The Singapore Daily

I was online at my brother’s place yesterday and there is definitely a problem accessing SGDaily from Singnet. Its not 100% inaccessible. I can load this page maybe 6 out of 10 tries. This is what I do:

- Search “singapore daily” in Google
- Click the “Cached” link of SGDaily in the search result
- You’ll get the cached version of SGDaily
- If the cached version is up to date, do a victory skip and dance :-)
- If its not up to date, click on either the links “Home” or “Daily Sg” (under Categories) on the left panel. You should be able to load this page. If it doesn’t, try again or go back to step 2 >.<

This problem is a royal pain in the butt. Please bear with us while I try to sort this out with GoDaddy and Singnet.

Ren Ci Head Monk Charged
- Feed Me To The Fish: Has wrong become right? Does corruption corrupt?
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: CAD officers seizing films?

Prosperity versus individual rights. Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Singapore
- A Singaporean: Shades of Grey Part 2.5
- The Wayang Party Club of Singapore: Uniqueness of perfection that sits to our north

Media Freedom
- TOC: Navigating Singapore’s new media environment

Yes to Minister pay raise, no to worker wage raise
- a blog @ Singapore: Ministerial salary debate revisited – Part 1

Re Education
- The boy who knew too much: Lee Kuan Yew’s view on Singaporean Education

Daily Discourse
- Mollymeek: Meek Reflections, Bold Suppositions
- Sgpolitics: Political leadership for a new global order

Life, the universe and everything
- Red Sports: Do foreign sports talents make us feel weak?

July 18th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (4)

Sayuki Matsumoto (松本さゆき) is a popular race queen in the GT Circuit in Japan. One of her hobbies is watching football. Pictures after the break. [PNSFW]

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July 18th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

Charity? More Clarity!
- Simply Gab: … there will be others (response to Andrew)
- Simply Jean: Ren Ci probe: 4 persons charged – 3 relating to financial affairs, 1 for possession for *ahem* films
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: Charged for Possessing Uncertified Films?

Healthcare
- Mr Wang Says So: Old Kidneys and Young Kidneys

Human Rights
- Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: Letter to Law Society of Singapore

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- TOC: Improving public transport – an express alternative

Daily Discourse
- Yawning Bread: Stolen star shines an unflattering light
- inferno’s pensieve: The call of reason(ableness)
- Sam’s thoughts: Racial and religious harmony cannot be just a wayang
- Singapore Life and Times: Absolution
- Sgpolitics.net: Challenges facing political parties — recruitment, quality of candidates, visibility between elections

Life, the universe and everything
- Darth Grievous’ Dark Domain 鸟话连篇: [ping.sg] A Tribute to the Banned Blogs
- Endoh’s Dungeon: Choosing the right life jacket can save your life

July 17th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

E3 Coverage
- The Channel Wire: PlayStation 3 Price Slashed $100
- PC Mag: What Nintendo Announced at E3
- PC Mag: What Sony Announced at E3
- NYT: Nintendo and Sony Underwhelm at E3
- The Game Reviews: Far Cry 2 and Prince of Persia Impress at E3
- Team Xbox: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Hands-on
- Hexus: Bungie’s big Halo plans for E3 foiled by publisher
- Wired: Hands On: Resident Evil 5
- Mygamer: Nyko Announces New Cooling Systems for PS3 and 360
- Legit Reviews: Day 2 Coverage – Notebooks, Coolers and Tacos

Tech News
- Computerworld: Apple to Mac clone maker: Recall your hardware
- DigiTimes: Dell said to be planning launch of low-cost notebook in August
- PS3 Fanboy: PS Store video service now live

Reviews | Guides
- Anandtech: Anand Reviews the Apple iPhone 3G
- ExtremeTech: The 25 Best Free iPhone 3G Apps
- Wired: The Five Stupidest iPhone 3G Accessories (So Far)
- Legion Hardware: Complete Crossfire Chipset Comparison
- Tom’s Hardware: An Apology First – And One New SSD To Prove Us Right
- Tech-Reviews: Antec Mini P180
- InformationWeek: Ultra Mobile PC Buyer’s Guide
- DSM: Vista SP1 vs XP SP3 Comparison
- OCIA: How Much Energy Is Used At Your Computer Desk?

