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.
I was invited to my first ever Sony Ericsson event, their Backstage blogger session. We were introduced to Sony's tagline, make.believe, where the dot matters by separating make believe into make and believe, before being shown five new products.
The Infocomm Accessibility Centre has launched a month-long civic movement, The Tweet Meet, to bridge the digital divide for people with disabilities. The centre aims to offer more IT course placements to people with disabilities across Singapore.
HP hosted the gala premiere of Sex and the City 2 at Golden Village VivoCity, and we were honoured to be invited. I'm a huge fan from the TV series days, and glad the sequel didn't take long.
Thanks to Hwee Tong and Sharon for the gala invite to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time at Cineleisure! It opens islandwide this Thursday, 27th May 2010. Running about two hours, it's action-packed throughout, with impressive, never-before-seen sand animation.
The People's Association is bringing 2010 FIFA World Cup screenings to the heartlands, partnering Singapore Pools, SingTel and StarHub. The five Community Development Councils and PA Community Clubs will show the matches at venues across the island for residents.
IDA is holding a road show, IDA's New Infocomm & U, at Downtown East this Saturday, 22nd May 2010. The whole 24seven team will be there, with activities for you and your readers to learn new infocomm skills.
I wanted a 16GB iPad WiFi + 3G and tried ordering via comGateway, but it was rejected next day amid overwhelming demand. My colleague Alon offered to order it from the Apple Store and ship it to his place.
Steam for Mac is now available to download, and you get Portal free until 24th May. As Valve quip, there are strings attached, but they're entirely decorative, swaying in the breeze created by a million players.
Time flies! I've worked at mig33 since 1st February 2010, and my three-month probation is up with good news: I'm confirmed! It's my first job and I love it, learning loads, especially ExtJS and proper MVC coding in PHP. Overjoyed!
The iPad arrives in Singapore in July 2010, alongside Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands and New Zealand. Apple separately confirmed an earlier wave for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.
Finally, well done SingTel! Singapore Telecommunications has secured the broadcast rights to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, offering all 64 matches live on mio TV and mobile, with complimentary viewing over the internet for subscribers.
Yes! Three years after Blizzard announced it at their Worldwide Invitational in Seoul, StarCraft II finally hits stores on 27th July 2010. It comes as three games: Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm and the Protoss campaign.
Received my copy of Super Street Fighter IV for Xbox 360, thanks to Ian from Microsoft! A worthy follow-up to the original Street Fighter IV, packed with extra characters and refinements, and I can't wait to dive in.
Nokia officially announced the N8 yesterday, after Mobile Review leaked it days earlier. Priced at around EUR 370, roughly S$675, Nokia's latest smartphone is pitched as intuitively connecting you to the people, places and services that matter most to you.
It seems SingTel has already begun preparing MicroSIM cards. According to forum user MorpheusV, when he signed up for SingTel's 7.2Mbps two-year contract bundled with a Huawei E5832, the salesperson told him the plan's SIM would be a MicroSIM.
Did a mini interview with Kenny Chee of My Paper about EpiCentre taking iPad pre-orders. I'm wary, since EpiCentre handled the iPhone 3GS pre-order poorly last year, leaving buyers receiving theirs later than SingTel customers.
Apparently Apple's next-generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone HD, was lost in a bar by software engineer Grey Powell. Gizmodo reportedly paid US$5,000 for the prototype and dissected it, though the unit had been remotely bricked and wouldn't boot.
Finally! Adobe has announced Creative Suite 5, and its Content-Aware Fill looks amazing. The breakthrough release updates Adobe's industry-leading design and development software across virtually every creative discipline, arriving on 12th April 2010, about eighteen months after Creative Suite 4.
Sorry for the late news, from Hong Kong: the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has launched in Singapore, with SingTel customers first to get it at S$1,088 without contract. Now I hope they bring in the iPad next!
The Mood Diary is a Facebook app built by my friend Hong Jun and his team for their CS3216 final project; I made three apps when I took CS3216. It lets you jot down your moods and feelings anytime.
I no longer qualify as a youth! SingTel has introduced BlackBerry Flexi Youth plans from S$48 a month, the first to bundle data and talktime, with perks like free unlimited SMS and outgoing calls from campuses and army camps.
Celebrated my 26th birthday at Chili's in Resorts World yesterday, my second visit after the Tanglin Mall branch. The food's fantastic but pricey; I love the free-flow Tostada chips at S$6.90, though the S$41.90 steak isn't worth it.