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January 2005 - Posts

ACS Skills Assessment Process - Step 1
Monday, January 31, 2005 5:52 AM

Being Allocated to a Processing OfficerMy skills assessment application has been allocated and held in process by a Australian Computer Society staff. I do hope a result from the assessment process will be ready by mid Feb. I

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A Good Lazy Saturday
Saturday, January 29, 2005 2:20 PM

Enjoying a lazy Saturday at home ... finding hard to drag myself to the gym.I'm just enjoying myself today. What a great day it has been so far.Cleaned up my room a bit, played a few albums on my desktop ("Dandy". I'm very proud of my Altec Lansing speakers

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Happy Australia Day
Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:09 PM

To all my mates and faithful blog readers in Australia, Happy Australia Day.Go Lleyton Hewitt and Alicia Molik!!!

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Alumni Night and Error 500
Monday, January 24, 2005 3:53 PM

I was in the training centre in the afternoon to prepare for my Wed's Web Services class. There were quite a few stuff to setup manually including SQL Server *shudder*. Naturally I encountered issues with Virtual PC, network settings and the scarest part,

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Petals Around the Rose
Monday, January 24, 2005 1:35 AM

The name of this puzzle is "Petals Around the Rose". Every answer is either zero or an even number.See if you can guess the underlining logic to the solution for these puzzles.Answer: 4Answer: 10Answer: 6Answer: 10Answer: 0Answer: 8Images are taken from

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The turbulent twenties
Saturday, January 22, 2005 1:23 AM

Milliana Vak was a little disappointed when she realised she hadn't achieved what she thought she would by the age of 25.Photo: Estelle Grunberg Confusion, uncertainty and disappointment can make the 20s difficult for a lot of people. Psychologists are

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MVP Private Chat
Friday, January 21, 2005 2:22 AM

Just attended a private chat session with the VB team. It was a really nice, casual and comfortable affair. Following up and understanding the content that is being discussed isn't too difficult.On that note, I do really want to encourage everyone out

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G'day World - Podcasting
Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:10 PM

Heard of Podcasting? What's the buzz about podcasting? What's on earth is that? Looking for some Aussie content? Want to dose of laughter and some dev, silly aussie humor, business reading, a dose of current affair (yeah, right :P) stuff takeaway

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If it's 3pm PST, what time is it in Singapore?
Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:02 AM

For all you guys trying to find out the time in different parts of the world, try the Time Zone Converter (thanks Howard). Very useful especially if you want to catch up with all those Microsoft live chats.

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CRM?
Thursday, January 20, 2005 4:40 AM

Clarke Scott, one of the Australian .NET blogging crowd (OPML) has started a microISV (at the moment) and wants some help improving his google juice.Anyone looking for crm software?

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Thought of the Day
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 8:18 AM

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. __ Francis Bacon

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Rice underlines need for dialogue
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:03 PM

Condoleezza Rice stressed the importance of diplomacy, democracy and freedom today in remarks at her confirmation hearing to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state. "We must use American diplomacy to help create a balance of power in the world that

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Aussie Open 2005 @ Melbourne Park
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:53 PM

Go Alicia Molik ...Australia Open 2005 - Nuff said!

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Visual Basic Powerpack
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:42 AM

Have you heard about the Visual Basic Powerpack? It has been around for awhile, but if you have not checked it out. Go and check it out. There are seven custom controls (ie fancy and useful controls but the hard work has been done by someone else) in

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A strange, quiet and peaceful early Tue morning
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:03 AM

It's 12.34 am right now and I'm listening to 3AW- Talking Melbourne.3AW ... at this hour of the 3.34am in Melbourne.It's all the insomniac Melbournians out there, but mostly old people on the air ... but still I'm found the program to be interesting...

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I have a dream ...
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:00 AM

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."Martin Luther King Jr.I'm generally not fond of celebrating American holidays that

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Coping with email overload
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 1:21 AM

Allister Frost, Microsoft UK Product Manager for Outlook 2003 has just blogged some tips to prevent emails overload. Some of his tips can apply to everyone irregardless of your email client.Summary- Put aside a fixed time each day to check emails.- Switch

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Calling All Aussie .NET Geeks
Monday, January 17, 2005 5:11 PM

Mitch Denny and Greg Low have proposed a Code Camp (that's not a link to this Code Camp's schedule - just a sample of one being run elsewhere) be run over the ANZAC Day long weekend in April (22-25) in Wagga Wagga at Charles Stuart University. I

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Technorati Profile
Monday, January 17, 2005 4:08 PM

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US President plans ceremony fit for a king
Monday, January 17, 2005 4:01 PM

The Age: US President plans ceremony fit for a kingCries of excess are ignored as the US gears up for the most expensive, and exclusive, inauguration in history by Michael Gawenda The President declared the war in Iraq won almost a year ago but,

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All that Jazz ...
Monday, January 17, 2005 12:45 PM

The Age: All that Jazz "Jazz, like any other kind of music, is probably 95 per cent bad," he says. "It isn't, by definition, any better music than death metal. But if it's performed by great musicians, it is among the best music that you will ever hear

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We whinge about returning, but we're hooked on work
Monday, January 17, 2005 2:40 AM

From The Age: We whinge about returning, but we're hooked on workThere's a heavy price to be paid for our chronic addiction to work, writes Daniel Donahoo.Ber: Those who are gainfully employed, does this oberservation apply to you?The first question many

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Technorati Profile
Monday, January 17, 2005 2:07 AM

Technorati ProfileI claimed this blog in the name of Seth and for the glory of Isis ... opps too many Age of Mythology sessions are showing. Anyway, today I'm gonna stay in cos I'm homesick. Homesick - Staying at home as I'm sick.

