Farewell iBook

Farewell iBook

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A few days ago, a friend contacted me regarding a “lobang” for getting one of Apple’s new iBooks at a lower-than-educational pricing. Now, ever since Apple bumped up the specs of their 12″ model (to 1.2GHz), included wireless 802.11g capabilities as standard AND slashed the price by US$100, I’ve been very tempted to upgrade from my now-puny (but still productive and problem-free) 2-year old, G3 700MHz, CD-ROM-only model. And most especially because I’ve been planning to show excerpts of DVDs…

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The End of a School Year

The End of a School Year

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How quickly a term passes…before I knew it, the exams are over and I will no longer see any of my students in class – at least till 2005, anyway. It’s been an interesting year though, with many new experiences. I’ve learnt quite a bit from my experiences this year, and I hope my students got something useful out of my classes too. On another note, today also marked the last day the current principal, Mr Ong, addressed the school….

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Back to my organized self

Back to my organized self

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Phew, so many things happened in the past couple of weeks. Almost overwhelmed with work, the new iMac G5 was released, Malaysia’s former DPM was released, school kids were taken hostage, an Australian embassy was bombed, I did 3 weeks of in-camp NS and….my trusty Zire71 suddenly died on me! 🙁 Yes, yes the death of my old Palm probably pales in significance compared to everything else that’s happened in the world, but hey it’s really important to ME because…

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iDVD goodness

iDVD goodness

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Despite having a Pioneer DVD-burner for some time, I simply hadn’t the opportunity to cut a DVD movie – that is, until my dad asked me to cut a DVD of my 1-year old nephew’s birthday party. 🙂 So I attached the miniDV cam to my PowerMac, imported the footage into iMovie, did a few simple edits, exported it into iDVD and…voila! Now I have an actual DVD, with menus, photo slideshows all in a few minutes (that is, minus…

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iPod envy?

iPod envy?

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It never suprises me what lengths some are willing to go to just so that they can make more money. I’m talking about Creative of course, which made such a big hoo-hah about their new Creative Zen Touch in today’s Straits Times. Oh, Apple was slated to, and has announced, their 4th generation iPod today too. Coincidence? You decide. Now, I’ve always felt that competition is good for the industry, whatever industry. The thing that irks me though is the…

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Palm Teaching

Palm Teaching

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Turns out I haven’t been able to make the time for any sort of gaming since my last post. Sigh. Looks like my lightsabre wielding fantasies will have to go unsatiated for the time being :p Ok back to the topic at hand.. I’ve owned Palm (now PalmOne) handhelds for several years now, and currently I own the Zire 71 which is really considered rather “antique” in these days of high-tech gadgetry. Since starting work as a teacher though, I’ve…

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