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Tully-Google-Starbucks-Microsoft?
Monday, October 31, 2005 7:35 AM

Saw this picture from Jason Shellen's blog entry "Caffeine". Makes me wonder if they serve Tully's* coffee in Google office just like Starbucks is being served in campus. * Tully is another coffee chain in Seattle.

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Gotcha 2
Sunday, October 30, 2005 4:34 PM

Premieres Nov 8, Tues, 9pm on Channel 5 Be alert, very alert...when you stroll the streets for pranksters Howard Lo (Eye For A Guy II) and Cheryl Tay (Miss Singapore Universe 2005) are on the loose! Get ready for an all-new telegenic pairing and a

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Explore Generics in CLR 2.0
Sunday, October 30, 2005 12:11 PM

One of the new features introduced in the CLR 2.0 is the support for generics. What is generics? It is the concept of type parameters, which make it possible to design classes and methods that defer the specification of one or more types until the

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A Slice of Singapore Life - Chew On It
Sunday, October 30, 2005 10:44 AM

Mr Chew is one of Singapore most prolific newspaper cartoonist. Not too long along he had started a blog, this way even more people can experience a slice of Singapore life and chew on it :) My other favourite cartoonist is The Age's Michael Leunig.

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Quote of the Week
Saturday, October 29, 2005 11:18 PM

You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish, if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. -- Abraham Lincoln Looking for other quotes to will yourself

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Man of Multiple Talents
Friday, October 28, 2005 4:27 PM

Test engineer, evangelist, Community Manager, media personnel, media ambassasdor, very experienced emcee, and now a newspaper columnist. Howard, hats off to you. I think your move down to Asia has paid off handsomely …good on ya

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Want to Write Blog-Centric App?
Friday, October 28, 2005 11:50 AM

Looking to ways how you can integrate blogs into your .NET application? The Visual Basic Product Team has released a collection of code samples how you can provide programmatic access to weblogs in the applications you build. There are full source code

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VS 2005 & SQL Server 2005 Has Shipped!
Friday, October 28, 2005 2:17 AM

I can barely control my joy when I saw this news on Soma's blog. Oh yeah! Visual Studio 2005, .NET Framework 2.0 and SQL 2005 has shipped today! YES! RTM (Release to Market Release to Manufacturing (Thanks Alfred))! on Oct 27, 2005 8.43am. An new era

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Performance analysis of OpenOffice and MS Office
Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:20 AM

I am currently using OpenOffice 2.0 myself (Hear that? Robert? B is using OO software!). I can't comment about it's performance in-depth but 2.0 is certainly a big performance improvement from the earlier version. Meanwhile, ZD.NET has an blog post

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Research-Teaching Collaborations with Microsoft Research
Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:01 AM

Are you an academic looking for additional funding for a research project, a fellowship opportunities during your sabbatical or looking for additional material to further improve your curriculum. Or maybe you are an PhD student looking for additional

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A selection of pictures from my Seattle-Vancouver Trip
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:32 PM

During my recent trip I have taken about 1.33GB worth of pictures. It is hard for anyone to sit thru looking at so much pictures. So here is my essential selection from the pictures taken during the recent trip. 30 pictures all together, divided into

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The Purr-fect Touch
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:16 PM

(From the University of British Columbia "The Purr-fect Touch") Check out how a robotic "cat" can faciliate better understanding of haptics in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).

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PDC 2005 Material Online
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:02 AM

All the PDC 2005 presentations recordings, presentation slides as well as accompaning materials are avaliable for download from the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference site (avaliable for a limited period only). The tracks are divided into

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Nigel Watson Resumes Blogging
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:27 AM

(Via Frank Arrigo's Blog) Blogging is great! It helps one to keep in touch with the happenings of old friends. I'm just glad to see Nigel Watson, an Architect Advisor with MS Australia resumes blogging. Nigel was formerly an Academic Developer Evangelist

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Windows Communication Foundation "Indigo"
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 11:03 PM

