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Friday, September 30, 2005 2:46 PM

Where does this shuttle lead to? Hop on in ... Who is located in this building, I wonder???? ..... ..... ..... ..... Who else? Of course it's Mario, the man behind theSpoke in Microsoft. Mark and I caught up with Mario after our Summit registration

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Pictures from Campus
Friday, September 30, 2005 2:33 PM

Yesterday I have made my first visit to Campus, for this year's Global MVP Summit. I am sure there are many among us who are curious to see what Campus is like, so please enjoy this Campus pictures trail. Registration Drinks anyone? Channel 9 figure

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Linux misses Windows of opportunity
Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:56 PM

I posted this link because I am trying to learn more about the OSS business plan/ economic model plus my recent interest in IT adoption in small and medium businesses (because of my previous SBC center's involvement). Open Source Hippie often claimed

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Employee of the Month
Thursday, September 29, 2005 3:48 AM

Saw this poster in a sandwich shop during my morning tour of Pike Place Market. Lots of great looking fresh produces and seafood. Plus I checked out the first Starbucks outlet, but it wasn't really fantastic. It looked kinda generic to be honest. Still

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Seattle 0048
Wednesday, September 28, 2005 5:29 PM

Got up in the middle of the night, pushed the curtains aside. The Emerald City greets me in her clear sparkling smile. This is a beautiful city.

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Hello from Seattle
Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:19 AM

Just arrived in the Seattle - Westin Hotel, I'm on Level 41, the view is great. It's a bright sunny arvo here and the port is glittering as I typed. Here are some fresh pictures taken less than 1 hour ago. Ahh .. the Space Needle ... too bad I couldn't

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Newstands
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:06 PM

Interesting articles I read while in transit in Taipei: - Palm does Windows (News.com) The upcoming Treo smart phone will run on the Windows platform. It will have broadcast radio capabilities, photo-triggered speed dial and the ability to play

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Seattle Bound :)
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:29 PM

Currently I am blogging from Taipei's Chang Kai Shek International Airport on my way to Seattle for the MVP Global Summit. I am looking forward to this Summit and to catch up with a few familiar faces like Mark "Punzki", Roodney (another PH MVP whom

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Firms with Bush ties snag Katrina deals (MSNBC)
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:37 AM

White House connections attract renewed attention from watchdog groups. Companies with ties to the Bush White House and the former head of FEMA are clinching some of the administration's first disaster relief and reconstruction contracts in the aftermath

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Channel 9-liked Interviews on theSpoke
Monday, September 26, 2005 12:25 AM

Hi guys, I am just toying the idea of starting a Channel 9-liked interviews with some of the regular faces here on theSpoke. I got someone in mind to kick off the series. But before I do that, I want to know if you guys think it's something

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Simply Wicked *In the Good Sense* Cartoons from Channel 9
Monday, September 26, 2005 12:05 AM

I was just browsing through some past Channel 9 postings, these postings certainly brought a big grin on my face. Check out "GooglePark: The Ineveitable Sequel" (Google + South Park). No one was spared in the comic, including MS senior staffs!

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Aborigines fear basic rights loss
Sunday, September 25, 2005 11:45 PM

From The Age, by Nassim Khadem, Canberra (Sep 26 ,2005) INDIGENOUS people are being stripped of citizenship rights as a trade-off for such basic services as roads and schools under the Howard Government's new funding model, two Aboriginal leaders have

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Good Food, Great Company
Friday, September 23, 2005 11:56 PM

This afternoon, my manager and other co-workers took me out for lunch in a cosy Korean restaurant just behind our office. I had BBQ beef which was very tasty, high recommended but the portion is just a bit too small for me. The food was good but the company

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PC Workers Risk Fat Buildup
Friday, September 23, 2005 10:43 PM

In case you need more proof to get out of your desk and exercise :) PC Workers Risk Fat Buildup (Red Herring) American norm of sitting at a computer all day leads to fatty buildup around the body’s organs and under the skin. A new study published in

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It's the Grand Finals Weekend
Friday, September 23, 2005 8:50 AM

