Q: What Scares Doctors? A: Being the Patient

Prof. Quah forwards interesting reads to all of us from time to time. This is the latest from Times magazine:

What Insiders Know About Our Health-Care System That the Rest of Us Need to Learn

By NANCY GIBBS, AMANDA BOWER
It's easy to imagine that doctors don't get sick. Surely the hygienic shield of the sterile white coat guards them from ever having to put on the flapping gown and flimsy bracelet, climb meekly into the crisp bed and be at the mercy of the U.S. health-care system. And if somehow they did enter the hospital as a patient, physicians ought to have every advantage: an insider's knowledge, access to top specialists, built-in second opinions, no waiting, no insane bureaucratic battles and no loss of identity or dignity when you turn into the "bilateral mastectomy in Room 402." But it doesn't...

Roku Soundbridge

Roku (a rather odd name if I may say so)'s delightful wireless music players.

The M1000

and the Soundbridge Radio

You can check out the feature list

Form meets function.

The Boy in The Bubble

Floating picnic table - How cool is that?

Now, how cool is this? I certainly won't mind hanging out with friends on one of these. Having said that, I will need a pool first. I seriously doubt condo management would allow one of these in their pool.

OLED Backlight

- The future of laptop backlighting.

Kapsel Media Center

Stockholm's Kapsel Multimedia A.B.'s latest Viiv creative.

Features according to the maker:-
"Kapsel comes with very high performance both regarding processor power, audio, video and networking capabilities. Being one of the first to use the Intel® Viiv™ platform, Kapsel will take advantage of such cutting edge technology as dual-core processors (Intel® Core™ Duo), ability to very quickly turn on and off the PC (Intel® Quick Resume Technology), easy remote controlled configuration of network systems, media server "engine" that reformats digital content files to be viewed on other devices in the home, high definition, 7.1 surround sound, and the ability to play high definition video formats, among other features."

Now imagine how fun it would be to combine SmartTV with one of this baby.

About Starhub SmartTV & Personality Profiling

Some rather exciting news.
Starhub is finally going to launch Tivo-like service in our local market. Of course this is already considered a rather old technology considering that the trend is moving towards PC-based media centres and a Digital Tuning Card would be more suitable.
Nontheless, this is exciting news, particularly for folks like me who works shifts and has given up catching anything nice on TV.
Check out the website at www.smarttv.com.sg

Interestingly, the website is conducting a customer survey, and part of it was consumer profiling. Rather interesting I might add. Here's what it says about me:-
"A spontaneous and dynamic person, you don't presume to know what the future holds - and like it that way! However, the eternal optimist in you likes to believe that tomorrow will be better than today. You seldom make plans, and can be quite allergic to routine. Keenly attuned to the possibilities of each new dawn, you are quick to recognize and capitalize on opportunities. In your downtime you like to switch off, kick back and zone out. You tend to be highly receptive to new technology, and easily excited by novelty. A childlike sense of wonder heightens your enjoyment of new products - 'wow' is a word that often falls from your lips. Your enthusiasm is contagious, and you enjoy sharing your discoveries with others. You like to keep abreast of innovations, and preferably one step ahead of them. The cutting edge is your comfort zone - you wouldn't be seen dead sporting an 'old' model of anything. (Unless of course it's 'classic' or 'vintage'.) Your big personality attracts an adoring fan club. You are a passionate lover... of life!"

Hmm.... any thoughts?

"If Only"

Okie. I know my movie buff friends will laugh at me, particularly SH. She had recently found out that I only saw "Before Sunset" and "Before Sunrise" this year, and promptly explaimed "Where have you been??!?!?!"

Nontheless, I cried. Majorly, just to add.

Watch it.

Unique personal blog

Just came across a rather unique blog. Stickgal uses comic strip to blog her life, particularly her love life.
Do take a look.

Growing pain

-From PEANUTS © 2005, Click for source

Americans Should Take a Lesson from "Sissy" French Youth

"While young French workers express outrage at a proposed law making them endure three years of probation on a new job, U.S. workers wonder what the term "job security" means."....Dave Lindorff