Last evening, I attended a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) presentation led David Chappell over at Microsoft Auditorium. What is Windows Communication Foundation (formerly code-named “Indigo”)? Short answer: It is an extension to .NET Framework

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Singapore Get Ready to ROCK!
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:15 PM

Oh yeah! Singapore developers and IT Professionals, get ready for the launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk 2006 on November 29, 2005 at Suntec City. Don't missed out on this event, register asap! For more information about the

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Students as Software Marketers
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 6:59 PM

(Via the Seattle PI) An interesting story in today's Boston Globe looks at how Microsoft and other companies are hiring college students to promote their products in casual conversations with other students. Now listening to Sound of White - Missy

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Bird flu: What you need to know
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 6:47 PM

This afternoon while I was having lunch with some ex-coworkers from Earth9, we brieftly discussed about the bird flu.I think this article is quite informative, thus I'm blogging it, from CNN "Bird flu: What you need to know". What are other hot topics

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While I am not blogging...
Monday, October 24, 2005 5:31 PM

Went to Johor Bahru (Malaysia) with my family for a day trip last weekend to celebrate my birthday and let Dad buy cheap petrol. The price of petrol in Malaysia is less than half what it cost in Singapore! If you are looking for interesting blog to read,

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Time to go on a blog leave
Friday, October 21, 2005 6:55 PM

I think I have spent too much time and energy on theSpoke. I think it's time to call for a break and focus on other things that really matter. How long will I be on hiatus? I don't know .. maybe 24 hours? 48? ...

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IT Newstand (Oct 21, 2005)
Friday, October 21, 2005 7:21 AM

Got up around 4.30am, because of jetlag? Maybe I just need to hit the gym. Anyway, cracked up the O' Internet Explorer 6, boy it was a busy day on the Internet news front especially for Google. Here is a selection of news that featured on my radar.

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Music to Code By
Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:27 AM

Once awhile, this little (abit older now) Antz crossed over the other side of fence to check out what's happening in the C# realm. It's not as nice, cosy and productive like VB. Trust me. *Flame retardant suit activated* But once awhile, there

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Just Turned 26!
Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:51 AM

Woah! 26 laps around the Sun! Quite a feat, I reckon. Here, have some cake and celebrate this moment with me. If you are into cakes, here is a link to the cake that I had this year ("Summertime Carrot Cake"). There are crunchy walnuts, juicy raisins,

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MySpace knocked off the web
Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:44 AM

Rupert Murdoch's new net acquisition, online social networking spot MySpace, was taken out of commission recently by a JavaScript exploit created by a user.... The exploit, dubbed the "Web 2.0 worm", was created by a user known as "Samy" and stored in

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Back in Singapore
Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:19 AM

Finally back in Singapore ... ahchoo!!... yup .. even my sensitive nose condition has caught up with me. Darn, I thought I gave it a miss with this trip overseas. Back to my tissue paper dependence days .... Bernard the Red-nose Reindeer ....

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This Antz Is Back in Asia
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 8:50 AM

This little antz is getting his butt back to Asia after like almost 3 weeks in North America. During this trip, there were lots of new and exciting moments as well as some really down ones. Without going into too much details here, I want thank each and

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Answer to What's Behind These Trees
Saturday, October 15, 2005 3:23 PM

Aids got it right. Well, almost! Indeed, Lakeview Cemetry is the final resting place for both Bruce AND Brandon Lee. Their graves are not particularly marked out so I had a walk around a bit. Look out for a tall moment up the hill slope, their graves

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Post Yom Kippur Greetings
Friday, October 14, 2005 2:56 PM

To my Jewish friends back in Australia (Karen, Zik and Adam), hope you had a meaningful Yom Kippur and great post-Yom Kippur celebration.

