Category: Miscellaneous

Any other thing under the sun.

Eat all you can, but be warned…

April 18, 2008January 31, 2009  |  Miscellaneous  |  Singaporeans love buffet. Pay a fixed price, and they get to stuff themselves with as much food as they wish. So how can buffet restaurants cope? Put up warning signs! Signs that tell diners about food borne illnesses. Signs that ...

Becoming a Photo Addict

April 6, 2008August 7, 2008  |  Miscellaneous  |  How do you become a photo addict? Buy a Nokia N95 8GB, or probably just about any good modern camera phone. Today is only day 6 of April, and guess how many photos have I snapped so far in this month? 144! Plus another 6 video ...

Upgraded to WordPress 2.5

March 30, 2008August 7, 2008  |  Miscellaneous  |  Ok, I’ve decided to go for it anyway. Yes, despite WPG2 compatibility problems, I’ve upgraded to WordPress 2.5. The problem with WPG2 doesn’t actually break my existing WPG2-inserted photos from Gallery2, or at ...

WordPress 2.5 is Now Available

March 30, 2008May 14, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  WordPress 2.5 has just been released. While there are a number of nice improvements (see my previous blog entry), there are still a number of notable issues with plugin compatibility that are not resolved. In particular, the WPG2 ...

Non-Ceritified CPR+AED Training

March 19, 2008June 3, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  I attended a “non-certified” CPR+AED training course yesterday. Yes, the “non-certified” was part of the course title. I thought perhaps what they meant to convey was that this course doesn’t lead ...

Ford GT Spotted In NUS

March 14, 2008August 18, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  Yes. Was on the way to lunch today when I spotted a cool Ford GT sitting outside LT27 this afternoon. It’s there to promote the Formula Drift Singapore event later next month. — Posted from my N95 ...

NTUC Selling Off Obsolete Products

March 13, 2008June 4, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  [Photo missing] Why is NTUC Income trying to sell their customers obsolete products? I received this email advertisement from them recently, and I was rather surprised to see they were selling a Toshiba HD DVD drive for $213. Is ...

Teaching People to Work Together

March 10, 2008June 4, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  It’s funny how when we are small kids, we don’t need to be taught to get together to have fun. Yet when we grow up, oraganizations spend large sums of money to teach adults how to work together. Team building is ...

The RSAF Cordially Invites Me

March 7, 2008May 13, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  The RSAF cordially invited me… not to be a VIP guest at the next air show, but to attend a Team Building event. How sweet. Perhaps if it doesn’t clash with any appointments, I might drop by. But no! It’s not ...

Do You Want Help to Locate Mas Selamat?

March 4, 2008May 19, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  What is wrong with our police? Or our Home Affairs ministry? Do they want help, or do they not want help to track down and locate Mas Selamat? I cannot understand why little bits of information is taking so long to get out. ...