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You might already have heard about this tiny little embedded computer that runs Linux. It costs just US$35. When it was first announced, I was excited like many others and wanted to place an order. However, back in March, Element ...
| Lifestyle & Family
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On a recent public holiday, after breakfast and some playground time, I convinced my two elder kids to go on a tree-top walk. You know, the one at Alexandra Village. At least, that was what I thought it was called. I became ...
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I should know that secure network connectivity is just one part of IT security. But it seems a VPN to my home is a little bit of an overkill. I’ve now got an OpenVPN server setup at home so that I can connect back home. The ...
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I recently needed to work out of my notebook, away from office and home, quite a bit. I would usually wifi-tether from my phone. But extended 3G+Data+WiFi on the phone would surely drain its battery pretty quickly. If there is ...
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I’ve finally gotten onto the snazzy next generation all fibre national broadband network. I’ve been waiting very patiently for quite some time. It hadn’t seemed like my home would be fibre-ready for a very long ...
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I’m back in business producing nightly builds of my favourite ROM. This is CyanogenMod 10 (CM10) for the HTC One X (endeavoru). The ROM hasn’t actually gotten out of alpha yet, but it’s already working great as ...
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I met four cyclists this morning. The first two cyclists were riding on the pedestrian path. The next one was riding right smack in the centre of a two-lane road. The light was red for him. The cyclist rode past all the vehicles ...
| Lifestyle & Family
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I’m reminded that my baby #1 is growing up. Yesterday, her second tooth dropped. Her first tooth dropped two weeks prior to that. Both pulled out by the brave Mummy. Vanessa didn’t complain at all. Oh, maybe just a ...
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There aren’t many of these self checkout counters in Singapore. This one pictured here is at Cold Storage in Tanglin Mall. Retailers here are probably being a little cautious about how this will work in Singapore. Would ...
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I’m always amused to read IT security guides such as this. Not that they are useless or incorrect, but they give readers the false sense of security that, after they’re done reading cover to cover, they’ve ...
