Vantan at Vox

Best friends

nobody@vox.com(vantan) — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:56:48 +0800

From left to right: VanPod Video (80GB), my mum's new iPod Nano, and my red AIDS Nano. Leaning against my Bose Soundock. (Sunglasses sold separately.)

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I still love my G5

nobody@vox.com(vantan) — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:48:36 +0800

Baby, it's been nearly 4 years since I've had you, and you've given me the some of the most creative years of my life. You've helped me design websites and produce lots of music. You've never died on me. It was on you that I started chatting to...

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Listening to Grammy music

nobody@vox.com(vantan) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:57:21 +0800

After hearing so much about Amy Winehouse, how she won 5 Grammys yet was unable to attend the ceremony due to her her drug problems, I decided to check her out. A quick scan through her music told me I liked her style. Natalie Cole attacked Amy'...

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"Don't stay back so late"

nobody@vox.com(vantan) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:39:41 +0800

I and another colleague stayed back late to complete our respective projects last night. Eventually I packed up my bags and prepared to go home. On my way out, I turned back and said, "I know people like to say 'Don't stay back so late' but it's ...

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To my subscribers

nobody@vox.com(vantan) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:59:42 +0800

To all 150+ of you: Thank you for subscribing and giving me a morale boost for the past few years. I've repointed my Feedburner link to my alternative blog on Vox as it may take a while to restore the vantan.org blog. You don't have to change you...

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Vantan.org blog update

nobody@vox.com(vantan) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:35:09 +0800

I'm still trying to fix my main blog. I think it's a question of not enough time and expertise. I wrote in to Six Apart for help. They gave some advice (basically to re-upload everything properly) but added I had to pay for MT4 support for subsequ...

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BBC Sportdaq makes me a multi-millionaire

nobody@vox.com(vantan) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:08:22 +0800

Woohoo! All that buying into famous football players has made me virtually rich. Now if only I had such luck in the real stock market... If you're a sports fan, and are particularly into UK sports, play BBC Sportdaq. You'll be hooked. We should ...

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Temporary relocation of blogging HQ

nobody@vox.com(vantan) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:09:03 +0800

My main blog, www.vantan.org, has been buggy of late. So I decided to upgrade to MT4.1 and hope that will resolve the problems. However, as my Mac is no longer able to connect to the Internet due to some cock-up with the upgrade to OS10.5, and th...

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A subdued Chinese New Year

nobody@vox.com(vantan) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:44:38 +0800

It's definitely been the most painful and toned-down Chinese New Year in my living memory. When my maternal grandmother died (aka Por Por) last Wednesday, we had to quickly organise a wake (Chinese tradition of keeping the deceased company until f...

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A taste of management

nobody@vox.com(vantan) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:51:33 +0800

Covering for people can be interesting, especially if the work is quite different from what I normally do. At one period, a number of senior staff were not around and those of us who did remain had to use our initiative and make decisions on behal...

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