Looking Back 2009
Today is the last day of 2009; ten years ago everyone fretted over the Y2K bug. I'll spend it inside GV VivoCity watching Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel at 10:50pm. Last year I counted down in Taiwan.
2009
Minor Site Updates December 2009
WordPress 2.9 was released on 19th December 2009. Highlights include a global undo and Trash feature, so an accidentally deleted post or comment can be restored, finally doing away with those annoying are-you-sure confirmation messages we used to endure.
Merry Christmas 2009
This is my second Christmas spent outside Singapore, the first being in Taiwan last year, and this time I'm in Hong Kong! I wish all my visitors and readers a very merry Christmas.
2009/2010 Semester 1 Modules Grades
My 2009/2010 Semester 1 results: a C in Java to C++, an S in Legal Aspects of IT, A in CRM, A- in GEK1001, B+ in a city-state module and B- in another. CAP 3.79. Graduated with second-class honours!
Canon 50D
Finally got my Canon 50D with the EF-S 18-55mm kit lens after waiting over a month for stock. Thanks to Glenn and Noel from Ogilvy PR for ordering it quickly. I took it for a field test afterwards.
SingTel Brings In INQ Chat 3G
SingTel and INQ are bringing the multi-tasking INQ Chat 3G to Singapore, an affordable social phone with a QWERTY keypad, Facebook and Twitter integration, plus SingTel's AMPed music service. It's offered at S$0 on a data plan.
Taiwan Graduate Trip 2009
After 18 and a half years of study, kindergarten through to three and a half years at university, I've finally finished! I went to Taiwan with Weiquan, Kelvin and Hong Jun for a seven-day, six-night graduation trip to celebrate.
Off To Taiwan For My Graduate Trip
I sat my final NUS exam last Thursday, 3rd December 2009, an evening paper from 5pm to 7pm, so technically I've graduated, pending results on 22nd December. Now I'm off to Taiwan, just as I was last year.
Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook Book
Packt Publishing sent me a complimentary copy of the Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook, which I'll review after my holidays. While the web has long been dominated by jQuery, scriptaculous and MooTools, Ext JS is another rich-interface JavaScript library.
Street View on Google Maps Comes To Singapore
Finally! Street View has landed on Google Maps in Singapore, something I've waited years for. Google's cars captured 360-degree street-level imagery along all public roads earlier this year, letting users view and explore the city right down at street level.
Tamagotchi iD
Li Xiang mentioned she'd never owned a Tamagotchi, so when my mom's friend visited from Japan on business, I asked him to grab one. Here it is, a Tamagotchi iD straight from Japan, as a belated birthday present!
Site Traffic November 2009
My November 2009 site traffic stats: 11,232,870 hits, 907,322 pages and 252,818 visits from 158,597 unique sites. Daily hits averaged 374,429, peaking near 420,000, with about 43.6 million KBytes transferred over the month. Traffic stays remarkably steady.
SingTel Sitex 2009 Promotions
Here are SingTel's Singnet Broadband promotions for Sitex 2009, available at SingTel retail shops since they're skipping a booth this year. Highlights include a free white 13-inch Apple MacBook worth S$1,588 with the 10Mbps Premium plan at S$88 monthly.
World’s Longest Chain Of Light-Sticks For SingTel ZoukOut 2009
The light-up starts tonight at 7:30pm outside INDOCHINE at Wisma Atria. For SingTel ZoukOut 2009, the world's longest chain of light-sticks, roughly 10,000 red ones, will stretch from SingTel's ComCentre at Exeter Road through Orchard's malls all the way along.
Transit And Traffic Features Google Maps Singapore
LTA and Google have collaborated to help travellers reach destinations faster, making Singapore the first country with comprehensive, nationwide land travel-planning tools on Google Maps, spanning walking, public transit and traffic. A genuinely useful upgrade for getting around the island.
MacPadd Aluminium Mouse Pad
MacPadd makes aluminium mouse pads precision-cut from a single block, in two sizes: the 9x6-inch MacPadd at US$25 and the 9x9-inch MacPadd Pro at US$35. Sadly their shop won't ship to Singapore; distributors include MacWay in France and another overseas.
Brother’s New P-Touch Series
Brother today launches three new P-Touch labellers. My very first labeller was a Brother, back in the early 2000s, which I used to label my books and electrical switches. Brother International Singapore champions a customer-first approach.
All About lesterchan.net
This site runs on what's effectively a dedicated server, hosting only 30 other domains belonging to friends and family of Michael and me. It sits at M1 Connect, formerly Qala, with 1Mbps guaranteed and 10Mbps burstable bandwidth.
Last Day of School
Today's CS4266 lecture was my last in NUS, marking my final day of school. Next comes a reading week, then two weeks of exams. As in previous semesters, I have four examinable modules, starting with SSA2211.
Happy 25th Birthday Li Xiang!
Today is Li Xiang's 25th birthday, and this year was more relaxed, with the whole day to ourselves. We had dinner at TWG Tea at Ion Orchard, though the mains are pricey at around S$27 to S$32.
How To Get Your First Tweet If You Have More Than 3,200 Tweets?
Update: on Twitter's 8th birthday, it launched first-tweets.com, where you type in any @username, your best pal, a comedian, a star or a president, to find their very first tweet, handy even if your account has well over 3,200 tweets.
DriveMultiSolar Bluetooth Car Kit Review
In the same package as my Cool Bananas Netbook Organizer Bag, I also received the DriveMultiSolar Bluetooth Car Kit. It's a solar-powered hands-free kit with no distracting wires, affixing to your windscreen with the supplied accessories for fast, easy pairing.
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