Interesting Category

It was some time since I last took a train to work.
Having send my trusty scooter to the workshop the day before and by a series of unfortunate miscommunication, did not manage to collect it the same evening and end up taking public transport for another half a day.
What was interesting is that it seems [...]

Nytimes.com have an article on the concept of meritocracy. What caught my attention is the following line:
Part of the problem with meritocracy is that it homogenizes in the name of diversity: It skims the cream from every race and class and population, puts all of the best and brightest through the same educational conveyor belt, [...]

Yourself the Developer

In: Geek, Interesting, Quotes

The Developer was before the Master.

Barcampsg5 and Scent and Sensibility. The summary and coverage of the attended talks.

The Chopsticks Nemisis

In: Geek, Interesting, Random

It was a good dinner in the company of good friends. Lots of catching up and some alcohol to go along.
Till a almost mathematically perfect piece of honeydew was presented on my plate. It was shaped like a pyramid. Not those with a square base that housed mummies. The pyramid shaped honeydew had a triangular [...]

Playing with QR Codes

In: Geek, Interesting

QR Code from Google Charts API

The Blog Post on BarCampSg4

In: Events, Geek, Interesting, Singapore

Experience from Barcampsg4.

Beer Servers Anyone?

In: Geek, Interesting

Singtel have a beer themed server naming convention: Sake, Kirin, Budeweiser, Beck

Zero to Hero in 1 Minute

In: Geek, Interesting, Random, Singapore

How to get from Zero to Hero? Well according to gothere.sg, it will take only 1 minute and it is free. And it should take place somewhere in Loyang.

Chris Anderson Free Book

In: Geek, Interesting, Startup

Free book and free audio book by Chris Anderson. Manage for Abundance. Free.

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ThinkingNectar talks about the interest of Chin Yong, a PHP/Python/Web developer residing in Singapore. Life, society, and codes should entails most of what goes between the ears of this coffee drinker.

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