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January 2005 - Posts

Beer with caffeine
Monday, January 31, 2005 3:35 PM
Hmm, I'm surprised no one ever thought of creating this sooner. Beer with caffeine is now being mass produced in the US. This could have been helpful for tonight... Fai was in Singapore, on his way back from the Academic Airlift in Seattle, and
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Phuket: Should you go?
Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:24 PM
Washington Post has a good article about whether you should go to Phuket now."But people in Phuket, from bartenders to tourism officials, insist the sympathy is misplaced and the fears are misguided. Nothing, they say, not even the international disaster
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Finding a wife overseas
Sunday, January 30, 2005 3:49 AM
From the Straits Times today - 1,000 women wanted to marry him So I think on first glance some people may view this as sad but I think it could be kind of good.  Hard to say.  Any thoughts?
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A missed moment
Saturday, January 29, 2005 10:30 AM
I had a meeting earlier today and walked into a lobby full of girls - beautiful girls.  I was thinking to myself, "Wow!  What is going on here??"  After talking to a few folks, I found out it was a gathering of all the Miss Singapore Universe
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Fidgeting helps the health
Friday, January 28, 2005 6:12 PM
To all of you who yell at me for shaking my leg all the time - now there is a study that implies that this is good for the health! "Fidgeting helps separate the lean from the obese"
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Home sweet home
Friday, January 28, 2005 3:54 PM
Ah, how nice to be back in Singapore... and eating my chicken rice from Sing Ho once again.  Yum, yum. More later about the trip to the Philippines.  It was a great time there! Except for the airport.
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Error.
Monday, January 24, 2005 5:31 PM
This is my VSTS demo so far:Launch Virtual PCError message: "The virtual machine could not be restored because an unexpected error occurred."YOU PIECE OF GARBAGE.  AT LEAST GIVE ME SOMETHING TO WORK WITH HERE - THIS ERROR MESSAGE DOESN'T EVEN TELL
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Johnny Carson
Monday, January 24, 2005 11:10 AM
Johnny Carson, famous host of "The Tonight Show" has died.
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Sunday
Saturday, January 22, 2005 7:32 PM
Well, late Saturday night, early Sunday morning - whatever you'd like to choose. (I'd like to choose to be in bed, but I guess that's not happening).It has been a weekend full of... work!  But in a good way I suppose, it was about time I got caught
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It's the random things...
Friday, January 21, 2005 6:14 AM
Sometimes it's the random things that throw you a bit. This friend of mine back in Seattle is getting some traction with his band.  He sent me some recordings of their songs - and surprisingly enough I thought they were pretty cool! 
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MSDN / TechNet Malaysia
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 6:14 PM
Since Fai put up some pictures from last week's event in Malaysia, I thought I would share a few as well.  Ever wonder what goes on backstage at one of these types of events?  You'd see the speakers making jokes about whoever is up on stage,
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Why is good music better at night?
Monday, January 17, 2005 6:14 PM
Why does it seem like the best music is only played late at night? Various news for you (will need to register with Straits Times to view these): Cell phones are bad for you!  Good... I actually really dislike the phone and now I have an
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Can't sleep
Sunday, January 16, 2005 7:29 PM
Can't sleep.  No surprise there.  Maybe I shouldn't have eaten that bowl of Fruit Loops at 10 pm... One good thing to look forward to, Friday is a holiday in Singapore.  Long weekend!
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Avalon & WinFX preview now available for all
Sunday, January 16, 2005 3:01 PM
Avalon and WinFX Community Preview are now available to all.  Previously only available to MSDN subscribers.Download now and start playing right away.  Maybe include it in your Imagine Cup project?
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Frosty
Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:46 PM
Just got back from the supermarket. Strange thing... that threw me for a bit. - They were playing Frosty the Snowman on the store speakers - It is well past Christmas - The song was in Chinese Well, it did still make me jolly enough to buy
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Saturday, January 15, 2005 6:20 PM
"Twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go I wanna be sedated Nothing to do, no where to go, oh I wanna be sedated Just get me to the airport, put me on a plane Hurry hurry hurry, before I go insane I can't control my fingers, I can't
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Want to help?
Saturday, January 15, 2005 8:38 AM
"Want to help? Don't keep away from Phuket" I totally agree.
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Microsoft news
Friday, January 14, 2005 11:48 AM
Some tidbits from various news sites:Microsoft's Longhorn may blend Tablet PC, Media CenterBill Gates' extreme makeover - talking about how accessible he is these daysGizmodo interview with Bill Gates - seems very candidHave a good weekend!
