The High Tech mr brown show podcast

With Skype, Garage Band, a Powerbook, an Acer Travelmate, 2 broadband connections connecting two old schoolmates who’ve had too much tea to sleep, and you get an hour and a bit’s worth of ramble about the NKF Stunt Show, Speak Good Mandarin, Celebrity Babies, Sports, News & Weather. Better than CNA! Or subscribe to podcast […]

Foreign talent freedom defender

Since we’re still talking about blogs, how to blog and what blogs are about, just so you all know, there’s this organisation called ‘Reporters sans Frontieres’, which is like the French for ‘Reporters without Press Passes’, and who have this award for best blog that defends the freedom of expression in blogs. Representing Singapore from […]

Travel ambassadors: public housing estate of origin

My friend who travels a lot to far flung places like Tonga and Vanuatu meets a lot of far flung people who don’t meet Singaporeans very often. As you’d imagine, the conversation would go something like: Where you from? Japan? No, no. Singapore. Ah, you speak English too. Yes, some form of. I met some […]

Medium of instruction

There’s been a spate of ‘how to blog’ blog posts lately, and it looks like I’ll have to chip in because people, they are waiting for me to say something. But before I could, mr ‘lightning with the phone messaging’ brown sent me this: When you blog, young master, you must remember to include many […]

Heap it on!

As if the week isn’t heavy enough: I get an SAF 100 (reservist call-up notice) today. Nowsaday very high-tech. Got an SMS asking me to log-in to check call-up notice. Then click on call-up notice. Then see Javascript error. Then email administrator for details. Then wait. I think they’ll send paper notice. Sian 1/2! Surf […]