Microsoft Vista

Woohoo, Vista is going to be released tomorrow. In case anyone is wondering which version to get, the following is the definitive guide! (Click picture to enlarge, from Joy of Tech.)Anyway, I built a Core 2 Duo system last month, and paid more than $200 for Windows XP Pro. They'll send me a Vista upgrade in supposedly 6-8 weeks, and I'll need to pay a postage fee of $27...Update(!):...

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Sony Ericsson Z610i

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.~Arthur C. ClarkTo keep my mental health in a more manageable state, and also to provide sufficient scaling in the years to come when my phone number would probably be distributed of hundreds of young people, I decided I needed to get a new handphone. My first preference would be an SE phone, due to...

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Stop The Presses! EP 2

Welcome to another installment of STP. (EP 1 here.) Today we're looking at the 'foreign talents' issue. Two days ago, Channel News Asia reported on the Singapore Perspectives 2007 seminar organised by the Institute of Policy Studies. One article that was published was entitled 'Middle class wage stagnation could lead to social instability'. On 11 January, a snippet from...

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My Blog Is Being Monitored!

I just realised that someone out there has been keeping tabs on this blog! There was a story on tomorrow.sg a few days ago about defibrillators, and the person managed to dig out a first-aid article I wrote last year, and did a trackback! Whoever you are, I'm very interested in the circumstances that led to you putting up that trackback. (I'm fascinated with journeys...

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