Archive for November 2007

Of the Library@Orchard Closing video & A Talented Composer

Nov 30th, 2007 | By | Category: Featured

Last week, I was involved in helping Jean in the music video that she was making for the closure of the orchard library.
Several hours ago, the video finally went public. Jean did such a wonderful job! Not only was the stitching so well done, she picked a song that was perfect for the occasion.

I just [...]



Hong Kong Li Ka-Shing invests $60m in Facebook?

Nov 30th, 2007 | By | Category: Featured

I’m not too sure whether this is real but if it’s true, it’s definitely an interesting piece of news…I’m starting to think that Facebook is highly overvalued…
Facebook did not get additional $500 million from hedge funds (yet), as announced by our favorite blogger without a clue, Fake Steve Jobs, and later Wall Street Journal; however, [...]



Judge Jails Entire Courtroom

Nov 28th, 2007 | By | Category: Featured

The Judge completely lost it after no one wanted to own up for a ringing mobile phone.
A US judge has been removed from the bench after jailing 46 people when a mobile phone began ringing during his court session and no one would own up.
The entire courtroom was sent to the cells during [...]



Siemens introduces MacBook Pro modified with Ultrasound capability

Nov 27th, 2007 | By | Category: Tech & Web

Siemens has just introduced their new P50 laptop that’s designed for cardiology and vascular applications. They say it "considerably simplifies and accelerates the workflow in echocardiography and vascular diagnosis".
That said, the interesting thing is that they’ve decided to use Windows as their platform. Haha.
( Source : Engadget )



To Reuben.

Nov 27th, 2007 | By | Category: Featured

When we read the news, it’s always full of tragedy. But ever so often, one will strike closer to home, maybe even closer to heart. A few days ago was one such day when I found out that amongst the 5 dragonboaters that perished, 3 were friends of a good friend of mine – 1 [...]



Human Judgment

Nov 19th, 2007 | By | Category: Featured

"Human judgment may fail. You may act very wisely, you think, but it may turn out a great failure. On the other hand, one may do a foolish thing which may turn out well. I hace seen many things happen, but the fact remains that human life is presented to us as simple choice between [...]



Extract from "Churchill on Leadership": On Avoiding Risk

Nov 17th, 2007 | By | Category: Featured

Avoiding risks in business is the route to failure. Avoiding risks in politics, however, is the route to a long career in office. A failed risk in politics is far more dangerous than a failed risk in business. In business, shareholders and customers quickly forgive you if you recover from a disaster – think of [...]



Random News of the Day: 16th November 2007

Nov 16th, 2007 | By | Category: Featured

Things People Do

Nuffnang launches new website! – With their PR fiasco safely ignored, Nuffnang has chucked away their old static design and they’ve launched a new one with great AJAX effects integrated into the experience. It’s a wonderful improvement from their old version. It’s got some bugs lurking though. They’ve also created a digg like [...]



First Post from Windows Live Writer

Nov 16th, 2007 | By | Category: Featured

After a simple(but rather long) installation process, i’m finally making my first post from WLW. Thanks Jean for the Step-by-Step guide!
First impression? Looks awesome! Simple yet comprehensive.
I don’t have much to write in this entry except that you should check it out too!
Check it out Here



Tired of Werewolves, Slayers and Vampires on Facebook? Block Them!

Nov 5th, 2007 | By | Category: Featured

STEP 1.

 STEP 2.

 STEP 3
I got too lazy to do a screenshot…but you’ll just have to click the “BLOCK” button and you’re done! No more irritating and useless application requests from that application!
STEP 4
Repeat for Werewolves and Slayers and every other useless application!