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> <channel><title>GeekSphere.net</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.geeksphere.net/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net</link> <description>A random geek&#039;s thoughts on education, entrepreneurship, and politics.</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 05:03:37 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>Finally, on Webfaction</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/19/finally-on-webfaction/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/19/finally-on-webfaction/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 05:01:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[my ramblings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aws]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hosting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[webfaction]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2393</guid> <description><![CDATA[Slowly migrating all my sites onto webfaction, done 2 already, including this, 6 more to go. So, why webfaction? To put it in perspective, I had 6 sites operating off my AWS micro-instance. 3 wordpress blogs, Instasyncer , a couple of other projects that I am working on. This meant that I had to consume [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/19/finally-on-webfaction/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Clarification on &#8216;On “What Does A University Optimize For?”&#8217;</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/18/clarification-on-on-what-does-a-university-optimize-for/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/18/clarification-on-on-what-does-a-university-optimize-for/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:08:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[noc]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2386</guid> <description><![CDATA[A couple of people pinged me and ask me why I am defending NUS in this case, wasn&#8217;t I against NUS in the first place? Let me make this clear, I am not against anyone (Oh wait, I&#8217;m against people with PhD&#8217;s in entrepreneurship despite not having started companies before. Yup, mainly them.). I am [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/18/clarification-on-on-what-does-a-university-optimize-for/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>On &#8220;What Does A University Optimize For?&#8221;</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/18/on-what-does-a-university-optimize-for/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/18/on-what-does-a-university-optimize-for/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 10:31:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[noc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nus]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2366</guid> <description><![CDATA[So recently Derrick Ko (let me make this clear first, he is a good friend of mine. It&#8217;s just that I disagree with some of his arguments on this.) wrote this blog post on this guy on NOC who was offered to stay on another year at the company he is currently working at and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/18/on-what-does-a-university-optimize-for/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>On talknopreneurs, and please stop bugging me</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/04/on-talknopreneurs-and-please-stop-bugging-me/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/04/on-talknopreneurs-and-please-stop-bugging-me/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 03:34:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[instasyncer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[talknopreneurs]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2333</guid> <description><![CDATA[P.S. This post is targeted towards the Talknopreneurs, people who apparently know the ins and outs of running a business despite not having done anything related to starting anything before. P.P.S. To my friends who are business owners, and REAL entrepreneurs, and have given me advice, thank you :) I released Instasyncer on the 1st [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/04/on-talknopreneurs-and-please-stop-bugging-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Instasyncer is out!</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/01/instasyncer-is-out/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/01/instasyncer-is-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 04:15:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[my ramblings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[instasyncer]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2326</guid> <description><![CDATA[Haven&#8217;t been updating my blog recently, cos of exams, and even more recently been working on a side project called Instasyncer. Ever since Instagram came out for Android, I&#8217;ve been using it, and damnit, it&#8217;s a real pain to sync your photos over to the computer everytime you take a photo on Instagram. So now, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/05/01/instasyncer-is-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Have I told you lately &#8211; Van Morrison</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/04/12/have-i-told-you-lately-van-morrison/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/04/12/have-i-told-you-lately-van-morrison/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:01:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[my ramblings]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2315</guid> <description><![CDATA[Awesome song :) Love the chorus.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/04/12/have-i-told-you-lately-van-morrison/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>KRMF 2012 &#8211; DPM Tharman</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/04/04/krmf-2012-dpm-tharman/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/04/04/krmf-2012-dpm-tharman/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:37:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[krmf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tharman]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2309</guid> <description><![CDATA[KRMF 2012 was earlier tonite, and while not as grand as the previous 2(MM Lee, and PM Lee), it was nevertheless an insightful experience. 1 and a half months ago, a Singaporean released the Android 4.0 operating system, for the Samsung Galaxy S. To put what he has done in perspective, he was featured on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/04/04/krmf-2012-dpm-tharman/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>On scholarships</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/04/02/on-scholarships/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/04/02/on-scholarships/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:01:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[my ramblings]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2304</guid> <description><![CDATA[Where I come from, if you do something wrong, and your scholarship is revoked, you pay back the entire sum, not just the outstanding amount. Just a thought.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/04/02/on-scholarships/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Spooning &#8211; By Bitbucket</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/04/01/spooning-by-bitbucket/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/04/01/spooning-by-bitbucket/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:45:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[my ramblings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bitbucket]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pair programming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[software engineering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spooning]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2302</guid> <description><![CDATA[Awesome new way to code. Can&#8217;t wait for schools to actually teach it in their SE modules.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/04/01/spooning-by-bitbucket/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&#8220;No religion is higher than humanity&#8221; &#8211; Abdul Sattar Edhi</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/25/no-religion-is-higher-than-humanity-abdul-sattar-edhi/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/25/no-religion-is-higher-than-humanity-abdul-sattar-edhi/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:14:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[my ramblings]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2299</guid> <description><![CDATA[We need to remember, that ultimately, we are all humans. This quote from the video says it all. People have become educated, but have not become human.