Once again, it's the AFL grand finals weekend over in Melbourne.Apart from the Spring racing season, nothing quite stirs up Melbourne like the Grand Finals. (See "Melbourne awash with footy colour" - The Age) This year it's the Sydney Swans vs the

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Gates on Unleashing the Power of Creativity - NPR: "This I Believe"
Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:23 AM

Recently Bill Gates wrote an essay on NPR "This I Believe". The essay was about unleashing human's potential and creativity with the use of the PC. Check out "Unleashing the Power of Creativity" on NPR "This I Believe" "This I Believe" is

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Under a lot of stress lately?
Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:32 AM

Something that come into the mail this morning. Read the following paragraphs first before looking at picture. The following picture was used in a case study on stress levels in St.Mary's Hospital. Look at both dolphins jumping out of the water.

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Test Entry 2
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:22 AM

This is another test entry.

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Another Connection to Ateneo
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:08 AM

Looks like my connections to Ateneo had just increased by one, on top of my friends here from theSpoke. Recently a secondary school friend (from the Philippines) contacted me via Friendster. I had not heard from him since he returned home almost

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Downloads 'not main reason' for drop in CD sales
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:02 AM

Consolidation in the music industry is the main reason why music sales have fallen over the first six months of the year, according to a prominent industry analyst. Phil Tripp, publisher of the Australasian Music Industry Directory, was reacting to recent

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Atlas - An AJAX Dev Tool
Monday, September 19, 2005 11:35 AM

Microsoft's new Web application development tool, code named Atlas, is out in the open in the form of a developer preview and Web site. Atlas is the company's answer to developing Web applications using the Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) style

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What are your worst technology experiences?
Sunday, September 18, 2005 11:11 AM

(Via Bug Bash) I was going thru the list of blog which I am subscribe with my SharpReader and there I spotted this article from Bug Bash. The first two items Hans mentioned were spot on. These days, I would not go back to Real Player unless I really have

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Developer Toolbar for IE announced at PDC
Sunday, September 18, 2005 9:03 AM

(Via Dave Massy's WebLog) Introducing the new IEDevToolbar, works both on IE 6 and IE7 Beta. OverviewThe IE Developer Toolbar provides several features for deeply exploring and understanding Web pages. -- Explore and modify the document object

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Mobile phone networks hear Africa calling
Sunday, September 18, 2005 7:42 AM

Africa is in the grip of a mobile phone revolution. In the past 10 years, subscribers in sub-Saharan Africa have risen from 72,000 - excluding South Africa - to a forecast 25.5 million this year. As rival operators compete in the world's fastest-growing

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Thought of the Weekend
Saturday, September 17, 2005 5:42 PM

Namaste!

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<VB and OZ content> A hard earned thirst needs a better cold beer
Saturday, September 17, 2005 12:19 PM

(From Tom Hollander's blog) Anyone who has spent any amount of time in Australia is no doubt familiar with Victoria Bitter (VB). VB is the lowest common denominator of Aussie beers. You can get it everywhere; it tastes OK but it's nothing special. Yet

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QOTD and Members Mosaic
Saturday, September 17, 2005 8:47 AM

I missed the old question of the day (QOTD) and the random members mosaic features? What about anyone else? 06H

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Less trunk food, please
Friday, September 16, 2005 7:46 AM

A long weigh to go as zoo aims for an elegant elephant (The Age)Anchorage, AlaskaSeptember 16, 2005 ZOOKEEPERS are installing a treadmill to keep an isolated elephant from getting fat during the long, cold winters. The six-metre, 7.3-tonne treadmill

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One Year Anniversary
Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:20 PM

Sep 15, 2004, I left Melbourne to return to Singapore. Sep 15, 2005, I ended back at Changi Aiport. This evening was to send a close friend off. Nevertheless as I was on the train home, I thought it's a strange concidence to be back in Changi

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Easter Egg in MS Word
Thursday, September 15, 2005 12:04 PM

Open a new Word document and write:=rand(200,99) then hit on "Enter"Wait for a few seconds and look again... Quite interesting :)

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The Future is Here (at least for VB )
Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:17 AM

Interested to find out what's beyond Visual Studio 2005 for Visual Basic? Here's an overview of Visual Basic 9.0 Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/future/ 8

