Gravatar stands for “Globally Recognized Avatar”, and are the small “squares” of “cool faces” you see in comment section all over the web. If you ever wondered how this is done, basically you head over to Gravatar to register for an account with an email address, and choose to associate a picture with that email, [...]
Getting from Point A to Point B around Singapore is easy with http:/./www.gothere.sg. Besides the basic routing function, it shines for user of public transportation, giving you options for Buses, or Buses + MRT, showing you the location of the bus stops, transfers needed and the total cost of the journey along with the time [...]
2008 will be remembered as the year of Web 2.0, but perhaps for the wrong reasons. Once again we’re entering the tail end of an economic cycle, however this time round, the culprit has noting to do with the Internet. Web 2.0 has indeed been a thrilling ride, and personally I have gained much, as [...]
This post is dedicated to web applications which will make a difference to you. No fancy geeks’ wetdreams, or some millionaire idea sprung from the hostel. If it is here, it works. The list is not exhaustive and is bias to my own experiences and needs. This post will be constantly updated if I find any other worthy mention.
Don’t know what IPTV is about? For those technically inclined, check out its Wikipedia entry. For the rest of us, think Youtube, except that the “content” is not produced by users, but by the broadcaster. So generally. you get better quality programs, not some homemade videos or worst still, mobile handset shot videos. However, the [...]
Today I just thought of doing something really useful for my friend and families. I have come to realize that what comes naturally to me are actually valuable skills, resources, or practices which should be shared. I am not going for any Web 2.0 solutions or anything geeky. Just REAL and USEFUL solutions which will [...]
This year’s Euro 08 just doesn’t seem to generate the same kind of excitement as compared to other previous major football tournaments. This could either be due to England’s absence, or perhaps this got to do with Starhub’s exclusive rights to broadcast the event, forcing non Starhub cable customers having to come up with a [...]
Singapore has banned access to two pornographic websites in a “symbolic statement” of the country’s societal values, its media regulator said on Friday.The two sites, which the regulator declined to identify but local media named as YouPorn and RedTube, work in a similar fashion to popular video-sharing website YouTube.
One of the pioneers of Web2.0 is del.icio.us, and since then, they have been acquired by Yahoo. So what’s their business? To put it simply, they provide you a central repository to store your bookmarks, and offer a intuitive way to categorize them by “tagging”. The social element comes in when your bookmark are automatically [...]
If you’ve moved beyond checking email, visiting and updating social networks, and information overload, then now is the time to think about what the Web can offer in terms of the way you do things and your livelihood. The following three articles written by Bernard Lunn over at ReadWriteWeb will provide you with a very [...]
2008 will be remembered as the year of Web 2.0, but perhaps for the wrong reasons. Once again we’re entering the tail end of an economic cycle, however this time round, the culprit has noting to do with the Internet. Web 2.0 has indeed been a thrilling ride, and personally I have gained much, as [...]
Today I just thought of doing something really useful for my friend and families. I have come to realize that what comes naturally to me are actually valuable skills, resources, or practices which should be shared. I am not going for any Web 2.0 solutions or anything geeky. Just REAL and USEFUL solutions which will [...]
Today’s oil prices have been hovering around USD130 a barrel, mainly due to demand and supply issues, although some may argue that oil futures trading is playing a major role in pushing the price of oil to new heights.
I have always tried to explain to my friends and relatives on why MLM is something you should avoid at all cost, not just because of monetary reasons, but it involves things that are invaluable. I have found the perfect way to illustrate the evils of MLM, through the M - C - M relationship [...]
We all love money. So much so that every aspect of our lives revolves around it. Have you ever truly understood what is this “thing” which you’re spending most of your life after? I found Marx’s explanation of the evolutionary role of capitalism extremely “enlightening” in my understanding of what is money.
Neowster is short for Noel's & Esther's Own World. This is a personal hobbyist site, maintained mainly for the purpose of honing my knowledge in WordPress, and sharing useful information or knowledge to make someone's life easier. To a smaller extend, I hope to propagate the ideology of Crowdsourcing, as I see it as the best mechanism in regulating our unregulated capitalistic world, overcoming humanity's trait of greed, self interest, and fear, in arriving at the best decision. 
