This buttcrack cyclist rides in front of a double decker bus. Singaporeans are exhibitionists too!
Singapore
- Singapore Auditor General’s Report – Millions Missing
Thanks to The Online Citizen, it’s been brought to light that the recent Auditor General Office’s (AGO) audit of 12 Ministries and associated statutory boards has shown irregularities to an extent not fully revealed by the recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC). According to the AGO, losses of public monies added up to $6.2 million, a substantial amount of which is still unaccounted for. Keywords: singapore, politics - Straits Times changes its policy due decreasing traffic
Finally, after all my time complaining how being subscription based would be a disservice to Singaporeans (and interested foreigners) living abroad, the Straits Times has caved in to making their content free, as well as open to reader comments! Keywords: singapore, newspapers, business, design - Flickr: BlogOut Mugshots
If you still have trouble figuring out who’s who in the Singapore Web 2.0 scene, BlogOut actually allowed us to create a visual directory of most of the digeratis. Mugshots of everyone! Keywords: photos, web2.0, singapore, community - Wufoo · BlogOut Profile System
This Wufoo profile page essentially lists most of the people from the Web 2.0 community in Singapore. Keywords: web2.0, singapore, community - Sheylara » Hijack at BlogOut 2007
OMFG, she says I had nice nose and eyes! Late cab ride to BlogOut = $25. Compliments from a complete stranger / actress = Priceless! Keywords: kevinlim, funny, singapore, bloggers - astroboy: Surprise visit by geeks!
I’ve always wanted to visit Pitstop Cafe, a small board games cafe which has a blog to keep their community tight. Almost like a virtual version of "Friends", but perhaps they could add more drama! Keywords: business, blogging, geeks, gaming - BlogOut: The 5 Hated-Things Meme by Digital Terrorist
Did you see the Twitter device? Keywords: meme, twitter
Academic
- Ask Alex: Getting a Communication Ph.D.
The truth about PhDs… by Alex Halavais Keywords: academia - Low participation vs. High viewership
Ewan McIntosh is surprised to find that participation in YouTube, Flickr and Wikipedia is relatively low compared to the overall visitorship of the respective sites. Like Kenneth, I think this is low, but quite typical. Keywords: flickr, wikipedia, youtube, web2.0 - Video: RSS in Plain English
There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don’t. This video is for the people who could save time using RSS, but don’t know where to start. Keywords: RSS, video, howto, teaching - Explaining RSS Feeds and Aggregators « ????cole
Teaching RSS using crushed balls and dustbins… Keywords: rss, teaching, web2.0 - Engadget’s 4 Billion Dollar iPhone Mistake
When Engadget mistakenly reported the iPhone delay until Oct, Apple stocks plummeted by an estimated $4 billion. Always check your sources, be it in print or online! Keywords: blogs, business, reputation
Apple
- nocturne: night vision for mac
Nocturne is (yet another) simple app for switching a computer to night vision mode. It does, however, add a few things… Keywords: mac, funny, hacks - IFreeMem: Memory Optimizer for Mac OS X
This app lets you free up inactive memory on your Mac. Didn’t realize we still had to do that. Keywords: mac, tools - AwkwardTV: Apple TV hacks
If you own an Apple TV, this blog is off the hook. You can add new functionality to your new device, including the ability to playback Youtube videos. Keywords: hacks, apple, tv, youtube - Installing Mac OS X on Sony UX UMPC
Looks like it is possible to install Mac OSX on my Sony UX. Only thing that still doesn’t work is the internal wifi. Keywords: umpc, mac, hacks
Gaming
- User Generated Content in Games
Doug Lombardi notes how user-generated content would be key for games of the future. "Half-Life 1 was okay as a multiplayer game and Team Fortress Classic was really good, but Counter-Strike kicked both their asses no question." Keywords: gaming, usergenerated - Beyond the Red Line: Battlestar Galactica game for Mac/PC
Did you know that there’s a fan-made game about Battlestar Galactica? It’s based off the Freespace 2 engine and runs like a champ on my MBP. Oh, it’s a flight sim, so you’ll be piloting the fighters. Keywords: mac, gaming, tv, scifi - Video: Full Metal Jacket game for Wii
What the hell does Full Metal Jacket have to do with the Wii?" Oddly enough, this clip, via Daring Fireball, answers that question. Hilarious! And disturbing. Keywords: funny, video, wii, movies - Just like your video games. You shoot them in the head.
Mother: I want you to open that for Mommy. Now, take the gun. Careful! And if anyone comes to the door, that isn’t me, I want to to shoot them, okay? I’m not kidding Tony, you shoot them. Just like your video games. You shoot them in the head. Keywords: movies, gaming, horror, video - Playboy Magazine Enters Second Life
It was only a matter of time… Keywords: secondlife, porn, sex, muves, culture - Video: Digg-Like Service For Second Life
Linden Labs has done away with ratings, so users have com up with their own way of rating places, using Digg-like voting scripts. Keywords: secondlife, digg, community
Hacks
- Photo2Text
Convert an image and process to a text file of the original image, aka Ascii Art. Keywords: art, geeks, generator - AIRTIGHT – Flickr Related Tag Browser
Flickr Related Tag Browser lets you surf Flickr’s ‘tag space’. Flickr tags are keywords used to classify images. Each tag has a list of ‘related’ tags, based on clustered usage analysis. Keywords: flash, flickr, recommendation, tagging, networks - flickrSLiDR – Embed Flickr Slideshows within Your Site
flickrSLiDR allows you to easily embed the classic flickr slideshows on your website or blog. All you need to do is enter the flickr URL address of the user, photo set or group you would like to embed along with some options. Keywords: flickr, hacks, photos, tools, blogging - Microsoft Popfly
Popfly is the fun, easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, Web pages, and applications. I’m not sure what it is really, and it’s an alpha release. Keywords: web2.0, blogging, mashup, microsoft
Coolness
- O’Neill’s video-ready H3 Campack
I love wearable gadgets. O’Neill’s got a video backpack? I think I’ve got something better :P Keywords: wearable, video, gadgets - Springloops: Rapid coding collaboration
Springloops is a unique source code management tool focused on web development teams. It allows you to code in parallel and share your code safely concentrated on results, not on lost changes or overwritten files. Keywords: programming, web2.0 - The Uncomfortable Reality of Sex in Space
Tricia recommended this to me. Somehow she must think I’m going to space and I need to know this above all first… Keywords: sex, travel - Nike+ Ad: Addicted
There’s something about female computer voices… we tend to obey. Keywords: advertising, video, sports, ipod - TechSmith’s UserVue
UserVue is an online service that lets you remotely observe and record users’ desktops as they navigate applications and sites. Keywords: design, web, usability, research, experience
