Recently, I've gotten back to decluttering my physical goods and digital content. Part of my decluttering involves unsubscribing from mailing lists and content that hasn't been relevant to me for some time. Now, every so often, I receive emails from Sony. I don't use their products anymore; not since 2019...
Every so often, something comes along and introduces massive changes to how we do things. ChatGPT is that something and it has sped up my coding immensely. What used to take me days and weeks of research, trial, and errors have been reduced to mere minutes. I am spitting out...
With outdoor mask-wearing being optional from March 29, 2022, the MTF collaborated with MOE to release a PSLE question. This is to test students on their indoor and outdoor awareness. So, are you smarter than a primary school kid? Question 1) Xiao Ming stays in a HDB on the 25th...
Name cards have many uses. Receiving one signals to you that the person on the other end has sufficient money to spend on something that warrants brief attention. Anyway, I had been organising my textbooks into storage boxes in anticipation of my eventual move to the east side–and also because...
Every so often, I organise my stash of name cards accrued over the years. As the life of my 2007 Honda Jazz draws ever closer to its last breath–determined by the remaining months that I am entitled to sit behind its wheel–I had been receiving name cards from car salespeople...
Call it a side effect or by-product of working in the accessibility field: I really appreciate when speakers articulate their thoughts in a pristine manner, choose their words carefully, and enunciate at a steady and humane pace. If you have any opportunity to present yourself on stage, or get the...
You know how sometimes you buy something–such as a new knife–and you whip it out thinking that it's sharp but you never really know how sharp it is until you do a paper test and it just goes shhhrrrrrkkkkk with the paper just giving up and submitting to the will...
Every so often, you come across something that eases your way around life. "Lifehacks", as they call it, are tips and tricks to make the things we do easier. Anything that makes a task easier is always good in my eyes. So, this post is dedicated to sharing lifehacks that...
It's official. My second final semester has ended. For SUSS students, there is no feeling in the world like seeing your analog clock strike 5 minutes before midnight, reading 11:55 on the digital display, or seeing that number on your taskbar. The deadline for your assignment is well, truly, deadly...
Isn't it intriguing that healthy folks can exercise their freedom and choose to reject vaccines? Yet, there are others who are allergic or experience adverse effects; these vulnerable people wish to be vaccinated, yet cannot do so. Where do we draw the line and prioritise collective safety over individual agency?
Just this past Sunday, my colleagues put together an appreciation programme for the Community Interpreters. Regardless of whether you live in a terrarium or ecosphere, you probably already know what one is. So, let me present my terrarium to you after attending a Virtual Terrarium Workshop conducted by Ricky Lim...
I turned all my academic writings to draft mode as I could not figure out how to hide them from the blog links. Category excluder plugins work to some extent, but they do give me the output I want. I hope that I do not need to mess around with...
The start to 2021 has seen chilly weather all around Singapore. While many don jackets outdoors and even indoors, I stay sheathed in my grey top, black shorts, and slippers when out and about. These are sufficient to keep me warm. In fact, I am inclined to believe that my...
It's been a few months since I installed Certbot on my Digitalocean host for jacklepop.com. I had followed instructions to load a free SSL certificate because Google announced that sites without them would be marked as 'not secure'. My efforts were unsuccessful. So, while my site ran on Laravel 4...
Nary a day goes by without hearing someone say "actually". Actually, "actually" is a powerful word when used at the right time and especially when used sparingly. I'd go so far as to say that it should only be used once in a long while. Now, I don't have a...
There is one thing that has been overlooked for the longest time. I don't speak for all access professionals, but reckon that many will agree. It remains a thorny issue till today and must be said: Presenters do not commit enough effort at delivering clear and conducive speeches. You know...
In March 2018, I purchased a Bosch 12 volt brushless impact driver. I must have harboured thoughts of busting it out to perform reparations and upgrades around the home then. It however laid dormant in my toolbox until just days ago when my mum purchased two sets of new wall...
Automation and its effects have fascinated me ever since I came across the concept years ago. I saw gradual implementation of technology across the various sectors over the years. In the early 2010s, I worked at Somerset and 313@Somerset was a usual lunchtime haunt for workers around the area. One...
It turns out, I will have to migrate my site. Please bear with me as I perform the migration on my own. It'll be a fun learning experience at least. ~~On second thoughts, I've decided that I should not migrate. It turns out that I renewed my hosting plan with...
It's been a while. The "Wuhan" virus, now known as Covid-19, or SARS-CoV-2 is now a global pandemic ("WHO Director-General's opening remarks", 2020). Some countries have closed their borders, limiting international travel, and ordered businesses to shut down. While Singapore was one of the first countries to be struck by...
With the Wuhan virus seemingly infecting and killing people far from the epicenter, it might be wise to halt all travel plans for this Chinese Lunar New Year. But, it is a difficult decision for the Chinese all over the world. China is home to over a billion Chinese. Even...
A good part of living involves listening to people talk. It is however, not easy to speak well. Talking is communication, and it is a fundamental skill for everyone. People who talk as fast as they think often say a lot of fluff words. They end up saying nothing worthy...
Over the years, I have been prodded, requested, asked, told, instructed and encouraged to write. Even as I insisted that I was no writer, friends spurred me to start a blog. So, as luck would have it, the domain: yeoweiyong.com was available. Here I am after their encouragement. Whether you've...