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Guess what's behind these trees?
Friday, October 14, 2005 2:18 PM

This picture is taken at elevated ground close to Volunteer Park conservatory. It is taken in a large and very peaceful place. Post your answers as a comment on this entry. I will reveal the answer later :)

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W Seattle - Fauntleroy - Vashon Island
Friday, October 14, 2005 12:41 PM

Tuesday (Oct 11, 2005), I took a trip to West Seattle just to get a different perspective of the city. W Seattle is a part not usually visited by tourists and is less affluent compared to the eastern part of Seattle (Redmond is something very special

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Sureshot, Oh Yeah!
Thursday, October 13, 2005 10:24 AM

It's another regular day in Seattle, oh yeah! Grey and rainy ... no complains here. This is Seattle, they like their rain.Since I am already spending so much time in front of the laptop, I thought I should get out of the hostel room and use my laptop

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Bainbridge Island Visit 051005
Thursday, October 13, 2005 3:58 AM

On Oct 5, James and I visited Bainbridge Island (wikipedia). Bainbridge Island is a pleasant quaint little island town. The ferry ride there was very pleasant indeed. There isn't much to do there except to walk around the town centre, park and explore

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A generation of giants (The Australian)
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 5:41 PM

This morning, I read an inspiring article on The Australian. The article discussed about Kissinger, Lee Kuan Yew & Thatcher sharing the qualities that allow great statesmen to influence the world. Check out the complete article "A generation of giants"

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Back in Seattle
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 3:25 PM

Just got back to Seattle less than an hour ago. Currently feeling a mixed bag of feelings for reason that is not appropriate to disclose at this point. But I am not going to accept defeat so easily. If I believe in something strongly, I will fight for

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Canadian Thanksgiving Day
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:52 AM

Today, Canada celebrates Thanksgiving Day (Canada celebrates Thanksgiving Day before the US). Looking back at my travel and my life experiences so far, there are many things I am thankful for. I can't possibly list out all the things because

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Visual Basic Team Goes on Channel 9
Sunday, October 09, 2005 4:26 PM

Paul Vick (VB Technical Lead) and Amanda Silver (a VB PM) had been recently interviewed on Channel 9. In their separate interviews, they talked various topics including : .optimisation tips for VB applications (Paul Vick), . language enchancements to

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Stanley Park
Sunday, October 09, 2005 3:59 PM

The whole of this afternoon was spent walking from my hostel down Davie Street to Stanley Park. Stanley Park is the largest park I have even been to. One round around the park is about 10km! Below as usual, is a selection of the pictures hosted on my

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Seattle to Vancouver on Amtrak Cascades
Sunday, October 09, 2005 1:11 PM

I have just uploaded a selection of pictures taken from yesterday's (Oct 7, 2005) train ride from Seattle to Vancouver. You can view them as a slide show from my MSN Space ("The Antz Farm Annex") gallery. Here are some of the pictures from the selection.

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Uni of Washington Campus Tour
Sunday, October 09, 2005 3:28 AM

A few days back I visited the University of Washington (UW/ "U Dub"). It was a very large and beautiful campus. Took a big walk around the campus and also visited the Burke Museum (in campus, highly recommended) and here is a selection of the pictures

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Seattle-Amtrak-Cascades-Vancouver
Saturday, October 08, 2005 1:11 PM

This morning at around 7.45am, James Crowley (a VB MVP whom I befriended during the recent Global Summit) and I left Seattle on the Amtrak Cascades train service for Vancouver. The train ride was very pleasant and it had great views along the way.

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Last Sunday (Oct 2) in Seattle
Friday, October 07, 2005 1:57 AM

Last Sunday, Mark and I attended mass in St James Cathedral, the Cathedral for the Archdiocese of Seattle. It is a very beautiful church, very peaceful and serene. It was built in the Italian renaisssance style which differs from the Gothic style in Melbourne

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Campus, International District (Chinatown) and Snoqualmie Falls
Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:35 AM

Last night I have checked into a hostel here in Seattle. Good thing the hostel provides free Wi-Fi access that why I am able to post these pictures online. These pictures were taken in Redmond, International District (Chinatown) and Snoqualmie Falls. Anyway,

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