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My Thoughts on Redux, An Entertainment Portal
Like the title says, Redux is all about entertainment. It does it well too. It’s currently in a private beta, but I signed up for and received an invitation. I’m not sure how limited the invites are, having picked mine up through a Mashable link, but it’s still a small community. That small community is…
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Orchard Road’s Birds
A post about birds doesn’t sound exciting, but when I say there are birds in the trees, I mean there are birds in the trees on the scale of Alfred Hitchcock’s old movie, The Birds. “Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds in 1:40” As you walk down Orchard Road you can hear them up there. It sounds…
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Islamic Honor Killings: Tulay Goren
You know that “hot stories” sidebar thing on the right side of the Facebook newsfeed? Well, I happened to click through on an article from Mail Online about a father accused of murdering his 15 year old daughter as an ‘honor killing’. I’d read about another instance where that happened in Canada. If you’re not…
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Geylang, the Other Side of Singapore
When you get into Geylang it’s like you’re entering another country. The buildings are all old and slightly run down. The ground is covered with trash. It smells funny. It’s just a really seedy type of place, especially when you contrast it with the rest of Singapore. Geylang is a place that has developed a…
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Dapper and Thumper Are Up To No Good
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The Cats of Seashell Park
A few months ago my wife and I took a walk through Seashell Park. It’s a small park that’s located behind a hawker center in Pasir Ris. It’s not incredibly well maintained, but it’s nice nonetheless. One of the things I enjoy about Singapore is that despite it being a city, there are still plenty…
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Google Wave Is Not Impressing Me
Google Wave was supposed to be the hottest thing since sliced bread, but it’s really not that great. I’ve been using it for a while and I’m just not that impressed. It’s still in a development phase, so who knows? It may be completely different on official release and really blow everyone away, but as…
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Hungry Ghost Month, Singapore’s Halloween?
These photos are from a celebration of Hungry Ghost Month. Hungry Ghost Month is celebrated on the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar and is a tradition that originated in China. During the Communist Cultural Revolution (around 1966 I believe) it was stamped out there, but the tradition is still practiced in Singapore, Hong…
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Switching to Ubuntu (9.10 Karmic Koala) Not As Hard As I Thought
My wife had been having issues with her laptop for quite a while. Well, that’s normal for Windows anyway, but her laptop was starting to slow down. Normally I can do a few maintenance things to get it running at a relatively decent speed again but it was becoming less and less effective. Not to…
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An American girl in Singapore: Singapore…Then and Now
An American girl in Singapore: Singapore…Then and Now A very cool post showing photos of Singapore’s past and present. It’s amazing how much this island has changed in such a short amount of time. Give Singapore another 30 years or so and it will surpass most first world nations in terms of infrastructure and capital.
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