Geekonomics

• 30Jan

  Drinking savvy, according to the gospel of Geekonomics

  Parental Control, Random, Thoughts, geeked, toys 3 Comments

  So, this geek had absolutely no idea what to do when approached by Asia Pacific Breweries (APB)’s agency on hosting a party promoting savvy drinking. But they knew it was a cause close to my heart having seen my tweets and sure enough, I decided to host a party to promote this cause amongst my friends. To start off, I checked with some friends what date was best for them and then sent out a video invite along with my email invite:

  Guests who signed up received this ‘e-ticket’:

  

  (this ticket is Joe's, the dude who helped me take some pictures of the party)

  This geek had many crazy ideas for my party, including Read more…

  

  Tags: APB I Drink Savvy party

• 26Jan

  So u know Geekonomics, have you met Greekonomics?

  Gaming, Geek Travels, Random, Singapore Tech, Social Media, animation, geeked, toys 4 Comments

  This geek’s disciple “GReekonomics” decided to throw a party to atone for his failure in learning his master’s true abilities:

  Pretty excited about tomorrow’s party, though I’ve had absolutely no time to think about it nor plan it. Too bad the invites are ultra-limited and max-ed out already due to the limitation of the room booked.

  A big sorry to all you reading this whom I couldn’t invite!

  Woe to those who are coming though, for they have no idea what’s gonna befall them. Neither do I. Bwahahaha! Well, here’s a little hint for my 10-odd guests:

  

  *rubs hands in evil glee*

  

  Tags: APB I Drink Savvy party, geekonomics, greekonomics, party

• 10Feb

  Love the Blackberry Bold

  Random, gadgets, geeked, mobile, toys, wireless 8 Comments

  It’s been a while since I’ve been so excited over a new phone. Even though the Blackberry Bold has been around for a while and I’ve kinda resisted getting it for months. I was simply blown away when I finally got it. It’s like falling in love all over again. Sorry, I did say I’m a geek right?

  

  I installed a nice theme on the desktop with 13 icons, loving it!

  

  

  Tags: 13 icon, Blackberry Bold, IP Mirror, themes

• 05Feb

  WIFI Blocking Paint

  Random, news, wireless No Comments

  Interesting innovation by the Japanese. Can be very useful indeed.

  

  Tags: Japanese, Wi-Fi, WIFI blocking paint

• 31Jan

  World’s Sexiest DJ in Singapore tonight (31st Jan)

  Random, Youth Culture, news 1 Comment

  This must be one of the best public service announcements ever.

  City Alive! held in conjunction with the annual Chingay Parade is going to be the BIGGEST and FUNKIEST street party in Singapore! And It’s happening tonight!

  

  Maxim’s world’s sexiest DJ Sassy Pandez is in town and this photo was taken at the media event at TOPSHOP, Vivocity last night.

  So quickly get your tickets from SISTIC and I’ll see you later in town, on the streets!

  

  Tags: City Alive!, DJ Sassy Pandez, party, PAYM, world's sexiest DJ

• 15Dec

  Based on Google search results, the Republicans might have won the elections

  Random, Thoughts, US elections, World, news No Comments

  Well, this was the top ten Google global searches of 2008 according to the Google zeitgeist.

  Fastest Rising (Global)

  1. sarah palin
  2. beijing 2008
  3. facebook login
  4. tuenti
  5. heath ledger
  6. obama
  7. nasza klasa
  8. wer kennt wen
  9. euro 2008
  10. jonas brothers

  Too bad it was not the whole world that voted in the US elections. Then again, Read more…

  

  Tags: 2008 search results, google, obama, sarah palin, US elections, zeitgeist

• 13Dec

  20% of teens say they’ve put nude pics of themselves online

  Random, Social Media, World, Youth Culture, news No Comments

  I found this study hard to believe until I read the report myself… still quite mind-boogling, I’d say. Well, the youth mind is always difficult to understand.

  

  Tags: nude, online, study, teens

• 08Dec

  This is junk

  Citizen Journalism, Random, Social Media, Thoughts, cnet, geeked, tech jobs 3 Comments

  I was just reviewing my blogs recently and I think this is the most worthless of the blogs that I maintain.

  You see, according to ://URLfan recommended by Pat Law, this blog is not even listed.

  At least my highway blog is listed on ://URLfan though I don’t write on it much. And even though I don’t write on my highway blog much, it still has pretty decent traffic.

