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$10B vs $68B – Hyperloop must surely force a review of California rail plans 13 Aug 2013 | 10:12 am
I thought Elon Musk was pretty smart to announce that his Hyperloop idea costs $6 billion for people-carrying pods, and $10 billion for pods that also carry cars. Since California’s high speed rail pr...
Why the emotional mind matters 12 Aug 2013 | 05:45 am
A wise mind is one which considers both the rational mind and the emotional mind. Why does the emotional mind matter at all? I think this is because our experience of the world is an emotional one. W...
Making progress in meaningful work 25 Jul 2013 | 05:06 am
I really like this one line from a posting today on the Harvard Business Review blog: Our past research found that, of all the events that can keep people happily engaged on the job, the single most ...
Introducing the Reluctant Raconteur – A blog about malaysian family life by my mother 18 Jun 2013 | 10:19 pm
My family is here visiting the San Francisco bay area. Quite the lot of us – my sister and husband, their 2 kids, my mom and my dad. As you can imagine, shepherding 7 people around is not the easiest ...
3+1 bedroom apt for Sale/Rent: Seri Duta 1 near Kenny Hills 13 Feb 2012 | 08:19 pm
Low-density low-rise With all the development taking place in KL, there are very few apartments remaining that offer this unique combination: Low-density, low-rise Low-noise, green/wooded environme...
Experimenting with a new hiring process/way of working 21 Jan 2012 | 12:28 am
So we’ll be doing a fair bit of hiring in 2012. I’ve decided to experiment with a new hiring process. One thing I wanted to try was to do away with interviews. Instead, have candidates fill out a fai...
Blood Pressure Snapshot 15 Nov 2011 | 09:59 pm
Blood pressure: 136/89 Heart rate: 58
Minimum Viable DNA? 1 Nov 2011 | 10:30 pm
Reading about basic molecular biology is pretty mind-blowing. As a computer programmer, I would use the phrase “elegant design” to describe how life seems to work. I discovered a lot of things that I ...
Live bands 9 Mar 2011 | 07:16 am
Okay I now realized why I don’t jump at the opportunity to go see a live band when someone suggests it. Actually I love live bands. I just hate jazz. It does nothing for me. And the majority of times...
True Grit: I left the cinema breathless 9 Mar 2011 | 05:13 am
True Grit, with Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld and Matt Damon, was a great watch at the cinema. I didn’t expect it to have the effect it did. But it was quite a tour de force. Cinematography was beaut...
