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22″ - Samsung SyncMaster 226BW

I have been hell-bent on getting a new LCD monitor, a long overdue upgrade to my overworked BenQ 15″. Yesterday, I was in the area close to Sim Lim, so I decided to drop in and check out the monitor prices. Prior to that, I had read up on the various entry-level LCDs in the [...]

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Domain Expiring

My domain is expiring on the 26th of November. Yes that’s in 2 days. I’m still waiting to see if Hostmonster will lower their prices, hopefully throw a Christmas special discount or something. Therefore, according to my predictions, this site will be inaccessible for about 3 weeks.
I know you all just wet your pants at [...]

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If your computer’s dead, calm down, then swear by your grandchildren that you will pay me 50 bucks. Next, open up your case and reset your CMOS. It always works. Okay I was lying it works most of the time. So my computer refused to boot, and I spent half an hour tinkering around with its insides, unplugging this and disconnecting that and feeling like I should just throw it out the window, when I decided ‘F…k it let’s reset the CMOS’. And I did. And it worked. See? (0)
I know I shouldn’t have typed that crap for my blog description, but heck I never figured that Google would use it for a good number of search results that point to this site.
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I want a PS3. But I gotta admit, the PS3 Launch was shoddily done. This well written letter to Kotaku explains how, and why. It’s so disheartening. (0)

Down With Ultrahostings

I don’t know if only Singapore is affected, but my site has been more or less inaccessible for the past few weeks, rendering me unable to post and others to read. The problem lies not with my incoming connection, but with the Ultrahosting servers. My friend Wei Zhong has been having the exact same problem, [...]

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Yahoo! Time Capsule

Yahoo! has started the world’s first digital anthropology collection which includes photos, writings, videos, audio, and drawings contributed by Yahoo! users worldwide. (In other words, they felt bored) This time capsule will be sealed away at some dark corner of Washington D.C., and will only be reopened in 2020 for Yahoo!’s 25th birthday. It leaves [...]

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