Lots of email, thought I’d put some links out today. Happy a good weekend and see you next year!

Lee vs TOC
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Lee Kuan Yew had suggested “instigating riots and disorder” to crush opposition
- TOC: Complaint against TOC made to S’pore Police [Thanks Seelan]
- The Temasek Review: The ‘Janet Wee’ versus The Online Citizen Saga

The Gospel of Harry
- The Asia File: National Geographic interviews a dinosaur [Thanks Ben]
- TOC: Bashing Singaporeans – PAP gets in on the act
- The Temasek Review: Singapore – The past 40+ years is nothing but a mistake?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Adam Khoo: The Expats Will Rule Singapore [via TOC]
- TOC: Press Muse: Speaking “truth” for power
- The Secret Political Blog: PRs to party together, Singapore to promote enclaves

Road to Election
- TOC: The man who stretched the political machinery

Housing
- TOC: Year In Review: HDB flats – subsidy, affordability, prices.
- Singapore Alternatives: Mah Bow Tan “Caught off guard”?

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Strive harder and harder..
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore workers work longest hours: ILO report

Countdown to 2010
- TOC: Lessons from 2009

‘Tis the season to be..
- according2ed: Christmas & the Art of Gift-Giving [Thanks Tracy]
- Reflections and Ruminations: Compliment Christ. Don’t compliment the season. [Thanks lary]

Daily Discourse
- Kelvin Teo Writes: Why the term Young PAP is considered a misnomer
- Sgpolitics.net : Reaffirmation of bilingual policy must include all languages, not just Chinese
- Barnyard Chorus: BREAKING: More women say: I deserve justice by my own terms, I’m worth it. [Thanks Mark]
- Barnyard Chorus: Investigating and prosecuting sexual offences. [Thanks Mark]
- Insane Polygons: Adventures of Elite Girl ep0042

Life, the universe and everything
- Sam’s thoughts: Singapore Idol and Singaporean Attitude
- Ravi Philemon: The adversities people with disability face

Happy new year everyone. Here’s to a better 2010.
g

Year in pictures 2008

It’s a slow tech news week as everyone is celebrating. Except the folks in Microsoft. According to the US court, Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 infringed a Canadian company’s patent. Microsoft is ordered to stop selling Office 2003 and 2007 in the US from 11 Jan 2010. Sounds bad.

But before you start smuggling copies of Office 2007 to US and sell in black market, Microsoft has issued a patch to remove the portion that infringed the patent.

News
- ZDNet: Microsoft loses its appeal in $200-million-plus Custom XML patent infringement case
- InformationWeek: Microsoft Word Gets Facelift
- PCmag: Tech Headlines We’ll be Reading in 2010
- Buzzmarketing Daily: The Top 10 Most Important Tweets of 2009
- Lifehacker: Common Laptop/Netbook Positions to Avoid

Reviews | Guides
- Tech65: Gear65 #50 – Samsung OmniaPro B7330
- TechieLobang: HTC HD2 Review
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Review: Nokia E52
- Tech65: Gear65 #49 – Nokia E72
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Beware of imitations when buying the capsule speaker

"It is pertinent for anyone who wishes to participate in any form of public discourse to (re)consider the dichotomy between right and wrong as well as to question the necessity of this particular schema which is anything but inevitable."
Molly Meek

"How does our Law Minister propose to promote greater political awareness in schools when there is active censorship and restriction of expression of political ideas?"
Ng E-Jay

"..even if their foreign employees want to rent any flats, they should do so from Singaporeans instead of direct from HDB! HDB’s job is to take care of Singaporeans’ housing interests and needs FIRST!"
Goh Meng Seng

"Are the poor better off after getting the extra help from the GST increase?"
Leong Sze Hian

This is it! The last weekend of year 2009! This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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Road to Election
- a blog day’s work: Mildly different or credibly different?
- TOC: Exchange of letters between Kenneth Jeyaretnam and TOC

Housing
- Singapore Watch: Is Dawson BTO worth subscribing for?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Molitics: Forgetting Foreigners For a While

Singapore Coloring
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker : Ethnicity-based statistics — how useful or accurate are they?

Re education
- Singaporean Skeptic: Is more education really a good thing?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Singapore M.D.: H1N1 vaccination part 2

Lee vs Chee
- Singaporean Skeptic: So is it a crime to criticise or not?

Mainstream | X-Stream Media
- World Through Spider’s Eyes: Riffing on MDA’s Television Code Part 3 [Thanks Kenneth]

Daily Discourse
- Today In Singapore: The Pact With The Devil
- The Lycan Times: The Singapore Dream
- Singapore Dino: Why is the PAP government so STINGY when helping Singaporeans?
- The Singapore Sports Fan Says: ST letter-writer calls Singapore Athletic Association ‘despicable’
- My Thoughts: Comic Strips on Singapore Politics

Life, the universe and everything
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: SDP’s Christmas Message
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Wendy is back in town
- SGEntrepreneurs: 5 Tech Entrepreneurship events that rocked SG in 2009
- Singapore Fountain Pen: Taking Part In The North Face 100 Singapore [Thanks Major]

Road to Election
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: “Milder but more credible”…for whom? (My response to an article on the WP Youth Wing)

Housing
- TOC: Higher HDB prices good for Singaporeans?

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Hong Kong : A cautionary tale..

Lee vs Chee
- Vinyarb: Dumb or Dogged? [Thanks Richard]

Daily Discourse
- I’m getting personal: Religious Tolerance
- Singapore Life and Times: The voices of the few
- Singaporean Skeptic: YPAP Issue Distracts You From The Real Problem- The PAP
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Humiliation of the poor..

Infoblogaramous
- TOC: TOC Special Event – 2009 Year In Review