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November 2004 - Posts

Autumn Colors in Kibune, Kyoto
Saturday, November 27, 2004 12:30 PM
alive in kyoto is one of my fav blog. The owner of the blog is Niles (an Amercian) who have settled and started a family in Kyoto. He takes great pictures and it is very interesting to read about his interesting family and little Greg.Click on the pictures
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New York City Tap Water Isn't Kosher?
Saturday, November 27, 2004 8:51 AM
Little crustaceans have Orthodox Jews worried whether water is kosher. Restaurants and bakeries operated under Orthodox Jewish law were advised to filter New York City tap water to ensure purity. Federal regulations don't require New York City water
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Public Noise and Making Sense of the Market Economy
Saturday, November 27, 2004 5:08 AM
Is it just me but I am beginning to feel that advertisements are starting to be rather intrusive and obnoxious on the streets and public areas? All these ads are getting on my nerves.I do not understand why do we need more ads everywhere? Are the advertisements
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Feeling "Homesick" - Melbourne Summer
Friday, November 26, 2004 4:20 PM
OZ! OZ! OZ! ... OEI! OEI! OEI!Summer is my favourite session in Melbourne. I can warmly (no puns intended) recall of the great times in the city beaches (St Kilda and Brighton) and the Glen Huntly and Sth Yarra public pools. See "Hot and getting hotter"from
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Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 25, 2004 11:44 PM
Never knew that the Thanksgiving holidays is such a big thing until this year when I read about it everywhere on theSpoke. I guess it's importance must be pretty high up there for the Americans. Just like Chinese New Year which is very important
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Saying No to .NET Remoting
Thursday, November 25, 2004 1:38 PM
When does one use .NET Remoting/ Web Services to communicate within a distributed application?The typical text book guiding rules say that .NET Remoting should be use when both ends of the application are running on MS systems. .NET Remoting
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Halo 2
Thursday, November 25, 2004 2:17 AM
This evening, I had a chance to try out Halo 2 with the company of Howard, Stanley, Siewling and Tristan (another SG MVP).This was the first time I played Halo. After so much fanfare and the amazing advertisement trailer, I had to try the game for myself.
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theSpoke - Happy 1st Birthday
Thursday, November 25, 2004 2:16 AM
theSpoke is 1 today.Happy Birthday Spoke-dom :)Jean-Kristian has a picture of a theSpoke birthday cake on his blog :)
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Avalon Nov 2004 Community Technical Preview
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 3:50 PM
In November 2004, Microsoft released a Community Technical Preview of "Avalon," the new presentation subsystem for Windows that unifies development of documents, graphics, and applications into a common platform. It is only avaliable through MSDN subscription.
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Sun once again demonstrates a lack of interest in the community
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 3:16 PM
Remembered my blog entry about my dismay about the attitudes of Sun and her senior management.Well, lets have a look at this Java Community *ahem* Process member's experience.Sun has, once again, demonstrated that they really don't care about the Java
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Not even Firefox will keep you safe...
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 3:08 PM
A flaw in Sun's plug-in for running Java on a variety of browsers and operating systems could allow a virus to spread through Windows and Linux PCs. (the complete story and more from Silicon.com)...While the major browsers have had to deal with a significant
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Bliss
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 7:22 AM
:) This morning, I got into the gym earlier than usual and decided to run another 10km :) New PB - 46.27mins I am a contented man, I think my Kayano X is happy too :)Someone of us must be thinking that I am a sick person, but until you experienced
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Pearly Whites
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 7:02 AM
Gone to the dentist (Public Dental Center) this afternoon to do my regular check up.Originally I was given an April 05 appointment but 10mins later the dental staff gave me a ring on mobile and asked if I was avaliable at 2.30pm cos someone else have
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theSpook
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:00 PM
I think theSpoke should have a service status page like MSN Messenger - Green/ Orange/ Red or just put up a "Deployment in Progress" sign when new features are being added. Allowing user to sign-in when things are broken is misleading and its BAD.Now
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Computer Science Academic Journals Resource
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:43 AM
