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Site Traffic December 2009
3 Jan 2010 Site

Site Traffic December 2009

My December 2009 site traffic stats: 11,295,850 hits, 969,383 pages and 269,297 visits, from 174,310 unique sites. Daily hits averaged 364,382, peaking at 444,000-odd, totalling roughly 44.7 million KBytes transferred over the month. A solid finish to the year.

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INQ Chat 3G Review
2 Jan 2010 Mobile Phone

INQ Chat 3G Review

The INQ Chat 3G is a full-QWERTY version of the INQ Mini 3G, with a better 3.2MP camera and a noticeably faster processor. It measures 114.5 by 61 by 12.8mm and weighs 120 grams.

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Looking Back 2009
31 Dec 2009 Blog

Looking Back 2009

Today is the last day of 2009; ten years ago everyone fretted over the Y2K bug. I'll spend it inside GV VivoCity watching Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel at 10:50pm. Last year I counted down in Taiwan.

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Minor Site Updates December 2009
28 Dec 2009 Site

Minor Site Updates December 2009

WordPress 2.9 was released on 19th December 2009. Highlights include a global undo and Trash feature, so an accidentally deleted post or comment can be restored, finally doing away with those annoying are-you-sure confirmation messages we used to endure.

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Merry Christmas 2009
25 Dec 2009 Blog

Merry Christmas 2009

This is my second Christmas spent outside Singapore, the first being in Taiwan last year, and this time I'm in Hong Kong! I wish all my visitors and readers a very merry Christmas.

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2009/2010 Semester 1 Modules Grades
22 Dec 2009 Blog

2009/2010 Semester 1 Modules Grades

My 2009/2010 Semester 1 results: a C in Java to C++, an S in Legal Aspects of IT, A in CRM, A- in GEK1001, B+ in a city-state module and B- in another. CAP 3.79. Graduated with second-class honours!

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Canon 50D
18 Dec 2009 Camera

Canon 50D

Finally got my Canon 50D with the EF-S 18-55mm kit lens after waiting over a month for stock. Thanks to Glenn and Noel from Ogilvy PR for ordering it quickly. I took it for a field test afterwards.

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SingTel Brings In INQ Chat 3G
18 Dec 2009 Mobile Phone

SingTel Brings In INQ Chat 3G

SingTel and INQ are bringing the multi-tasking INQ Chat 3G to Singapore, an affordable social phone with a QWERTY keypad, Facebook and Twitter integration, plus SingTel's AMPed music service. It's offered at S$0 on a data plan.

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Taiwan Graduate Trip 2009
17 Dec 2009 Blog

Taiwan Graduate Trip 2009

After 18 and a half years of study, kindergarten through to three and a half years at university, I've finally finished! I went to Taiwan with Weiquan, Kelvin and Hong Jun for a seven-day, six-night graduation trip to celebrate.

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Off To Taiwan For My Graduate Trip
7 Dec 2009 Blog

Off To Taiwan For My Graduate Trip

I sat my final NUS exam last Thursday, 3rd December 2009, an evening paper from 5pm to 7pm, so technically I've graduated, pending results on 22nd December. Now I'm off to Taiwan, just as I was last year.

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Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook Book
5 Dec 2009 Programming

Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook Book

Packt Publishing sent me a complimentary copy of the Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook, which I'll review after my holidays. While the web has long been dominated by jQuery, scriptaculous and MooTools, Ext JS is another rich-interface JavaScript library.

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Street View on Google Maps Comes To Singapore
3 Dec 2009 Press Release

Street View on Google Maps Comes To Singapore

Finally! Street View has landed on Google Maps in Singapore, something I've waited years for. Google's cars captured 360-degree street-level imagery along all public roads earlier this year, letting users view and explore the city right down at street level.

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Tamagotchi iD
2 Dec 2009 Toy

Tamagotchi iD

Li Xiang mentioned she'd never owned a Tamagotchi, so when my mom's friend visited from Japan on business, I asked him to grab one. Here it is, a Tamagotchi iD straight from Japan, as a belated birthday present!

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Site Traffic November 2009
1 Dec 2009 Site

Site Traffic November 2009

My November 2009 site traffic stats: 11,232,870 hits, 907,322 pages and 252,818 visits from 158,597 unique sites. Daily hits averaged 374,429, peaking near 420,000, with about 43.6 million KBytes transferred over the month. Traffic stays remarkably steady.

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SingTel Sitex 2009 Promotions
26 Nov 2009 Community

SingTel Sitex 2009 Promotions

Here are SingTel's Singnet Broadband promotions for Sitex 2009, available at SingTel retail shops since they're skipping a booth this year. Highlights include a free white 13-inch Apple MacBook worth S$1,588 with the 10Mbps Premium plan at S$88 monthly.

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Transit And Traffic Features Google Maps Singapore
20 Nov 2009 Press Release

Transit And Traffic Features Google Maps Singapore

LTA and Google have collaborated to help travellers reach destinations faster, making Singapore the first country with comprehensive, nationwide land travel-planning tools on Google Maps, spanning walking, public transit and traffic. A genuinely useful upgrade for getting around the island.

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MacPadd Aluminium Mouse Pad

MacPadd Aluminium Mouse Pad

MacPadd makes aluminium mouse pads precision-cut from a single block, in two sizes: the 9x6-inch MacPadd at US$25 and the 9x9-inch MacPadd Pro at US$35. Sadly their shop won't ship to Singapore; distributors include MacWay in France and another overseas.

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Brother’s New P-Touch Series
19 Nov 2009 Press Release

Brother’s New P-Touch Series

Brother today launches three new P-Touch labellers. My very first labeller was a Brother, back in the early 2000s, which I used to label my books and electrical switches. Brother International Singapore champions a customer-first approach.

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All About lesterchan.net
18 Nov 2009 Site

All About lesterchan.net

This site runs on what's effectively a dedicated server, hosting only 30 other domains belonging to friends and family of Michael and me. It sits at M1 Connect, formerly Qala, with 1Mbps guaranteed and 10Mbps burstable bandwidth.

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Last Day of School
13 Nov 2009 Blog

Last Day of School

Today's CS4266 lecture was my last in NUS, marking my final day of school. Next comes a reading week, then two weeks of exams. As in previous semesters, I have four examinable modules, starting with SSA2211.

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Happy 25th Birthday Li Xiang!
12 Nov 2009 Blog

Happy 25th Birthday Li Xiang!

Today is Li Xiang's 25th birthday, and this year was more relaxed, with the whole day to ourselves. We had dinner at TWG Tea at Ion Orchard, though the mains are pricey at around S$27 to S$32.

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