Ever wondered how much of the papers were filled with advertisements? I do. In recent years, I’ve felt that much of the local Singapore newspaper (the Straits Times) has been filled too much commercial advertising, and too little content. My rough guesstimate was that about 60% of the paper was dedicated to […]
One of the boons of photography in Singapore is the abundance of public high-rise buildings near downtown areas. These buildings are open to public access and offer open balconies from which aerial photos can be taken without too much hassle.
Look out for these HDB or URA flats that offer a bird’s eye view of […]
Free phone calls over the Internet! Yes, you’ve heard this before. With Skype, we now have great voice quality over the Internet, almost equal to those of traditional phone lines.
However, Voice-Over-IP companies continue to set new expectations. The latest is VOIPBuster, which promises free calls from the Internet to land lines in […]
I visited an exhibition here in Singapore that celebrated the 600th anniversary of Zheng He’s first voyage. This famed Chinese explorer set voyaged through the South China Sea, Straits of Malacca and to India and Africa. He represented a brief period of Chinese exploration that preceded the Portuguese and Spanish. The exhibition […]