Lenovo Blogger Nite 2009
Derrick invited me to the first Lenovo Blogger Night at 7atenine in the Esplanade Mall. The food and drinks were good, with no big crowd, around 20 of us, roughly half bloggers and the rest from Text 100.
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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.
SingTel To Bring In 1st Google Android Phone In Asia – HTC Dream
SingTel will bring the first Google Android phone to Asia, Singapore included: the HTC Dream. SingTel and HTC today unveiled the first Android device for the region, marking an exciting milestone as the new mobile platform finally reaches our shores.
Forward Hotmail To Gmail
Frustrated with the sluggish, forever-lagging Windows Live Hotmail? I certainly am. Here's a tutorial on forwarding your incoming Hotmail emails to Gmail: in your Hotmail inbox, go to Options, then More Options, and set up Mobile Alerts to enable forwarding.
lc.sg
Time to mention the .sg domain I've owned for about two years, lc.sg. On the front end it's my personal RSS aggregator, while on the back end it doubles as my own URL shortener for quick, tidy links.
lesterchan.net v3.30
Some minor updates bump lesterchan.net to version 3.30. I combined five JavaScript files, namely TW-Sack, ThickBox, DBX, the DBX key file and my own script, into one, and minified the CSS and JavaScript using YUI Compressor for faster loading.
Lunar New Year 2009 Is Almost Over
In a blink, this year's Lunar New Year is almost over. Tomorrow is the seventh day, Ren Ri, or everybody's birthday. The celebration usually lasts fifteen days, and honestly it's starting to feel a little repetitive and boring.
Happy Lunar New Year 2009
It's my second week of school; tutorials begin next week and projects are already rolling in, so it'll get busy soon. That sums up my school life so far. I've also been adding JavaScript to my WordPress plugins lately.
SingTel Flagship Shop @ Jurong Point 2nd Extension (JP2)
Ivy invited me to SingTel's new flagship shop at JP2, B1-98/99. We got a store tour and an introduction to its unique features, including four external interactive displays, two on each side, for browsing on the go.
Belkin Auto Charger For iPod And iPhone
Last Wednesday, the Apple Store Singapore ran a one-day shopping event with online discounts, though they were pretty paltry, just S$20 off an iPod nano. Still, S$20 off beats nothing, so I grabbed a Belkin charger.
Creative EP-630i Stereo Headset
I flew to Jakarta for one day to attend Sugih's wedding. My Valuair flight left on 9th January 2009 at 1.35pm, returning the next day at 3.20pm. His wedding was on the 9th at 7pm at Hotel Mulia Senayan.
Year 3, Semester 2 Modules
These are the modules I'm taking this coming semester, starting 12th January 2009: Control, Audit and Security of IS, Service Systems, IT and Supply Chain Management, and Probability and Statistics. A solid four-module load to kick off the new term.
First 100 .com Domains To Get Registered On The Internet
The first .com domain ever registered was symbolics.com. Back then registering a domain cost far more than today's US$10 a year, so most names on the list belonged to multinational corporations. Surprisingly, Microsoft.com isn't among the earliest registrations.
Site Traffic December 2008
My December 2008 site traffic stats: 10,101,880 hits, 691,791 pages and 170,341 visits from 137,608 unique sites, with about 42.5 million KBytes transferred over the month. A strong close to the year, with traffic firmly in the millions.
Back From Taiwan
I'm back from Taiwan! After the guided tour from 15th to 21st December 2008, we spent the remaining twelve days, until 1st January, free and easy. Rather than blog everything in detail, I'll let the pictures do the talking.
Happy New Year 2009
It's the first day of 2009, and I've just returned from the countdown in Taoyuan, Taiwan. It was fantastic, at a crisp 10 to 12 degrees Celsius. 2009 will be a big year, as I graduate at year's end.
Merry Christmas 2008
Wishing all my readers a Merry Christmas 2008! I hope you all received the Christmas presents you were hoping for, and that you're spending the day with the people who matter most to you. Enjoy the festive season.
Taiwan Trip (Tour) – 15th to 21st December 2008
There were two tour groups for this Taiwan trip: Group A from 14th to 20th December 2008 and Group B from the 15th to 21st, which we joined. Day 1 began with breakfast at Changi Airport Terminal 3.
2008/2009 Semester 1 Modules Grades
My 2008/2009 Semester 1 results: B+ in Technology Strategy and Management, B+ in Service Science, B+ in Strategic IS Planning, and B- in IS Project Management. My CAP came to 3.69, a steady if unspectacular showing for the semester.
Away To Taiwan
I'll be away in Taiwan for 18 days, from Monday 15th December 2008 to Thursday 1st January 2009. My flight SQ878 departs on the 15th at 12.25pm, and I return on SQ877, reaching Singapore at 6.45pm on New Year's Day.
Four Christmases + The Day The Earth Stood Still
Four Christmases was better than I expected, though the storyline turns predictable from the start. It follows a couple visiting all four of their divorced parents' homes in one day. Not a spoiler, really, since it's all in the premise.
Lester Chan’s WordPress Plugins December 2008 Update
Here's my December 2008 update covering all 15 of my WordPress plugins plus one new one. They should work on WordPress 2.7, though I haven't tested older versions. The new plugin, WP-CommentNavi, paginates your comments for easier browsing.
lesterchan.net + WordPress 2.7
I've upgraded lesterchan.net to WordPress 2.7 along with all my updated plugins. Please let me know of any bugs by email or in the comments, thanks! The update went smoothly, taking only about 30 minutes with few compatibility issues.