Google patents its home page.
It is a design patent, more information is found here.
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Random Boredom 020909
Natalie Portman and Elmo on Seasame Street.
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Rain
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iPhone Post
This post is to test WordPress for iPhone.
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Working From Home
I was trying to catch as much rest as possible before the project starts. As such, I decided to work from home the whole of last week.
I do not have a desk in the office, and most of the time I was working from clients’ site. I only go back to the office to do administrative work, like submitting my claims, doing the financial side of projects etc. So I can pretty work anywhere I want, be it at home, or at Starbucks etc, as long as I can access my emails and contactable on phone. Besides, my company does have a work from home policy, and actually encourages us to do it.
After 1 week, I discovered the following:
- Continue to do what I always do before I step out of the house for work except putting on my office attire. This helps to put me in the ‘working mood’, so as to speak.
- Have a comfortable table and chair. Plenty of light, and always have water beside me.
- Air conditioning must be on.
- Resist all temptation to do other non-work related stuff, like watching TV. I must say I was pretty discipline in this aspect.
- Go for lunch around the same time that I would if I was working at clients’ site.
All in all, working from home is pretty good. I am still as productive as I am when I am working from clients’ site. I find myself less stressed which I think is because of the comfortable and familiar environment. However, I do miss the social aspect of working at client’s site. I do not have anyone to joke with, or talk about stuff that is not related to work. Pros and cons.
I have yet to decide if I should continue doing this.
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Twitter Weekly Updates
- Just had bakuteh with @intimatestrangr for lunch. Nice food to have on a cold and rainy day like this. #
- What a nice day to laze at home and do nothing. #
- OMG Berbatov was shockingly horrible! #
- ARSE WANKER SENT OFF! That is icing on the cake. #
- But WHAT A MATCH! #
- YES!!! ARSE LOSE!!! #
- STOP COMPLAINING ARSE WANKER!!! SENT OFF! YOU DESERVE IT!!! #
- You deserve it ARSE WANKER!!! #
- PHEW!!!! OFFSIDE!!! YES YES YES! #
- WTF?!!! ARSE SCORED! #
- What a miss Berbatov! You are shit! #
- YES! ARSE IS LOSING! #
- WTF?! Arse scored! WTF?! #
- Spurs win! Yes! But close call. What? Liverpool won 2-3?! #
- I love Tanglin Mall. The feel of it is so different from other typical malls. #
- This is how a single molecule looks like http://bit.ly/7U1HH #
- Clouds http://twitpic.com/fju4t #
- OMG, Fui-On Shing passes away. http://bit.ly/xiGoO http://bit.ly/OIZBg #
- Dual screen laptop. http://bit.ly/ZFV9q #
- Adorable otters at Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve http://bit.ly/qxh75 #
- RT @google: Automatically translate documents into 42 different languages right in Google Docs http://bit.ly/1YGrld #
- This is funny. Top 5 Funniest Fake Facebook Pages : http://bit.ly/9fmbc #
- I want one! Like, now? RT @engadget: http://bit.ly/1lQiZC #
- RT @TIME: Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy dead at 77 after a battle with brain cancer. We'll have a look back on Kennedy's career shortly. #
- Rocker: You're going to put the gun down? Booth:Don't rush me ok? I am thinking. #
- Photos are a means to help us remember. Especially when memories start to fade. #
- The next 2 years will be a test on how much pain and abuse I can tolerate. Starting from now. #
- #Liverpool loses again?! #
- RT @BreakingNews: Miss Venezuela, Stefania Fernandez, wins the Miss Universe contest. #
- I think a lot of my stress is self-inflicted. #
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Dual Screen Laptop
Yes, they are real. From Gizmodo.
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Things That Bring Back Memories
Thought of starting a series of posts regarding items that bring back memories for me.
Pineapple Water
I am not too sure how pineapple water is made. It does have some pineapple taste in it, and always contains slices of pineapple. On a hot and humid day, I always feel refresh after drinking it.
Many years ago back when I was in primary school, my mother always bring my sister and me over to the Queenstown Library, to encourage us to pick up the reading habit, which I did. After each session, she will bring us over to the Margaret Drive hawker centre to buy a packet of pineapple drink. I will be happily drinking it, the library books in my hands, as we walked to the bus stop to take a bus home. These sessions were always something that I look forward to, and whenever I drink pineapple water now, it always reminded me of the pleasant memories I had of the library.
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Perhaps it is not too early to start writing down such memories. I will never know when such memories start to fade.
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It Has Begun, Sort Of
It has begun, well, sort of.
It is pretty close to confirmation. Questions fly to and fro, time spent pouring through every reply, every document sent. Every decision made is with the blessing of the management so there will be no screwups during this critical period.
In the midst of these hectic activities, planning has to be done. Resources have to be allocated, human resource has to be notified to initiate the hiring process. Roles have to be assigned, and approval seek from management. One thousand and more tasks that need to be planned. And this is only the beginning.
Realised that one must wear multiple hats, business, operational, technical, infrastructure, security and so forth. And the most important hat of all, diplomat.
Much things can be accomplished with diplomacy. Knowing how to play the game, what to say at the right time, is half the battle won.
The next two to three years will be a good measurement of the pain threshold. How much abuse, how much pain, how much suffering before the question is asked,
Is it worth it?
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Twitter Weekly Updates
- RT @EcoInteractive: Crisis: Only 6,600 Sumatran orangutans left-PALM OIL & LOGGING driving to extinction. http://bit.ly/LYGB0 #
- #Spurs is at the top of the table again! #
- The last time #Spurs win the 1st 3 games of the season was in 1960! #
- #Spurs win again! #
- Such heavy rain. Nice weather to just nap. #
- 2 high scoring matches tonight. #Arse 4 Portsmouth 1 and Wigan 0 Manure 4 #
- Problem with having late lunch is that it is now I start to feel hungry. But what to eat at this time? #
- I can't make a decision on things that I have no knowledge of. #
- I close my eyes Only for a moment and the moment's gone All my dreams Pass before my eyes with curiosity #
- Struggling to stay awake in this demo's session. #
- I know the season has barely started, but #Spurs top of the league provides some joy to long suffering fans. #
- #Spurs had 2 pts from 1st 8 games last season. They have 6 pts from 2 games already this season. Such joy. #
- A bad headache is a lousy way to start the day. The pain is lessened though by the scoreline #hull 1 – #spurs 5. #
- Bad, bad headache this morning. Don't know if can survive through the demo session later. #
- RT @BreakingNews: URGENT — Fox News reports that Michael Jackson's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, will be charged with manslaughter. #
- I hate taking lead of things that I have absolutely no knowledge of. It feels like I am not in control of the situation. Horrible feeling. #
- RT @gamespot: NEWS: Xbox 360 failure rate 54.2%, according to 5,000-gamer study http://gamespot.com/6215590 #RROD #
- No tiredness that a session of Guitar Hero cannot fix. #
- Exhausted… #
- So much things happening at the same time. Need time to think, to plan. #
- Today is such a long and tiring day. More to come. #
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