music player controls and cover art. …

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Aug 19 2013

Setup Foxtel IQ or Foxtel IQ2 with the Vulkano Flow

Hopefully you’ve had a chance to check out the unboxing video of the Vulkano Flow over here which went up yesterday. Of course, unboxing it is one thing but setting it up is an entirely different matter. In Australia, the odds are that you’ll set this up with a Foxtel IQ or Foxtel IQ2 as …

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Aug 18 2013

Monsoon Vulkano Flow Media Streamer Unboxing

Ever wanted to watch something on Foxtel when you’re not at home? Of course, there is the Foxtel Go app now but not all Android devices are supported and it also won’t help you view your recorded content if you’ve got a Foxtel IQ or IQ2 box. The other restriction with Foxtel Go is that …

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