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Mindstorm NXT Available in Hong Kong

September 10th, 2006 · Comments Off

I was in Tuen Mun Jusco this afternoon, and found a “specimen” box of the new Mindstorm NXT. According to the sales person (who made a call to someone higher up) it will be available this week, probably on Thursday, for HK$2990. Now there is a 50% premium (US$249 from the Lego Shop) so I [...]

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Tags: Interests

Singapore Nationalism

September 10th, 2006 · Comments Off

There is a two-part article on Singapore, written by a Singaporean in Chinese. I have no idea whether this is atypical of Singaporeans.

Harry Lee… attempted to create a new “Singapore People” to replace the original ethnics in Singapore…

The creation of a new people should not be unfamiliar to the Chinese people, because it happened not [...]

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Tags: History

Mingo’s Headphone Club

September 10th, 2006 · Comments Off

We paid a visit to Mingo’s Headphone Club (the shop) yesterday. Very interesting idea, and a great range of headphones, amplifiers etc. to play with.
I like the MEIZU Miniplayer M6, which is nice, thin, has a big screen (for its size) and sounds okay. It’s also cheaper than the iPod Nano and has more features, [...]

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Tags: Music