The English version of Wikipedia is typically the first resource I turn to when I research something on the Net. I don’t think it would be true for the Classical Chinese version though. And by “classical” I don’t mean “traditional” – I am referring to the ancient ways. Let’s just say that [...]
Archive for the ‘The Web’ Category
8 Dec
Facebook beacon deconstructed (by someone else)
Facebook has been gathering a bit of negative publicity due to its Beacon feature. It started as opt-out but is now opt-in after all the complaints. Needless to say I have disabled Beacon globally in my Facebook account the moment it was possible (under Privacy > External Websites).
Regardless of privacy issues, the Beacon is interesting [...]
31 Oct
"10 Reasons To Hate Cellphone Carriers"
I haven’t done a pure link post for a while, but given the ordeal I am having with AT&T right now, I just can’t help but to link to this article "10 Reasons To Hate Cellphone Carriers".
Maybe in the future wireless LAN will be so prevalent that we can just use VoIP phones instead? How [...]
19 Oct
Gravatar on my blog
Yesterday Automattic, the company behind WordPress the software and WordPress.com the free blog platform, acquired Gravatar and decided to give away premium services for free. Frankly, I had not heard of Gravatar before reading about the acquisition, but the word ‘free’ got my attention and I went ahead and created an account at the site.
Basically [...]
14 Jul
Overcast afternoon at Fort Funston; Zooomr and Flickr
My friends bailed on the badminton game today, so I lugged my camera to Fort Funston instead. Oh yeah, I brought my wife and dogs too. But instead of the sunny, windy Fort Funston of my past trips, today I was greeted by overcast and plenty of fog.
Nowadays I am [...]
22 May
Time killer: Flickrvision
Try Flickrvision 3D, it’s pretty mesmerizing. And in full screen mode it can be quite a good screen saver.
5 May
Badminton videos online
Last week I managed to download quite a few badminton match videos from eMule. I was quite proud of myself for having the idea to search there. Then today I saw this guide to downloading videos, and the steps were almost the same as what I did by myself.
BitTorrent didn’t have much on [...]
1 May
Great Product Manager for Google Maps
By now many people have come across the humorous Google Maps travel direction from New York to London. If you haven’t, here is the link, refer to step 24.
This got me thinking, Google must have an ingenious Product Manager (PM) who possesses the little touches that make a product spark. I mean, isn’t [...]
13 Feb
Google now has Singapore street-level maps
This might not be new for everybody, but I just found out that Singapore street-level maps are now available on Google Maps. Satellite view is possible on all but the highest zoom.
In the mean time Live Local and Yahoo Maps still have the older low-detailed maps of Singapore. Of the three, Yahoo has [...]
20 Dec
Transformers trailer
The first full-length trailer of Transformers the live-action movie is now available on Yahoo Movies. It looks enticing and sure beats the short teaser I mentioned a while back.