July 17th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

Charity? More Clarity!
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Venerable Shi Ming Yi going the way of T.T. Durai?
- TOC: Even if these men fail…
- The Void Deck: What Others Are Saying: Ren Ci Monk Scam?

Return of the JBJedi
- SG Review: Reform Party Inauguration Dinner

In Search of the Perfect Leader
- BHP: In Search of The Perfect Leader – Finding The “Singaporean” Forrester [1] [2]

Daily Discourse
- Alamak: STOMP: NDP video rips off original content from Japanese ad
- Mr Brown: NDP music video and Japanese commercial for The Children’s Foundation
- Sgpolitics.net: By-election not needed by law under GRC system if member dies or resigns — is it fair to the electorate?
- Singabloodypore: Contraband Cigarettes Now Carry A Fine Of $500 A Packet – And Some Of The Lengths The Smugglers Will Go!

Life, the universe and everything
- – Feed Me To The Fish: What Come After MM?
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: The IVF Drip – Realities about Raising Capital for Tech Companies in Singapore

I think there’s a problem accessing SGDaily using Singnet. Anyone else having this problem with other ISP’s?

July 16th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (13)

Yes to Minister pay raise, no to worker wage raise
- Article 14: Inflation may lead to wage increase but there is no evidence the other way around

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- The one dimensional island: Internet deregulation seminar

ERPains, Trains and Automobiles
- My sketchbook: Transport woes(for commuters only)
- NO BUNS NO LIFE: Singapore Electronic Road Pricing(ERP) in the Future
- TOC: New formula protects profits for transport companies

Human Rights
- Simply Jean: Blogger charged… But are we also too afraid to speak up?

Organ Trading
- Angry Doctor: Medicine and Morality 2

Paper Chase
- Insane Polygons: Digipen- UNSW Redux?
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Means Testing for scholarship

Enblocing Singapore
- Enblocing Singapore: Enbloc Wars: A New HOPE – www.hope4stayers.com

Daily Discourse
- Both Sides of the Johor STraits: Singapore by-election soon??
- Singapore Angle: A By-Election in Jurong GRC?

Life, the universe and everything
- Mr Brown: mrbrown’s Quick Guide to Bicycle Commuting in Singapore

Infoblogoramus
- Song of a Reformed Headhunter: ContraDiction approved by authorities

July 15th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Tech News
- Nothing But Creative: Creative ZEN X-Fi Review [1][2]
- PC World: E3 Games Expo This Week in LA: What to Expect
- Crave: Microsoft E3 2008 press conference wrap-up
- TGDaily: GTX 200 prices crashing, Nvidia said to be shifting strategy
- Bit-tech: Nehalem arrives in week 40 and 44, possibly
- BetaNews: CheckPoint issues fix for ZoneAlarm problem after DNS patch
- Gamasutra: Layoffs Confirmed At Hellgate Developer Flagship

Reviews | Guides
- Anandtech: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 – R700 Preview: AMD’s Fastest Single Card
- Hexus: Twin-gun AMD R700 aims to blow NVIDIA out of the water
- TLL: PowerColor HD 4850 512MB Video Card
- Bit-tech: Samsung SyncMaster 245T
- Tweakpc: NVIDIA Medusa Techdemo – Radeon vs GeForce Benchmarks and Videos
- HWZ: HP TouchSmart IQ506 PC – The Full Review
- TWL: Overclocking Pros and Cons
- Techtree: An Interview with AMD
- TrustedReviews: Panasonic SC-BT100 Blu-ray Home Cinema System

SG Tech
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: e27 UnConference Summary

July 15th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

Prosperity versus individual rights. Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Singapore
- Article 14: Of word games and human rights, democracy, rule of law and all that jazz
- Sgpolitics: A desperate attempt at empty rhetoric
- Winter is Coming: Response to a Response
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MM Lee: There is a conspiracy against us!
- TOC: Is MM Lee playing the same old record?

Human Rights
- Yawning Bread: Where’s the line between serving the state and serving the party?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Human Rights and Maids..

