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Month February 2006

Mac & UOB Bank

If there is one thing that the Mac ‘lacks’, that will be javascript support for its browser, Safari and MSIE. It is this very lacking feature that has make it almost impossible for the local banks to enable Mac users to login to their system. The only work around back then was to use Netscape [...]

Programmer’s Work Time Preferences

I really like reading Bernard’s blog. Maybe, it’s because of some common traits we share. We love Mac (maybe he > me). And from his latest post, it seems he likes to work at night. We probably share some similar routines as well. My day starts with me (and my wife) sending Alexis to school. [...]

Alan Kay’s talk at Creative Think Seminar, 1982

I came across some notes of Alan Kay’s talk at Folklore’s site In particular, one thing that caught my eye was his statement on Smalltalk. === Alan Kay’s talk at Creative Think seminar, July 20, 1982 Outline of talk: Metaphors, Magnetic Fields, Snobbery and Slogans The best way to predict the future is to invent [...]

BookJetty : An Amazon-NLB Marriage

I came across BookJetty.com BookJetty solves a problem that many of us faced. Or rather, BookJetty puts the missing links of Amazon reviews in NLB’s catalogue. If there is anything that NLB should strive to improve, it should be a review of the books that they have in Amazon style. I like BookJetty enough to [...]

Fast Moving World : Oracle Reacting To The Threats of Open Source

If there is anything worth noting, it is how the IT industry is changing. First, the consolidation of the CRM-ERP market. Oracle acquires PeopleSoft after a tough bidding battle with SAP. Next, CRM ‘giant’ Siebel acquisition by Oracle. Siebel of course, have a long history with Oracle. And on the database front, Oracle have acquired [...]