Linksys WAG200G With Singnet Broadband
Let me start by saying ADSL sucks and cable is the way to go. Authenticating over a phone line to connect is so 56K-era. ADSL disconnects far more than cable and its modem is buried in settings to configure.
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M1 Broadband
From tomorrow, Singaporeans can surf with a new fixed broadband service from M1. Having offered mobile broadband since 2006, M1 becomes a full-fledged broadband player with the launch of M1 Fixed Broadband, broadening competition in the local home internet market.
Site Traffic July 2008
My July 2008 site traffic stats: 9,569,791 hits, 765,670 pages and 166,191 visits from 111,190 unique sites, with about 32 million KBytes transferred over the month. A healthy month, with traffic holding steady well into the millions.
Year 3, Semester 1 Modules
These are the modules I'm taking in my third year, first semester: Technology Strategy and Management, Service Science, IS Project Management and Strategic IS Planning, each worth four module credits. Time, too, for a bit of a rant about them.
$300 Takashimaya And Nokia N78
Before heading to KL, I learned by email and SMS that I'd won a Text 100 contest from Nokia Connection 2008. I assumed it was an E71 or E66, but it's a Nokia N78 plus $300 Takashimaya vouchers.
My Weekend Trip To Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
On Friday, 18th July 2008, I took a short weekend trip with Li Xiang, my mum and my uncle to Kuala Lumpur. My uncle drove the roughly 340km to Bukit Bintang. We'd planned to leave at 2pm.
Mum’s Birthday Celebration
Last Friday, 11th July 2008, was my mum's 50th birthday, which we celebrated at Pete's Place in Hyatt Hotel. The food disappointed compared to their Sunday lunch buffet, with mains from S$20 to S$40, each including the bread bar.
Lester Chan’s WordPress Plugins July 2008 Update
Here's my July 2008 update covering all 15 of my WordPress plugins. They should work on both WordPress 2.5 and 2.6, but aren't tested below that. Most changes are bug fixes, and should keep working a while.
WordPress 2.6 Released
WordPress 2.6 has been released. New features include post revisions with wiki-like edit tracking, Press This for posting from anywhere on the web, a turbo mode to speed up blogging, theme previews, a word count and captions under your images.
Latest Ah Beng Jokes
Got this off my email, titled Ah Beng Jokes. In Singapore, an Ah Beng is a small-time gangster. One joke: Ah Beng bought a new mobile and messaged everyone in his phone book, saying his number had changed.
iPhone Firmware 2.0
It's Friday, 11th July 2008 in Singapore, and the iPhone 3G has launched in New Zealand and Australia, with more countries following by time zone. Here there are rumours the iPhone 3G will come later than the expected September 2008.
Asus F8Sg Laptop
We bought an Asus F8Sg laptop from South Asia Computer at Funan for my dad. He's been using a friend's laptop to Skype us, limited by timing. With wireless internet in his apartment, this should free him up nicely.
Kukup, Malaysia
I took a short trip to Kukup, Malaysia with nine polytechnic friends, including Li Xiang, Laily, Suqin, Wayne and Robert. It's my second visit, the first being eleven years ago in 1997. Kukup Laut is a unique, century-old fishing village.
How Many Monitors, Televisions And Computers In Your Household?
A thought before bed: have you counted the monitors, televisions and computers in your household? For my family of four in a four-room HDB flat, my room alone holds one LCD TV, two LCD monitors and a desktop.
lesterchan.net v3.10
I'm a sucker for changelogs, documenting almost every change to my WordPress plugins, and I hope to bring that habit to this site too. It's been a month since lesterchan.net 3.0 launched, and along the way I've fixed many things.
Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit
I've used Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit for over a month now and I'm quite comfortable with it. Aside from the GUI, there's little change from Windows XP, but it supports DirectX 10. Just one Blue Screen so far.
Site Traffic June 2008
My June 2008 site traffic stats: 7,080,355 hits, 623,724 pages and 152,955 visits from 102,765 unique sites, with about 23.3 million KBytes transferred over the month. A quieter month, though traffic still comfortably topped seven million hits.
Developing Plugins For WordPress
I spoke on Developing Plugins for WordPress at the Singapore PHP User Group's June 2008 meetup on Wednesday, 18th June. It was my second time speaking there, after the December 2007 meetup covering the same topic.
Diablo III Official
OMFG! Blizzard has finally announced Diablo III. Two decades have passed since the demonic Prime Evils, Diablo, Mephisto and Baal, rampaged across Sanctuary to enslave humanity. For those who faced them directly, the memory of that horror still lingers vividly.
ICANN Is Going To Allow Any Word As TLD
I really don't think this is a good idea. Lawyers and analysts say ICANN's vote to allow any word as a top-level domain will cause URL chaos. Whenever ICANN needs money, they'll launch new TLDs companies must buy.
Curl The Bullet
I caught Wanted at GV VivoCity last night, a 109-minute film. It's pretty good, especially the visual effects, with plenty of bullet time and slow motion that I personally love. There's a nice twist near the end.
Upcoming Movie Sequels
The Jason Bourne trilogy is one of the greatest of all time, easily on par with Lord of the Rings, so I can't wait for the fourth film. Producer Marshall told IESB that Bourne 4 will absolutely happen.