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I hate Windows Vista.
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Just spent the entire day having to reformat my computer and reinstall everything from scratch because that lousy Vista suddenly found itself having problems. Everything was suddenly quitting on me. Which means either (a) Windows Vista was just unstable and forces a lot of programs to crash, or (b) Windows Vista is [...]
Naches (n): The glow of pleasure-plus-pride that only a child can give to its parents.
Kvell (v): To beam-with-immense-pride-and-pleasure, most commonly over the achievement of a child or grandchild; to be so proudly happy your buttons can bust.
- Leo Rosten, 1968 (The Joys of Yiddish)-
I just finished marking my students’ first game projects – 20 or [...]
Bought a house today.
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It’s a little scary to think about it. Now, for the first time, I’m incurring an extra-large, multi-decade debt to pay off, as well as having the first real asset to my name (even though my parents are helping to pay for it). And yet, this is part of the process of [...]
Whew! I just spent most of this week dealing with complaints over marking. Over a measly 2 – 4 % points. I didn’t really believe it at first, but my senior colleagues were right after all. It’s a little scary how focused some NUS students are on anything that may hint that they’re not doing [...]
I finally went and bought my new laptop from the NUS IT Co-Op store today!
This is the Acer 4935G, the latest model that just came in. It’s probably the most powerful and feature-rich laptops among all those available at the NUS store, and unlike its’ predecessor, the Acer 4935, the keyboard layout and design isn’t [...]
