SPUG or Singapore Palm Users Group had been going to a slow decline for the past few years. It was down for the last few months of December 2016. Today in January 2017, it has finally given up. As…
CyanogenMod is dead
Yes, CyanogenMod is dead. Cyanogen, a failing company, is pulling the plug on CyanogenMod. The open source project for the last 3 years has been taken over by the commercial entity Cyanogen or Cyngn. This was a company setup by…
Carrie Fisher aka Princess Leia is now one with the force.
Carrie Fisher has died at age 60 after suffering a heart attack while on a flight. Fellow passengers gave her CPR and later rushed to hospital. Her mother later tweeted Carrie was in ICU. Iconic Star Wars actress Carrie…
Baked New York Cheesecake second try
I tried Baked New York cheesecake for the second time. Unlike the first time, this is a normal bake without a steam bath. Baked New York #cheesecake A photo posted by Alfred Loo (@alfred_loo_2000) on Nov 19, 2016 at 11:14pm…
Playing Pokemon Go and root
Pokemon Go the new location based game is now the in thing. To defeat GPS spoofers, it uses Google SafetyNet check to catch phones with root. That means if it fail the checks, no Pikachu for you. The first…
Android Nougat is here
Google announced the new version of Android 7 is called Nougat on 22 August 2016. Code named, New York Cheesecake, it features per file encryption, multi windows, better Doze and better VR performance. Nougat has a new API for graphics called…
Joseph Schooling won Singapore’s first Olympic Gold medal
Singapore’s first Olympic Gold medal was won by Joseph Schooling in the 100m Butterfly swimming event. He clocked 50.39 seconds. #SIN's Joseph Schooling idolized Michael Phelps as a boy. Last night he beat him the 100m butterfly. #Swimming pic.twitter.com/FCIYAkGj60 —…
Jason Bourne
What do you do when you have an immensely popular movie series but it has completed its story arc? Why not use it to introduce its new brother? Jason Bourne is the fifth installment of the Bourne Identity movies. This…
Fountain Pens
Recently I received a Hero Fountain pen from a relative. With a bottle of Parker Quink, it brought back many childhood memories. The fine nib, I think, was very scratchy, not a smooth flowing experience one would get from a…
Cyanogen downsizing
News report came on 23 July that Cyanogen is downsizing. The OS team has been let go.