March 2008
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Culturepush →
Culturepush sniffs out cool stuff in art, culture and design in Singapore and gets the inside look at the talent behind the ideas. We write based on the loose standard of what we like and never print what we don’t.
“Everything I designed was unnecessary.”
– Philippe Starck
“If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might...”
– Julio Diaz
“Actually, I believe Sins is a direct [StarCraft] clone. Both games feature...”
– thecaptain_ps
“That’s how it works in every market — the people who buy stuff call...”
– Brad Wardell
“But for something as, and I don’t mean to belittle it, because I still think...”
– Rick Astley
“In any case, Pilcrow & Capitulum would make a fine name for a pub, and a...”
– Jonathan Hoefler
Absurd Entries in the OED: An Introduction To... →
“[B]itching that anyone is a “bad” Windows citizen is the rhetorical equivalent...”
– The Angry Drunk
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Red Nano →
Rednano.sg, a new search engine and directory from SPH, which Alvinology welcomes rather enthusiastically as our “own” search engine. For what, our “own” web? But my fight is not with him. Let’s take a look at Google Singapore, which basically skews your search results towards items of local relevance. Which, by the way, sucks. There’s a link in the bottom-right...
Safari 3.1 Update →
“Double clicking on the Tab Bar opens new tab”. YES WOOT /dance Now I wish right-clicking on an item in a drop-down folder in the bookmarks bar opened it in a new tab (or window, I guess, based on the Cmd-click preference). Right-clicking gets a menu at the top level of the bookmarks bar but inside folders it behaves the same as just clicking. I know, I can Cmd-click, but sometimes...
“This is the first age that’s ever paid much attention to the future, which...”
– Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)
Threadless sale
Gimme orders ASAP, and does anyone want to volunteer their card or I’ll have to begin trade negotiations with my mom :/ Thursday or even earlier would be best, because I have tees I want that are running out.
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“This paper, then, is a serious analysis of a ridiculous subject, which is of...”
– Paul Krugman
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Terror Suspect Eludes Posse of 4 Million →
Easily the best site on the Internet →
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people
I still need to watch There Will Be Blood and Persepolis, please? And Be Kind Rewind opens on Wednesday or something. (UPDATE: Yeah, Wednesday, and only at Cathay? Here are the times: There Will Be Blood - Monday to Wednesday, 3.50 or 9.20pm at PS Persepolis - Monday to Wednesday, 12.20 or 4.55pm at Cinema Europa (Vivo?) Be Kind Rewind - Wednesday, 7.20 or 9.40pm at The CathaySo uh, we gotta hurry...
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D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y →
Down for everyone or just me? →
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“[T]he spirit of bershon is pretty much how you feel when you’re 13 and your...”
– Sarah Brown
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