Monthly Archives: September 2007

MacBook keyboard protector for just $19!

It is such a great deal, since other shops are selling for $25, $29 and even $35! Keyboard shield actually also covers the wrist area as well as the trackpad button. Handy dandy jap-n-easy. Also comes in black, sheer blue and pink.
Available from MacLink, Level 6, Sim Lim Square.
I wish I could say, quote “Mahal [...]

How to fix the Invalid Sibling Link error

I got this error after a software update that turns on journaling on the Mac OS X filesystem.
The update instructs the user to reboot using the Install Disk and running a Repair operation using the Disk Utility. That was when I discovered the error. Apparently, even the Repair operation could not fix the error.
The solution
Here [...]

Living with logic

A syllogism is the most basic form of argument. It consists precisely of two premises and a conclusion. An example I often come across with in philosophy and logic books is this:
1) All men are mortal.
2) Socrates is a man.
3) Therefore, Socrates is mortal.

Aquiescence.

I subscribe to Brian Kim’s VIP Newsletter, and in an “MIT of the Day”, I got this:
Control the things you can Muhammad.
Let go of the things you can’t.
It strikes chords from deep within me, like a voice directly speaking to me.
Let go, man, let go.
Control only the things you can.
And it is precisely what I [...]

RIMB revisited

These days, when offered a web site job, I like to say, out of convenience, that I’m more of a programmer than a design guy.
I almost can’t recall that I was once capable of making something like this:

[Image taken from the Raffles Institution Military Band website]
Thank you, Rizal, for keeping a copy of this!

Islam, marriage, and parents

Interesting video. Contention: Are parents making it unnecessarily hard for young people to get married? I have been pondering on this issue for quite a while.

[First seen at TypeCanvas Mag]

Desensitisation

Ah, ‘desensitisation’, that’s the word. I’ve been writing about it and saying it in a long winded way, but now, thanks to doing research for my school project, I’ve found the word again.
Repeated exposure to negative elements, for example, portrayals of violence, lewdness, and absurd behaviour, can desensitise a person towards those elements. One [...]

Cool news

When I first read about the soldier who managed to bring a SAR21 to Orchard Road, I thought, “Cool.” I mean, how often do we get news as interesting as that? So much for all the expensive advertisements boasting of a skilled and disciplined fighting force; even a whole rifle can be brought out of [...]

Proof by contradiction:

(~p -> (q & ~q)) -> p
i.e. (~p -> c) -> p
where c is a contradiction.
Proofs by contradiction are non-constructive.
[...]
hidup hanya menunda kekalahan
tambah terasing dari cinta sekolah rendah
dan tahu, ada yang tetap tidak terucapkan
sebelum pada akhirnya kita menyerah
—Chairil Anwar (1949)
Aku pasrah.
Aku menyerah.

Sexy is expensive.

Of course, I mean that “sexy” is both looking sexy and being sexy.
And that is how the MacBook is, “Pro” or not, as I saw it at COMEX today. The relatively cheaper model is so expensive, and it can’t even write DVDs—that’s looking sexy without being sexy. Next up on the price ladder is [...]