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.
It's the first day of March 2006, so as usual I've released updates to seven plugins and created three new ones. Frustrated with my messy install instructions? This update helps: WP-DBManager, WP-Polls and WP-Email now just need uploading whole.
Sony Ericsson has announced the K800i, successor to the K750i. The specs: a 262,144-colour 240x320 TFT screen, 3G with UMTS, a 3.2-megapixel CyberShot camera with Xenon flash, autofocus and 16x digital zoom, plus a second VGA camera and 64MB.
I caught Final Destination 3 yesterday at GV Grand and it was quite good, though not linked to the first two parts. The way people die is as gross as before, and poor Li Xiang couldn't sleep afterwards.
DotA Allstars v6.28 has been released, and as usual I've mirrored the map for download. Right-click and save target as to grab it, and do check the changelog for this version's new content and balance changes.
A summary of Budget 2006: cash for all adult Singaporeans, with $800 if you earn $24,000 or less and live in a four-room or smaller HDB flat, $600 for higher earners in such flats, and $400 above that.
I'm looking forward to the next computer exhibition! IT Show 2006 runs from 9th to 12th March 2006, noon to 9pm, on Level 3, Level 4 (Halls 401 to 404) and Level 6 (Halls 601 to 603).
On Friday I went to my cousin's birthday dinner at Marina Square's Yuki Yaki, and the food is so much better than three years ago. It's now self-service with free-flow DIY ice cream, rather than the old plate-by-plate buffet service.
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Yesterday I went to an OCBC dinner with my mom at Grand Shanghai. The food was rather lousy, but the activities were cool, with sketching, fan painting and trishaw photos. My mom did a fan painting while we queued.
I caught Fearless on the second day of Lunar New Year, and it's easily Jet Li's best film in years. I still think he suits wuxia movies more than modern-day fighting ones. It's also touching towards the end. Highly recommended.
WordPress 2.01 was released two days ago, fixing about 114 bugs. You can now specify an upload directory and whether to use date-based storage, caching has been fixed under certain PHP environments, and permalinks now work in odd setups.
It's the eve of Chinese New Year, and I've released updates to six of my plugins, some just bug fixes; check the changelog for details. Among them, WP-DBManager 2.01 for WordPress 2.0 lets you optimise and back up your database.
There is a SQL injection vulnerability in wp-stats.php, which I've fixed by adding $wpdb->escape($string). Please download the latest version, WP-Stats 2.01, right now to stay protected. Apologies for the oversight; do update as soon as you can.
I caught Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit yesterday at GV Jurong Point. I'd heard mixed reviews, but I found it a good show, recommended, very funny and cute at once, especially those bunnies. A delightful watch overall.
WordPress 2.0 has finally been announced on the official site, with details about the changes. In the meantime, I've updated all eight of my plugins to be compatible with WordPress 2.0, including WP-Stats 2.00, which displays your blog statistics.
Happy New Year, everyone, it's 2006, just six more months to Germany 2006! I had dinner at CA yesterday, sitting there four hours, then chilled at Suntec's Fountain of Wealth before heading to the Esplanade for the fireworks.
I've mirrored two DotA Allstars maps for your downloading pleasure: version 6.27b and the 6.12b AI map. Just right-click and Save As to grab either one, and enjoy. Do let me know if you hit any issues with the downloads.
Finally, an update! I've been very busy lately, and only found time in camp to post this. I've just come back from my first gym session at SAFTI; I must exercise before I get fatter.
Day 1, Friday 2nd December 2005: our maxi cab arrived at 8am and we reached the airport just before 9am, breakfasting at the Terminal 1 canteen before checking in. Our flight FD3502 left at 11am, reaching Bangkok around noon.
I'm back from Thailand. Yesterday, when I switched on the main power in my room, a bright white flare burst from my cable modem for three seconds, and moments later I smelled smoke; my cable modem was completely fried.
I went to Sitex 2005 on Saturday, quite crowded with a lifestyle exhibition and Big Boyz Toyz alongside. I finally got myself a black Apple iPod Video 30GB for $521, plus a $26 accessories voucher.
I've released GaMerZ File Explorer 1.10. In case you don't know, it's a PHP script that lets you browse a directory much like Windows Explorer browses folders in Windows. Do check out the live demo to see it in action.