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Singapore & Blackburn Rovers - PROUD WINNERS!
Sunday, January 16, 2005 2:19 PM

The runner-up of 2004 Tiger Cup ASEAN Football Championship is ... Indonesia ... congrats, you guys played with much sprirt and never gave up even towards the end.Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of 2004 Tiger Cup (ASEAN Football Champion) is Singapore!!!

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1 More Day!
Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:43 PM

1 day! Just one 1 more day!The event that took 100 years in the making!The Grand Slam of Asia Pacific!T H E A U S T R A L I A N O P E N '0 5!Jan 17- 30 @ Melbourne ParkArrrghhhhh .... I want to be down in Melbourne Park! You have to

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Will It Be 2 in a Row?
Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:41 PM

Another 45mins to go ...

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My craving is kicking in ...
Saturday, January 15, 2005 3:50 PM

Arrrghh .... help me ... my craving is kicking in ... I need a new double cds house album ... not break beats, no jazz no classical ... must be house ... preferablyLive at OM - Derrick Carter & Mark Farina (HMV Singapore actually didn't stock this

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Something to Add to Your Favourites
Saturday, January 15, 2005 3:19 AM

As you all know most of Microsoft public chats and webcasts are archived so you can view it at a later time.Here are the useful URLs to keep in your favourites. You never know when they might come in handy. Webcast Archives: http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/events/webcasts/ondemand.mspx

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Digital Rights Management: CBS uses DRM to "secure" Rathergate docus
Saturday, January 15, 2005 2:26 AM

Do you care about DRM? I am beginning to accquire some interests in DRM these days. Anyway, here is an interesting article from boingboing.net (it is actually a pretty good site, a light hearted version of Slashdot)Ed Felten's just blogged a good

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Research at Oxford is torture
Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:54 AM

PEOPLE are to be tortured in laboratories at Oxford University in a US-funded experiment to determine if belief in God is effective in relieving pain. Top neurologists, pharmacologists, anatomists, ethicists and theologians are to examine the scientific

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National Uni of Singapore - One of Asia Top Non-Smoking University
Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:16 AM

No no no ... you can be old enough to fire live ammos during your National Service in the Army. But in NUS, it feels like going back to High School. No smoking in school otherwise the School Prefect will catch you ...Geee .. another slice of Singapore

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My 10km Timing
Friday, January 14, 2005 1:24 PM

Just received my Standard Chartered 10km Fun Run certificate of participation in the mail last evening, my timing was 1:00:08. Bloody wanker ;) If I know it was so close, I could have taken the 8 seconds off.Don't ask me for my timing now, I don't think

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Apple's Tipping Point: Macs for the Masses
Friday, January 14, 2005 5:34 AM

I found this is a very interesting article. These Macs guys are smart. I am not sold by Mac yet but I am beginning to admire some of their marketing brain power.http://www.nixlog.com/apple/

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Spinning Around
Friday, January 14, 2005 1:45 AM

I haven't been blogging much for the past few days (I bet you didn't realise the lapse) cos I have been sick and very busy with my skills assessment procedure with the Australian Computer Society (ACS). I have not gone to gym for awhile or catching with

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My School is Being Sued for $1000,000!
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:11 PM

This morning I woke up from a very strange dream. My school was facing a million dollars law suit because of my actions. One of "my students" is sueing the School for unfair treatment. Apparently by keeping the Lecturer informed of student's academic

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Same same but different
Thursday, January 06, 2005 1:08 PM

This morning as usual I was looking for possible career opportunities. As I was going through our list of local education institutions, one institution had a position that stood out among the rest. This institution offered fellowship position

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Christians, your friend ah this one?
Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:37 AM

Found this amusing blog entry, another slice of the Singapore LifeChristians, your friend ah this one? by Wendy Cheng

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Today's QOTD (05 Jan 2005)
Wednesday, January 05, 2005 3:42 AM

Mario is proposing some changes to the sign in procedure on theSpoke. Please give him your opinion about it especially the user experience and consistency point of view.If you find the QOTD comment box's limit too restricting, drop Mario an email at this

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Is Your Development Project a Sinking Ship?
Wednesday, January 05, 2005 3:36 AM

This article ("Is Your Development Project a Sinking Ship?") appeared on Jan 4's Slashdot. The authors have gone and collected some data why projects actually fail and developed a diagnostic formula. This formula can be used to gauge the likeliness

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The King Am I
Tuesday, January 04, 2005 3:16 PM

Today was a good day.Met up with one of my old core group of friends, Becky for coffee in the afternoon. We used to stay in the same university accomdation - International Mews. Becky is back from Melbourne recently for a short period, to sort her student

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一知半解
Monday, January 03, 2005 12:39 PM

Hanzis Matter 一知半解Is a web site dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters (Hanzi or Kanji) in Western culture.Check it out http://www.hanzismatter.com/This is quite funny :) Can't imagine someone labelling their own body as kind ghost :PNow listening

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The Australian (03 Jan 2005)
Monday, January 03, 2005 2:36 AM

Source: The AustralianRecently, I noticed an invitation to operate the Boost Juice Master franchise rights here in Singapore. I was quite surprised to find that we don't have a similar product here in Singapore. Basically its a fruit juice smoothie

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First To-Do List for Year MMV
Monday, January 03, 2005 2:27 AM

_ Polish up my existing (technical) CV and start off a soft skills version_ Job Hunt_ Work on my core muscle (backaches are becoming far too frequent *ouch*, time to start swimming)_ Organise a barbie (BBQ)_ Draft up my list of suggestions for theSpoke,

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The First Blog Entry of Year MMV
Saturday, January 01, 2005 9:33 AM

Wishing you a SOARING start to Year MMV

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