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Malaysia MSDN / TechNet event
Friday, January 14, 2005 1:58 AM
This occurrence brought a premature end to the MSDN / TechNet event. Let me think... events I have been at where there has been a major incident: Philippines Windows Server 2003 / Visual Studio 2003 launch (brief power failure) Vietnam Windows
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Apple
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 3:09 AM
This looks highly interesting.  Hmm... so for USD $499 I can resurrect my other keyboard, monitor, and mouse and see how the other half (well, maybe 1/15 of general computer users - I have no idea) live? I gotta say, the Mac mini does look
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Flooded living room
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 2:44 AM
Lesson of the day: When your air conditioner starts leaking water, don't put a towel and bucket under the aircon thinking that will contain the water. What a surprise to wake up to... the towel is soaked through with water, the bucket overflowed,
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Imagine Cup site
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:38 PM
I was poking around the Imagine Cup site and noticed that they keep track of stats like which countries have the most Imagine Cup registrations. It surprises me that Brazil is #1 for Imagine Cup entries right now.  India is second. It would
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Hipster Cards
Monday, January 10, 2005 5:39 PM
Finally... electronic greeting cards that I wouldn't mind getting.Hipster Cards - go send a few out.  Free (for now... they just started up I think).As the site says, "Clever cards for any occasion."I particularly like this card:Too hip, gotta split..
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Some things from Seattle that I miss...
Sunday, January 09, 2005 2:59 PM
Some things from Seattle that I miss:   Watching basketball, driving to Muckleshoot casino, Safeco field, 520 on a windy day, the Safeway at Pike Street, Six Arms, late night coffee from Café Bauhaus (can you believe I only went to Starbucks like
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Get your anti-spyware now!
Friday, January 07, 2005 3:10 AM
Extra!  Extra!  Read all about it!  Download your free beta copy of Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware now!Learn more about spyware.
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Gates talks about the living room
Thursday, January 06, 2005 1:36 PM
Interesting interview with Bill Gates about Microsoft's efforts in the living room / consumer space.
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Avalon Chess
Thursday, January 06, 2005 7:14 AM
Playing with Avalon?  Might want to check out one of the first Chess games written with an interface based on Avalon.An overview of Properties, Commands, and Events by Chris Andersen is now available on MSDN.
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Microsoft TechNet & MSDN Event in Malaysia
Wednesday, January 05, 2005 4:34 PM
Microsoft TechNet & MSDN Event in MalaysiaAre you going to be in Malaysia and free on January 13?  If so you should attend the joint TechNet / MSDN Event that Microsoft Malaysia is holding.3 track sessions to cover a variety of technical
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Petals around the rose
Wednesday, January 05, 2005 4:04 AM
A little game for you to try out.  It might be super-simple for you or incredibly frustrating.  Good luck!  Thanks to Vinh for sending it to me and causing me to stop all work for a little while.
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Buddhist monks use...
Tuesday, January 04, 2005 5:41 PM
Burma: Even Buddhist monks use Microsoft Word.Photo was taken at one of the largest monasteries in Myanmar, located in Amarapura, the old royal city of immortality.(This was one of the few computers I saw that people had access to - they must have
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Tan
Monday, January 03, 2005 5:13 PM
Way, way long ago, back when I was living in Florida.  I used to be super-tan.  I mean deep, deep, deep tan.  I was outdoors a lot; in high school I was on the track team and cross-country team so we were running out in the Florida sun
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Who lives near you? (in Singapore)
Sunday, January 02, 2005 5:26 PM
For those of you in Singapore, you might want to check out this social-networking site: Who lives near you Kind of a cool concept.
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January 1, 2005 & January 2, 2005
Saturday, January 01, 2005 10:10 PM
I just wanted to type out 2005 for the first time.  It always takes me a week or so to adjust to changing the year when I'm writing out dates.1/1/051/1/2005January 1, 2005Jan 1, 20052005.2004, I barely knew thee.
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Resolution
Saturday, January 01, 2005 10:08 PM
I'm gonna make it easy this year.  No huge laundry list of resolutions.Just: LEARN CHINESE (mandarin)Anything else will just be a nice bonus.I do sense that 2005 will bring some huge changes.It's 5:51 am now.Sleep schedule the past few nights:Wednesday
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But of course...
Saturday, January 01, 2005 2:58 AM
But of course, it's time to say... Happy New Year! May 2005 bring pleasant surprises and happy times to all.
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