OK I know that Singapore’s aiming to be global scientific hub, but this is a bit weird. Singapore scientists invent a vibrating jacket for chickens to enable cyberspace hugs? Got this from Fark.com and it just puts me in a warm place knowing that the brightest minds in our country are putting their genius […]
Saw this police poster at Sim Lim and reminded me of something a colleague said to me - “Why aren’t there any policemen in Singapore?”. Mind you he was absolutely freaked out by that fact (plus he was an expat who mostly saw the town areas and recently moved here). Struck me as interesting, and […]
Remember Boulevard of Broken Songs? The Green Day song mixed with Oasis and Aerosmith and Travis and was absolutely brilliant? Welcome to a whole album full of that. Absolutely brilliant. Catch it before it dies! [update: It died in a blaze of glorious cease-or-desist by Warner. Sorry]
Heh.. unexpectedly, my name came up on the New Paper thanks to Ian who was covering an IDA seminar I was speaking at. (Here’s a screenshot in case the link expires) To quote:
“IMAGINE trying to order roses online and getting sent to a website featuring funeral-friendly chrysanthemums instead.”
That was MY quote ok?! Ian, bro, don’t […]
I’ve got to be more disciplined. My intention today was to get out of the office by 6pm and head to the gym, then home to my four-year-old son. Right now, it’s 8.18pm and I’m packing to go home because a meeting ran over.
If you’ve read far into the inane rambling - here’s a […]
Economics - Boring, irrelevant, difficult, academic, hum-drum? I don't think so...
This was published in 2000 by Mr. Godin, but as I'm reading it now... the ideas are even more relevant than ever (even if the companies cited aren't).