New domain name after SGNIC nixed the per.sg domain
A firewall
I bought a firewall to control my daughter’s gaming.
How to make your web pages look good anywhere, Part 2
After a website espousing good design using very colorful language hit the news, several more came up. link
Interesting people that sought medical treatment in Singapore
Google+ is shutting down
The much-derided Google+ is shutting down in April 2019. This is after some security vulnerabilities were found.
Console in Chrome browser
I don’t do web development, so I was surprised to discover that there is a console in Chrome.
STARTTLS
DISA recently started using STARTTLS by default for all mail servers. DISA which runs the US Department Of Defense IT systems. STARTTLS is an encryption standard for email protocol. Current email communications are in clear text. You can protect the…
Singapore Palm Users Group (SPUG) is finally dead
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…
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…
No Social Media weekend
I was wondering what it would feel like for a weekend without social media. No Facebook, Twitter or Reddit. Instead of spending time flicking through pages and pages of twits, posts, pictures of dogs and cats, how about actually doing…