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Open Source Model
Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:06 AM

Open Source Hippie and I often locked our horns on OSS-Commerical Software License. I just thought Bill G's recent reply to a News.com reply was pretty spot on. Q: Looking at the open-source world, there's this movement away from selling licenses toward

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LINQ - Ling? Bling?
Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:22 AM

All these PDC buzz about the future direction of software on the web got me started looking ahead what we can look forward towards Orcas timeframe and beyond. Heard of The LINQ Project? (From MSDN) The LINQ Project is a codename for a set of

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How to Enable SQL Server Data as a Web Service
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:05 PM

While SQL Server 2000 did allow Web data access, the process requires the use of the SQLXML library and a full installation of Internet Information Services (a bit of extra middleware and setup effrots). With SQL Server 2005, you can have direct access

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Ajax
Tuesday, September 13, 2005 7:20 AM

This weekend had been a really packed weekend, managed to do a bit of running. But the main thing of the weekend was one of my close friend who got into serious emergency and I had spent a lot of time at the police station to support him. But during the

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4am - Nightmare and Spam
Sunday, September 11, 2005 8:19 AM

Woke up at 4am partially because of a nightmare, I was very disturbed by it. I decided to check my Hotmail account since now I was awake. My Hotmail account was recently upgraded to 25MB. The first thing that caught my eyes was the red meter bar telling

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Wisdom from Calvin and Hobbes
Thursday, September 08, 2005 2:54 AM

Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. Hobbes: I

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Today's youth expect a lot more
Wednesday, September 07, 2005 5:02 AM

The Australian - Higher EducationDorothy IllingSeptember 07, 2005 THE new generation of students will not accept compromises on quality, a leading researcher has warned universities. Kerri-Lee Krause said so-called generation Y students valued

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Welcome to Singapore
Wednesday, September 07, 2005 4:00 AM

Singapore welcomes Astrid W. and Ashantha S. (and mum) to Singapore. Two of my good college friends who were also my neighours in Mews are in town this week. What a concidence, both are working for Citibank but from different subs. One thing I really

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Messenger 7.5
Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:34 AM

I had to format my machine at work this arvo, as part of my recovery setup I had installed the latest version of MSN Messenger 7.5. I didn't know it was a new version until I was presented with the new login screen. I thought the new UI is really

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Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort
Tuesday, September 06, 2005 3:39 AM

I am a bit surprised that the local Singapore Red Cross chapter is not running a donation drive for the Hurricane Katrina victims. I hope the American Red Cross has enough resources for the survivors. If you are interested to donate, you can make your

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A Call to Action - Make theSpoke v2.0 Even Better
Monday, September 05, 2005 11:34 AM

theSpoke v2.0 is here now and let's make it even better. You might have experienced a few hiccups and annoyances here and there. Don't keep mum, quiet or rant internally about it. Report it! The dev team at theSpoke are reading your comments

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My "Home" City - Melbourne
Monday, September 05, 2005 2:04 AM

Just like somethings will always be "home", where ever one may be. I fell in love with Melbourne since my first trip in 1997, since then I have lived and studied in this beautiful city and went back to Singapore. Recently my friend, SM stopped over in

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Just 1 More to Go
Sunday, September 04, 2005 6:04 PM

This month, I challenged myself to a series of run events during the first 3 weeks of the month: a) New Balance X-Terrain 10km, b) Mizuno Wave 10km and c) Sheares Bridge 12km Run. Last week I completed the New Balanace run in Sentosa. This morning I had

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Katrina, Iraq and Beslan
Saturday, September 03, 2005 12:28 AM

Please keep the hurricane victims (deceased and suriving) people in New Orleans, the stampede victims of Iraq and the repose souls of the kids who were killed in Beslan last year in your prayers.

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Book Review: The Economics of Innocent Fraud
Thursday, September 01, 2005 2:49 AM

For the past fortnight, I managed to find a few minutes between commuting from home to office to read my new Penguin Book. It has been ages since I bought a book from the Penguin label. About 3 weeks ago, Kinokuniya (a Japanese bookstore) had a

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September 2005 - Posts