Category: My Notepad

  • In support of SAF Day 2014

    In support of SAF Day 2014

    Many NSF and NSMen are flooding Facebook News Feed with profile pictures changed to themselves being in the uniform. This is the latest photo I can get to having myself taken in partial army fatigue. Unflattering much. But it is also because of the pants, we were able to spot fellow Singaporeans and some foreigners apparently…

  • Shifting to Digitalocean VPS

    Shifting to Digitalocean VPS

    For the past couple of years, this site has been on Vodien shared hosting package. Not that there is an actual need to move, but I had to try out HHVM with WordPress when it was announced that WordPress 3.9 is compatible with HHVM. HHVM is developed by Facebook to optimise their website’s operations. It…

  • I had friends I never knew I had

    I had friends I never knew I had

    I am an active user on Facebook. There was a number that was bugging me: 1,740 friends. Facebook used to have an upper limit of 1,000 friends, and now 5,000. But truely, how many of these friends do one actively maintained relationships with? Robin Dubar suggested 150. However, there are mechanisms to cope with expanding…