So, my grandfather ordered a brand new G5 Mac at Comdex today. Is that cool, or what?! The system should be delivered in a few days’ time. It goes without saying (but of course I’ll say it anyway) that I will be there to, erm, make sure everything’s working smoothly. I just hope the 23 …
Month: September 2003
I just watched a replay of the Henin-Capriati match. What a marathon! I like both players, which made it difficult to decide who to side with. I resisted the urge to check usopen.org for the final results, and decided that since most of the audience was screaming for Jennifer, I would do the opposite and …
While in IT class, I noticed how deeply Microsoft has penetrated the minds of people. Certain generic terms have been substituted (mostly by classmates) by product names. Sure, I’m being anal, and apart from that the course has been pretty educational, but I think we should be careful with our use of terms, especially when …
Ye gads! It is 2.30am and I have finally replied to everyone’s emails. It is really like looking at a time capsule. New message alert boxes were popping up as they were being downloaded, mostly spam, some intriguingly in Malay, and one looking like a genuine domain name mixup. It was a massive spring cleaning. …
I have just realised that people have been sending me emails via my old Contact page, which haven’t been received. This was because the email address in my form got overloaded with spam and strange business correspondences from people who seem to have got my domain(s) mixed up with other people’s. So I terminated that …
Yours truly has been terribly busy of late, and has to muster up enough brain power to think of something to write every day. Hmm. *mutters to self* Come on! You can think of something. Okay, here goes. After coming back from IT class (more networking, this time TCP/IP principles), I gulped down some soup …
My internet connection in my PC went down unexpectedly on Saturday and has remained down ever since. I have unplugged and re-plugged my ethernet cable umpteen times, checked for faulty hardware, checked my network / configuration… all to no avail. Naturally, this is the time when I have to apply for all sorts of things …