December 28, 2009
Apparently it’s been 16 months, says person who made the connection.
Has it been that long?
Yes, actually felt even longer.
But no, it can’t have been. Where did the days go?
Lulled into a sense of comfort and complacency, like soft waves lapping on the beach. Slowly but surely eroding whatever it is it touches. Thankfully I remembered to wake up a little earlier this time.
Onward.
July 17, 2009
My love-letter to the HDB. Suddenly they don’t allow credit card payments for season parking too?
I would like to appeal for a waiver of the above notice as I was under the impression that a reminder or notice that the season parking would be expiring soon would be sent to the postal address or email address listed in the season parking application. However, none was received, and I was surprised to receive the notice of parking offence on the morning of 16 July 2009. If it is HDB’s policy not to send reminders by post, could I suggest that HDB make use of the email address collected from the applicant to send reminders to their season parking holders to avoid such incidents happening. However, on another note, I tried to renew my season parking and had my application rejected. Applying for new season parking could also not go through. I have requested for assistance via the feedback form. Appreciate if you could waive this parking offence, and I will put a manual reminder to myself to renew my season parking the next time the expiry date comes around.
lub u deep deep.
June 1, 2009
Was really somewhat kinda abit excited about using a desktop client to manage my Gmail account. The app in question: Thunderbird.
The thing isn’t accessing Gmail from a dedicated program per se, but having it synchronise that matters. So if you’re geeky enough to know what Post Office Protocol (POP) is, Thunderbird allows for IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol). It’s good for managing bloated Gmail – if you get through downloading the whole lot for editing offline. Otherwise you’ve got to deal with a delay (Tbird interfacing with Gmail) with each action you take.
Tutorial on setting up Gmail on Thunderbird by Rusty Lime
Official Gmail tutorial on the same thing
Bubble got burst when I got into the office and it didn’t work. Ah well..
Got this nasty surprise when I opened up Bloglines though… O_o
Now I need a desktop RSS reader (sans ads). Recommendations anyone?
Technorati Tags: thunderbird gmail bloglines
May 27, 2009
Heart about WolframAlpha on a TWiT (This Week in Tech) some days back. Sounds like some cool new FPS, but it’s not. Built by a certified genius Stephen Wolfram, this is a description:
Wolfram|Alpha is the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone. … We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything. … Our goal is to accept completely free-form input, and to serve as a knowledge engine that generates powerful results and presents them with maximum clarity.
But before you say, “Oh, like google?” No, it’s NOT A SEARCH ENGINE.
Try putting in random bits of information, like your name, birthdate, or even like H1N1. What it does is it gets a range of information that it thinks is relevant based on stuff the system can get about you (e.g. your location based on your IP) and the text you entered – contextual intelligence?
Mr Wolfram a.k.a. What a genius looks like
Just last night, I was having a conversation with a new friend who is in the midst of a career change and got the low-down on the inner workings of his (dis)organisation, who I have dealings with. It’s one thing to have stuff like google, and now wolfram|Alpha, but there are always going to be things that only personal conversations will pick up.
P.S. Swine Flu a.k.a. H1N1 has hit Singapore.
May 25, 2009
Saw this Geek Chart thing appear a few times on twitter. Tried it out, and here’s what I got:
Since it pulls info from a variety of APIs with a variety of service levels, it’s not completely accurate, but still pretty fun to look at I suppose.
P.S. I got itchy, and I succumbed to the shiny, fancy 3-series. The 7-series was just a little bit much for me to stomach though. Wanna buy my samsonite free gift? (other review here)
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January 30, 2009
TRADITIONAL CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You are surprised when the cow drops dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and
produce twenty times the milk.
You then create clever cow cartoon images called ‘Cowkimon’ and market them Worldwide.
A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and
milk themselves.
A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don’t know where they are.
You break for lunch..
A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5,000 cows and none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them .
A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim full employment and high bovine productivity.
You do not employ the newsman who reported on the numbers arrested.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.
A MALAYSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You signed a 40-year contract to supply milk at RM0.06 per litre.
Then midway through, you raised the price to RM0.60 or you cut the
supply.
When the buyer agrees to the new price, you change your mind again and now want RM1.20.
The buyer decided you can keep the milk and they go look for milk that comes from recycled cows or the cow urine instead.
Your two cows retire together with the Prime Minister.
And last but not least,
A SINGAPOREAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
One cow-peh and one cow-bu.
January 4, 2009
wordpress’ backend looks so snazzy now. i just had to post something, so here’s a silly game.
get back at the financial scoundrels at AIG
and will the damn chinese people stop eating all the animals pls?? i read they’re eating cats now.
"... clubbed into semiconsciousness before being thrown alive into boiling water"
