June 2011
1 post
Chopin
p. 3 Oct 30, 1849 Church of the Madeleine p. 4 his friend, Delacroix arrived in France in 1831 p. 5 portrait by Delacriox p. 6 death - Oct 17 aged 39 Mozart’s Requiem p. 7 special dispensation remained invisible behind a black velvet curtain Funeral march from Chopin’s Sonata in b-flat minor Adam and Alexandre Czartoryski — representated Polish exiles Eugene...
Jun 30th
May 2011
1 post
Web 1.0 VS Web 2.0
Educause Mashing up the Once and Future CMS By Malcolm Brown Web 1.0 Publishing Content management, presentation Individual, large-scale websites Directories User observe, “listen to” websites Subscription services They, the media (control held by a few) Macro content Authority is key Versions and major revision Creator defines content, design Taxonomy Value indifferent...
May 19th
April 2011
1 post
Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America
pimp to … Amerigo Vespucci was born in 1454
Apr 7th
March 2011
8 posts
Shift (Carlos Ghosn)
I’m not addicted to technology for technology’s sake! (p. 193)
Mar 27th
Digital Communities of Interest
Paul Ormerod Digital Communities of Interest Business Information Review, September 1999
Mar 26th
Seven Ages of the Leader
Warren G. Bennis [1] Infant Executive [2] Schoolboy, with Shining Face [3] Lover, with a Woeful Ballad [4] Beaded Soldier [5] General, Full of Wise Saws [6] Statesman, with Spectacles on Nose [7] Sage, Second Childishness From Harvard Business Review (January 2004)
Mar 25th
Q&A
The brain is not an organ we are authorised to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs. Ram Mohammad Thomas Smita Shah - lawyer Who Will Win a Billion?
Mar 20th
Brian Dyson (Ex-CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises)
To quote the past CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises (1959-1994) Brian Dyson: Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air.  You name them - work, family, health, friends, and spirit - and you’re keeping all of these in the air.  You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.  If you drop it, it will bounce back.  But the other four balls - family, health, friends, and...
Mar 20th
Ten Proto-Bourbaki Meetings
Liliane Beaulieu (1993) The Mathematical Intelligencer December 10, 1934 - p. 28 the work of many people will allow better and more thorough coverage Delsarte is particularly insistent on this issue, but he also realizes that by sharing the writing the group will leave no traces of individual authorship and mau thereby safeguard against future claims to individual property. (p. 28-29)
Mar 17th
Law of Definite Proportions (Heys, p. 13)
or, Law of Constant Composition The same chemical compound, however prepared, always contain the same elements in the same proportions by weight.  (Proust, 1799)
Mar 12th
Physical Chemistry (3rd Edition) Heys
Page 116 Neutrons For a long time it was thought that atoms consisted only of electrons and protons.  However, in 1932 it was found that when beryllium was bombarded with gamma-rays particles were given off what had properties quite different from those of electrons and protons.  They were not deflected at all by electric or magnetic fields, and therefore possessed no charge.  The new particles...
Mar 12th
January 2011
2 posts
The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial...
Author: Hiroyuki Agawa Translator: John Bester Publisher: Kodansha International ====================================================== Yamamoto Isoroku was a physically small man (p. 1) Yamamoto recommended reading the biography of Lincoln (p. 84) I read four or five biographies, and came to feel a great respect for him (p. 84) Committing errors is part of his attraction as a human being;...
Jan 19th
Lim Goh Tong (My Story)
I am what many call a traditional Chinese entrepreneur, or more plainly, a Chinaman businessman.  I don’t speak English.  I communicate in my native dialect, Hokkien, [and] in Malay, Cantonese and Mandarin, which I picked up here after coming from China.  When necessary, I also get someone to be my interpreter.  Despite my apparent language inadequacies, communication seems to be the least...
Jan 14th
December 2010
10 posts
Genting Taxi →
Dec 25th
nonaka: observation, imitation, practice
[1] provide opportunities to observe an expert (e.g., Matsushita allowed Tanaka to be seconded to Osaka Hotel to observe the chief baker in action up close) [2] imitation in the presence of the expert (this will allow the expert the opportunity to comment on the novice’s performance), and finally [3] diligent practice (the novice has to find opportunities to practice in his own time and...
