Year: 2006
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Misreadings
“Rebecca Koh” writes on Channelnewsasia.com’s special haze page that: The view from my office which is located at Gateway East along Beach Road was worse than yesterday or few hours earlier. But the PSI Index shows only slight difference. Are the PSI index reported by the respective department in charge accurate? It’d be great if…
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So much for in-flight wi-fi
I received this email from Connexion by Boeing which said that Boeing would be discontinuing Connexion by Boeing. The upside is that passengers will be able to use the service free of charge from now till the end of the year depending on the airline you were travelling with. I remember using the service on…
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Political blogs something something
The Lianhe Zaobao political desk ran a story today about blogging and politics. This is a great way to learn Mandarin – you reply to their email questions in English and they translate it for you. And knowing that they’re known for accurate reporting, I now know exactly what it is in Mandarin that I…
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Street directories are doggy
If you need directions, Google Maps are great, and in the U.S. you can even download them onto your phone. This is really useful considering we know how detailed some of the Google Maps and Google Earth stuff can be. In Singapore, presumably because it’s not 2015 yet, we’re stuck with using streetdirectory.com, which is…
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Our Army
Photograph of Selarang Barracks during the ‘Selarang Barracks Incident’- from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Things are moving pretty quickly with the Singapore Armed Forces. They’ve caught up with YouTube (whom Google has caught up with) by banning camera phones in military installations. No more pictures or videos from training. That also means no more unofficial…