A direct link to a Youtube video kept erroring out. When you try to go to www.youtube.com while in Thailand, this is the lovely message you see: “ขออภัย ทางสำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติขอระงับการเชื่อมต่อมาที่เวบไซต์นี้ เนื่องจากมีรูปภาพ หรือข้อความที่ไม่เหมาะสม เช่น ลามกอนาจาร การพนัน หรือเป็นภัยต่อความมั่นคงของชาติ สอบถามข้อมูลเพิ่มเติมได้ที่ “ศูนย์ข้อมูลข้อสนเทศ” อาคาร 19 ชั้น 2 สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ ถนนพระราม1 ปทุมวัน กทม.10330 โทร 0-2251-0164 หรือ webmaster@police.go.th สถิติการรับแจ้งเวบผิดกฎหมายของสำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ Sorry, the web site [...]
Archive for May, 2007
31 May
Bill & Steve together forever
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were together on-stage at “D 2007″ for a Q&A session. Engadget has an amusing and positive commentary about what transpired. Now if only Apple and Microsoft fanboys could conduct themselves with the same respect that Gates & Jobs have towards each other.
30 May
Conservation Shophouse
I like this shophouse. Potential. 2.5 stories and can use the 1st floor for commercial endeavors. Photo set
30 May
Microsoft Surface
I want. I don’t know what I would do with it, but I’m sure there have to be custom applications I can design. Ooo… imagine putting a martini glass, different bottles of liquor, and a shaker on the table. Cocktail recipes are then presented on the table based on what you have placed. Genius!
29 May
Can you afford that second home loan?
“Before you jump on the red-hot property-investing bandwagon, know what criteria banks look at when granting a second mortgage” From May 27 Straits Times (by Grace Ng) “WHEN Mr Andrew Ang, a manager in his 40s, went around the banks last month scouting for a second home loan, for an investment property, he was surprised [...]
28 May
I don’t care about Ubuntu
Why are there so many Digg stories tracing Dell and where they are selling their Ubuntu machines. Latest story – “Dell Puts Ubuntu Machines on Main Page” (read the story and it talks about how it’s actually part of the rotating script). I’m not against Linux, I’m not against Open Source, I even like Dell. [...]
28 May
Hefty rents force expats here to downgrade or buy
From May 28 Straits Times (by Joyce Teo): “RENTS of private homes are rising so fast that some expatriates are being forced out of prime areas, sometimes into HDB flats, while others are choosing to buy instead. Expats have been complaining about soaring rents since late last year, with some facing rises of 50 to [...]
28 May
Office rents in S’pore leap 13 places in global ranking
From May 25, 2007 Straits Times (By Fiona Chan) “OFFICE rents in Singapore have jumped 13 places in the global league table in just six months, and now rank as the 24th most expensive in the world. They soared 24 per cent in this period, leapfrogging those in cities such as Zurich and Frankfurt, said a [...]
28 May
Shophouse dream?
This might be the week where I make an offer on a shophouse. Home ownership, here I come! I shouldn’t get my hopes up just yet…
24 May
Singapore home rents 15th highest globally
I think my blog is turning into a collection of articles from the Straits Times. It’s too bad I can’t link directly to the articles. May 23 Straits Times had this article about Singapore home rents: “HOME rents in Singapore have become the 15th most expensive in the world and the eighth highest in Asia. [...]
