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#535 Resale of .SG domain names
The good folks at SGNIC are thinking of allowing .SG domain names to be traded. Here's the cautionary note I wrote them.
I think allowing the unregulated resale of .SG domain names is a terrible idea. The original ban was in place because SGNIC was wary of domain name speculation and squatting by unscrupulous private parties. It is not clear how ( Read more... ) -
#526 Stepping in, stepping out
I budgeted a long night to do my Quantum Chemistry homework, but both Chapters 12 and 9 turned out to be really short and quick.
It's scary that just as I'm barely getting used to and beginning to appreciate being a Brandeis student, I'm already making plans for the last summer of my undergraduate career. I'm deliberating on whether to sell some of ( Read more... ) -
#525 Online shopping
The end of the year is an excellent time to mine data regarding my own spending habits. I just discovered an awesome feature, History Reports, on Amazon, which generates a spreadsheet summarising your spending on the site. It's annoying that the shipping charges are not included (sometimes Seller A charges $1 for the product and $3.50 for shipping ( Read more... ) -
#524 Make time, rain or shine
Due to an E&M midterm on Wed at 9 am worth 25% of our grade, we have 1 extra day to turn in the hardest one of the 7 problems in our Quantum problem set, the remaining of which is due at the original time, on Wed at 10 am. We usually call such a thing a partial deadline "extension", which implies that we would have more time to work on the ( Read more... ) -
#522 My friends are people who...: Two years in the US (Part 1/4)
... sent their best wishes as I entered the unknown
Evening on Sunday, 14 August 2011: Sendoff at Changi Airport
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