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Gary :: Oct.13.2008 :: General :: No Comments »

In the news today: one Singaporean who feels that fellow Singaporeans don’t use their blains enough.

FTA:

He feels the root issue lies with the education system, which does not encourage students to question their teachers. The young grow up to be adults who do not question the way things are and will simply accept the status quo.

‘People are over-reliant on the Government.

‘They think ‘Government is so smart, they have scholars from Oxford, Cambridge to solve problems - why should we think? We’re not paid to think,’ said Mr Chee, who runs a business management and consultancy firm.

This man must never be allowed near an Army camp, for his own safety.

/head asplode.

Gary :: Oct.08.2008 :: General, All the news that's fit to print :: No Comments »

Over on TheeCakeScraps (via BoingBoing), this guy gives us the rundown on how much profit is likely turned by a single laptop auction on swoopo.com. Going through the mechanics of the site, I can’t help but draw parallels with local baby tatarah.com - only difference being that here “single highest bid” wins over “highest bid” - which is the case on Swoopo.

An auction for a laptop that says on the auction page, and I quote, “Worth up to $1,399.99″ The winning bidder, as stated on the site, placed 2020 bids. That is $2,020!! And the auction page proclaims “Savings: 0%” when it really should read negative! So Swoopo made like $600. BUT WAIT! The auction started at $0.00 and finished at $3,353.85. Now read that again. They were already up $600 from the winners bids alone. The winner sucker still had to pay $3,353.85 because that was the price of the auction. Okay, so Swoopo walks away with a cool $4,000 pure profit. (Like a bad TV commercial) BUT WITH THERE’S MORE! Remember that bids are placed in 15 cent increments. That means that if the auction finished for $3,353.85 you take that divided by $0.15 which equals $22,359 in bids!!!! That brings total profit to $22,359 (bids) + $3,353.85 (auction) -$1,399.99 (retail cost of laptop, probably not their cost) = $24,312.86

You feel lucky today?

Gary :: Oct.06.2008 :: General, All the news that's fit to print, Good readin' :: No Comments »

So, what are all those women planning to do?

Gary :: Sep.30.2008 :: General :: No Comments »

Hot day + slow afternoon + ham and cheese sandwich + beer + YouTube + senseless stinkbomb prank videos = WIN.

Gary :: Sep.27.2008 :: General, All the news that's fit to print :: No Comments »

Portrait of an Unazukin

:)

Gary :: Aug.16.2008 :: General, w00t!, Photography :: No Comments »

So much has happened since the last time I updated - I took a short trip to Indonesia and Vietnam around the end of July. Mount Bromo is hands-down the most beautiful place I have visited in recent history. I want to go back soon. Who’s with me?

In other news, I have since left my job with Singtel, and am currently in the midst of In-Camp Training.

ICT is kinda fun, I guess, when you discount the blazing sun and the pointlessness of it all. It’s all about getting to know people, having irreverent, juvenile fun, and above all trying to get everything done on time so you can get to fuck-off at 1600. My platoon is ok - My PC is understanding, PS is efficient, fellow specs and men are helpful… except for the obligatory idiot, but then again, every platoon has one of these.

Once this is all over, I start at my new job next week. Wish me luck.

UPDATE: I removed the damn twitter box in the sidebar cos it’s been broken for the longest time.

Gary :: Aug.16.2008 :: General :: No Comments »

(Noun)
Kinda like a meatspace recycle bin - where you keep your junk until, 5 years down the line, you decide maybe you don’t need that old Zip Drive after all.

Gary :: Jul.24.2008 :: General :: No Comments »

Move over, you Sunday-morning photographers with your pretty DSLRs and gleaming lenses and expensive megapixel collections! This here’s a digital camera for people who know about cameras, and want to look fabulous using one.

The world’s first DTLR:

Gary :: Jun.08.2008 :: A thousand words, 1337, General, Tech, All the news that's fit to print, w00t!, Photography :: No Comments »

Gary :: May.09.2008 :: A thousand words, 1337, General, Photography :: 1 Comment »