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Software: FlickrFaves

Friday, July 28th, 2006

Do you use Flickr? Do you have lots of beautiful favorites marked? Want to use them as wallpapers on your computer? Then FlickrFaves is for you! It is a small, simple, cross-platform tool for downloading high-resolution versions of your Flickr favorites to your harddrive. Try it out, it’s real easy to use and, best of [...]

Ms. Friendly Immigration Official

Monday, July 24th, 2006

It has actually been a while that we last left Singapore… But all the ado about the new “Ms. Universe” got me back to thinking about this most weird of awards. In Singapore, there is actually a “most friendly immigration official” award that you, the fellow traveller entering Singapore, get to vote for. It is [...]

Plans

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

My thesis trimester — and with that my time in Singapore — is coming to an end. Just one more week and I will have to turn in my thesis, move out of this appartment (oh, how I am going to miss the pool!) and, well, move on. We will have some more time in [...]

Write More?

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

I always have this feeling that nobody reads what I write here… Then again when I actually talk to people they start nagging me to write more. Now which one is it? If you want me to write, you guys should write, too. I am sure you are aware of the fancy ‘comments’ feature that [...]

World Cup Fever in Southeast Asia

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

Unfortunately, the dream is over, Germany is out. It was still an amazing ride, even from this far away. I can still hardly believe how Germany got swept away with a wave of support for our team and, maybe more importantly, just how well they played. Out here in Asia, many people are closely following [...]

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