Posts by: laurence

Playbook 2, first impressions

By On February 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In technology

The Playbook just got it’s new OS, and so far it’s looking to be quite crappy. The much anticipated android app player is a disappointment(I thought I would finally be able to run android apps), a decent email client and calendar, and nothing else really exciting. At the very least, I have apps to install [...]

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Hack&Roll ’12

By On February 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In my ramblings

Today, NUSHackers very first Hack&Roll ’12 was completed. Amongst the teams that took part, 1 built a UAV that streamed video and did face recognition, another built a forum interface for IVLE’s forums that resembled Facebook’s groups. Hack&Roll ’12 was decently successful. The participants who won were very happy with the prizes, and industry people [...]

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Society names

By On February 16, 2012 · 5 Comments · In politics

Now I know most of you would already have heard about the NUS Campus Crusades for Christ, and the awesome stuff they did recently, including implying that the Buddhists have no joy in their lives because they are not Christians. Now, the University as so far handled it very well, with an immediate clamp down, [...]

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Disgusting poster by NUS Campus Crusade for Christ

By On February 16, 2012 · 10 Comments · In politics

This is just gross. Now, I’m not going to go the standard route about how they go around being elite and all that. But this, is a step too far. They crossed a line here. They deserve all the flak that they are getting. Now, I am a free thinker. I respect the Christians if [...]

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Re: The Bell Curve

By On February 5, 2012 · 1 Comment · In education

Finally back blogging. Had a lot of stuff to handle over the past month. Feels good to be back blogging again. This blog post is a response to a blog post by the provost of NUS, titled “The Bell Curve“. Read it first if you haven’t. So a few weeks ago, the entire NUS was [...]

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