27 Nov
To all my fellow Americans out there (I feel like I’m addressing a nation when I write a line like that), Happy Thanksgiving!
For the 3rd year in a row I’m going to Thanksgiving dinner at Dan Ryan’s Chicago Grill. One of the few places I’ve found in Singapore that serve turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, [...]
25 Nov
Well, we are coming up on the end of 2008. This brings many “Best of 2008” lists in magazines, newspapers, blogs, etc.
Time Magazine kicks things off with Best Inventions of 2008… they also have listed their candidates for Person of the Year 2008.
A candidate for person of the year in the tech industry could [...]
22 Nov
Sitting here tonight chatting with a friend on instant messenger, I mentioned how much I liked the book, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” by Raymond Carver.
I thought about how I tend to gravitate towards the melancholy aspects of life.
And then I wondered if that’s a symptom of too little sleep.
21 Nov
Exciting times for the Zune and Xbox 360 products at Microsoft. While our stock price(well, all stocks in the world) heads into the toilet, at least we can entertain ourselves with music and games.
Zune Pass subscribers get 10 songs to keep per month – This is great. With the Zune Pass I can download [...]
19 Nov
About time. Though he did help jumpstart the internet by coming up with Yahoo.
This sums up his downfall:
“Yang, 40, had been pursuing a strategy that he thought would prove Yahoo was worth more than Microsoft was willing to pay, but the rapidly deteriorating economy made a comeback seem increasingly unlikely. As it is, Yahoo’s earnings [...]
19 Nov
Well, I guess it’s demonstrating more features than the original Zune commercials (which I thought were cool but rather abstract).
17 Nov
I am writing this after eating way too much gulab jamun, the sticky sweet Indian dessert. So much sugar that I can feel it scratching against the back of my eyeballs while also turning the inside of my stomach into rock crystal.
I am currently in the state of Goa, India attending the India MVP [...]
12 Nov
Browsing through the tech news:
Xbox 360 Dashboard upgrade coming November 19. Definitely exciting – Netflix integration, avatars, and a better user interface for finding content on the Xbox Live Marketplace as well as stored within your Xbox 360.
I’ve been on the beta for the dashboard and I find I have been doing much more [...]
7 Nov
From November 6 – November 30 Breadtalk is celebrating the Obama victory with a new creation… Obunma.
“Good Ol’ tomatoes, ham and eggs harmonized by luscious cheese baked to golden perfection.”
Price: $1.60
I’m still waiting for a bar to start serving “Barack-bombs”
