End Of My Exams
Monday 7pm marked the end of my exams, it's time to relax, update my plugins and, if I have time, HTMLise my new layout. I've also installed Windows Vista; the GUI is great, but it runs slower than XP.
Archive
Founder of lesterchan.net, a Singapore tech and gadgets blog running since 2002. An engineering leader by day and a WordPress plugin developer since 2003, with a soft spot for gadgets, smart home, and a good deal.
Sitex 2006
Before heading to Sitex 2006, I had the famous Mee Rebus and Soto Ayam at Bedok Central Hawker Centre, just $1.50 and $2.00 respectively, with generous portions. Cheap and good, the best Mee Rebus and Soto Ayam I've eaten.
Whining Bunch Of People
I think Singaporeans love to whine. The bus is too cold, complain; too hot, complain. Nobody gives up an MRT seat for the elderly, complain. Teenagers kissing on the MRT, complain. Students selling ice cream for pocket money, complain too.
Exams Coming
I've been busy redesigning this site and studying for exams, ending 4th December 2006. We also celebrated my dear's birthday at Cafe Swiss in Swissotel The Stamford; the food was good but not really to our liking.
Run Out Of Drive Alphabets In Windows?
Ever wondered what happens if you run out of drive letters in Windows, with C through Z all used and A and B reserved for floppies? The next drive you plug in is still detected, just without a letter.
Microsoft Windows Turns 21 Today
Microsoft Windows turns 21 today, having first launched as Windows 1.0 on 20th November 1985. Back then the PC market was barely out of its infancy, and it's amazing what Bill Gates and company achieved.
Windows Vista Gone Gold
After five years of development, Windows Vista has gone gold and will reach the public by 30th January 2007. With its release to manufacturing today, anticipation is steadily building around the new operating system.
Like Pig
I think the pig is the most pitiful animal ever, with every negative human trait mapped onto it, and we eat almost every part of it too. Just consider all the phrases: eat, sleep, lazy and stupid like a pig.
2nd Anniversary
We celebrated our second anniversary at Seoul Garden in Ngee Ann City, though its food variety keeps worsening; Yuki Yaki is now the better bet. I didn't buy my dear much, just a box of chocolates.
Mozilla FireFox 2.0
Right after Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla released Firefox 2.0. The launch was meant for tomorrow, 24th October 2006, but the file is already on their FTP. The Windows installer weighs 5,568KB and was uploaded at 08:19 GMT today.
Short School Email Addresses
Woot, I've managed to grab super short email addresses from my school. Both lester at nus.edu.sg and lester at comp.nus.edu.sg reach me. Sweet, and far easier to rattle off than the usual long ones!
Internet Explorer 7 Released
The final version of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is now out, available for Windows XP SP2, Windows 2003 32-bit, Windows 2003/XP 64-bit and ia64. Windows XP SP1 users will need to upgrade to SP2 before they can install IE7.
Singapore Future MRT/LRT Map
It was good news to me when I saw the map. Did anyone notice that NE2 station is missing from the North East Line? NE1 is HarbourFront and NE3 Outram, so where's NE2? Apparently it's Kampong Bahru.
Suck In Programming
I may be good at web programming, but Java, C, C++ and VB leave me helpless; thinking through the algorithms makes me wonder why I bother studying. Yet once I crack the algorithm, that doubt vanishes.
VivoCity Officially Opens
VivoCity is Singapore's largest retail, leisure and entertainment destination, right beside HarbourFront. It packs shopping, dining and entertainment into one sprawling space, with plenty of new retail concepts. A genuinely impressive addition to the city.
Programming Written Exams Are WTF
I've been swamped with nothing but school, with endless tutorials, lab exercises, quizzes and tests one after another, leaving almost no breathing space. While revising CS1102, Data Structures and Algorithms, I came across a particularly baffling question.
Freaking Funny Clip From Taiwan Variety Show
Here are two freaking funny clips from the Taiwan variety show 齐天大圣. You'll need to understand a bit of Hokkien to fully appreciate them, but trust me, they're well worth a watch for the laughs alone. Do check them out.
Updated 8 Of My WordPress Plugins
I've updated eight of my WordPress plugins; check out my dedicated WordPress site for the full details and download links. As always, do let me know if you run into any bugs.
Northern Light
The Northern Lights are a lovely natural phenomenon, nature's own fireworks. Their shimmering curtains of green and violet light dancing across the polar sky are a breathtaking sight, and well worth reading more about if they fascinate you.
Google vs Women
I came up with this while doing my Java homework. My dear told me where my pencil case was before I could even ask. Women are like Google, except they search the house and say the results aloud.
O2 Atom Exec
I've been super busy since university started; it's nothing like polytechnic. Tutorials must be done, breaks spent revising and weekends filled with lab exercises and tutorials. The lab work is graded, which is why we simply have to do it.
My Dream PC In 2008
With nothing to do, I'm crashing Wei Quan and Suqin's Software Engineering lecture. I'll get a new PC in 2008, since my desktop, born in 2003, is due for its five-year replacement, hopefully a quad-core with 4GB of DDR3.