Jun 27, 2008
Although buying and reading books may not be listed in the favourite hobbies in Singapore (although shopping for books could be), you may need, at some point of time, to purchase a book.
Forget about Amazon, there is no Amazon Singapore, besides so far I found no Amazon website that accepts to do international shipping to Singapore.
If you're a student, or know people from a university, you may want ...
Jun 13, 2008
There is 3 mobile phone networks in Singapore, by order of popularity :
Singtel
Starhub
M1
They are said to be equivalent, I haven't really been through a serious study of their prices, I was at Starhub and paid on average 36 S$ per month for ton of sms and quite a lot of phone calls.
Networks here haven't yet started selling bulk sms and minutes to subcontractors unlike they did in France ...
May 5, 2008
It's simple, you have GOT to read this if you are:
a student, that may soon need to look for an internship.
soon to seek a job and want to assess quantitatively how much interest your recruiters show for your application.
a blogger and want the most detailed information about visits.
You can try here a public sample of the StatCounter.com interface.
I used this magic stuff when I was looking ...
Apr 16, 2008
For those whom can afford free time (barely my case, at least I like to believe so). It is about how to make your free time less boring, and productive in a fun and enjoyable way. Quite insightful:
Are you happier at your job, or during your free time? Unless you’ve followed the research of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi you would probably be surprised at the actual answer. He conducted studies ...
Apr 9, 2008
Does it happen to you to be in some crown let's say in a metro station, and people as usual walk in random directions, it is stressful and just makes everybody walk slower. So eventually every now and then you would boost your brain and try and predict the shortest path but it takes a lot of effort. So rather often, that sentence hits your mind "Oh Lord ...
Mar 21, 2008
C'est toujours bon a savoir : Si (et je ne vous le souhaite pas) un contenu illicite vous concernant est présent sur un site, l'hebergeur (et non le proprietaire du domaine) dispose d'environ 24 heures pour le retirer.
En savoir plus :
Condamné pour avoir tardé à retirer un contenu illicite
Un hébergeur écope d'une sanction de 6 000 euros pour un contenu litigieux retiré quatre jours après qu'il lui a été signalé par ...
Mar 4, 2008
Dans la familles des billets de blogs qui apprennent à désapprendre, en voila un qui vous économisera quelques douleurs pénibles.
Je confirme maintenant l'information sur laquelle j'avais un doute depuis un moment : L'exercice classique pour les abdos (qu'on connait tous) est terriblement mauvais pour les vertèbres lombaires (bas du dos).
Quel exercice ne pas faire ?
pieds bloqués
mouvement du dos commenceant avec le dos a plat au sol.
vous recroqueviller complètement ...
Feb 14, 2008
Dans la série des sites qui vous veulent du bien, je vous propose un triptyque intéressant pour documenter ce que vous mangez. Ce n'est que maintenant que je réalise l'importance d'une nourriture équilibrée. Nous somme des machines très complexes,
Le top #1 : Nutrition Data
J'adore ce site pour son caractère exhaustif, pour un même aliment il vous propose la composition pour chaque mode de cuisson et pour chaque partie ...
Feb 8, 2008
Here is the idea.
Having in the past been involved in online business, I have been in charge of the whole buying and reselling process, including advertising and customer relationship.
After a while, you become more and more worried about time efficiency. You try to maximize the benefits per human worked hour.
One factor to be considered is customer relationship. So consumer relationship is costly for you and free for the ...
Feb 8, 2008
Basically, under sleep deprivation, one tends to expect reward where there may potentially be none, but they also are less reactive to loss. Actually, this article is so right, the first wrong decision I often make when I lack sleep is not to wake up.
http://www.nus.edu.sg/corporate/research/gallery/research124.htm