During my Honours and research paper assignments days, I relied heavily on CiteSeer, ACM Digital Library and IEEE for new journals papers. Unfortunately CiteSeer is constantly bombarded, sometimes I do get a server error. To work around that I used the article
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Science Taps into Ocean Secrets
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:16 AM
 Souce: BBCSome 13,000 new marine species have been discovered in the past year, according to information released by an international alliance of scientists. "We're just skimming the surface," said Dr Ron O'Dor, Chief Census Scientist, based in
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A New Achievement
Monday, November 22, 2004 3:08 PM
Kayano X and I have achieved our a new milestone. This afternoon in the gym, we did a 10km run in 47.10mins. This is a piece of very good news becos we will be attending the Standard Chartered 10km event in Dec. I guess we are tuning up very nicely as
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Australian Idol Blunder links Gay Porn Site
Monday, November 22, 2004 12:44 PM
 Newspaper advertisements congratulating Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan have mistakenly directed fans to a gay porn website. The half-page ads, placed by Telstra's internet arm BigPond today in Melbourne's Herald Sun and Sydney's Daily Telegraph
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The Dockland - Melbourne
Sunday, November 21, 2004 1:28 PM
Sculptures at the Docklands. Photo: David Beal http://www.theage.com.au/ftimages/2004/11/17/1100574521541.html
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Sun Afternoon in A Very Wired Household
Sunday, November 21, 2004 5:04 AM
Sis - Chatting with her other make up fanatic friends :P Dad - Chatting up on the Old Country's news (China). I have no idea why he keeps checking out those chinese web sites? He is a Singaporean, he wasn't born in China !?!Me - With the new laser printer
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Go Away 2 - the unauthorised edition
Sunday, November 21, 2004 3:11 AM
Alfred first wrote an entry entitled "Go away" on the 15 Nov. He spoke about the benefits of living out when you are in college. He sees it as a really good opportunity for personal growth and development. I whole heartedly agree with his comments. I
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MSN Search 'rivals Google': report
Friday, November 19, 2004 7:21 AM
MICROSOFT'S new search engine has caught up technically with market leader Google, the British weekly New Scientist reports in next Saturday's issue.It asked software engineers to test an early version of Microsoft's MSN Search service, which was released
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Don't Put Your Money on Sun
Friday, November 19, 2004 6:18 AM
Sun Microsystem would love the world to depend on them like the real Sun out there. However, when I read these sort of statements from Sun's senior management, I know the end is nigh for them. I am not talking about technical merits or licensing
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Gmail - Shaping Up Very Nicely
Friday, November 19, 2004 5:58 AM
Gmail is shaping up into a very useful email tool. Those of us who have an existing Gmail account, I hope you took time and check out the many new REALLY USEFUL features that have been included recently. Did you notice that we have a Draft folder now?
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My Fav Tablet and MapPoint Demo and Lunchtime Confession
Friday, November 19, 2004 5:45 AM
Dr Neil's Roodyn's Tablet PC and MapPoint demo was a highlight for me during Tech Ed 04 in Canberra. Personally, I think it is and one of the better Tablet PC demos out there, even better than those shown during the recent VB world
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Imagine Cup
Thursday, November 18, 2004 1:51 PM
As at 18 Nov 0725 (SGT), my alma mater (Monash University) made it to the Imagine Cup Registration Leaders - Top 10 Schools. Go spread the news about the Imagine Cup, get your other faculty mates involve! There are lots of opportunites for the Business
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Happy Birthday, Frank Arrigo
Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:20 AM
Happy Birthday, Frank!May all your wishes comes true and continue to inspire the AU Microsoft community (and ex-community member, like me) with your passion! As always, a toast to you for many more years of good health and achievements.Frank Arrigo works
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Today's Headline
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 12:31 AM
I was planning to blog about my improved 8km timing, my immediate directions in life, the introduction of Farmers' Markets in Melbourne and Visual Studio Team System. Instead, the headline for the day (IMHO) was the naming of Dr Condoleezza Rice
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2015 - Where Will We Be?
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 4:58 PM
BBC World Service Trust has started this new series of program exploring the pressing issues that is going to catch up with us in the near future.Items discussed include:. The 8 Development Goals and Who Are the Key Players. Planet Under Pressure.
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The New America?
