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It’s still relatively early in this new year of 2015, and if you’ve not thought about any new year’s resolution, I’ve some suggestions for you. If you’re not already doing these things, ...
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The Immigration and Checkpoint Authority’s (ICA) website has been down for some time. At least since November 2014, when a friend brought it to my attention. Most people don’t seem to notice, because the outage ...
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Among the couple of jobs I had dreamed to do, when I was a child, one of them was to be a pilot. I ended up doing something else. But I’ve always had a fascination with flying, and am what you could say an armchair pilot. ...
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Many workplaces have adopted an open-office concept. First, there were partitions, then the partitions became lower, and eventually the partitions disappeared. In some offices these days, employees simply sit on ...
| Lifestyle & Family
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We booked a staycation at Village Hotel Changi recently, and when we weren’t in the hotel, we were out and around Changi Village. I remember this area to be more crowded in the past. Perhaps other local ...
| Lifestyle & Family
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My #1 was a bit disappointed to learn that we weren’t planning any holiday trip this December. We did go somewhere in June, and although we did consider something for December, it was eventually postponed. So anyhow, the ...
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It’s new year’s eve, the time of the year to bid farewell to 2014, and usher in the new year of 2015 that will be upon us in a couple of hours. Some people are making merry, while others are reflecting on their new ...
| Technology
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This has been an exciting year of gadget reviews here on this blog. I’m a gadget guy. The opportunity to try out and write about the numerous gadgets that come my way has been most enjoyable. No, I did not buy them ...
| Technology
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Chrome OS, the operating system that runs on Chromebook, is a totally different beast from Windows or Mac OS X. It may be based on Linux kernel, but that’s not the same as Linux in general. The Acer Chromebook 13 is also my ...
| Technology
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The first Chromebook launched in 2011. I’ve always wondered, really, how practical a Chromebook would be and whether they can actually replace a regular notebook. The fact that Chromebooks are apparently selling quite well ...
