Just got home, going out for dinner again. Still feeling kinda drowsy.
I want to chat, blog and surf on the go.
time for bed
Just ended a interactive debug session with the folks on the other side. Thanks to effective communications and collaboration technology: VPN, remote desktop, web-meetings and VoIP.
Under the bed
OK I promised windy I’d write this today. It’s been a while since I last determined the amount of GST to increase to get free public transport. This time we figured out that the MRT tunnel between City Hall and Raffles Place goes below the river bed of the Singapore River.
From the SLA map, we can see this is the part of the MRT tunnel, which is quite close to Raffles Place station.
A critical clue can be found in this book “Tunnels and underground structures“:
The construction of a twin 70 m long North East Line tunnels, under the Singapore River, was the second such crossing of the MRT system under the Singapore River.
Now if we look at the Singapore River and the MRT crossing points, we can see that before the North East Line crossing of the Singapore River at Clarke Quay, the only earlier point was the area we identified earlier. There seems to be a third crossing point to be constructed under ECP, between the (future) Bayfront and Promenade stations.
That’s it! Of course this is just one piece of indirect evidence; it would be more convincing to produce a variety of evidence, especially direct evidence. However, the map, together with the statement in the book does tell us that the MRT tunnel between City Hall and Raffles Place crosses below the Singapore River.
blab
It’s good to be a programmer. When software don’t behave the way you want it to, you can always write it yourself.
Song of the Moment: 齊秦 – 紫雨
This retro song has been stuck in my head for 2 days. Time to change song.
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Song of the Moment: 黄建为 – Over The Way
ice age 3
Scrat 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhskSbh6EbA
Scrat 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4gvxUlGNAs
“Old-style” Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb4vUDK6vQ4
I like their concept where the giant mammoth meets the dinosaurs, and discovers he is puny.
suaku
Multimedia touch-screen at the back seat of cab. All content seems to be advertisements.
Poor cabbies, now cannot even play the songs or radio station they like.
helping to summarize
“People aware but might not have time to do anything about obesity in this fast-paced society.”
“People know they are fat, and they blame society.”
Disclaimer: I have nothing against obesity. I was just asked to help to shorten the above statement. My actual recommendation was “Managing obesity becomes a lower priority in this fast-paced society.”
feverish
Temperature regime started yesterday afternoon, with 37.1°C. This morning I hit 37.5°C. Didn’t know that was high until a colleague told me. So I took it 2 more times and it was a consistent 37.4°C. “You must be stressed…” he quipped.
In the afternoon they distributed free digital thermometers to everyone, which I registered a 36.4°C.
Conclusion: My ear temperature is higher by my mouth temperature by 1°C.
where is N20!
Another wave of launches have surfaced in end April. Is it coming to a store near me?
http://us.aving.net/news/view.php?articleId=124334
http://gadgetmix.com/index/asus-n20-netbook-launched/
http://www.nitely.net/asus-to-launch-its-new-notebook-pc-n20-equipped-with-epu/
http://www.dailydigitals.com/asus-n20-notebook-with-epu-technology.html
http://blogntech.com/asus-n20-netbook-with-epu-launched.html
The worst that can happen is it comes, I see a real sample, I touch it, and I don’t like it and decide to give it a miss.
Asus has also demonstrated a multi-touch capable N20 at the CES earlier this year. I doubt I need that functionality, especially if it becomes a battery drain.