Yes to Minister pay raise, no to worker wage raise
- nofearSingapore: Response to Minister Gan on the Lowly-waged worker- A letter to the editor

ERPains, Trains and Automobiles
- Singapore and Stuff: How to have your cake and eat it
- Simply Jean: A different perspective of the distance-based fare approach and why some will still end up paying more
- Vinyarb: PTC farehike – Approval before review??

Tak Boleh Tahan Campaign
- Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: Press Statement from the 19 charged in Court today
- Jacob’s Weblog: Video: Tak Boleh Tahan press statement by Chia Ti Lik

Return of the JBJedi
- TOC: Reform Party: We shall liberate the people
- Sgfrag: My thoughts on the TOC video coverage of the RP dinner
- UncleYap: Clear Sign of SG Reformists Learned from Malaysia!
- TOC: Reform Party’s inauguration dinner [Vids]

Re Education
- Smoot: I thought nobody will be left behind?

Daily Discourse
- Mr Wang Says So: Guilt & Innocence in The Criminal Legal System
- Feed Me To The Fish: Alamak! Another Own Goal Scored!
- Yawning Bread: Does the Attorney-General know what’s in the law books?
- Just Stuff: Will Online Anonymity Kill The Singapore Internet? A Study in Human Expression [1][2]
- Singapore Kopi Tok: Behold the silent majority
- The boy who knew too much: The shame of a nation
- Singapore Peak Oil: Singapore’s Former Chief Statistician, Dr Paul Cheung, Clueless About Carrying Capacity

Life, the universe and everything
- The Rot Within: UBS Purchasing Power Survey

July 14th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Janel Cai Shuzhen 蔡淑臻 is a popular Taiwan model. She was Estee Lauder’s first spokesperson for Taiwan. Pictures after the break. [PNSFW]

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July 14th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (8)

Credit: Insane Polygons

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July 12th, 2008 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Leave a comment

If there are any PAP people reading this, do your leaders a favour and buy them Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein when they next invite you for tea. There’s also a blog on it.

“the famous example of a “nudge” is at Schiphol Airport in Holland. Airport managers were fed up with the state of the gents. Men were none too accurate in their aim. Warnings and signs did no good so designers tried a “nudge”. A black fly was etched into the porcelain of each urinal – something to aim at. Spillages were reduced 80%.” Source

Yes to Minister pay raise, no to worker wage raise
- Sgpolitics: Tharman argues against wage increases as cure for inflation
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Upgrading is NOT the way to fight inflation
- This lush garden within: Singapore’s policy makers living in the clouds
- Balderdash: ..as the saying goes, “Matilah Singapura”
- vinyarb: Finance Minister says we cannot have pay increment! sob!
- Singabloodypore: Singapore calls lawyers’ allegations over rights unfounded
- TOC: Upping wages is no cure – Tharman
- Sgforums: Tharman: worker wage increase causes inflation, gov fee not
- VR-Zone: Employers should not raise salaries to help workers..
- HWZ: Finance Minister Tharman has warned that Singapore could face another round of inflation if companies increase wages to help workers

Prosperity versus individual rights. Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Singapore
- Mr Wang Says So: The International Bar Association And Its Report on Singapore
- Winter is Coming: A Tale of Two Organisations

We don’t need no regulation
- Ian On The Red Dot: The People Who Get Their Information Online May Not Be So Important For Votes. SO?

The Gospel of Harry
- Sam’s thoughts: The fellator, the irrumator and the rimmer

Housing
- HWZ: More HDB homes sold to PRs

Tak Boleh Tahan Campaign
- Sgpolitics: Tak Boleh Tahan’s first casualties

Daily Discourse
- TOC: The blame game
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Of race and religion laws
- Yuhui’s Singapore Blogger: “Destroy a landmark to build an MRT station? Why Not?”

