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Windows 7 (Seven) M1 Details Leaked?
22 Jan 2008 Software

Windows 7 (Seven) M1 Details Leaked?

Here are some post-install details on Windows 7 M1, originally posted by Kenipnet in Neowin's forums. Over the weekend he finally tried the build but was disappointed, as his primary machine asked for a SATA driver.

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My Spelling Checker Poem
22 Jan 2008 Blog

My Spelling Checker Poem

I found this poem, My Spelling Checker, rather amusing during my CS2301 lecture today, so I thought I'd share it. The wrong version still passes the spell check: Eye halve a spelling chequer, it came with my pea sea.

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Year 2, Semester 2 Modules
19 Jan 2008 Blog

Year 2, Semester 2 Modules

It's the first week of my new semester, year 2, semester 2; all going well, I'll graduate in year 4, semester 1, around the end of 2009. My modules this semester include Operating Systems and Business and Technical Communication.

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Sun To Fork Out $1 Billion For MySQL
17 Jan 2008 Software

Sun To Fork Out $1 Billion For MySQL

Sun Microsystems will pay $1 billion to buy MySQL, the popular open-source database, about $800 million in cash for its privately held stock plus roughly $200 million in assumed options. MySQL CEO Marten Mickos will join Sun's senior team.

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My New Spectacles And Television
13 Jan 2008 Blog

My New Spectacles And Television

After some miscommunication, I finally collected my spectacles from Optics Today at Queensway Shopping Centre, which I've patronised since secondary school. The shop is owned by my uncle's old classmate, who always gives us very good prices on glasses.

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Facebook Plans ‘User Profile Clean-up’ Tool
12 Jan 2008 Web

Facebook Plans ‘User Profile Clean-up’ Tool

Copied from Neowin: don't you love how Facebook has an app for everything? Don't you love wading through friends' profiles just to find their Wall? And don't you love how Facebook looks more and more like MySpace by the day?

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Genting Trip
9 Jan 2008 Blog

Genting Trip

I blog faster than Li Xiang, who's only finished Day 1, so here's my version of our Genting trip. Day 1, Wednesday 2nd January 2008: we reached Golden Mile Complex and took a Grassland bus, departing at 7.15am.

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Back From Genting
6 Jan 2008 Blog

Back From Genting

I'm back from a four-day, three-night Genting trip, my fourth visit. The first was in 1990 aged six, the second in 1993 aged nine, the third in 1997 aged thirteen, and now, eleven years on, I'm 24. How time flies.

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