written by ketsugi about 3 months ago
To satisfy a personal curiosity about the varying performance of broadband ISPs across Singapore, and to try out a new feature of Google Docs Spreadsheets I just found out about, I’d like to invite all Singaporeans with residential broadband connections to fill in the survey below.
To reiterate the notes given below, please go to http://speedtest.net [...]
written by ketsugi about 3 months ago
This… this is amazing.
The most complex, “mind-boggling” crop circle ever to be seen in Britain has been discovered in a barley field in Wiltshire. The formation, measuring 150ft in diameter, is apparently a coded image representing the first 10 digits, 3.141592654, of pi.
Click the link for a picture of the crop circle. Holy smokes.
written by ketsugi about 3 months ago
As much as the government is trying to spin the prison break as a cautionary tale, the episode is revealing shortcomings in Singapore’s nanny state. … But there are few external or independent checks on the system–and this lack of scrutiny, combined with the government’s generally successful record, has produced serious blind spots. … In [...]
written by ketsugi about 3 months ago
I’m sorry, MobileOne. We had a good thing going, we really did. It’s been eight years now, and we’ve had some great times.
I could spout some clichés about all good things coming to an end, or make a joke about an eight-year itch, but I’m not gonna. I’ll use the other cliché instead: it’s not [...]
written by ketsugi about 3 months ago