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As much as the government is trying to spin the prison break as a cautionary tale, the episode is revealing shortcomings in Singapore’s nanny state. … But there are few external or independent checks on the system–and this lack of scrutiny, combined with the government’s generally successful record, has produced serious blind spots. … In ...
This is the best news I’ve heard all week:In addition, M1 is in discussions with Apple Inc. to bring the iPhone to Asia, Montefiore said.Apple launched the iPhone in Europe this past Friday and in the U.S. earlier this year. The Asian launch has been set for next year. Apple is hoping to sell 10 ...
SingTel and HTC just announced that SingTel will be carrying the HTC Dream, aka the Google Phone. The launch date and price remain unannounced, but this seems like yet another victory for SingTel. With the iPhone and the Google Phone as SingTel exclusives, one can only assume that the upcoming Palm Pre will also get ...
I’ve got my iPhone 3G. There’s already been one article up and there’ll probably be more in tomorrow’s papers. I did interviews with all sorts of reporters, including people from HardwareZone, C|Net and even Bloomberg. It was pretty wild. Gonna get some rest and then it’s, well, back to work tomorrow. Zzz. Some rights reserved | ...
This is several months old by now, but I only found this today thanks to TWiT and Wired. Here are some interesting stats about the video game market in the United States:38% of gamers are femalethe average age of gamers is 33 years oldthe average age of frequent game purchasers is 38 years oldSo it ...
Follow me via Twitter if that’s your thing. I bring you a covert photo from the iPhone queue at SingTel ComCentre. Some rights reserved | Permalink | 0 replies Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati
In the US Apple store, Mac OS X 10.5 can be pre-ordered for US$129 (S$187 at an exchange rate of 1.45). On the other hand, the Singapore store has it listed for S$238. Why does Leopard cost nearly $50 more in Singapore than it does in the US?To further rub salt in the wound, Amazon ...
Longwood University SucksIf you're a student at Longwood University in Virginia or thinking about applying there, you might want to check out this wiki with contributions from past and present Longwood students, chock full of complaints and horror stories.
I was going to post a collection of links to various news articles and stuff about the iPhone 3G launch last night, but it seems that it’s already been done by someone with far more time on her hands than I. Some rights reserved | Permalink | 0 replies Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this ...
With just over 24 hours left before the launch of the iPhone in Singapore tomorrow night, the anticipation and excitement is really building up. For me anyway. Since the App Store launched several weeks ago I’ve been downloading and purchasing iPhone applications in preparation for getting my own iPhone, and I already have quite ...
After my original post on hating university life — little more than two sentences long with no real substance whatsoever — reached over 300 comments in the past 4 years, with new comments trickling in every few days or so even now, I've decided that it's time this took on a separate identity from the rest of my blog. So here we are: a new domain, a new blog, and …
The hardest thing I’ve had to deal with in this new job isn’t the new work environment, the colleagues, office politics, or anything even remotely like that. The hardest thing I’ve had to deal with is being forced to use Windows XP on a daily basis again after spending so many months learning and getting used to Linux.
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Yes, this is my first post from the new iPhone 3G, using the WordPress app. Some rights reserved | Permalink | 0 replies Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati
Yeah, so I failed my driving test today due primarily to carelessness, ever the thorn in my side. That’s all I really have to say about it. Three months until my retest. Some rights reserved | Permalink | 0 replies Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati
Democracy isn’t perfect by any means, nor is it necessarily an ideal of any sort, especially in an evangelical Christian context, but I have to say it’s a darn sight better than this theocratic nonsense. Some rights reserved | Permalink | 0 replies Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati
I’ve just enabled Facebook Connect for this blog, which means you should now be able to simply click the “Connect” button in the comments area to login to Facebook and leave a comment that’s linked to your Facebook account, rather than have to register a new account on this blog. Not sure how well it’ll ...
I don’t really understand how anyone could misspell “melee” like this, especially it’s used so often within the game itself. Some rights reserved | Permalink | 0 replies Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati
University SucksAnother comment thread that's been around since 2005 and which has also garnered many responses on the suckitude of university life.
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