Are "nanny cams" a violation of babysitters' rights?

According to dictionary.com, the meaning of human rights is "The basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, often held to include the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law."

There is a thin line between the basic rights and freedoms an individual is entit... more>>

A Quick Guide to Singlish

Introduction
It's basically a mixture of English with words borrowed from Hokkien, the Chinese dialect native to more than 75% of the Chinese in Singapore, and from Malay. It is unique to Singapore and Malaysia, the latter having some variations of its own. The most well-known instance of a word borrowed from Hokkien is 'kiasu', which means "frightened of losing out", and is used to indicate behaviour such as queuing overnight to obtain something. The most commonly borrowed word... more>>

How to Protect Your Computer from Viruses - Simple Guide

Computer viruses are mysterious and grab our attention. Every time a new virus hits, it makes the news as it spreads quickly. Viruses can do anything from annoying the user to deleting your entire computer. With more computers are being connected to the Internet, viruses are very easy to be spread. While computers will never be 100% secure, there are many steps that you can take to prevent your computer from being infected with viruses.

What is a Computer Virus?
A computer virus is basically a malicious computer... more>>

Phone Booths in Japan

Banana Facts

That yellow starchy sweet fruit which has over 400 varieties around the world and is one of the world’s top-selling fruit that even outranks the apple and orange, yes it is the banana: a nutritious fruit which can be eaten in more ways than one has... more>>

Potato Facts

It is considered one of the main food staple we eat almost every day and contains mostly of carbohydrate, is eaten around the world now and is the main ingredient in over 406,000 recipes on the Internet. Yes, it is the tasty potato. This tasty tuber was first cultivated in the South American Andes Mountains over 4,000 years ago, and a regular potato contains about 80 per cent water and 20 per... more>>

Has society become controlled by technology?

As advancement in technology makes a vast amount of improvement each year, it's hard not to wonder whether society is starting to become controlled by technology. The vast majority of people believe t... More>>

Shopwiki - A useful shopping tool

ShopWiki.com is a pretty interesting place to shop online, unlike conventional shopping sites which will only show you store that have paid for placement, it offers more by showing everything for sale on the web. It works just like Google, except that it for the purpose of shopping and allows shoppers to look for everything for sale on the web.

With a simple search text of let's say a xbox 360, ShopWiki.com displays all relevant searches and upon clicking the search result that I was looking for I was pleasantly presented with information such as the pros and cons of getting it. There was also a brief history writeup on it, overall I think it is pretty useful tool.

Virtual Villagers: The Secret City

Virtual Villagers: The Secret City is the third sequel of the saga from Last Day of Work. The game features some new twists taking you to a new place and telling you a new story but it still has its old well-known play mechanics.

Embark on a new journey with a group of villagers in search of a new part of the island to populate. Land on the hidden shores of the northern side of Isola and explore what was once a secret city. Who lived here before? Where have they gone? What is the secret of Isola?

Review:
If you're one of those people who likes to play games that are moderately challenging and yet not too tiring, you should try this game out. Basically it's a game in real-time where you grow your little villagers to re-populate the city ruins of Isola. And while you're at it, you have to solve puzzles and find new sources for your villagers to grow and survive. You'll also be able to make a variety of unique potions from hidden herbs.

The interesting thing is that if you leave them for some time, you'll find them working upon your returning as this is after all a real-time game which goes on even if you off your computer. But if it's too long then you are risking to find them all dead from starvation and you might have to either start all over again. In my opinion, it can be addictive.

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Hints and Guide to playing the game: I found this pretty good site. Don't click here if you do not want to be spoilt!

Official Site: http://www.virtualvillagers.com/index.html

The Great Singapore Sale and More!

The Great Singapore Sale (GSS): an annual shopping event co-organized by the Singapore Tourism Board and various retail companies together with shopping malls and stores, all in a bid to promote tourism in Singapore. The participating malls and stores are mostly usually located along Orchard Road, dubbed the "town" area - the heartbeat of Singapore - all the way to Marina Bay. It is usually lasts between May and July. This extravaganza started in 2005 and has since more>>

Signing up for PayPerPost

Looking around blogs, the PayPerPost(PPP) badges seem to be quite prominent and so out of curiosity I decided to see what it was all about. I signed up, but I wasn't approved instantly. After some effort I finally managed to get accepted.

PayPerPost, better known as PPP is a new self-service marketplace for bloggers to blog about things that they love and get paid for it, and for advertisers to advertise their product/service/ website reviewed. In PayPerPost, publishers(bloggers) get to see the list of advertisers' requests, and would be able to choose which opportunity to write on, provided they are eligible for it. Apparently the higher the pagerank of your blog, the more opportunities one would have.

To be eligible to sign up, new blogs have to be at least 90 days old with at least a minimum of 20 posts. The best part is that there is no quota needs to be fulfilled. Once your blog is approved, you can start looking out for opportunities to write and be paid via Paypal. It's really that easy.