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.
December
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.