Creature Creation
A couple of students and staff (including myself!) from the department were at the Singapore Zoo the other day for a talk given by Will Wright, the very famous game industry person and designer of the upcoming Spore game. I
Olympic panorama
Here’s one of the most amazing panoramic shots I’ve seen… like ever! Someone created a 360 degree view of the Beijing Olympics stadium just before the 100m finals: Link right here.:) Use the SHIFT, CTRL, and hold-mouse to zoom in
Excel-obsessive
Well, I’m taking a breather from the Olympics postings and onto something more mundane—home utilities.:) There are two Excel spreadsheets I keep and update on a daily basis. One is for the latest toys and gadgets, and the other is
"Oh, say can you see…"
I was humming along while the American national anthem was played during the awards presentation for another gold medal win at the Olympics the other night. Ling then turned and asked if I knew the words to the anthem, and
Mind Your Language
One of the most delightful comedies I remembered watching as a school boy was Mind Your Language, a British comedy series about a class of foreign nationals learning English. The cast included the late Barry Evans who starred as the
It's the age thing
Of the lot of sporting events in the Olympics this fortnight, the event that Ling seems most interested in is the woman’s gymnastics. How’s that? Well, she was a school gymnast herself you see. As for myself, I’ve run a
Ling's New Toy
One of the things that Ling was a little sad about during our Singapore Botanic Gardens flowers shoot a few Sundays ago was that she didn’t have her own camera to take pictures with. We’ve had several compact digicams now
It was CGed…?!
The two of us have been watching more TV in the last couple of evenings than the whole of a typical month put together. Yep you’ve guessed it; it’s been the Beijing Olympics and just prior to that, we both
People Mountain People Sea
As enjoyable as the fireworks shoot yesterday was, the overall event itself was at moments exasperating, and at all times sweaty. I started looking through good sites for the NDP fireworks shoot a fortnight ago. The open field at Raffles
Happy Birthday Singapore!
We didn’t get the National Day Parade tickets. The next best thing though was to take pictures of the fireworks display, which we did just now. I took a total of 90 shots, most of which turned out pretty OK.
Bad Yahoo! /smack
A few friends and regular visitors to our blog hosted on Yahoo here have remarked that there’s been a few database connectivity issues with the site over the last 2-3 days now. I haven’t quite figured out what’s causing those
Home Planner Wannabe
We were passing by IKEA @ Tampines the other evening while driving home from work when Ling remarked that the Swedish budget home furniture store was having some kind of clearance sale. I shuddered, involuntarily, as should any full-blooded man
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