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An eclectic mix of thoughts and views on life both in meat-space and in cyber-space, focusing more on the informal observational/inspirational aspect than academic rigour.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Cache ≠ Can Throw Away Safely

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As tempting as it is to remove /var/cache/ or to shift it to tmpfs , never do it because ``cache'' doesn't equate to ``can thro...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Someone

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Man, this song had been stuck in my head for years , and I finally found what it was:
Sunday, April 18, 2010

A Mild Explanation

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Updates here are getting far and few, and by no means am I ever intending to ditch this blog. But I would be lying through my teeth if I sa...
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Friday, April 09, 2010

Day of the Endless Run

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Man... each time a week passes in real life, I feel as though I've aged by ten weeks. So much to do, and so little time to do them all-...
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Friday, April 02, 2010

Architecture Updates

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If you manage to find me here, that's great! Because I've modified the links to my blogs. The_Laptop Writes... and The_Laptop Wrot...
Thursday, April 01, 2010

Ronin 2

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Time to be Ronin once more. The path ahead is strange and rocky, and the infectious mirth of the successful is suffocating enough that it s...
Monday, March 29, 2010

Why So Serious?

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The transition from college student life into a formal adult working life can be rather disorienting at times, as I soon found out. The mos...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Non-Greedy Searching in Vim

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So Regexes are very powerful. Until you want a non-greedy matching in Vim, then you'll go ``what?''. Here's the incantation...

Juicy Details

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A friend asked me over IM for juicy details (without much qualification), to which I replied with the following. Her succulent flesh glisten...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Blank Mind

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I'm starting to find my writing dull, tasteless and generally of a quality that baffles even the most mediocre writers. I don't see...
Monday, March 15, 2010

Snowball

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First, a confession. If one were to be following what I have been writing here, there might be an impression that I am one bitter and sorry...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

On Extra-Martial Infidelities

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Damn it! I've deleted quite a few rants that I should have completed, but for one reason or another, I could not complete them before I...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Uselessness?

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What's the point of knowing all the classifications of demons from both Eastern and Western mythology and knowing medieval weaponry and ...
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Monday, March 08, 2010

Bananarama

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So this is Bananarama: I've been listening to their songs on and off and never knew this was them... dang.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

我不难过

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《我不难过》——孙燕姿 又站在你家的门口 我们重复沉默 这样子单方面的守候 还能多久 终于你开口向我诉说她有多溫柔 虽然你还握著我的手 但我已不在你心中 我真的懂 你不是喜新厌旧 是我没有 陪在你身边 当你寂寞时候 別再看著我 说著你爱过 別太伤痛 我不难过 这不算什么 只是为什...
Monday, March 01, 2010

Imperial March

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It's March! A month befitting its name in many ways. It's a march uphill towards the Promised Land [of project completion]; it...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

Run Barefoot

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Run barefoot, damnit! Even the mainstream media has got wind of this. Though I must add that the picture they provided of a runner is the...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Singapore Has Easy Coordinates

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Random fact: Singapore's official coordinates are roughly (1.283333, 103.833333). Now that's an easy number to remember.
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Chinese New Year Apathy?

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Some time ago, long long time ago, someone made a comment that as one got older, the feelings that one gets during Chinese New Year will slo...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

More Oldies...

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Here are two pieces by 林慧萍: And my favourite piece by her so far:
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