VLC media player is a replacement for media players like Microsoft Media Player. Granted, Media Player is good and is also free. Functionality wise there is no reason to replace it. But philosophy wise, I have three.
One, as an open source supporter and believer, I want to use open source applications for all my desktop […]
Archive for June, 2005
The Live 8 banner on Technorati caught my attention. What is Live 8?
"Live 8 is a series of concerts and events across the world which are
being staged to highlight the problem of global poverty. It’s a chance
for ordinary people to call on world leaders at this year’s G8 summit
and tell them to put a stop […]
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.
If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out
and get busy.- Dale Carnegie
Change had been the dominant theme for me these few months. The sidekicks of change are doubt and fear. So I also got well acquainted with them […]
"First, you must separate facts from mere information. Second, you must separate facts into two classes - the important and the unimportant." - Napoleon Hill success scroll 10.
The internet is such a trove of information that we often spent more time gathering information than processing them. There is a danger that the information gathering process […]
For certain documents such as invoices, receipts, contracts or bank slips, the chinese uses a complex form of the written numeral. This caused some problem for me as they are not frequently used or encountered in Singapore. They are also not easily remembered.
The primary reason for using them is to prevent forgery. In the simple […]
Change is the only constant.
Cliche but true. One must be accustom to change if one is starting a business. And this is what had happened to me over the past weeks.
Old partnership resolved and new one formed. People left, new people came. Opportunity lost, opportunities gained. Reworked business plan and direction. Evaluated and reset […]
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