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October 2004 - Posts

Napoleon Dynamite, permanence, and a vote for America
Saturday, October 30, 2004 6:44 PM

Two words, 1 name: Napoleon Dynamite.American teen movies haven't changed much the past few decades... they seem to be always about the quirky, geeky, socially awkward person finding themselves, making a splash at school, winning over a girl, and finally

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This and that and a story for someone
Friday, October 29, 2004 9:18 AM

Found more interesting writing on the web...Pat Helland, a Microsoft architect, wrote about his wife. Married 29 years.Got it from Scoble's blog.He and others have really been talking a lot about podcasting lately. It does sound interesting

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I'm only sleeping
Thursday, October 28, 2004 8:00 PM

I'm only sleeping - The Beatles"When I wake up early in the morningLift my head, I'm still yawningWhen I'm in the middle of a dreamStay in bed, float upstreamPlease don't wake meNo don't shake meLeave me where I amI'm only sleepingEverybody seems to think

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Photo Story 3 free!
Thursday, October 28, 2004 3:25 AM

Free software from Microsoft! Always great to hear that!Photo Story 3 is available for download now.Brief summary:"Bring life into your favorite memories with Photo Story 3 for Windows® by adding motion, effects, music, and more to your digital

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We're moving...
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 5:27 AM

We're moving offices and I'm not happy about it. Microsoft Singapore and Microsoft Asia Pacific are moving from the fantastic location of Suntec City to One Marina Boulevard.Suntec is a wonderful place with fantastic facilities. There are

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Passion and evangelism...
Monday, October 25, 2004 5:59 PM

I came across a blog entry today that grabbed my attention, written by Adrianna Tan. She's a college student and also a part-time salesperson at the Apple Centre on Orchard Road here in Singapore. (I think I've mentioned a previous entry of

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Entrepreneurial youth
Monday, October 25, 2004 5:18 AM

Teens run mobile shop(Sorry - you may have to register to view the article in the Straits Times now; they've just started registration)Entrepreneurs are getting younger and younger... I'm sure these teens are getting a great learning experience.

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My Space picture test...
Sunday, October 24, 2004 9:34 AM

Hmm... just wanted to check out the new "My Space" feature (look on theSpoke navigation bar on the left). Everyone gets 10 MB worth of storage space on theSpoke to share files out. I wanted to see how to use this for hosting images.

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One of the developers...
Friday, October 22, 2004 3:44 PM

I heard that one of the developers of theSpoke is changing jobs, so they won't be part of the team that helps maintain and add features to theSpoke anymore.So bid a fond farewell to Jason Giam... best wishes for the future!Wonder if he'll see this.Have

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Is Every Memory Worth Keeping?
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 1:58 PM

Looks like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind might be turning into reality.Is Every Memory Worth Keeping?---In other news, we had a meeting with all the Singapore developer MVPs. They came to the Microsoft Singapore office and spent some time

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Serious games
Monday, October 18, 2004 4:32 PM

Washington Post has a couple good articles today:Serious Games - how some video games are not focused on entertainment but on skill development.Iraq's Barbed Realities - the Washington Post's bureau chief in Iraq reflects on the past year he has spent

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Google Desktop Search - cool or not?
Saturday, October 16, 2004 3:10 AM

Okay, let me first say that Google Desktop Search is pretty cool. Even cooler is that one of my good friends was one of the developers for this product (it's been hush-hush / secret so she hasn't been able to tell us what she has been working on,

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English karaoke and other miscellaneous stuff
Thursday, October 14, 2004 2:14 PM

I asked this in a recent blog entry but didn't get any recommendations... I'm looking for a karaoke place here in Singapore that has a good selection of English songs. K-Box is pretty disappointing with their selection.As much as I would like to

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A few pictures...
Monday, October 11, 2004 5:10 PM

Well, that turned out to be a fun birthday… actually one of the best weeks that I have had here in Singapore. Fai and a few people from Microsoft Malaysia came to my apartment for the weekend. We went out on Friday night for a few drinks

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Happy birthday!
Sunday, October 10, 2004 3:38 AM

Happy birthday to me,Happy birthday to me!Happy birthday dear myself...Happy birthday to me!Another year older, only a couple months wiser...

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A Media Center Christmas
Friday, October 08, 2004 4:01 AM

"With the next generation of Media Center PCs, you'll be able to have your TV and record it too."How nice to know what I will hope to get myself for Christmas!And wouldn't it be great if I had a Portable Media Center device to go with it... the complete

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Songs I can sing at karaoke
Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:09 PM

I'm not a good singer. I'll be the first to admit that. So when I go to karaoke I try to stick with songs that I know I can sing that won't make other people cringe in horror and plug their ears. Sometimes I think I sound okay.Songs:I

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Rodney Dangerfield
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 7:30 PM

Rodney Dangerfield has died at age 82. Man, he was a great comedian.Washington Post had a little contest to see who could come up with the best Dangerfieldisms. It's funny.You know, I got back from my trip to the US at the end of July... and

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Global Help Desk?
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 9:59 AM

"Singapore, that's in Thailand, right?" - welcome to our Global HelpdeskI should never have forgotten my voice mail password... (being forced to change it like every week doesn't make it easy to remember though) spending way too much time trying to get

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Dreams
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 6:11 AM

Random article about going after your dreams and the detours along the way.

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Funny news item
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:19 AM

I have no comment about this news story other than it is incredibly funny.http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=6406472&src=rss/oddlyEnoughNews&section=news

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I always figured this was true...
Monday, October 04, 2004 3:25 AM

Gartner: Four Out Of Five Linux PCs End Up Running Windows"Two-fifths of the machines shipped with Linux don't even make it into users' hands before a counterfeit copy of Windows is slapped on the drive. Another two-fifths eventually get Windows,

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Globe Trekker
Saturday, October 02, 2004 2:03 PM

Remember my previous posts about Lonely Planet / Globe Trekker host Justine Shapiro and the travel show Six Degrees starring Asha Gill? Well, Globe Trekker is looking for another new host! So if you love to travel and live in one of the participating

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Another bombing in Iraq and the US Presidential Campaign debates
Friday, October 01, 2004 5:39 AM

A very sad bombing incident in Iraq. This news is happening on an almost daily basis.In the US, the two candidates for president (George Bush Jr., and John Kerry) had their first debate.

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