Entries from January 2007

January 14, 2007

News from the Future: Announcing the iPhone Shuffle

From a message sent to the Newtontalk list, a mailing list of individuals who own and use the Apple Newton and the Apple eMate 300, both pen-based computers discontinued in 1997, by Peter Fraser:

IT’S an all-white rectangle with a little green light to show that a call is in progress. While the iPhone Shuffle superficially [...]

January 13, 2007

Variations on a theme by Henry Sy

ROUGHLY one year ago, the tourism agencies of both Thailand and Singapore promoted their respective countries as THE premier shopping hub in
Asia. While Bangkok took pride in a newly-built mall, supposedly the region’s largest, Singapore spruced up Orchard Road, expecting an influx of tourists, including those who were clueless about the attractions of Geylang Road. Unfortunately, [...]