September 2010
37 posts
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Apache attack helicopter crashes in Singapore →
Wait… how many million dollars was that?
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The iPad Project: How It's Going →
A review of iPad deployment within an educational institution.
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Apple now the world's second largest company by... →
This is no joke nor small matter, for an electronics company with a product mix that can fit on a 1x1m table.
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25 Classic Fonts That Will Last a Whole Design... →
Nice collection of fonts to have…
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Best Buy CEO: iPad Is Cannibalizing Laptop Sales... →
Puts into perspective what Apple is actually doing with its “irrelevant” and “useless” new product — iPad.
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Using Color to Increase Participation →
Apart from fragrance that can affect moods, Colours do too!
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The joint mobile operating system: A risible idea →
What do you think Vodafone or Orange might look like if they’d invested 90% of their expenditure on steady evolution of their utility service, rather than spunking it up the wall on stuff that simply doesn’t work? And what do you think of a 4-way mobile operator defined handset operating system?
I can already see SingTel heading this way…
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Confirmed: Intel says HDCP 'master key' crack is... →
Remember the DVD CSS key?
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Room for improvement in explaining YOG... →
What I am appalled at was the way the overspending was swept aside.
That’s the crux of the whole issue and they’re all dodging it. Clearly we should dodge them in the polls.
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No more hassle of multiple set-top boxes →
Anyone agrees with me that the end product would be something extremely buggy and hard-to-use?
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New home for NUS Mindef research lab →
Somehow, I can’t help but be sceptical…
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4chan Users Organize Surgical Strike Against MPAA →
The sequence of events and the way the organised the operation is quite interesting…
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iPhone & iOS
It has almost been 4 weeks since I gained possession of an iPhone and replaced my SonyEricsson G700 (running Symbian UIQ3) with it. All I can say is that I’m very satisfied with it and the only irritating thing is that it’s quite slow; that’s what the iPhone 4 is for!
Yes, you can say that with the switch to the iOS platform (on iPhone 3G), I had lost multitasking capabilities,...
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My First Week with the iPhone →
Wednesday, my life changed forever. I got an iPhone. I consider it the greatest thing to happen to the blind for a very long time, possibly ever. It offers unparalleled access to properly made applications, and changed my life in twenty-four hours.
Unsurpassed joy to a blind-user. Read the post to feel it.
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Then Welcome to Android →
Android being more ‘open’? Think again. John does a clear writeup on the clearest exertion of power by Google, running contrary to the spirit of openness.
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Another knee jerk response? →
I like this succinct critique on the withdrawal of free shuttle-bus service to the Integrated Resorts.
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Mellben Seafood
This place is probably one of the most reviewed restaurants. To be honest and probably contradictory to other reviews, the only dish I find decent is the Claypot Crab Bee Hoon Soup, everything else, even the crab, is average.
The ordering strategy that I’ll adopt the next time I visit would be Claypot Crab Bee Hoon Soup with extra Soup and Bee Hoon. Get the smallest crab available as...
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Office for Mac 2011 hits RTM →
Ah, finally!
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Raise levy, not stop free buses →
Yup, reacting for the sake of reacting is just plain stupid, especially when the free shuttle services have been running for some months already.
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MDA to establish international film marketplace in... →
Who are they kidding man…
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Grooveshark →
Given that Pandora is hiding within the US market, we now have Grooveshark to take its place. Hope it’ll last long enough!
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Google TV
I watched a sneak preview of the Google TV and found the whole concept awkward. I don’t know about you, but I find it difficult and rather undesirable to use the keyboard and mouse to surf the web on a television.
In the first place, reading text is not easy, from the distance of my sofa, not to mention, tracking the mouse cursor along the screen. If I really wanted to surf the web, I...
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Dvorak Keyboard Cover for MacBook, MacBook Air &... →
My dreams for typing even faster…
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Pasta Fresca Da Salvatore (Siglap)
A fine place for a fine meal, with simple decor and decent air-conditioning. To be honest, I had visited this place more than once and I found it to have met my expectations all the time.
Of the things on the menu, I’ve personally tried the Seafood Soup, Seafood Pasta, Crab and Mushroom Pasta, Mushroom & Bacon Pasta, Seafood Risotto and Panna Cotta. I’ve tried a combination of...
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iTunes 10 Allows You to Play Media From Any... →
Something worth knowing if you didn’t…
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Context Switches are Bad, but Stack Traces are... →
Why it is not productive for managers who aren’t knowledgable in the field to ask subordinates the question, “What are you doing?”.
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Yikes: The Galaxy Tab is Going to be Expensive →
Yeah yeah, Apple makes expensive products. Check out the next iPad competitor!
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Breaking Android: How Google’s lack of control... →
Sums up the downsides of a totally free OS that lacks control and direction.
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Where are the iPod touch knockoffs? →
A good but puzzling question…
But I believe the rest of the industry sniggered at the iPod Touch when it came out, but when the popularity was established, they were too late to get into the market.
To think about it, the iPod Touch isn’t easy to mimic as consumers would not like to buy something equally expensive but with an inferior user experience. Not to mention, the large economies...
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M1 offers free trial and Singapore's first 1Gbps... →
We shall see how SingTel responds…
August 2010
35 posts
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Does Your Language Shape How You Think? →
Does it?