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Tech & Web

featuredimage It’s that time of the year to change your passwords.

It's coming to Christmas, and 2012 is just around the corner. It's time to change your passwords for your most ...

featuredimage 24 Hours with the Dell XPS 15z

And so my review of the Dell XPS 15z starts of by loading it up with all the stuff I ...

featuredimage Huawei Launches Huawei Honor in Singapore – Goes On Sale Tomorrow

On the 7th December, Huawei announced the availability of the Huawei Honor (U8860) in Singapore, running the Android OS 2.3 ...

featuredimage [Making The Cut] Sony Tablet S

Ok so what's this whole "Making The Cut" thing about? If you haven't noticed, the site now has a "Dream ...

featuredimage [First Impressions] Dell XPS 15z

Out of the box, the colour and make of the body immediately gives me a macbook sort of feel that's ...

Events

BlackBerry DevCon Asia Relocated to Singapore

 
Following advisories that warn of ongoing dangers related to the serious impact of rain and floods on the local infrastructure in Bangkok, BlackBerry DevCon Asia has been relocated to Singapore. It will still be held on the 7th and 8th December 2011 and will be held in Suntec Convention Centre.
For those who had bought conference [...]

My Life & Thoughts

Presidential Elections 2011 : Post-Result Thoughts

Congratulations to Tony Tan for being elected as the next President of Singapore.
I’ve been pretty quiet in the run up to elections day. First there was my In Camp Training and then there was all the backlog that I needed to clear. Next thing I knew, it was polling day and here I am typing [...]

Music

Michael Bublé – Haven’t Met You Yet

Michael Buble: Haven’t Met You Yet Lyrics
I’m not surprised, not everything lasts
I’ve broken my heart so many times, I stopped keeping track
Talk myself in, I talk myself out
I get all worked up, then I let myself down
I tried so very hard not to lose it
I came up with a million excuses
I thought, I thought of [...]

Other People

Love and Other Drugs

I stumbled upon this video and I thought it was very moving. The girl in the video is amazing for being so committed to her fiance. Kind of reminds me of Chris Medina from the American Idol show… .
How I wish cures were easier to find… I hope they develop something that works permanently soon.
Do [...]

Other Stuff

Starbucks Officially Opens Rochester Park Store – First Destination Store in Singapore

Last Thursday, Starbucks Coffee Singapore celebrated the official opening of its first destination store in Singapore. Located with a refurbished double-storey colonial heritage building in Rochester Park, the new store features a one-of-a-kind design concept which draws inspiration from its vintage colonial exterior, but with a contemporary edge. The store’s architecture and design also displays [...]

Work

Dear Startups, If your answer to monetisation is only advertising, think harder.

I haven’t been to many technopreneurship/business events for the past 6 months to a year but I decided it’s about time I started checking out what all the cool people are doing these days so I went for Founders Drinks yesterday where two companies presented their work and talked about how they were acquiring users. [...]