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Recommendations

I have created a recommedations section at the right. It displays selected CDs and books I like using the Amazon.co.jp database. (They do ship overseas for most printed materials and music CDs, so it’s a pretty good site to get … Continue reading

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See-Thru Monitor

My LCD monitor can turn transparent! Ok, I lied. The effect isn’t very good because my screen has a default blue tint to it (which, by the way, sucks for Photoshop). Also the matte surface of LCD screens just doesn’t … Continue reading

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MAX 2005 Day Two

Finally, the longest week I’ve ever gone through is over. Three days of camping plus two days of talks and one night of Japanese lesson. もうダメだ。_|ï¿£|O Anyway, here’s a quick lowdown of the second day of Macromedia MAX 2005 Singapore. … Continue reading

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MAX 2005 Day One

I wasted spent the whole day attending Macromedia MAX 2005 at Meritus Mandarin Hotel. It’s basically one huge product plug for Macromedia with talks by various Flash designers. I attended the Designer Track, which costs S$120 for students (paid for … Continue reading

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XHTML

So… This blog is now 100% XHTML 1.0 Validated. Well, WordPress is supposed to be valid out-of-the-box, but I messed around with the layout a bit and screwed up. I never knew there were so many rules! No <p> or … Continue reading

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Plugins

WordPress plugins are really convenient compared to installing seperate php scripts for various functions and hardcoding them into the layout manually. I’m a bit overwhelmed by the options available, but for now I’ve added a Now Playing script. Well it’s … Continue reading

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Sony Aids Cheaters

A few days ago, Sony released a CDs with a DRM protection that installs a rootkit on your system. This “protection” hides all files with names starting with “$sys$” from the operating system. Of course a massive boycott was launched … Continue reading

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