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I had to laugh... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 day old)

Rupert Murdoch is threatening to stop all his publications appearing in Google News. That will raise the quality of Google News. The bias in his rags does this Australian dinosaur no favours.… more

Strangeness on eBay From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 day old)

I was about to list some of my old computer science books on eBay, but they wanted me to list them with free postage. I have asked for that in the Post Office before now, but they just laughed. Pre… more

A planet I visited today. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (2 days old)

I'm building up to an intellectually stimulating post, by playing a little Spore in between putting stuff on eBay. As you may be able to see, I just terraformed this place to T1 for its inhabitant… more

Plant ID 5 - Casuarina Equisetifolia From aki_travel in Life is all about Choices... (2 days old)

I used to like the look of Casuarina that laid the entire stretch of path. And used to curse the casuarina pine fruits as i skated down the uneven path. Now i see it almost everyday. It's like any oth… more

Beware of this one! From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (3 days old)

This scam looks quite realistic, and could potentially be VERY nasty indeed. The clickable link goes to somewhere in Russia, that will attempt to run a PHP program on your computer. Avoid!… more

Plant ID 4 From aki_travel in Life is all about Choices... (3 days old)

The Common Spathoglottis (Spathoglottis Plicata) belongs to the orchid family. This beautiful orchid is one of the toughest 'weeds' in Singapore. The pleated, elliptic leaves ranged from less than 30c… more

Plant ID 3 From aki_travel in Life is all about Choices... (3 days old)

The Malayan Fern Palm (Cycas Rumphii) grows to about 10m in height with leaves up to 2m in length. They can be Male or Female. Instead of flowers, cones grow at the trunk tips. Cones are compactly &am… more

I'm keeping this simple for Alan. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (6 days old)

I'm going to keep it simple because Alan Johnson has problems understanding science, evidence, truth, and above all he seems to have enormous difficulty understanding classifications. Or perhaps he is… more

Plant ID 2 From aki_travel in Life is all about Choices... (6 days old)

Everyone know and seen the Pitcher Plant before i believe. It's Scientific name is: Nepenthes Gracilis Family name being: Nepenthaceae How does this plant survive in environments offering only po… more

Little Sea Tour From aki_travel in Life is all about Choices... (6 days old)

I was helping to coordinate this Learning Journey tour. Had some delays but hopefully everyone enjoyed nonetheless. Below are some blurry photos. Pulau Bukom i think Then Raffles Lighthouse whi… more

Plant ID 1 From aki_travel in Life is all about Choices... (6 days old)

I wanted to have some discipline to digest the plant names. So here it goes. It means learning together with me:) Ok Below is a plant i saw while walking through the Botanic Gardens. Usually colours… more

History Blogging From aki_travel in Life is all about Choices... (6 days old)

ok this is the 3rd time this bloggy deleted my blog entry when i click submit. Wasting my time...ok patience.....*phew* I'll just cut it short by showing you the photos. Deepavali has gone by. Be… more

The fuss about tags. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (6 days old)

I'm a bit baffled, I must confess, at the fury that has broken out here. On occasion, I have pointed out to people that they have forgotten to separate their tags with commas, resulting in a huge tag … more

Mad eyes, part 94. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (10 days old)

It is clear now that Alan Johnson wants to be our next mad eyed prime minister. We already know that he does not believe in science, or actual truth, or evidence, preferring rather the views of th… more

Nice helpful comment... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (11 days old)

Here, you could have seen a comment I left on a spammer's blog page, but blog.co.uk have sensibly deleted the blogger who did it. May they rot in the bit-bucket!… more

Dreams or Delusions? From aki_travel in Life is all about Choices... (11 days old)

People often sat down one corner lamenting about how sad and pathetic their lives have been. They yearn for a better life, for their dreams to come true. What are these so called dreams? Are these rea… more

Government sacks scientist for telling the truth. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (12 days old)

The BBC version naturally makes more sense than the Daily Mail version. All we need to know about the Daily Fail's reporting is the biased and incorrect headline "Sacked: Drug tsar who claimed Ecst… more

Remind me, why should I obey the law? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (12 days old)

After all, our government ignores it, time after time, quite blatantly. Take for example the Phorm scandal, where BT spied on its customers. The government was told quite clearly to make BT stop doing… more

Might this be too good to be true? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (13 days old)

A recent message... Hello, Greetings Sirm // From the Desk of Mr. Pascal Gorkoffi, Jr. Auditing Department in (FINANCIAL BANK TOGO) Lome- Togo ; West Africa . -------------------------------… more

Well done, the Terminator! From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (13 days old)

Arnie has not been getting much help form his state legislature, apparently, and got a bit naughty about it. I remember being told off for doing the same thing on Prestel, a while ago...… more

Deleted From aki_travel in Life is all about Choices... (17 days old)

Just wrote a long post but this blog thingy deleted it again.... no mood to write again... May everyone be well and happy... … more

Told you so, part 94. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (17 days old)

"Well, that about wraps it up for God." … more

They must have used a microscope... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (18 days old)

A freebie in the Independent tomorrow, apparently... something small, but very poisonous... The artist got the wierd eyes right, but has exagerated the size of the brain.… more

Hand made furniture for Christmas? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (19 days old)

And why not? One of my brothers has just put some of his new pieces on eBay... For instance, this spice rack... … more

Why is the Post Office in a mess? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (19 days old)

Now I have no idea whether Adam Crozier was any use at all when running the Football Association, or even whether he did anything much there to get his pay. But here is what Wikipedia says about his w… more

Amazing creature From aki_travel in Life is all about Choices... (19 days old)

I was having my OJT at Fort Canning the other day. I saw this 'friend' on the edge while we were supposed to look at trees. Amazing how it's body colour REALLY changed to exactly how it's surround… more

Tired of handbag spam? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (20 days old)

This is the web site they are promoting, and it just happens to have a comment page... handbag them… more

The handbag spammer. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (20 days old)

This is who is hiding behind the IP address 123.161.77.87 inetnum: 123.160.0.0 - 123.163.255.255 netname: CHINANET-HA descr: CHINANET henan province network descr: China … more

Fate vs Coincidence From aki_travel in Life is all about Choices... (20 days old)

I watched 500days of Summer with my buddy yesterday. It wasn't really the typical romance movie. But hmm it's an average movie. The only take home message i get after watching: Is it really fate that… more

Amy Winehouse's dad warns MPs.... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (22 days old)

Amy Winehouse's dad warns MPs alcohol can lead to heroin and cocaine. My thanks to the Daily Mirror for this fascinating insight. Only a few months ago, the government was given some advice about d… more