Life, the universe and everything
- ringisei: Thank you for your suggestion
- Mindblogging Stuff: 10 reflections in life

Infoblogoramus
- Siew Kum Hong: The ThinkBox by AWARE presents “Sex, Power and Office Politics”
- Tribolum: Gothere.sg Gets It

July 11th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Yamasaki Mami (山崎真実) is a gravure idol and actress from Osaka. She has done television commercials for the Japanese convenience stores Circle K and Sunkus. She appears in GoGo Sentai Boukenger as Shizuka of the Wind, a member of Dark Shadow and a principal villainess. She has also appeared on the Japanese television show” Hey! Spring of Trivia”. Pictures after the break. [PNSFW]

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July 11th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

Yes to Minister pay raise, no to worker wage raise
- Interpretingsg: Raising wages = Inflation [Thanks interpretingsg]
- SPUG: Peasants should not ask for payrise
- Coffee Shop Talk: Tharman: wages increase = suicide
- My Car Forum: Employers should not raise salaries to help workers… it could worsen inflation
- EDMW: Employers should not raise salaries to help workers… it could worsen inflation
- EDMW: Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam talking cock again!

Prosperity versus individual rights. Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Singapore
- Insane Polygons: Without Substance and Feeble
- Jacob’s Weblog: Duh
- Sgpolitics.net: “Development”, “Democracy”, and false arguments why one must come before the other
- IBA: Prosperity versus individual rights? Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Singapore [PDF]
[There was discussion in EDMW about IBA's statement last night but has since been deleted by mods there?]

The Gospel of Harry
- Sam’s thoughts: Syu Insensitive

ERPains, Trains and Automobiles
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: A Taxi Problem in the CBD

Organ Trading
- TOC: Human organs for sale – let the donors decide
- Yawning Bread: Regulate, not ban, the sale of human organs

Life, the universe and everything
- A L V I N O L O G Y: AntiStomp – We Stomp the Stompers
- Rambling Librarian: What does it mean by “porting Creative Commons to Singapore”?

July 10th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)

- Google Lively

Tech News
- TechRadar: First Look: Google’s Lively
- Post I.T.: Activision Blizzard: It’s Official
- InformationWeek: Stop arguing and patch your DNS
- TG Daily: Samsung puts 128 GB SSDs into mass-production
- Fudzilla: DirectX 11 to get announced this month

Reviews | Guides
- DriverHeaven: Asus GTX 280 TOP Vs. XFX GTX 280 XXX
- Hardspell: HD4870 overclock review
- HWZ: Acer Aspire X3600 Desktop PC
- B3D: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000 Watt Modular
- DSM: Aerocool Modern V LCD Fan Controller and Temperature Monitor
- TrustedReviews: Nokia E71
- WIRED: Set Up Port Forwarding on Your Xbox 360

SG Tech
- Vinyarb: Music from sounds in Win98 and XP!
- Mindblogging Stuff: Marketing ingenuity: make claims that are impossible to prove

July 10th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

The Gospel of Harry
- Looking through the eyes of: Time and Singapore
- Sgpolitics: My response to Mr Syu Ying Kwok’s ST letter (08 July 2008)
- a blog @ Singapore: Right time for the right words
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: Let PAP rule for 500 years. (And let me go)
- TOC: Straits Times Forum, is this a sick joke?

The Spawn of Harry
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Local Politics and Meet the MPs Session
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Winning e hearts/minds of S’porean voters through one meet-e-people session per month

42 years – from nation to multinational
- Feed Me To The Fish: Singapore Cracked Up!

147th and falling
- Simply Gab: The 146th: Being Charitable with Figures [146=Bhutan, 147=SG, 148=Iraq. Watch out, Iraq is gaining on us!]

The Limping Man
- Sam’s Thoughts: Mas Selamat was at my ROM

Daily Discourse
- My Singapore News: Why 2 senior ministers and 2 DPMs?
- catherinelim.sg: Overcoming doubts and stepping forth
- Mollymeek: Glass Castle and Youthquake [Thanks Elia Diodati]

Life, the universe and everything
- Empty Vessel: Visual Literacy: Fonts Part II of II
- the(new)mediaslut: RecordTV sues Mediacorp for threats
- Bitchtalk: Remember the ’90s?

Infoblogoramus
- My Thoughts..: NRIC & FIN Number Suffix Checker

July 9th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

At the 2003 China National Modeling Star Championship Finals (中國模特之星大賽總決賽), 17-year-old Wang Xi Wei 王希维 was crowned the overall winner amongst 60 finalists from across China. Since graduating from the Central Drama Institute in 2004, the talented 1.76m tall model (she sings, dances and plays the piano) from Xinjiang province has made a successful foray into acting. She is also the lead singer in the all girl group Top Three.

