Lorenzo Zanirato - Life and thoughts

How did a sleepy little island transform into a high-tech powerhouse in one generation? It was all in the plan.     By Mark Jacobson   If you want to get a Singaporean to look up from a beloved dish of fish-head curry—or make a harried cabdriver slam on his brakes—say you are going to interview the country's "minister mentor," Lee Kuan Yew, and would like an opinion about what to ask him. "The MM? Wah lau! You're going to see the MM? Real?" You might as well have told a resident of the Emerald City that you're late for an appointment with the Wizard of Oz. After all, LKY, as he is known in acronym-mad Singapore, is more than the "father of the country." He is its inventor, as surely as if he had scientifically formulated the place with precise portions of Plato's Republic, Anglophile elitism, unwavering economic pragmatism, and old-fashioned strong-arm repression. People like to call Singapore the Switzerland of Southeast Asia, and who c...

Hello everybody, I'm going to release a new project PWBoot today. So, what is PWBoot project ? PWBoot stands for P ortable W indows Boot project, this project aims to be make your Windows operating system to boot from USB storage media easily. Supported platforms: Windows version 6.0+ (Vista or higher). Tested media type: USB HDD (2.5inch; SATA, IDE), USB Flash (Kingston DataTraveler 100 - 8G) Notes on tested media: Kingston DataTraveler 100: FDD very slow, so I tweaked it by: Install Hitachi Microdrive (Enable multiple partition capability) Install EWF (Faster boot up) Use 2 partitions (C: - Windows(EWF protected), D: Data (writable)) Edit registry to make some folder redirect to D: such as - desktop, user's data, etc. How to use it? Very easy, just open the program and click on Patch button - everything done. Screenshots: Quick tutorial: Method 1: Virtual machine ( OS: Windows Vista, VM: VMware Workstation) Download Vmware Workst...

THE KOOKS are currently in the studio working on album #3. The band recently posted some photo updates - check them out at http://twitter.com/thekooksmusic . There's also a little Christmas present, currently in the making, on it's way too... Stay tuned. http://www.THEKOOKS.com/

Silversun Pickups announced as main support for Muse's 2010 US tour:: February 27, 2010 @ Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA March 1, 2010 @ Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA March 5, 2010 @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NY March 6, 2010 @ TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA March 13, 2010 @ Palace Of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI April 5, 2010 @ The E Center, Salt Lake City, UT Tickets on sale Saturday, December 12th. There will be a muse.mu pre-sale beginning tomorrow (Wed, 12/9) @ 10am. For more information, click below. *Additional dates to be announced Mon, December 14th. Stay tuned.

By Loh Foon Fong & Muguntan Vanar PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has announced a nationwide dengue alert following an increase of 99 reported dengue cases within a week with two deaths in Malacca and one in Penang. Deputy health director-general Datuk Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said that 819 cases were reported last week (Nov 15 to 21) compared with 720 the week before (Nov 8 to 14). “We have issued a dengue alert to state health directors and doctors to keep a look out for the cases,” he said. The total number of reported cases for this year until last week was 36,514 with 78 deaths compared with 41,034 and 90 deaths last year. Dr Hasan said if the public did not take the necessary action to remove aedes breeding sites, the number of cases could double next month. Explaning that the drastic increase in dengue cases was due to the rainy season, he said: “Despite our awareness programme, the response from the public has not been encouraging.” Speaking at a dialogue sessi...