Dec 13th
What is this? →
Dec 13th
Web Hosting in Malaysia →
Dec 13th
Business Information Presentations (Bloomberg)
[1] “The Facebook Effect” by David Kirkpatrick (Simon & Schuster). An engrossing and scrupulously fair history of how Mark Zuckerberg built the social-networking website.   [2] “The Sugar King of Havana” by John Paul Rathbone (Penguin Press). An evocative mixture of history and memoir that traces the rise and fall of Cuban sugar magnate Julio Lobo. [3] C. J. Chivers, The Gun (New York: Simon...
Dec 6th
Picture Code →
The makers of Noise Ninja — noise reduction — standalone or Photoshop plug-in
Dec 5th
Airport Bus Phuket →
Cheap fares from Phuket Airport to Phuket city.
Dec 5th
The Club →
Boutique hotel in Singapore - Chinatown area (near Club Street, etc.)
Dec 4th
Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and... →
Wow
Dec 4th
Freedom Imput →
Keyboard for mobile phones
Dec 4th
November 2010
3 posts
OER (Open Educational Resources) Commons →
Nov 13th
Free Technology for Teachers →
Nov 5th
Road to Grammar →
Nov 5th
October 2010
9 posts
TED: Ideas Worth Spreading →
Oct 31st
MIT Open Courseware →
Oct 31st
No Significant Difference →
Thomas L. Russell Emeritus, North Carolina State University The NSD research was originated and is still edited by Thomas R. Russell. This website has been designed to serve as a companion piece to Thomas L. Russell’s book, “The No Significant Difference Phenomenon” (2001, IDECC, fifth edition). Mr. Russell’s book is a fully indexed, comprehensive research bibliography of...
Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
ChaCha - Powered by People →
Oct 31st
CopyPrinter →
Oct 29th
ChatChat →
Oct 29th
Unwise action by youth
Teen gets death for killing shopkeeper over noodles SEREMBAN: A 60-year-old shopkeeper who refused to sell a pack of instant noodles to an 18-year-old youth was killed when the youth returned the next day and stabbed him to death.  High Court judicial commissioner Ahmad Nasfy Yasin sentenced the teenager Tha­morhran Ramarao to death.  He said that claims by the defence that the teenager was...
Oct 29th
Book Depository →
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Oct 1st
September 2010
10 posts
Tuition Class in Penang →
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Sep 25th
Justice @ Harvard →
Sep 25th
Elearning Opensource →
Sep 25th
AVAX Home →
Sep 25th
Minamata Photos
Title: Engaged observers: Documentary photography since the sixties Author: Abbott, Brett Publisher: Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum Year: 2010 Location: ACRC Library Refer to page 98 to 119. Article about ‘Minamata’
Sep 25th
1 tag
Leonardo da Vinci
The Flights of the Mind — Codex Atlanticus — Codex Arundel — Codex Ulbinas — Codex Huygens — Codex Leicester — Codex Turin ***** Codex Atlanticus — Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan put together by Pompeo Leoni nothing to with the ocean it’s atlas-sized (over two feet tall, containing 401 folios) name given by Baldassare Oltrocchi in 1780 ...
Sep 25th
ANIANET →
Sep 24th
IP HBR Case Studies
Harvard Business School Case Studies: Intellectual Property —The Ground Rules The Langer Lab: Commercializing Science Priceline.com vs. Microsoft (A) Hagström, W.O. The scientific community. New York: Basic Books.
Sep 23rd
Science References
References American Association for the Advancement of Science. (1990). Science for all Americans. New York: Oxford University Press. American Association for the Advancement of Science. (1993). Benchmarks for science literacy. New York: Oxford University Press. Hagström, W.O. The scientific community. New York: Basic Books.
Sep 23rd
Jared Diamond
Yali - local politician cargo defined - p. 14 question - why is it that you white people develop - p. 14 wealth and power - p. 15 (three times) different rates of development on different continents - p. 16 human development proceeded at different rates on different continents - p. 16 historical trajectories - p. 17 some people came to dominate other people - p. 17 proximate vs ultimate...
Sep 4th
August 2010
3 posts
Chinese Examination Questions →
Aug 28th
Journet Through Africa →
Aug 13th
Pelangi Books →
Aug 13th
July 2010
6 posts
Ensemble Music →
Jul 27th
Tycoon sends jet to S’pore for durian purchase
Wednesday July 14, 2010 (The Star) Tycoon sends jet to S’pore for durian purchase THE Musang King durian from Malaysia has proven to be so delicious that Stanley Ho, who is Macau’s Gambling King, sent his personal jet to pick up 88 durians from Singapore. China Press reported that Ho bought about RM4,800 worth of the durian from the 818 Durian Stall in the island republic. Ho then shared the...
Jul 15th