  Geekonomics @ CNET Asia of course is the most high traffic of the 3 blogs I painfully maintain amidst my busy schedule. And I do make time to blog there regularly 2-3 times a week - for contractual reasons. And it’s has to be all original content, I can’t just sticky something up there - a big Juniper (tree) will probably crush and kill me.

  But look at this blog. Although it has a pagerank of 4 and just crossed the 100k pageviews mark (since it’s inception around June according to stats counter ‘wassup’), it is not even listed on urlfan and I don’t spend half as much effort on it as I do on my CNET Asia blog. And at least the highway of life has been recognised with a blog of the day award before.

  Briefly scrolling through my posts on this blog, most of them are either press releases or just stickies of what I’ve read. I haven’t made enough effort to create better content. (And I have to login regularly to delete the spam that chalks up to 3 figures on akismet weekly)

  It’s junk, even to me. I don’t even know why you even bother to read it.

  I think I should either close it down or revamp it.

  Thinking.

  

  Tags: close, lousy blog, shut down, sucks, terrible

• 30Nov

  In memory of Lo Hwei Yen

  Random, Social Media, Thoughts, World, news No Comments

  Inspired by my fellow CNET Blogger Michael’s post, I did a check on friendster and was shocked to see how closely I was related to the poor Singaporean Lo Hwei Yen who was brutally murdered in Mumbai. This is what my friendster showed up :

  Connections to Hwei Yen

  You are connected to Hwei Yen through: 

  You  TamMee  Yinfu  Hwei Yen

  You  Jackson  Gene  Hwei Yen

  You  Jackson  Teck Boon  Hwei Yen

  You  Remy  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  Adrian  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  StevieC  Faz  Hwei Yen

  You  StevieC  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  StevieC  Mae Shaan  Hwei Yen

  You  StevieC  KeX  Hwei Yen

  You  StevieC  Geraldine  Hwei Yen

  You  Malcolm  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  Malcolm  Wendy  Hwei Yen

  You  Malcolm  Rachel  Hwei Yen

  You  Kelly  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  Mudd  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  Stella  Isaac  Hwei Yen

  You  Eugene  Dimin  Hwei Yen

  You  Andy  Jesse  Hwei Yen

  You  Andy  Pamela  Hwei Yen

  You  Andy  Teck Boon  Hwei Yen

  You  Timothy  James  Hwei Yen

  You  Timothy  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  Timothy  Rachel  Hwei Yen

  You  Alf  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  Jared  Jesse  Hwei Yen

  You  Ah-ze  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  Wynne  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  Aidil  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  Adriene  Varian  Hwei Yen

  You  Moe  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  Isman  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  Mdc  Keith  Hwei Yen

  You  Terence  Teck Boon  Hwei Yen

  I was supposed to be in Mumbai anytime around this period and was just there at the Taj Hotel in Jan of this year. As if the reality of the whole terror was not close enough, this whole friendster discovery just made everything that much closer. 

  She had a wonderful life and so much ahead of her and it’s all gone now because of some stupid selfish morons. 

  Thus is the frailty of life in this uncertain world in which we live today.

  You’ll always live on the internet and in our hearts, Hwei Yen.

   

  

  Tags: bombing, lo hwei yen, mumbai, Singaporean, taj hotel, terror, terrorist

• 27Nov

  Boy leapt to his death over CCA

  Random, Thoughts, Youth Culture, news 2 Comments

  A 15-YEAR-OLD jumped from the 11th-floor bedroom window of his home - in front of his mother - after a disagreement with his parents over his intention to switch his co-curricular activity (CCA) in school.

  Tan Wen Yi had wanted to switch from track-and-field to drama but his parents were against it.

  Up till then, no one would have thought Wen Yi as a troubled or even self-destructive sort. The Secondary 3 student of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) was described as cheerful and was well-liked by his classmates and respectful towards his teachers, the Coroner’s Court heard yesterday.

  http://news.asiaone.com/News/the%2BStraits%2BTimes/Story/A1Story20081127-103692.html

  ——————————

  Someone sent this to me with a strange comment : 

  “If put into a normal context of bad press for gaming, now track and field officially is bad for kids just like gaming.”

  It might be a strange comment, but isn’t that what it all comes down to? Whether it’s gaming or anything else, a lot it has to do with the parenting.

  But parents don’t know what to do in this strange new digital world today. Hopefully SCOGA can help them understand their kids better in terms of gaming and bridge the digital divide there. But SCOGA can’t help them in track and field and drama. That’s just plain poor parenting. Poor kid.

  

  Tags: boy, cca, death, drama, Gaming, generation gap, parenting, SCOGA, suicide, track and field

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