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Ian has started going to school today. It’s the same child care centre that Vanessa attends. He arrived at the centre, loitered around the common area with Vanessa for a while, then was introduced to his classroom. He ...
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Much as I enjoy working with Mac OS X, and think it is so much more fun than Windows XP, Vista, or 7, there are some issues with it that I’m having. The chief problem is that, from time to time, my MacBook Pro (MBP) does ...
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This topic came up for discussion recently. How much of the underlying technology (such as network, server, operating system, etc) does a programmer need to know in order to write good programs? A colleague held the belief that, ...
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I was recently asked a simple question, but it turned out to be awfully difficult to answer: “What is the difference between iPhone and Android?” It was asked, quite obviously, by a lay person. First of all, the ...
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It’s something that has been happening for a long time – the hogging of seats at dining places and perhaps just about any other place of business with air-con and comfortable chairs. But it didn’t go as far back ...
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Do you sometimes want to order food in when you’re feeling too lazy to go out, but you have second thoughts thinking about how delivery could take longer than you care to wait? Well, how would you like to have pizza ...
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No, not the game Second Life, but trying to give a second lease of life to old abandoned hardware. Recently I noticed a big bunch of IBM blade servers lying round, dismantled, and stacked on the floor. I thought it would be good ...
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This is the new Ng Ah Sio Pork Rib Soup Eating House. If you haven’t heard of or been to this place, you could be forgiven for thinking it looks like Ya Kun Kaya Toast. Or perhaps you might think it’s a new business ...
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I recently found myself babysitting a certain web application project as it went live. It was besieged with many performance problems as it scaled up to meet real-life usage. This is a pretty common problem. I deliver a guest ...
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This matter about professionalism at work was raised recently, and I thought I have some 2 cents to share about, particularly to people who are just starting out their work life. This is not about professionalism in the context ...
