I'm Pondering Over Whether To Buy This Dictionary...

So I pondered up and down, left and right, over and under... hahaa sorry Tym... ;pI love dictionaries, even if I cannot claim to know many words found in the Englishphere. I still remember that by Primary Six, I was probably the only person in class who had a dictionary (I used the Little Oxford Dictionary) prominently displayed on the desk; I could beat anyone at the...

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Singapore Skyline Featured On Civilization IV Website!

Thanks to Wandie for catching this in a previous comment. It's true! The homepage of the Civ IV website features local buildings! (Click below for bigger picture.)Walking along the paved Roman road, you'll reach the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The White House is beside it. The buildings above the WH are, from left to right, Singapore Land Tower, Maybank Tower, OUB Centre,...

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Google As Cultural Anthropology

I've just spent a second day yesterday at Borders reading The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture. The book had me at page four when author John Battelle described Google as having the potential to store this Database of Intentions when we are able to analyse what people are searching for, and what results are being...

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Eye Candy: Hercules C-130

10 years ago, I boarded a C-130 for Taiwan to work for a local defence contractor. The experience beats any trip on economy, business, or first class. These screenshots are from CaptainS...

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October: National Cyber Security Awareness Month

Last night, an MSN friend told me two of her friends' hard disks were progressively being erased due to some virus while we were chatting. Don't let this happen to you. Always use protection!Microsoft has declared this month National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Apart from the tips given, here are mine.Best Practices To Prevent Bad Things From Happening1) Use Firefox,...

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Civilization IV Music: WOW!

I don't play many computer games, though there are some I spend quite a lot of time on. A few of my favourite are flying games (Aces of the Pacific, MS Flight Simulator), strategy games (Civilization, SimCity), serious war games (Operation Flashpoint), grand epics (Total War) and the odd promiscuous game (Sims 2, contains nudity on my computer because I added a 'remove...

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The Art Of Writing Press Statements

As visitors to this blog might know, I love to read, and sometimes write, press statements/releases. Press statements are like structured prose that have their own unique blend of style and substance. They usually contain 'spin'. There's a difference between this and say, op-eds. Op-eds are spin too sometimes, but press statements are 'higher degree' spins, in the sense...

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I Love Op-Eds III (Yet Another One About Pr0n!)

In the previous installment of my current serious I Love Op-Eds, we came across a funny Op-Ed that was pr0nographic. In today's episode, we'll explore yet another comely Op-Ed. It involves pr0n as well. I love sexed-up op-eds...Blogs: A medium in search of a roleBy Koh Buck SongFor The Straits TimesMORE people are becoming agog about blogs. But this frenzied excitement...

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World Mental Health Day

Today is World Mental Health Day. According to WHO, "450 million people worldwide are affected by mental, neurological or behavioural problems at any time." Some people's problems are more serious than others. Some fulfill DSM criteria, others might not. Nonetheless, I think folks are generally getting a raw deal, at least in the local context.Apart from the inherent...

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Repainting Aircraft

Phew! I'd finally finished repainting this airplane. This is like the digital version of the traditional 'airfix' where one uses spraypaint or paintbrush to do the plane's liveries. Nowadays, it's Photoshop! (Or, in my case, Fireworks!). Get this plane from Aerowo...

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