In the wake of international criticism following its banning of the computer game Mass Effect and the subsequent lifting of the ban, Singapore’s Media Development Authority have released a hip hop video in which its executives rap about the role of the Authority. Ever wondered how to fit “service oriented architecture” into the lyrics of a hip hop song? No problem for the MDA.
Final observations on election 2007
Kevin Rudd and Labor have out-Liberaled the Liberals by saying they’ll spend $2.3 billion in their campaign launch compared to Howard’s whopping $8.5 billion. All I can say is good on them. Massive government spending in a time of real inflationary pressures is, as Kevin 2.0 puts it, reckless. I’ve noticed the Greens have been taking out half page advertisements in mX. In Thursday’s edition (mX, page 11, 15/11/2007), their advertisement headed “Stop Climate Change” says “2° degrees of global … →
Android – the open platform for mobile apps
So Android has been released. As I suspected, Google has not actually released a phone of their own. Could be an interesting platform for researchers in the mobile/ubiquitous computing space who want to develop prototypes quickly. One of the creators of the platform hopes that someone develops an application that can help interpret his wife’s thoughts…
Own a share of a football club, and help pick the team
I’m fascinated by the idea of ordinary football fans being able to own a football club and collaborating to decide on which players to buy and sell. This idea is very close to reality as MyFootballClub has agreed terms with Ebbsfleet United FC to buy a controlling share of that club. MyFootballClub members get a say in the running of the club, including picking the team from week to week. This takes Fantasy Football to a whole new level! At … →
Happy birthday Mum!
Mum’s “official” birthday follows Karen’s by exactly a week each year. Here’s a photo of her and Xander at Victoria Point today, where we celebrated her birthday.
The Hipster Shuffle
Just in case you missed it the first time I blogged it, here’s the Hipster Shuffle video. Equally funny the second time around!
Hope
Sometimes one has a moment to turn around and look back along the path they have walked, and remember the good times, the bad times and everything in between. I’m truly lucky to be able to say that so far my life has been filled with happiness and hope, in no small part due to my parents and my brother, and more recently my darling angel Karen and my son Xander. But there are those whose lives have not been … →
A nice little video
I’ve seen this video – about digital information and its categorisation – linked on various websites over the last week or so. I thought I’d share it here as well. Very nice.
Killer or Koder?
I did say “enough politics” in my last post, but I’d like to direct readers of my blog to Kerry’s response to my recent post on libertarianism, which is rather less emotion-filled than both her initial post and my response to it. :-) On a more light-hearted note (depending on how you look at it), Kerry directs us (via the DSTC-Alumni mailing list) to this little quiz. But be warned: you either need to know about programming language design or … →
