Monthly Archives: July 2009

I have been contemplating getting the LG X110 netbook but without the Windows installed in it. Given that Amazon readily refunded the Microsoft tax, I am tempted to buy the LG from Amazon instead of Sim Lim. Decision time.

Video clip of interview of Jim Whitehurst CEO of Red Hat on CNBC Asia today in Singapore.

I cannot but emphatize with the post and his sentiment. The key point is in engaging and work with community all the time. It cannot be a “here, community, do something”. It has to be an equal-to-equal engagement. It has … Continue reading →

It is these simple innovations that bring a smile to my engineer heart! I did not quite think of all the CDs that I had to thrash which can now be used for making these simple LED lamps. Awesome!

I was roaming around Sim Lim yesterday and came across a LG X110 netbook. These days I tend to carry around with me my “desktop” all in my trusty 60GB usb drive and with the permission of the salesperson, plugged … Continue reading →

While it is nice to see Microsoft playing nicely (for once) with the Linux and GPL space with their device driver for inclusion into the Linux kernel 2.6.30.1, there are some important things to keep in mind. The code base … Continue reading →

As I recall and share with my sons and wife about how I felt 40 years ago watching on our 17″ black and white TV (Essex or Esser or something like that) the landing on moon, it reminds me that … Continue reading →

Kudos to Tridge in working to remove another of the MS alleged patents that they claim is infriged upon by Linux. The rubbish that M$ claimed against Tom Tom was settled out of court so we will not really know … Continue reading →

It is ever so nice to have a good belly laugh and all thanks to @osrin who tweeted that he thought that “Chrome OS and Android have different missions didn’t http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/07/10/android-will-live-on-get-%E2%80%9Csweeter%E2%80%9D-and-more-social/?mod=rss_WSJBlog we try this with NT and 98?”. I could … Continue reading →

I am really happy to note that my good buddy will become a Nominated Member of Parliament. The only link I can point to at 1100 hrs UTC July 6th is the Kum Hong. The government press and media don’t … Continue reading →