Chinook in NUS

Ladybug SMS-ed today. Passing by NUS Science on the internal and spotted police cars and some “slats from the sheltered walkway” which popped out.

But why police and not OED security? I figured Keropokman would have the answer, and indeed he did!

A Chinook had landed! Hop over for a very special photo of the day!

Ivan Polunin’s cat

Well one of them at least.

Photos from NTU’s Bike Rally 2007

Hmm..the NTU Bike Rally webpage has been updated and the 2007 photos are up as well as the FAQ. A briefing will be conducted this Saturday.

Will scroll through more if the photos tomorrow.

Coming in at the end of the ride at East Coast Park.

Why not use SLA Street Maps?

I wondered why I have not been using SLA’s Street Map@Singapore maps.

Well, I like to make screen grabs and often annotate maps to make a point or highlight details. But SLA’s “Terms of Use” for the service says, amongst other things, that:

“Except as expressly permitted by these Terms of Use, you shall not reproduce, publish, upload, post, display, transmit or otherwise distribute this Site or any of the Contents in any manner or in any form, without the prior written permission of SLA and (where relevant) SLA’s third party suppliers. …”

…

“You shall not cache or frame this Site or any part thereof or any of the Contents, nor create hyperlinks to any page of this Site or any of the Contents, without the prior written permission of SLA and (where relevant) SLA’s third party suppliers.”

Ooh, I’m a fan! Meanwhile, rednano.sg returns me fatal errors.

Google Maps – Harbour Front now under clouds!

Google Maps has decided Harbour Front looks better under clouds, it seems.

I was viewing the webpage I setup some months ago for the International Museum Day. Registration begins now and I added a phone number and took a final look-see, just in case. Then I thought of updating the Google Map snapshot I had inserted there. Afterall, University Hall had improved dramatically.

Instead, all of Harbour Front is now under clouds! What’s happening Google? Argh!

Snapshot from months ago, when setting up the webpage, phew!

What’s with the improvement – comprehensive cloud cover?

Maybe its preparation for the haze. Like Paula Abdul’s “seeing the future,” Google Earth and Maps are predicting the happy state of affairs soon to be amongst us. Think the heat is bad? Wait until the haze comes. Apparently fires have begun in Indonesia and potentially ‘favourable’ south westerly winds in two weeks will make us miserable in Singapore. You HAVE been warned.

Sayonara La Nina, you might have wreaked havoc elsewhere, but you sure kept things cool and haze-free here!

When I said comprehensive, I meant it!

Xylo checks out the new washing machine

The boys are intrigued by the sounds of the new washing machine. Xylo’s the least afraid.

Apparently the Whirlpool front loader uses a third less water, two-thirds less electricity and is made of recyclable parts.

The delivery man, who failed to turn up the previous day, made an attempt to convince me I needed a new, $25 Italian-made tap to go since I now had a spanking new washing machine. “What’s wrong with the one I have?” He mumbled something about a leaking tap in future. I was too polite to snort and kept a close eye on him to ensure he did not cast some vodoo spell over my existing tap head – put that down to temple of Doom which I watched with my department kakis last night.

I will be giving him grief later over the transport bolts and the plastic spacer which he forgot to leave behind. After all, never know when I’d like to move.