I came across this philosophy of Nietzsche's that I found absolutely beautiful and heartening, that of amor fati or the "love of fate. If anything it gave me a glimpse of the possibility that life might actually be enjoyed. In Nietzsche's words: My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one... Continue Reading →
My 2011 Personality
Over the years I've pretty regularly written about the results of the personality tests I take. The majority of the tests I take tend to be that of the MBTI-type, which I find one of the most insightful personality tests, as well as one where the results I find are generally accurate. For 2011 I've... Continue Reading →
Why the Dvorak Keyboard Layout Sucks
I just read a (really long) article on how the studies/reports behind the Dvorak keyboard layout (or simply, the Dvorak layout) could just be all part of one hell of a marketing gimmick to help dear old Mr. Dvorak sell his keyboard layout. For those who don't know, the Dvorak layout's an alternative to the Qwerty... Continue Reading →
Dvorak Keyboard Layout Sucks
I hoped the header grabbed your attention because it'd sure as hell grab mine. I just read a (really long) article on how the studies/reports behind the Dvorak keyboard layout could just be all part of one hell of a marketing gimmick to help dear old Mr. Dvorak sell his keyboard layout (for the uninitiated,... Continue Reading →
Outer Space
The heated discussion, too hot to handle, Weakened the grip of the hand. A slow release, we floated apart, Rising above familiar land. But as time went by, and the further we went, It started getting harder to breathe. And I think we both wished that we would both Stop pretending we wanted the other... Continue Reading →
The HDB Lottery
After about six tries, Lix (i.e. the fiancee, who doesn't want to be called "my fiancee" any more... she'll be called "Lx" from now on!) and I finally managed to get a very credible HDB ballot position. We'd applied for this BTO called Punggol Topaz sometime last month, and got the confirmation this afternoon that... Continue Reading →
New Property Cooling Measures in Singapore
This was certainly pretty unexpected: new property cooling measures so soon after the last one (30 Aug 2010). I don't know to be happy or sad. On the one hand, as someone who's actively looking for a new home I'm happy that this move might bring home prices down (at least to something I can... Continue Reading →
The Performance Appraisal
A little over a year ago I wrote a short piece commemorating my confirmation appraisal, where I wrote about how lucky my company was to have me, and how thankful I was that they hired me when they did. Now that we know each other a little better, I can look back and see if... Continue Reading →
The Reliability of Internet Marketing Research
I was doing some secondary research on the web to try to gather some statistics on small businesses and websites when I realised that there just wasn't much reliable data around, and that the majority of the statistics on the web were referencing themselves (this is like when an article on website A would point... Continue Reading →
It’s 2011, people
Happy 2011 to everyone! It's a new year, and it's time for a new you, too, don't you think? Set it down to make this year your best year yet. What do you hope to achieve? Write down your goals, then write down the steps that will get you there. And then, of course, diligently... Continue Reading →
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