So, we now have three persons officially vying for the post of the President of the Republic of Singapore. Mr Tan Kin Lian, Dr Tan Cheng Bok and now Dr Tony Tan (no blog, not identi.ca, no twitter.com etc). The last name clash does not imply that they are related, btw.. Two of them, Kin [...]
All posts for the month June, 2011
As the hats get thrown into the ring
Posted by harishpillay on June 23, 2011
http://harishpillay.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/as-the-hats-get-thrown-into-the-ring/
Mark of A Civilized Country and Society
It is really disappointing that there has to be an ongoing discussion whether the domestic helpers should have a day off on weekends. What is even more disappointing is to read some of the letters printed in the Straits TImes. I am reproducing one of them here: This is from June 23rd: Jun 23, 2011 [...]
Posted by harishpillay on June 23, 2011
http://harishpillay.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/basic-respect/
The next Singapore president
With the elections for the next Singapore president due any day now, my decision making process will include the following considerations: That the candidate opposes the death penalty and that he would do something about it in office That the candidate will appreciate the need for a Freedom of Information Act and that the candidate [...]
Posted by harishpillay on June 21, 2011
http://harishpillay.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/the-next-singapore-president/
Now all machines at home are on Fedora 15!
I spent 30 minutes this morning upgrading my sons’ laptops to Fedora 15. I used a Fedora 15 LiveDVD (installed on a USB) that I had created that included stuff that the standard Fedora 15 LiveCD does not because of space. Tools like LibreOffice, Scribus, Xournal, Inkscape, Thunderbird, mutt, msmtp, wget, arduino, R, lyx, dia, [...]
Posted by harishpillay on June 18, 2011
http://harishpillay.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/now-all-machines-at-home-are-on-fedora-15/
