Category Archives: News

What have I been up to?

Posted on July 1, 2010 by mythokia

I had gone all quiet for a while, and that ‘a while’ is better defined as ‘a few months’. What the heck have I been doing all these while? A lot of nothing is precisely what. Every now and then, … Continue reading →

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BitTorrent traffic blocking

Posted on May 16, 2008 by mythokia

It seems that my country always manages to make its way into the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Historically, the ever infamous incident of Michael Fay, the American who received strokes of the cane for theft and vandalism, surfaces … Continue reading →

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Manhunt goes on MMS

Posted on March 1, 2008 by mythokia

While the manhunt for the alleged terrorist cell leader who broke out of a detention center recently is still going on, the police force embraced technology and started sending out an MMS with the suspect’s photo to every bloke who … Continue reading →

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The Day the World Ends

Posted on August 14, 2007 by mythokia

Everquest 2 goes down for an 8 hour maintenance, World of Warcraft for 6 hours to 2 days, depending on which server you’re located on and Lineage 2 for 2 hours. All on the same day with this overlapping period. … Continue reading →

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Watch out for the MP3 chomping worm

Posted on August 3, 2007 by mythokia

There’s a new virus, or worm, to be exact, that goes around deleting MP3 files and it’s aptly named W32.Deletemusic by Symantec. It propagates by manual contact (eg. thumb drives and other removal media) and does not seem internet aware … Continue reading →

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SMS… now with ads!

Posted on June 26, 2007 by mythokia

Ironically, just as I was reading No Logo by Noami Klein on how we are losing cultural space due to the invasion of corporate branding, Channel NewsAsia showed the latest advancement by this unrelenting army: advertisements embedded in SMS in … Continue reading →

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NUS carries out survey on views of emigration

Posted on November 24, 2006 by mythokia

A survey is being carried out by the NUS Asia Research Institute to find out the views of the youth on topics such as emigration and foreign talent. The survey is open to tertiary students and can be found here. … Continue reading →

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Interesting culture difference

Posted on November 16, 2006 by mythokia

In light of the recent Sony Playstation 3 release, long queues many days prior to its release date was a common sight, especially in Japan and it was a socially accepted act. Such queues also sprang up in the US. … Continue reading →

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