Hitachi 32″ LCD TV
My parents bought me a new Hitachi 32-inch LCD TV, the L32A01A, to replace my old 21-inch Toshiba CRT. We got it at Best Denki VivoCity for S$1,099, with a three-year warranty, HDMI cable and wall-mounting bracket included.
2007
2007/2008 Semester 1 Modules Grades
My 2007/2008 Semester 1 results: A- in Introduction to Computer Networks, A- in the Information Systems Development Project, B in Management of Information Systems and B+ in Introduction to Cybercrime. My CAP is 3.65. Sorry, CS3214 teammates, for our project.
Merry Christmas 2007
I wish all my visitors, readers, commenters and plugin users a Merry Christmas, and I hope you've all received your presents! I got mine all the way from Hong Kong, an authentic Louis Vuitton card holder. Thanks, mom and dad!
WordPress For Dummies Arrived
Amazon's estimated shipping date proved quite accurate: the site said it would arrive on 18th December 2007, and it really did, in fact early that morning around 10am. I've already read through the entire WordPress For Dummies.
Nokia N96 Leaked
Some shots of the Nokia N96 leaked yesterday on a Chinese forum and were reposted on the Mobile Review forums. The form factor is exactly like the N81, but it runs S60 Feature Pack 2 and carries a 5-megapixel camera.
A Busy Week In December 2007
It's been a busy week, and a while since I posted about my life, so this is a long one. Among other things, Dinesh invited me to Nokia's year-end party, Nokia Christmas Crimes 2007, held at a venue in town.
WorPress Plugin Development With PHP
I spoke on WordPress Plugin Development with PHP at the Singapore PHP User Group's December 2007 meetup on Wednesday, 12th December. It was my first time speaking publicly, so I was quite nervous and spoke very fast.
phpBB3 Gone Gold
Finally, it's released! Today begins a new chapter in phpBB's history. After five years, over 200,000 lines of new and altered code, and many a long night, the phpBB Group is proud to announce the release of phpBB3, codenamed Olympus.
Microsoft Office 2007 SP 1 Released
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1 has been officially released. Expect greater stability: using Dr. Watson crash data, they've fixed the top software issues for each application, and SP1 also improves overall performance. A worthwhile update.
phpBB3 Will Be Released On 14th December 2007
Yesterday marked phpBB's seventh birthday, and the team finally announced the release date for the long-awaited phpBB3: 14th December 2007. Honestly it feels a little late for me, as I've already moved from phpBB2 to SMF 1.1 in the meantime.
Petrol Expensive? Think It This Way
Petrol prices keep climbing; 98-octane now costs about S$2.080 a litre. Put another way: a litre of petrol is S$2.08, while a 330ml can of Coke is S$1.20 at a coffeeshop, which works out far pricier per litre than petrol.
CS2105 Is Hell
I have only two papers this semester despite taking four modules worth 20 MCs. One, CS3253, is open book and partly common sense, so I barely studied. I spent a full week on CS2105 because its workload is brutally heavy.
Out: Blizzard, In: Activision Blizzard
Vivendi and Activision are merging to create Activision Blizzard, billed as the world's largest and most profitable pure-play video game publisher. The two companies today announced a definitive agreement, bringing Blizzard's powerhouse franchises under the same roof as Activision's blockbusters.
Ordered My Copy Of WordPress For Dummies
I've ordered my copy of WordPress For Dummies from Amazon, including shipping, rather than a local bookstore, because it's cheaper. The book and postage came to about US$26.47, roughly S$38.38, versus S$39.90 plus 7% tax at Popular or PageOne.
New Poll: How Long Do You Take To Load This Site (Best Estimated)?
Since moving to my own server here in Singapore, I'd like to know how quickly this site loads for you. Just give a rough estimate in the poll on the right-hand menu. Thanks for helping me gauge the improvement!
Interesting Facts
In 1400s England, a law allowed a man to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb, hence the rule of thumb. In Scotland a new game was ruled Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden, giving us GOLF.
Nokia N82 Out In Singapore
The Nokia N82 is now out in Singapore. Mobile Square is selling it for S$988 and iPOSH for S$968, while the telcos aren't carrying it yet. More details are over on the Nokia Asia site for anyone keen.
Moving Of Host Completed
If you can read this, the host move is complete and the site now resides on my own server, FRRO, housed by IDC Services. It's a Dell PowerEdge 860 with a dual-core Intel Xeon 3050 at 2.13GHz.
Moving Host Again
DreamHost has been frustrating me lately, with users complaining that plugins downloaded here are corrupted because the connection drops before the file finishes. The site's load time has also worsened, so I'm moving hosts yet again to fix these problems.
WordPress For Dummies
Lidija from BlogWell interviewed Lisa Sabin-Wilson, author of WordPress For Dummies, and Lisa kindly mentioned me. As she put it, Lester Chan is a student who uses his WordPress plugins to get through school. Thank you, Lisa!
My Programming Portfolio Page
I've changed all the plugin download links on my Programming Portfolio page to point to the official WordPress Plugins Repository instead of my own site, since many users struggle to download from here because DreamHost has been so unreliable lately.
Phew
Phew, I submitted my CS3214 on Friday at 3pm after camping in school for two days to rush it, following some hiccups last week. My hopes of an A- are dashed, but hopefully a B+.
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