Archive for January, 2007

YouTube to pay users

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in News, Internet, YouTube | No Comments »

YouTube has announced that it will pay users of the video-sharing website. Details of amount to be paid and how it works have not been revealed but the system will ... Read more..

Pan’s Labyrinth up for 6 Oscars

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 Posted in Showbiz | No Comments »

The Oscar nominations are out and I am pleased to note that with the exception of Best Supporting Actress, Dreamgirls is not in any main category. Pan's Labyrinth is running ... Read more..

300

Saturday, January 27th, 2007 Posted in Showbiz | No Comments »

While waiting for Pan's Labyrinth to come on, I saw the trailer for "300" full screen for the first time. I'd seen it online before but was still blown away ... Read more..

Pan’s Labyrinth - Poetic pathos

Thursday, January 18th, 2007 Posted in Showbiz | No Comments »

So it lost the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film. Without having even seen the other nominees namely, Apocalypto, Das Leben der Anderen, Letters From Iwo Jima and Volver, it ... Read more..

10 things at the 64th Golden Globes

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 Posted in Showbiz | No Comments »

1. Clint Eastwood's weird all black suit with a little cream bow-tie that looked like it was choking him. 2. "My Name Is Earl" star Jason Lee attended the Golden Globes ... Read more..

MacWorld 2007 - but no Macs

Monday, January 15th, 2007 Posted in Gadgets | No Comments »

So MacWorld 2007 has come and gone. Months of anticipation over upgrades of Mac computers and a new iPhone was brought to a crescendo by its mysterious banner (above image) ... Read more..

Ball of light in the sky

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 Posted in News | 1 Comment »

A bright ball of red-yellow light with a green-yellow tail was seen streaking across Singapore skies yesterday evening at around 7.40pm. Many people from different parts of the island reported ... Read more..

Apple announces iPhone

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 Posted in Gadgets | 1 Comment »

Fulfilling long-time net rumours, Apple has unveiled its highly anticipated iPhone at MacWorld. Some of its features: - 3.5" Widescreen touch-sensitive display - 11.6 mm thin - 2 megapixel camera - proximity sensor, accelerometer, ... Read more..

A day at the zoo

Monday, January 8th, 2007 Posted in Odds And Ends | No Comments »

I went to the zoo with my family on new year's eve. It's been at least 10 years since I visited the Singapore Zoo, reputedly one of the best in ... Read more..

The end for The OC

Sunday, January 7th, 2007 Posted in Showbiz | No Comments »

Once the darlings of Fox TV and the hippest must-see teenybopper series which burst onto the small screen in 2003, The OC has been cancelled after its ratings dropped by ... Read more..