Monthly Archives: September 2006

Reverse the logic, and it makes more sense

Today in Straits Times Forum there is an article entitled “State-funded pension means higher taxes” (link is to an archived copy of the article, ST expires its article regularly). I happened to do some research previously on Singapore Ministers being … Continue reading

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Google Operating System: Download Google Videos As AVI Files

Google Operating System: Download Google Videos As AVI Files Someone asked me today if it is possible to rip Google Video into a file on the harddisk.  A quick Google session (google to find out how to beat google? ) … Continue reading

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Singapore Government sites that are not standards compliant

It is really frustrating when you think that you can throw away your Microsoft IE browser, only to have a government website proclaiming to you that it will not support your favourite FireFox browser. Starting a list here for those … Continue reading

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Group Screening of An Inconvenient Truth

Ok, it is pretty obvious that I have been putting much of my attention lately on the movie “An Inconvenient Truth“. It is due to be launched in Singapore on 26 Oct, and I am planning for a group screening … Continue reading

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An Inconvenient Truth on Bizarro

I was trying to search for a copy of the comics that was published on the past Sunday (24 September 2006), but could not locate it on the net.  If you happen to have a copy, do go and search … Continue reading

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Resizing YUI Grids

Yahoo released a set of developer tools for easy UI development. This includes javascript libraries and UI components that enables cool new ways to interact with a web site. The tools also include a set of CSS grids that takes … Continue reading

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My N80 is faulty!

Bad day. Bluetooth ear piece not working, left wired headset in notebook bag which was left at friend’s place, and received a call from my mother while driving in the heavy rain to retrieve the notebook. I was not able … Continue reading

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An Inconvenient Truth

The man who used to be “the next President of the United States” – Al Gore presents a movie that deals with the Climate Change crisis facing the world today. From http://www.climatecrisis.net/, “Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. … Continue reading

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About Me

In a multi-faceted world, one leads a multi-faceted life. My life so far has been interesting enough (at least to myself) for me to keep a number of blogs for each of the major part of me. Know more about … Continue reading

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Finally

I have wanted to have an aggregation blog to make some sense of the numerous blogs I am currently holding. Finally I got down to installing WordPress and start on this small project of mine.

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