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My April 2008 site traffic stats: 5,597,872 hits, 432,549 pages and 161,443 visits from 103,201 unique sites, with about 12.3 million KBytes transferred over the month. A steady month, with visitor numbers holding firm above 160,000.
Nokia has announced that the Nokia Music Store in Singapore is now live at music.nokia.com.sg, offering millions of tracks from major international labels plus locally relevant content. Music lovers finally gain easy, legitimate access to the songs they love.
Microsoft has announced a price cut for the Xbox 360 in Singapore. The Pro version with a 20GB hard drive now has an estimated retail price of S$499, down from S$620, making the console more accessible.
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 is due out tomorrow, 29th April 2008, but the file is apparently already on the Windows Update server. If you're wary of authenticity from third-party sites, here's the link straight from Microsoft itself.
Just two days until April ends, and Frro is running a Crazy April Sale. We're giving S$85.40 off the discounted ATOM1000, a discount worth about 12 Big Mac Value Meals, a whopping 68% off! More details to follow.
I got the Xbox 360 Pro at a special S$450 at Funan's Challenger, down from the usual S$669; thanks to Ian for his help. A few of us from the Xbox 360 2nd Anniversary party also got it too.
I picked up a pair of Bose Companion 2 Series II multimedia powered speakers from ATLAS at Plaza Singapura for S$199, replacing my old Creative Inspire 4400 4.1 speakers. A tidy upgrade that should sound noticeably cleaner on my desk.
My mom sent me a funny email about cows and corporations. A traditional corporation: you have two cows, sell one, buy a bull, your herd multiplies, the economy grows, and you retire on the income.
I've been staying in school late since last week, rushing my CS3216 project. I'm so sick of Facebook programming, especially the ten-second wait each time I change something. Facebook should offer an offline mode we can deploy locally.
Dell really does have great customer service. If you'd like anything from Dell, let me know and I'll introduce my sales rep. My monitor arrived earlier than expected, beating the Dell order status estimate.
Specs I've planned for my new computer, to buy after my exams in mid-May 2008: an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 on an Asus Rampage Formula X48, 4GB Crucial Ballistix, two WD 500GB drives and a Leadtek NX9800GX2 1GB.
Before ordering my Dell monitors, my desktop crashed 15 minutes into a 3D application demo, as it always does with 3D apps. This time, though, after rebooting it could no longer detect my onboard Intel PRO/1000 CT Ethernet card.
I've placed and confirmed my order for a Dell 2408WFP UltraSharp 24-inch monitor for myself at S$958.72 and a Dell E228WFP 22-inch monitor for my brother at S$408.74. Buying both together helped, and I can't wait for them to arrive.
Disney and Pixar have unveiled their full animated line-up from 2008 to 2012 at a New York press conference: a diverse, ambitious slate of 13 new feature films, most of them in 3D, as has been the trend recently.
As you may know, Tube is the codename for Nokia's next S60 touchscreen, an iPhone killer running the fifth generation of S60. It has a respectable feature list, starting with a great high-resolution 16:9 touchscreen larger than three inches.
I caught Untraceable at GV VivoCity last week, taking two hours to relax. Reviews were mixed, but personally I loved it, especially the technology references like TTL values and botnets. I hope there's more like it.
I've been interviewed by The Pakistani Spectator. Asked to introduce myself and my site: I'm Lester, currently 24, studying Information Systems at the National University of Singapore. This site began as an assignment for one of my college modules.
Yesterday, 3rd April 2008, Ian Tan from Microsoft invited me to a private Xbox 360 Anniversary party at The Screening Room. Publishers including EA, Atari, LucasArts, THQ, Namco Bandai, Rockstar and Team Ninja were there to demo games.
From March 2008 I'll post my Webalizer site traffic monthly so readers can see how much lesterchan.net gets. March 2008 saw 4,153,886 hits, 504,964 pages and 145,390 visits, a healthy start to this new monthly tradition.
The N-Gage platform is now live, supporting five devices so far per the download page: the N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95 and N95 8GB. I think I'll grab my copy of Block Breaker Deluxe, a game I simply love.
Adobe Creative Suite 4 will support 64-bit operating systems on Windows, but remain 32-bit only on Mac; full 64-bit Mac support waits until Creative Suite 5. Adobe says it's giving customers this guidance on Photoshop as early as possible.
I didn't realise McDonald's has a new breakfast item, McGriddles, essentially a Sausage McMuffin with the muffin swapped for hotcake. The bread is a touch too sweet for my liking, though it grew on me a little.