Been working till 10pm for the past 2 days and the long hours may continue. I’m trying to complete as much work as I can. A couple of very good things have happened and I hope to impress upon the powers that be of the important work our team is doing and hopefully that will …
Month: April 2008
Seems that there is Facebook hacking and spamming going on. The situation is still unfolding, but one of my Facebook contacts started posting penis enlargment messages on my wall. As she is usually quite professional, I figured her account got hacked. So did some of her friends. Then I did a search and turns out …
I have come to a realisation. Through God’s grace over the years, my work has been featured in the press. That has in turn made it easier to gain support for subsequent new media projects. In a very small way, I hope that will lead to a ripple effect as we all endeavour to open …
I was fortunate to gain a sneak preview of the [new exhibition at the Peranakan Museum](http://www.peranakanmuseum.sg/) along Armenian Street, courtesy of the curator. My family donated some items so we were given a private tour. We often hear about [Peranakan cuisine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakan_cuisine) but seldom delve deep into Peranakan culture and history. At the museum, we saw …
I have decided to turn down all requests to commit myself to “extra-curricular” projects. On the spot, when asked, I tend to be flattered and genuinely excited that people want to involve me in something new. However, when I go back and think about it, I realise I’m spread out too thin already. Then I …
Don’t get me wrong – I love my iPhone. However, I think [Xiaxue’s iPhone review](http://xiaxue.blogspot.com/2008/04/apple-users-hate-me.html) is totally hilarious and should be taken in the right spirit. She has a point about the fingernails part, but overall her critique is nothing to get so worked up about. As much as I am a fan of Apple …
Subscribers to my feed will now have a little extra somethin’ – my most recent [Ma.gnolia bookmarks](http://ma.gnolia.com/people/vantan/bookmarks). Ma.gnolia is a product of [Zeldman](http://www.zeldman.com/)’s [Happy Cog Studios](http://www.happycog.com/), and is similar in nature to [Del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us/), except that it looks prettier. Of course, more people probably use [Del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us/), but I wanted to be different 😛 And Zeldman himself …
Want to find out which are the hottest buzzwords on Facebook? Check out [Lexicon](http://www.facebook.com/lexicon/), which was [launched](http://www.insidefacebook.com/2008/04/15/facebook-lexicon-visualizes-conversation-trends-on-facebook/) on 15 April 2008. Lexicon counts occurrences of words and phrases on Facebook Walls, over time. I made a few searches. Not surprisingly, “Obama” appears more frequently than “Clinton. The sharp spikes make sense as they corresponded with …
After upgrading to Movable Type 4 templates, I’m still sorting out some kinks that pop up every now and then. The most recent kink was spotted by [Jimmy Liew](http://cynics.info/) who noticed that my Feedburner feed hadn’t been updated in a while. Thanks, Jimmy! Turns out that the ampersands in some of my category names were …
Thanks to [Nick Pan](http://www.nickpan.com/) for finding [this photo of me](http://rednano.sg/sfe/image.action?view=image&querystring=vanessa+tan+health&x=0&y=0) on the new Singapore search engine, [rednano.sg](http://rednano.sg/). The photo was taken for my 2006 Straits Times political desk interview as part of the Gahmen Bloggers feature. The photographer was at my place, and I recall telling him as I sat at my piano, “I work …