Archive | December, 2007

WeeMee Cute, Fun and Free Social Networking Site

31. December 2007

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After Friendster, Facebook and MySpace, WeeWorld has come along with a really refreshing concept — no more real mugs of yourself! WeeMee operates on an avatar system at its core, so you can design how your avatar (called a WeeMee) looks. This makes monetisation an almost natural process for WeeWorld, as they can sell products [...]

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ReCAPTCHA Stops Spam and Preserves World’s Literature

30. December 2007

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You’ve seen all the CAPTCHA images around – you know, those images that have numbers or letters in them that you have to type in correctly before you’re allowed to make a post or submit a form. Well, reCAPTCHA is a free project (reCAPTCHA website) by the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science at Carnegie [...]

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Switching Off Appliances Still Draws Power

28. December 2007

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My previous post about power adapters got me interested in electricity and it led me to this article on how there are vampiric devices in your home, sucking energy all the time. I got pretty surprised when I read the article (Read the full article here: http://www.electronichouse.com/article/why_your_electronics_suck_energy/). It turns out that all our appliances still [...]

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Best International AC Pocket Socket / Plug Adapter Review

26. December 2007

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I just returned from a short trip to Taipei, and while it was really fun, it’s nice to be back home. Taipei’s (Taipei Travel Guide) surprisingly not very different from Singapore, except the mild winter’s there currently is a welcome change from Singapore’s all-year-round tropical climate (Singapore Travel Information). Another difference that got me was [...]

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Bookmark Bridge Review and Screenshot

21. December 2007

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I use both Firefox and Internet Explorer, and one of the pet peeves that I have is that both of them don’t share bookmarks / favourites. This is a problem because when I save a site in Firefox, I want to be able to access it in Internet Explorer and vice versa. Well, here’s the [...]

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Climate Change Worries? Want to Go Green?

19. December 2007

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Concerns over the environment, and the push to go green has grown exponentially over the years until everyone’s talking about it these days. In my opinion, I think one of the ways to reduce greenhouse gases is to have people give up their passion for fast cars for the situation to change. It’s just not [...]

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Think Microsoft Paint Sucks? Wait Till You See This

16. December 2007

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I used to think that Microsoft Paint was just a bare-bones basic image editing software that couldn’t really serve much use — clunky and under-featured. Until I saw this video. Then I thought maybe the problem lay with me Just look at how this guy does it — it’s AMAZING. He/she completely reproduces the Mona [...]

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