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Well, actually since a couple of days ago. But I finally have time to blog about it!...We've been a total of six months in development, three months for the current version, and after a harrowing few months in closed Alpha testing, Shoplette is finally in Public Beta! Do check it out at http://www.shoplette.comLaunching a Beta is scary. There's no doubt about the importance …
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Trendspotting on Shoplette - Lofu shoes: The new Crocs?Lofu Sophie shoes in red from Starthreesixty, Paragon, SingaporeLofu Sophie shoes - made of Crocs-like cellulose foam material, but way trendier! These are the women’s versions, and they have men’s versions too. You can check them out here.
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We asked a bunch of web development and design firms what Content Management Systems (CMS) they typically use to deploy CMS-based sites for their clients - whether build their own, or customise/hack existing solutions.A few stated that they built their CMS solutions from the ground up using PHP, without using off-the-shelf packages. These were customised ...
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xBarcamp Singapore II on Wednesday night was great. Some really interesting speakers from Google, Singeo, Lilihood (loved their control interface) and Homespace, and I loved Preetam's idea pitch about object-tagging. I didn't get to catch the Mobile breakout, because we were presenting a demo on Shoplette for the Maps session, but I'm sure it was great too. Will have to check …
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Podfire's new food show, "Small Girl Big Appetite", is fresh out of the editing room at podfire.sg and sgba.tv. A lovely first episode shot at the French Stall on Serangoon Road. You can watch it (and future episodes) at the above links. I've embedded the first episode here too:A rather well-shot and presented show, being only the third series Podfire has produced. I'm …
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Wonderful little find on Upper Thomson Road, along the same row of shophouse coffeeshops as the 24h Roti Prata House (with the crispy prata).It's called Hwa Nam Chinese Restaurant (华南菜馆) a …
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A quick shopping bulletin for shoppers in Singapore:THE MANGO SALE HAS STARTED!(A little early, we thought?)Up to 50% off at Shaw House and their other outlets. Don’t miss the bargains!A public service announcement brought to you by Shoplette.
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It’s been a crazy-crunch couple of months and we’ve just popped up for air again after launching our latest site, Common Totes, over the Easter long weekend.Common Totes is a design community producing fresh tote bags every month, with designs submitted by the community, for the community, and where the community decides which designs go ...
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The on-going tote bag design competition on Common Totes is heating up! Check out these new tote bag designs and vote for your favourites!* Common Totes is a design community producing fresh tote bags every month, with designs submitted by the community, for the community, and where the community decides which designs go to print. ...
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If you visit Shoplette today, you’ll notice a few changes to the site.Your crowdsourced shopping guideWe’ve converted Shoplette into a crowdsourced shopping guide featuring products the community think are hot, that they’re craving for, or that they’ve bought. To participate, you’re no longer limited to posting something you bought. You can now …
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I now understand what all the fuss is about. Having held the machine (can you still call it a machine?) in my hands, it really feels like you're holding an envelope or A4 folder. It's that light and thin.When you think about that experience, the lack of ports and slower core aren't such huge stumbling blocks anymore. And I hear from programmers that it's good enough to do …
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Our friends at Deepcalm have just released a test of Priicr, their brand new search engine for video games. It’s the best video game price comparison engine we’ve seen so far and we love the simplicity of its design. To the point: search for cheap games, save money.It only searches UK game retailers at the ...
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This is by far the most beautiful mini notebook I’ve seen to date. Sony’s done an incredible design job with it’s new P series notebooks that fit in your pocket.It’s a tough call between the P series at SGD 1,299 and the Asus Eee PC 901 at SGD 628, or even the Eee PC 900 ...
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We got some coverage in Digital Life, the IT supplement of The Straits Times, on 7 January 2009. Here’s a quick extract from the article:Sharing best buysNow you can show the whole world the bargain you unearthed - and see if everyone agreesBy Chan Chi-Loong, ST Digital Life, 7 January 2009SHOPPING is a very social ...
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We’ve been pretty quiet on the development front for a while, largely because we’ve been working on a revamp of Shoplette’s user interface and Shop-related features over the past month. We’re now happy to announce the relaunch of Shoplette with a spanking new interface that’s more fun and easier to use.The new interface features an ...
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This is interesting:http://www.luckypolls.com/10013/should-wong-kan-seng-resign-for-kastaris-escapeAt the present time, out of 452 votes, 375 voted "Yes, he should resign", 52 voted "No" and 25 voted "Not sure".How will the vote turn out with more voters?You can vote in the right-hand column of the online citizen's homepage:http://theonlinecitizen.com/
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So what’ve we been doing all this while, coding away in a little corner and reading irreverent manga for entertainment? Here we go!…We’re happy to announce the launch of our new online zine publishing platform, Zinerepublic, and would love to count on your support and participation.Zinerepublic is our attempt at a revolution aimed at democratizing ...
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Finely chop 4 cloves of garlic and set aside.Prepare the chicken thigh: debone if necessary, rub a little oil, half a tablespoon of light soya sauce, half a tablespoon of dark soya sauce and half a teaspoon of sugar on both sides. Add half a tablespoon of mirin to make it authentic, but it's ok without. Then grill in an oven for 10 min skin-side down and 5 min skin-side …
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At Zinerepublic, we believe in democratizing the magazine publishing industry and making it easier for all of us to create magazines. So we’ve introduced crowdsourcing as a way to gather articles for magazines.On Zinerepublic, you can create a magazine using your own and other writers’ articles on the site, contribute articles for other users’ magazines, ...
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On average, there are 4 PSPs in any MRT train carriage everytime I board the train. I suppose this varies by the time of day (probably happens more in the afternoons and weekends than peak hours on workdays - but then, maybe not) and the carriage (maybe they gravitate towards the end carriages where they can sit down and play).But anyway, it's an interesting observation. If …
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