Let’s continue to miss MJ. Like a comet Blazing ‘cross the evening sky Gone too soon Like a rainbow Fading in the twinkling of an eye Gone too soon Shiny and sparkly And splendidly bright Here one day Gone one night Like the loss of sunlight On a cloudy afternoon [...]

The ability of iPhone to do Internet Tethering is awesome, and was finally put to good use this morning when I started writing this while stuck in Ubi Kah Motor waiting for my car to get oiled nicely. They did put down Internet kiosks around, but by forcing you to stand to use it isn’t [...]

By Perpetuum Jazzile Nice? The song is like bonus track

Snapped from wikipedia: Google: Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Google: Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal. Boeing: Bet the pot on the B-17, 707 and 747. IBM: Commit to a $5 billion gamble on the 360; meet the emerging need of our customers. Ford: “Democratize the automobile.” Microsoft: “A computer [...]

Live Refugee Channel (what an irony) – 3 days to World Refugee Day Visit refugeedaylive.org for more information (or if the stream above doesn’t work).

Well, if you’re this Jay’s children, that is. Jay shared about How to Teach a Child to Argue, which ironically applies very well even in adult situation. How to Teach a Child to Argue Why would any sane parent teach his kids to talk back? Because, this father found, it actually increased family harmony. By [...]

TPO is playing Chamber Music again – but this time, it’s 1 each of violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone and percussion, just 7 people accompanying a narrator, the Soldier and the Devil. If you haven’t read the story before, try Wikipedia’s entry for The Soldier’s Tale for a start, or just forget it [...]

Ever wanted a taste of the things Computer Scientist thinks about? This essay was so well written I actually read it twice. All you need is high school math to appreciate most of it. Read Who Can Name the Bigger Number by Scott Aaronson (Asst. Prof, EECS, MIT) In an old joke, two noblemen vie [...]

Reflecting on an article Yoke Yong sent earlier to me on how CFA is now chic again in a recession. So what if 128600, took the exam, and approximately some 40% x 40% x 40% (3 levels) i.e. 8230 new CFAs enter the market every year? A professional certification is just that – a prove [...]

Keeping a copy here long term. Originally from The New Yorker. Download The Malay Dilemma by Ian Buruma from The New Yorker [PDF] Judging from the general sentiment online, there were quite a lot of detractors. I must say that most articles written on US publications do have their own bias towards their version of [...]