Preface - I have been an active volunteer with Oogachaga Counseling & Support for over 5 years since 2003. Initially I have been involved in a support group as a participant. Thereafter, I have served in various positions in support groups, hotline management as well as web & email administration. I am currently helping out [...]
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Please Update Your Firefox 3
There is a new update for FireFox 3. I do recommend all who have downloaded it to update to the latest patch which will make it version 3.01. As we go online, there is always the danger that our browsing experience may be hindered upon encountering malicious websites which are really trojans in disguise. As [...]
Upgrade to WordPress 2.6 in less than 2 minutes
The WordPress Automatic Upgrade plug-in is so useful that I had my WordPress-hosted site upgraded to version 2.6, from version 2.5.1 in less than 120 seconds! Added to that, the plugin page now is more organised in the sense that you can see what are the active plugins and the inactives. I am probably not [...]
e27 UnConference Summary
Overall, I think it was a pretty good turn-out for this event. It was my first time, turning up for an e27 conference and I feel very positive for the future of Singapore start-ups. The keynote that was represented by Daniel Ingitaraj started very slowly, plagued with technical failures. That didn’t dampened his enthusiasm. I [...]
e27 Unconference LIVE Update
You guys can see my updates for the Singapore e27 UnConference which I am currently attending at BioPolis, Matrix. You may point your browser to http://www.plurk.com/p/1abma and see my textual updates. Unfortunately I do not have a webcam or else I could show everyone a live visual update. So once again, the URL is http://www.plurk.com/p/1abma
Youth Engaging Social Justice Research – Y?Research
On July 3rd, Ian Cheng started a Facebook group, Youth Engaging Social Justice Research (YESJR). The aim was to “… create a platform, where youths come together, empowered to undertake active research to advocate positive change in the society. …” He looks forward to meeting people who have “… concern over inequalities, power asymmetries, advocacy, [...]
Book Reading
I am currently reading two books The Book of Five Rings for Executives by Donald G. Krause & The Fall of Advertising & The Rise of PR by Al Ries & Laura Ries
What will your life be like with HP TouchSmart?
The HP TouchSmart PC is targeted to a growing bulk of users seeking the simplicity of photo management, pleasant viewing of Free-to-Air broadcasts as well as the latest movies on DVD. It comes with a 22inch HD Ready display with its own stereo speakers. It has a webcam as well as a built-in microphone. To [...]
CAP-tivating the Young Ones
Yesterday, I went to Forth Gallery to view the a fresh idea from the students of Republic Polytechnic. They have formed a group where they use it as a platform to engage schools with art forms. Evergreen Primary School has answered their call and collaborated with the production of “CAP-Tivating: Cap-tivating Tiny Hearts” together with [...]
HP TouchSmart PC Blogger’s Nite!
On the 24th June 2008, Daryl Tay & Melvin Yuan from Waggener Edstrom, hosted a group of bloggers for the unveiling of the HP TouchSmart PC. Waggener Edstrom represents HP Singapore to bring in the bloggers for the social media interaction. Present at the event too are representatives of HP Singapore like Ms tan Hsu [...]