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When I was young, I wasn’t that excited about taking the bus. That’s what I can recall, anyway. There were no trains then, of course, other than the ones that go across the causeway. My two kids, on the other hand, ...
| Miscellaneous
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As I started to write this post, I noticed that the acronym SAF, i.e. Singapore Armed Forces, is half of the word “safety”. I wonder if the SAF really is half-hearted about the safety. I am the father of two ...
| Technology
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I’ve jumped onto the Solid State Drive (SSD) bandwagon some two years ago. At that time, SSDs were still small in capacity and relatively costly. The capacity has gone up, and the price has come down, quite significantly, ...
| Technology
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I’m finally heeding my own advice. For many years, I’ve been doing without any sort of anti-virus software, not even free ones. Earlier this year, I planned to change that, and started to consider several solutions. ...
| Lifestyle & Family
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The family dance party of the year is back! NTUC brings Family Night Out Mega Dance 2012 to the Hard Rock Hotel Singapore on 24 Nov. It’s time for the whole family to get together to hit the dance floor and get grooving to ...
| Miscellaneous
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I was at a Starbucks outlet recently. It was not for just a simple coffee break. I was going to sit there for several hours to get some work done with a colleague. We could have gone back to office, but it was the weekend, and I ...
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It’s really awesome that, for the first time, those who have completed their national service duties, including all their “ORNS training cycles”, are properly recognised for their contribution. The announcement ...
| Lifestyle & Family
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The Western Digital WD TV Live Streaming Media Player is really fascinating. It’s such a small box, but it packs so many features, and it does them all so well. I just got hold of one and I’ve quite impressed. ...
| Technology
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Windows 8 is going to be officially launched in two days! If you haven’t yet taken a sneak peak at it, it’s time to prep yourself, because it is more different than any other upgrade of Windows since Windows 95. In ...
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Today’s post is about my pfSense installation. It’s not the usual pfSense setup. First of all, instead of running in a standalone PC or some sort of embedded computer, my pfSense runs in a virtual machine. Then, it ...