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Keeping a portfolio of accomplishments – an epiphany


Mention portfolio to an artist, and she will be only too happy to show off the work she has done. You can then, based on browsing the portfolio’s contents, decide to commission the artist to paint the centerpiece of your

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[Singapore] Open Government and Open Parliament


I posted a very cynical comment but there is a bigger issue at play. There has never been any degree of transparency in the government, despite of what they keep saying. We need all of these: a) Pass a Freedom

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code::XtremeApps 2009 – Python, Android and Squeak


Just got pointed to PyCon 2009@Chicago. Kinda timely as the code::XtremeApps 2009 will have in the open category python and Android programming as the two platforms. This year’s Junior category will be using Squeak as the platform. The contest will

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I think it is a powerful message


I think the following commercial is powerful in that it depicts the nature of a child – a being that is a fast and curious learner. Go to OLPC and give one and get one!

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MS ooxml reader plugin for FF on Linux?!


Hard to believe, that perhaps MS is really seeing the light and working positively with the open source and open standards community by releasing a plug in for Firefox that allows people to read ooxml based documents. If this story

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Fedora 10 in less than 24 hours


It is going to be an exciting week – Fedora 10 will be out in about 24 hours time – at about 11pm SG (1500 UTC) Tuesday November 25, 2008. Email me if you need live media.

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Vendor lock-in offer for Startups!


I read over the weekend an offer by the Redmond business that gives startups “free” software to run their businesses. From M$ bizspark article A local startup, Homespace who had built up their site (looks good I must say; netcraft

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Chumby, my Chumby!


VPost finally delivered my very own Chumby. And I am pleased. I love the whole packaging. The box is a standard brown box and was really glad to see that the package was very environmentally friendly. There was one white

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Thanks for a good reference


Nice to see a good technical article about how RHEL clients can interoperate with MS AD. Thanks!

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Funny or sad?


Undecided if this is funny or sad. Enjoy it nonetheless. But check http://www.sun.com/ponytail! Clever.

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