Pictures after the break.
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July 9th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

ERPains, Trains and Automobiles
- Simply Jean: Coming soon: More ERP gantries – and the rationale behind it
- Empty Vessel: To the ERP system

42 years – from nation to multinational [credit to Insane Polygon for that excellent line]
- Insane Polygons: One United People

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Just Stuff: The Chimera of Freeing The Press – A Study in Change Management
- INsAniTY MAO’s CORNER: Speech by Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan [Thanks Abao]

The Limping Man
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: The manhunt that refused to go away

Daily Discourse
- Recruit Ong: 9 years & 18 strokes for a victimless crime
- Sgpolitics: Giving back to society should begin at the top
- The boy who knew too much: The amazing disappearing ERP cards
- TOC: Young and old in S’pore want more political openness

Life, the universe and everything
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Japan and Singapore and the Homeless
- A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur: Untying The Ping.sg Knot
- Around the World in 180 Days: Day 145. Singapore, Day 146. More Singapore

Infoblogoramus
- e pur si muove: New webzine: Glass Castle

July 8th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (4)

Tech News
- Fudzilla: Intel to cut prices on July 20th
- InfoWorld: Google should defy court order
- NYT: One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life
- Microsoft: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 (Developer Preview)
- InformationWeek: Firefox 3 Boosts Browser’s Market Share Over 19%
- Hexus: NVIDIA keeps cutting prices
- DigiTimes: Nvidia contract makers in Taiwan low-key over defective chip reports
- Gamespot: US gaming sales surpass DVDs
- 1UP: Diablo Fans Petition Against III’s Artistic Direction
- ars technica: Blizzard responds to Diablo III graphics controversy

Reviews | Guides
- HWZ: ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 – Inching for the Apex
- Neoseeker: Asus Eee PC 901 Review
- Techgage: X48 Roundup: ASUS, ECS & Intel
- Switched: The 10 Most Stubborn People in Tech
- Icrontic: Installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the OLPC XO
- TrustedReviews: Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 7000
- HWZ: Netbooks versus Notebooks: The New Age Battle
- ExtremeTech: Beyond Graphics – The Present and Future of GP-GPU

SG Tech
- Ignorance is Curable: PacNet / Pacific Internet blocked as spam source
- Techgoondu: It’s confirmed – Singapore has incomplete number portability
- Otterman speaks: More points for Google Earth
- Simple is the reason of my heart: Is Friendster engineering a comback? A Meeting with Jeff Roberto from Friendster
- 65bits: Episode 78 : Cheap iPhones?

July 8th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

147th|151st and falling
- Mr Wang Says So: The State and the Media and Their Embarrassingly Passionate Embrace in Singapore
- My Singapore News: What should be the role of media?
- My Sketchbook: Obey the state

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Article 14: The Wisdom of a 15 year old
- Out of my mind: The RI Lecture – Freedom of speech about freedom of speech!

Lee vs Chee
- Mollymeek: Chee Lies & is Ungrammatical!
- Sgpolitics: Mind Your Language, Madam Yeong
- Singapore Dissident: Give me a trial or let me go NOW!

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: ERP, Socialism,Capitalism, Crisis, Obama, Change

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- Under the Willow Tree: Singapore’s SWFs and the 3 Behemoths of Mass Implosion

Human Rights
- Where Bears Roam Free: Walter Woon’s Stand on Human Rights

Anti-G8 Solidarity Action
- Singapore Indian Voice: Anti-G8 Solidarity Action in Singapore

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Singapore’s Poor Law
- Singapore Peak Oil: Are Singapore’s Food Policies Sustainable?
- This lush garden within: Disgusting Singaporeans on Stomp
- Singapore Life and Times: Blame Game
- Sgpolitics: Safeguard our future. Empower our children

Life, the universe and everything
- Sam’s Thoughts: Famili-nation
- Yawning Bread: Thursday morning at the Novotel
- Ian On The Red Dot: The Girl Effect

Cosfest 2008
- ALVINOLOGY: Cosfest 2008 – Photo Galore!

Infoblogoramus
- a blog @ Singapore: WP Youth Wing: YouthQuake 3

July 7th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)