Thursday, December 17, 2009

10 great places to do some sleuthing (USA Today)

The Sherlock Holmes film opening Dec. 25 might inspire mystery buffs to visit the scene of the crime or places that inspired classic mysteries.

Netizen questions if there is conflict of interest between Mr Sear Hock Rong’s job and his grassroots work (The Temasek Review)

Written by Our Correspondent A netizen using the moniker of “MrBell” posted a question on the Facebook of YPAP member Mr Sear Hock Rong asking him if there is a conflict of interest between his job and his grassroots work at Eunos: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=77865194499&topic=13034 Mr Sear caused an outcry in cyberspace when it was revealed that he taunted ...

Right computer language makes all the difference - Irish Times

Will the good bits of JavaScript preserve the purity of a language such as Lisp, and the common touch of PHP? IT’S STILL an open question as to how much, exactly, the nature of our spoken language affects how we think. If an Inuit language really ...

Just got a MBP..., Is this someones idea of a joke? - neowin.net

I just got a MBP 17\" through work (I\'ve been assigned to start writing iPhone apps), and after 15 minutes I\'m already hating Mac OSX. The hardware is ok in many ways. It\'s light, runs relatively cool, fast, bright screen, awesome speakers, but the ...

Moving forward: from OFWs to donors and investors - ABS CBN News

Moving forward: from OFWs to donors and investorsABS CBN NewsThe European Union provided 79 percent of funds (EUR 580250.20 or about Php 41 million) to support the project; the rest of the funds – 21 percent ...and more »