Monday, November 15, 2004 11:49 PM
Excerpts from an interesting article commentary about the recent State of Union address by Bush, "State Of The Union: The Evangelical vote" from the BBC. This is the new America, the fastest-growing part of the country. It's young, optimistic, in
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Andrea's Last Night in Singapore
Monday, November 15, 2004 4:06 PM
Back to Front - Ray, Andrea, MyselfLast week, I sent Andrea off with a dinner at Plaza Singapura's Cafe Cartel (advice: Bad food, worst coffee - their latte was SWEET!).This evening, I just saw Grace off for Melbourne. I am sure she is going to have
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Monday Morning
Monday, November 15, 2004 9:55 AM
This morning is a public holiday here in Singapore, I accompanied my folks to MacRitchie Reservoir for a morning walk. Along our walk we saw a very old chinese tombstone and we had to walk over it cos it was part of of the path we were walking.It was
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The New MSN Search (Beta)
Monday, November 15, 2004 6:37 AM
Today, Microsoft has just introduced the beta version of MSN Search technology (11/11).It is located on beta.search.msn.comIt is suppose to be a showcase of its search technology to compete with Google and Yahoo.There is a review about it on this blog.Here
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Condom in the Shampoo Dispenser
Monday, November 08, 2004 2:20 PM
This evening after my work out in California Fitness (Raffles Place), I headed for the shower room. There are shampoo, conditioner and liquid body soap dispensers provided in each cubicle.I was just about to start to shampoo my hair when I noticed a round
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Sentosa Beach Day Out
Sunday, November 07, 2004 3:29 PM
Sentosa Beach Day Out Date: 7 Nov 2004 (Sun) Venue: Sentosa Beaches (Siloso and Palawan) Brought Andrea (my visiting Aussie Honours cohort mate, we shared countless long, tiring and mentally depleting nights in the Honours Room working on our thesis)
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An Inspiring Online Diary
Friday, November 05, 2004 5:17 PM
BBC News Online science and technology writer Ivan Noble was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in August 2002. Since then he has been sharing his experiences in an online diary. I have just found his online diary on the BBC home page.
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Studying the "Form"
Thursday, November 04, 2004 2:00 PM
Oaks Day at Flemington may be known as Ladies' Day, but blokes enjoy it just as much.Photo: Wayne Taylor (Source: The Age)You got to love Spring racing time in Melbourne :) It's just so much fun and cheekness. Frankston's Brent Moyle, 22, has taken time
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1st and 2nd Nov - All Saints and All Souls
Thursday, November 04, 2004 11:34 AM
This week, the Church celebrated two popular feasts - All Saints (Nov 1 - Holy Day of Obligation in Singapore) and All Souls (Nov 2).I just want to highlight Stephen Watkins's brilliant introduction. It is a good refresher that All Saints Day is not just
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It's 4 in a Row
Thursday, November 04, 2004 10:20 AM
A sixth year medicine student has become the fourth successive Monash student to be awarded the prestigious Victorian Rhodes Scholarship. Ms Farnaz Sabet, who was named the 2005 Victorian Rhodes Scholar last week, is hoping to defer her scholarship while
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Podcasting
Thursday, November 04, 2004 5:20 AM
Podcasting seems to be the new black in the blogdom these days. I think it is a really nice feature but for me, I think radio, internet streaming or web sites are just fine for the time being.What is Podcasting? Wikipedia has an excellent explaination.
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10010
Wednesday, November 03, 2004 2:52 AM
No, 10010 is not in binary, it's in decimal. My blog has been read 10010 times. Thanks for everyone who have spent some of their time reading and commenting on my blog and sharing bits and rants of my life on theSpoke.  It has been interesting
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29/10 Day Trip with Andrea
Wednesday, November 03, 2004 2:08 AM
Met up with Andrea for lunch after my successful presentation at Raffles Place. We had fish slices noodles and sugar cane juice. After lunch, I took her around the Singapore River, the Esplanade, Suntec City and Orchard Rd.Against the background of Singapore
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Random Bits that Appeared in my Inbox and my IE History
Wednesday, November 03, 2004 2:05 AM
The AgeChris Avram, the Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) of the Monash University Faculty of IT wrote an article entitled on "Keeping An Eye for the Trojan Horse" on The Age. Basically it is about the IT security climate we lived in. I have upload the
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Zouk Halloween Party
Monday, November 01, 2004 6:02 AM
Pictures are a bit limited cos you are not allowed to bring camera into Zouk itself so we had to have some quick snaps among ourselves outside the compound before leaving. Pity, there are lot of good stuff inside during my short time there.
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