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by Michael Tan, Singapore

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Thank you Microsoft for giving us a free telescope

May 14, 2008 09:44

I have an astrophotography-enhanced Maksutov Cassegrain telescope at home which, in combination with tracking computers, camera adapters, Webcams, cooled CCDs and other accessories, costs a few thousand dollars, probably as high as five figures. The skill to use it is substantial, and it takes years to master the art of taking pictures with this thing. Plus, it's delicate and in constant need of calibration and cleaning and maintenance and repair. It also takes years of Web surfing and subscribtions to Sky & Telescope, plus PDA power and computing power to accumulate the lore required to optimize the use of the equipment and to make a choice for any upgrade.
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Andrew Teo vs. Taxi Driver: One of the Andrew Teos denies involvement

Apr 19, 2008 12:45

All right, about time one of the Andrew Teos suspected by the CSI teams on the Internet to be THE videomaker of the Taxi Driver **** Off case has emailed me denying that he is the one.

This man says he is not the one.
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Fools rush in: Start a blog with hundreds of hate comments instantly

Apr 18, 2008 12:22

First, UMNO, THE largest race-based political party in Malaysia, was reported to have REQUIRED candidates to blog.
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Are we closer to the identity of Andrewteo777 or Andrew Teo of the Taxi Driver case

Apr 18, 2008 11:12

As a follow-up to my previous post, here's some more CSI work being done to try to establish the identity of Andrew Teo: here and here.

Update: as an update to this blog, Andrew Teo of the Church of Christ the King has contacted me by email and I spoke to him on the phone, and he has denied being the Andrew Teo in the video. From a personal viewpoint, the voice of Andrew Teo of the CCK does not sound like the voice of the Andrew Teo in the video.

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Stupid thread of the week department: You have much to learn my young Padawan

Apr 17, 2008 17:28

Now and then, I visit the incredible morass of miscellaneous posts, the famous EDMW (Eat Drink Man Woman) forum of Hardwarezone Singapore. Arguably the best indicator of the state of the country's psyche, I am afraid to go there in fear of being permanently wired to that forum.

Well, here's my stupid thread of the week:
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About Michael Tan

Michael Tan is lucky enough not to have to choose between his job and his passion. He is the responsible for all aspects of developing new businesses and sourcing new productlines for a regional IT distribution company. He also oversees the company's legal affairs as General Counsel. In real life, he is a technology enthusiast, from both the fun and business viewpoint. The only choices he has to make are whether to play with his astro telescopes, his PC games, his Wii console, hit the track, tweak his car, or refine his biofilters, post his blogs, research for a new digicam, scour every forum to feed his habit further, play with his son… ALL BLOGPOSTS ONLY REFLECT MICHAEL'S OPINIONS AND NOBODY ELSES'.