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/25/no-religion-is-higher-than-humanity-abdul-sattar-edhi/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>On Entrepreneurship and Policy</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/18/on-entrepreneurship-and-policy/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/18/on-entrepreneurship-and-policy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:37:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[galaxy s port]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2282</guid> <description><![CDATA[Recently the Singapore government has been gearing up on its push for more Singaporeans to embrace entrepreneurship, specifically targeting the &#8216;top&#8217; schools such as RI, with programs like programming classes, which they have tried to put the &#8216;hacker&#8217; branding on it. Without going into how the government almost never succeeds in such endeavors, there&#8217;s one [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/18/on-entrepreneurship-and-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Problems with engineering education today</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/13/problems-with-engineering-education-today/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/13/problems-with-engineering-education-today/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:16:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[goldberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[threejoy]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2284</guid> <description><![CDATA[I think this is a very good video on the problems with our education system today. There&#8217;s too much formalization of the thinking process, and no longer being treated as an art.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/13/problems-with-engineering-education-today/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>StartupWeekend2012</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/10/startupweekend2012/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/10/startupweekend2012/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:05:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[startupweekend]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swsg2012]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2277</guid> <description><![CDATA[So far, not very exciting. Not alot of cool ideas, not a single one in my opinion out to make a difference in the world. That said, awesome talk by Andy Croll this morning. Slides below.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/10/startupweekend2012/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>All Kids are born geniuses, but are crushed by society itself</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/05/all-kids-are-born-geniusesbut-are-crushed-by-society-itself/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/05/all-kids-are-born-geniusesbut-are-crushed-by-society-itself/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:36:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[michio kaku]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2274</guid> <description><![CDATA[This video hits the nail on it&#8217;s head with regard to the problems with the education system. He is Michio Kaku, one of the top Theoretical Physicists in the States.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/05/all-kids-are-born-geniusesbut-are-crushed-by-society-itself/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What the heck is wrong?</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/01/what-the-heck-is-wrong/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/01/what-the-heck-is-wrong/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:36:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[common sense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[st2334]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2240</guid> <description><![CDATA[A whole bunch of things have been screwing up at NUS recently. First the CCC. Then Sun Xu. Now, right in the middle of midterms week, there apparently is a fire drill scheduled at the place I stay at. Oh, and the best one so far. One of their exam papers was leaked out, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/03/01/what-the-heck-is-wrong/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>On Sun Xu, and what the real problem is</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/27/on-sun-xu-and-what-the-real-problem-is/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/27/on-sun-xu-and-what-the-real-problem-is/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:47:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scholarships]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sun xu]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2230</guid> <description><![CDATA[Recently, there has been a big uproar in Singapore over the comments of a particular Chinese scholar, Sun Xu. This was mainly due to his comments that there &#8220;being more dogs than humans in Singapore.&#8221;, which sparked uproar amongst Singaporeans, with there being many calls for his scholarship to be revoked, amongst other stuff. PAP [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/27/on-sun-xu-and-what-the-real-problem-is/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Session with Dr Goldberg, and thoughts on education</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/25/session-with-dr-goldberg-and-thoughts-on-education/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/25/session-with-dr-goldberg-and-thoughts-on-education/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:14:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[engineering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[goldberg]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2224</guid> <description><![CDATA[Meet with Dr Goldberg through the leadership module I took last semester yesterday, for a session on servant leadership in the morning and lunch. It was very inspiring to see someone being so enthusiastic about changing engineering education, and it is time for the academics who really care about the future of the next generation [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/25/session-with-dr-goldberg-and-thoughts-on-education/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Playbook 2, first impressions</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/22/playbook-2-first-impressions/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/22/playbook-2-first-impressions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:39:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blackberry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[playbook 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rim]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2220</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Playbook just got it&#8217;s new OS, and so far it&#8217;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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/22/playbook-2-first-impressions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hack&amp;Roll &#8217;12</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/20/hackroll-12/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/20/hackroll-12/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:24:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[my ramblings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hacknroll]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nushackers]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2215</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today, NUSHackers very first Hack&#038;Roll &#8217;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&#8217;s forums that resembled Facebook&#8217;s groups. Hack&#038;Roll &#8217;12 was decently successful. The participants who won were very happy with the prizes, and industry people [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/20/hackroll-12/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Society names</title><link>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/16/society-names/</link> <comments>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/16/society-names/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:01:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>laurence</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nccc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nus campus crusade for christ]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.geeksphere.net/?p=2193</guid> <description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.geeksphere.net/2012/02/16/society-names/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
