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Monthly Archives: October 2006

Mac-Optimized Firefox

I recommend Mac users to download the mac-optimized firefox builds. The guy has made builds for G4, G5 and Intel Macs. I’m using the Intel optimized build and it starts up within one bounce on the dock.
Even better is that you can use OS X native form widgets (”form widgets” are like those thingys you [...]

A useful playlist creation tool for the Mac

If you want to create a playlist that songs which match each other, you could do it the slow way, which is to go through your entire song library in iTunes and manually add them, or you could use this cool thingy from Potion Factory.
These guys are behind Podcast Maker(drag and drop to create podcasts [...]

Libertarians get no love

The Economist:
AMERICA may be the land of the free, but Americans who favour both economic and social freedom have no political home. The Republican Party espouses economic freedom—ie, low taxes and minimal regulation—but is less keen on sexual liberation. The Democratic Party champions the right of homosexuals to do their thing without government interference, but [...]

Prof Ho Khai Leong gets it!

He said:
Nanyang Technological University Associate Professor in Political Science, Prof Ho Khai Leong believes both extremes — that of the MPs’ aim to “reach, teach and preach” and the netizens’ mission to “analyse, scrutinise and criticise” — will help mould cyberspace.
He said: “Both these approaches, in their extreme forms, will no doubt invite criticisms, which [...]

I am suffering from upgradeitis

Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros are out.
Other changes?
Up to 3 Gb max of memory, 120gb base hard disk up to 200gb max, 2.16ghz base processor for the 15.4 inch, FW800 port, dual-layer burning SuperDrives… and the 15.4 inch MacBook Pro base configuration costs SGD$3488.
Seriously, the price is so competitive, there is really no reason why [...]