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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
WordPress 2.7 has been released, a week late. Per the announcement, you'll notice new features sprinkled subtly through the interface, including a new dashboard you can rearrange by drag and drop to surface the things that matter most.
Nike has opened its largest flagship store in Southeast Asia right here in Singapore, on the second and third floors of Wisma Atria. The previous regional record-holder was in Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur. It even houses a Nike iD Studio.
I've been on a dog-movie streak these past two weeks, catching Beverly Hills Chihuahua last week and Bolt yesterday. Both were decent, but Bolt stands out; if I had to pick one, it'd be Bolt, funny and touching at once.
My November 2008 site traffic stats: 9,908,294 hits, 724,046 pages and 171,508 visits from 144,360 unique sites, with about 40.3 million KBytes transferred over the month. A solid month, with traffic holding comfortably in the millions.
Microsoft Singapore flew in Tim Huckaby from headquarters to talk on Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight 2.0 and programming for Microsoft Surface. Consistently rated among the top 10% of speakers, Huckaby focuses on smart client technologies, making for an engaging session.
Nokia has announced the N79 today, arriving in the first quarter of next year. It will be the first Nseries touch device and Nokia's second touchscreen overall, after the XpressMusic 5800, running S60 5th Edition on WCDMA with HSDPA.
Went to Sitex 2008 yesterday with Julian, Kelvin and Weiquan; surprisingly it wasn't very crowded. I'm starting to dislike Sitex for being so far out. This year disappointed: Ban Leong skipped it, so there were no Razer products at all.
My year 3, semester 1 exams are over! Yesterday's last paper, CS4254 IS Project Management, was the hardest of the semester, and most of my friends agreed. The past-year paper was much easier, despite being set by the same lecturer.
I had my first paper Saturday at 9am, helped by my school McDonald's and Subway both going 24 hours during the exam period. All my papers are open book this semester; the first, CS3251 Technology Strategy Management, was tough.
Just back from the Intel Core i7 launch at Equinox, Swissotel The Stamford, my second visit after an OCBC Chinese New Year dinner with my mom. Equinox sits on the 70th floor, so as you'd expect the view is stunning.
I ordered Fabrix Cases for my MacBook Pro last Sunday, delivered Wednesday by ordinary post with a S$1.50 stamp rather than courier. I'm amazed the postman squeezed the laptop sleeve into my letterbox. I chose the Delux Laptop Case.
Spotting two HardwareZone threads, Post pic of ur room and Showcase Your Mac(s) 2008, I decided to snap some photos of my computer table. Just sharing them here for anyone curious about what my workspace looks like.