Snow in Hong Kong
Just goes to show that you can’t trust everything you come across on the Internet.
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Good riddance!
Here’s former Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang’s memo explaining his departure to employees. Notice the highlighted clichés. Related posts:If clichés can kill, these probably willTo be honest with you
World War III?
The world got out of the massive bout of falling prices, or deflation, during the Great Depression in the 1930s partly through World War II. Would we have to start World War III to dig ourselves out of the current financial crisis? Technorati Tags: World War WWII WWIII Great Depression deflation financial crisis
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A taste of speech recognition
Tired of hacking away on the keyboard? Or decided to give your mouse (and wrist) a break? Head over to Tazti (pronounced “tasty”) and download the free speech recognition application for your PC. This nifty program allows you to perform Web searches and browse the Internet using your voice. The software also allows you to… Read More: A taste of speech recognition »
Democracy Day
It may have gone unnoticed by people, but today is Workers’ Party’s Democracy Day, in commemoration of the groundbreaking day on 31 October 1981 when Singaporeans voted in their first opposition member of parliament – the late J.B. Jeyaretnam – after 16 years. Incidentally, I was going through my collection of books and I realised… Read More: Democracy Day »