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Idea place for IT folks like me…

Eric Tan — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:21:37 +0000

[via balsamiq blog]

Though I don’t really love their products, Atlassian definitely looks fun and profitable (if I am not wrong )

JBHHH?!

Eric Tan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:19:42 +0000

Saw this post by Robo.

And I feel like to shout:

Wah! So interesting!

(that’s what my dear will “shout” when she see many people AND when it’s “happening”.. not when you visit little india on Sunday night, nor when you crossing the Causeway on friday night..)

Do you know there’s such things as HHH? Do you know that it started in K.L. in 1938? People run together, and have beer together!

And their goals?

To promote physical fitness among our members
To get rid of weekend hangovers
To acquire a good thirst and to satisfy it in beer
To persuade the older members that they are not as old as they feel
To get laid

Cool!

Foam City – like no others

Eric Tan — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:54:49 +0000

I love creative TV Advertisement. Something fun, something cool, something imaginative.

Believe you’ll love this too.. A Foam City

This alone, is enough to make you “feel like to” buy a Sony Camara.

The best thing is, in the process of making this, people are enjoying it. Well, you might say, “OK, the making is also produced by SONY, of course people ARE enjoying, right”. But ask yourself, isn’t it fun?

I’ll love to see my family’s reaction to something like this too. Will Izaac jump like a boy again? Will JingYi shout or laugh like a mad baby? Will my father join in the foam? I like to see that!

Also, how cool is it, for Miami city to approve such an event. Close the shops, police & many public service to standby.. Wow.. Will this happen to a city like Singapore?

臭 tin²

Eric Tan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:43:42 +0000

Stay in a place with such a nice view!

You better live your life well! You know how worrying we’ll be if you live in a nice place and still not the happy girl we want you to be?!

What’s your contribution to this world?

Eric Tan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:21:51 +0000

“What’s my contribution to this world?”

This question pop up in my mind, on and off. Why? I’ve gone through the standard procedure of “birth, grow up, be educate and make some money“, and inherited the standard goal (or is it not?) from a simple Chinese family: “be someone useful”.

But, if you ask me this question, I’ll tell you: “nothing”.

Why? I don’t know.

Maybe you need to know “what” is useful, before you can do something useful?

Or, maybe “�?�懂�?�錢的地方長�?出好男人”? (好男人)

I don’t know. Hope I can do some project like this..

Saw some comments criticizing the project.

Well, I don’t think it’s that silly after all. At least I know the idea is way better that One Laptop per Child. why? Who need a laptop when survival is a problem?

I know this will not be the solution, but at least this sounds like some kind of solution? At least I think distributing filters monthly seems a lot more feasible than distributing clean water daily. Just like giving fishing rod is better than giving fish, maybe?

Fifteen bucks for an article

Eric Tan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:34:09 +0000

I love magazines, I read almost any magazine I found. One of my favourite columnist is 佘宗明 (I found him from 《號外》). I’ll buy a magazine just for his article. That’s equivalent to about SGD15 and article. That show that I never control my financial expenses properly. But, that also show how good he is.

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~ 一個人在床上

Bye Bye, King of Ashburton Grove.

Eric Tan — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:19:47 +0000

The move is true. Our king is moving to Nou Camp.

The move is mainly due to the departure of David Dein and the uncertainty of Arsene Wenger’s future.

Who are we losing? A captain, all-time record goalscorer, most influential player (on and off the field), mentor of our young & rising stars, and, to many, the man who represent Arsenal.

I salute you our king.

Your departure leave me devastated, and I do agree with you (although you never say so), that our future is as clear as mud.

Thanks for being a gunner for the past 8 years.

Lifelong Fidelity and Devotion? Swan?

Eric Tan — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:32:27 +0000

Saw an interesting news report on Channel U/8 (either one of them). Finally have sometime (after a “big” morning) to do a quick search on the net, and found the relevant reports.

“Swans have long been renowned as symbols of lifelong fidelity and devotion, but our recent work has shown that infidelity is rife among black swans,�? says Dr Raoul Mulder from the University of Melbourne’s Department of Zoology.

According to the report, 1 out of 6 baby swan are found “illegitimate” by DNA paternity analysis. (meaning they are �?生�? or their mother �?�外�?� la.)

If my memory didn’t fail me, the news report also said that female black swans normally sneak out between 11pm and 3am.

Interesting. Is that why they are BLACK swan? Just like Black sheep?

Alright. Just for your info. But for me, I’ll make sure I won’t buy any swan related decorations for Harry & Lap Wai, YiQi & James nor George & Sabrina.

dragon ball + xbox 360

Eric Tan — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:48:59 +0000

Any dragon ball’s fans out there? I know I’m not the only one, haha.

why it‘s not on wii? Now I’m not sure if i should get wii or xbox 360… *sob sob*