Month: February 2008
Finally, my video of Danny giving us a lesson in making the perfect cup of gourmet coffee at Geek Terminal, has been edited and compressed. Check it out: See my previous post on [Dinner at Geek Terminal](http://vantan.org/archives/2008/02/dinner_at_geek.php), for the full story.
[Tim Harford](http://www.timharford.com/), otherwise known as the [Undercover Economist](http://timharford.com/undercovereconomist/) and author of the same-titled [bestselling book](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195189779?ie=UTF8&tag=vantan-2), was speaking about how he came to write his latest book, [The Logic Of Life](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400066425?ie=UTF8&tag=vantan-20). He has a [Financial Times column](http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/timharford) and appears on the BBC. Each Citigold member was given a copy of the book. Alas, as a guest …
Look at [Digg’s US Elections page](http://digg.com/2008_us_elections), and it’s all about [Barack Obama](http://www.barackobama.com/) at the moment. It’s generally positive news about him, and if there is mention of Hillary Clinton, it’s negative. The hottest article right now is one by the New York Post which states that [Obama received more votes than initially reported](http://www.nypost.com/seven/02162008/news/regionalnews/obama_robbed_in_ny_97932.htm?date=20080217). If you …
I haven’t been to [Geek Terminal](http://www.geekterminal.com/) in a while, but [Melvin](http://thepr2.0universe.com/) had cleverly suggested revisiting it with our newly-returned Wilson Tan, of [Dell Blog](http://direct2dell.com/) [fame](http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/12/10/37832.aspx). When I arrived, the two guys were chatting to Danny, the owner. We had dinner together. He recommended the soft shell chilli crab pasta, which we all ordered, and we …
After a series of errors, I have finally upgraded my blog to Movable Type 4.1! *fanfare* It appeared that the main culprit was a corrupt database. Thank God that I didn’t lose my data and instead, the database was repairable. Phew! The other cause was improperly uploaded files. As my FTP program kept timing out, …
My first memories of my maternal grandmother, or Por Por as I called her, probably began with soup. She was Hakka but cooked a delicious Cantonese soup – and many other dishes as well. As a child, I would keep asking for seconds. My parents and I used to visit her over the weekend in …
Rumours abound of MacBook Pro updates. I’ve owned a G5 for a few years and have been planning to get a portable (yet powerful) Mac for a while – though at 15 inches wide the MacBook Pro may require some weightlifting, from what I’ve been told. I’m not tempted by the MacBook Air, as slim …
The past couple of weeks have been emotionally trying. Firstly, I faced the fact that my former boss and long-standing mentor was finally retiring. It’s also the time of the year to say goodbye to others whom I’d consider friends – LSD, EL, JT, DT, MML… all great people to work with. Most recently, I …
I can’t wait for Super Tuesday. It will settle a lot of things – knock out the remaining minnows and strengthen the frontrunners. It will allow everyone to focus on the stronger candidates and we’ll see the difference between Republicans and Democrats – not just infighting which can be quite off-putting. I still support Barack …