Archive for September, 2007
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
The Rumour Mills are on full speed with sightings of Mark Zuckerberg in Seattle, talking to Microsoft executives. Could MSFT actually be considering in buying stake in Facebook? Rumours have it that Microsoft is eyeing a 5% stake in the company for $500 million. That's crazy-talk! Maybe Zuckerberg was right ...
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Source: Post-Gazette
I've just came across this amazing story of Professor Randy Pausch, a college professor at Carnegie Mellon.
What's so amazing? This man has terminal cancer, and yet he's still adamantly so happy as he gave his last lecture. I've sat through 1 hour and 40 minutes of his lecture at ...
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
10 Steps towards Better Writing
What follows are a handful of tips and general principles to help you develop your writing skills, which will not only improve your grades (the most worthless indicator of academic progress) but will help develop your ability to think and explain the most
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
I've been reading news that Starbucks is actually considering targeting the kids market after executives noticed that there is an increasing trend of children accompanying their parents to Starbucks. Will this actually be a good move?
Personally, if Starbucks actually "kiddie-size" their offerings, they will only damage themselves in the long-run. ...
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
http://www.savitmicro.co.kr/2006K/01_storage/cd26hd.php
This is the thing I've been waiting for a bloody long time! A small, light HDD-based media player that supports native HDTV video. 120GB of BSG goodness! Dayum.
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Oh MS-DOS 5, I remembered you fondly.
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Just reached home from a very entertaining 1 1/2 hours talk by Dr Collin Quek, CIO of Raffles Medical Group. The following are my insights from the talk.
I felt Dr. Collin Quek to be a very jovial and friendly person. He constantly engages the audience with light humour jokes. His ...
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
<Snausages> So, an E-flat, a G-flat, and a B-flat walk into a bar.
<Snausages> And the bartender says,
<Snausages> "I'm sorry, we don't serve minors."
<Myke> That struck a chord.
<Snausages> Careful with those puns, you'll get in treble.
<Myke> But they're key to my humour.
<Myke> And very noteworthy.
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
How to learn more and study less
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Cornell Notetaking PDF Generator
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Take study worthy lecture notes (Cornell Style)
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