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February 2005 - Posts

In like a lion
Sunday, February 27, 2005 6:46 PM

Yarr… shiver me timbers, it’s past 2:30 in the morning and I can’t sleep. A new week too… early Monday morning; let’s hope it’s going to be a good week. Things are getting exciting here in Singapore; lots of activity.

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Back in the Singapore heat
Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:25 PM

Bye-bye Korea cold, hello heat of Singapore. Plane landed around 12:30 in the morning, and it was still sweltering outside. The smell of recent wildfires is all around.

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Transit Seoul
Saturday, February 19, 2005 11:38 PM

8:34 am in Seoul.Landed at 6:30 am after a long day and sleepless night on the plane.I thought I could kind of go on autopilot from international terminal to domestic terminal in order to catch my flight to Jeju island.Wasn't it a surprise to realize

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Korea
Friday, February 18, 2005 3:40 PM

So it looks like I'm finally going to get to leave the confines of the Seoul airport. I've flown through Seoul, Korea numerous times - it's one of my favorite airports. However, that is all I have really seen of Korea - the airport (and

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Some news
Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:14 PM

A potpourri of news today...Microsoft is recalling Xbox power cords for certain Xboxes. Might be worth looking into if you have one of the affected Xboxes.Windows tops Linux in a security demo. Read the article, don't just follow the headline

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Martin Taylor interview with /.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 6:41 AM

This is the best interview I've ever read by a Microsoft employee. Martin Taylor, global general manager of platform strategy, was interviewed by Slashdot. (/.)The interview and subsequent comments are on Slashdot.And, in an unrelated article,

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Global corporate citizen
Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:19 PM

Hmm, Microsoft has released its first Global Corporate Citizenship Report.From the introduction to the report:"Although Microsoft is well known as one of the world's leading software companies, our business is really about people. It's about our employees,

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Philippines blasts
Monday, February 14, 2005 4:56 PM

Bombs go off in the Philippines. Hope everyone there is okay...

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The Stranger
Saturday, February 12, 2005 2:17 AM

Ah, The Stranger... Seattle's free weekly.I still try to read this paper often; it's really funny and keeps me a bit up to date with what is happening in Seattle (okay, not really up-to-date - more just for the humor of it).I am happy to see that in

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Longhorn and laptop displays
Thursday, February 10, 2005 5:36 PM

Hey, this sounds kind of neat. Longhorn will support auxiliary displays on laptops - basically you could have a small screen on the top of your laptop so that even when it's closed you can still read data showing battery life, time, appointments,

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Happy Chinese New Year!
Tuesday, February 08, 2005 11:02 PM

Welcome to the year of the Rooster.It's almost 7 in the morning and the way I am starting my Chinese New Year is with a conference call to Redmond on the holiday. I hope this isn't a sign of how the whole year is going to be.A little background

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Problems
Tuesday, February 08, 2005 2:25 AM

Hmm, interesting - a flaw that affects most browsers *except* Internet Explorer. You don't hear this get reported very often.MSN Messenger is causing me problems today... can't sign in. What's funny (funny - in a bad way) is when going to

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Bill Gates interview
Monday, February 07, 2005 9:35 AM

Bill Gates goes through a tough interview in Germany"I go to work every day as before, also because the dream of what the PC should be able to do as a tool has not yet been realized. About 30 years ago I founded Microsoft together with Paul Allen because

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Some news bits
Sunday, February 06, 2005 2:29 PM

For those of you in Malaysia, do the moral police actually affect your day to day life? Does this only apply to Muslims? What happens if the Muslims are hanging out with Chinese? What if it is a Chinese Muslim? How do the

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Avatar change
Saturday, February 05, 2005 4:56 PM

You may have noticed a lot of avatars have been changing on theSpoke. Mario explains the reason why.

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10 things for Singapore
Thursday, February 03, 2005 5:24 PM

10 Things I Like About Singapore I can wear unfashionable shorts and flip flops every day Weather The stray cats everywhere (even though I’m allergic) – it’s like wildlife! Condos with pools and unique layouts in the heart of the city (not common

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Six more weeks of winter
Thursday, February 03, 2005 1:17 AM

Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow. Guess this means 6 more weeks of winter. Of course here in Singapore, it seems to be summer all year round so this doesn't affect us here! (It is a bit nicer in S'pore during winter time as it

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New MSN Search launches
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 2:40 AM

The new MSN Search has launched.http://search.msn.comLearn more about the features of MSN Search.Provide feedback about MSN Search such as, "I was searching for Paris Hilton pictures but I keep getting photos of the Hilton hotel in Paris."The official

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Algorithm Invitational now open!
Tuesday, February 01, 2005 2:36 AM

The first round of the Algorithm Invitational for the Imagine Cup is now open.Good luck, whiz kids!

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