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Digital literacy? Learn to think critically first.

NDLP

Before you teach the kids digital literacy, they have to learn to think critically so that they won’t turn out to be gullible individuals.

Category: Rants & Raves Tags: education, Singapore-related, technology

Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship

Brinkmanship

There’s just too much emphasis on style over substance in Brinkmanship, resulting in the fluff at the beginning of each chapter.

Category: Book Reviews Tags: books, science fiction, star trek

A (narrow) passage to Changi Airport

Dino Trail

Cycled from ECP to Changi Airport with the kids on Saturday evening. It was not as enjoyable as riding in the opposite direction towards Marina Bay Sands.

Category: Random Stuff Tags: COVID-19, cycling, lifestyle, Singapore-related

Star Trek: A Ceremony of Losses

A Ceremony of Losses

In typical David Mack fashion, the story in A Ceremony of Losses got off to a slow start, but the tension built rapidly towards the last third of the book.

Category: Book Reviews Tags: books, star trek

Click Here to Kill Everybody

Click Here to Kill Everybody

Indeed, “the sky is falling” and “click this button to kill everybody” will hardly convince those who are skeptical of clickbaity conspiracy theories.

Category: Book Reviews Tags: books, computers, Internet of Things, security, technology

The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win

The Biggest Bluff

Some authors should never read their own books. This is one of them. I listened to the audio version of The Biggest Bluff (read by the author herself), and gawd, it’s awful. The narration is oozing with idolatry, like a wide-eyed schoolgirl seeing a unicorn for the first time. In the end, this book sounds… Read More »

Category: Book Reviews Tags: audio books, books, poker, psychology
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Stuff I Listen To

Podcasts
  • Common Sense with Dan Carlin
  • Conspiracy Theories
  • Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History
  • Hacking Humans
  • How I Built This
  • No Stupid Questions
  • Revisionist History
  • The Grumpy Old Geeks Podcast
  • The History of Singapore
  • The Jordan Harbinger Show

Stuff I Browse & Read

Articles
  • I am a Singaporean (Edit)
  • Poor Dad, Poor Dad (Edit)
  • What My Jesus Would Do (Edit)
Websites
  • A Flickr of Life (Edit)
  • AllSides (Edit)
  • Alphaville Moonbase (Edit)
  • Be A Better Parent Today! (Edit)
  • Bush Family Value$ (Edit)
  • Horrorscope (Edit)
  • Just Don’t Do It (Edit)
  • S.E.N.S. (Edit)
  • The Yishun Dream (Edit)
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