Posts Tagged ‘Web Applications’

Is budget airline still budget in Asia?

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Time to pack your bags for holiday!!! So many place to go, where should you head to?

WAIT……Do I have enough money to travel? Arghhhh…If you are on a shoestring budget like me, we can still buy ‘cheap’ flight. Gone are the days of air tickets that cost only $120 inclusive of all the taxes to bangkok! Miss those days..

Now we need to be very alert so as to catch the latest promotion from all the budget carriers. To be informed first hand of the promotions, we have to (more…)

The most important password you need in Singapore

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

SingPass is a userID and password to transact with different Government online services.

Recently, I help to rent my mum’s place out and using SingPass, we were able to apply online to get the relevant approval to rent out the flat. There are many many more Government services which we can access using SingPass such as applying for license, setting up a business, check your CPF. Too many to list here.

You are eligible to apply for SingPass if you are a:

  • Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident
  • Valid Employment or Dependant Pass holder
  • Valid S-Pass holder
  • Selected valid Work Permit holder

You can get your SingPass via online here or on the spot at the appointed counter locations.

Get yours today and be amaze by the online services provided by the Singapore Goverment

Round 3: streetdirectory.com with Google vs LTA

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Round 1: Streetdirectory.com vs individual websites

Last year, streetdirectory.com issued statements to the owners of individual websites who use their maps to either pay up or remove the maps. Typically, these individual websites owners place the Street directory maps on their company’s website to show location of the company. So it will be easier for clients who wants to locate and visit them.

Winner: Streetdirectory.com

Round 2: Streetdirectory.com vs LTA

Streetdirectory.com was forced to close shop on April 1st 2008 this year. And some of us thought that was an April’s fool joke! (more…)

Benefits of Internet check-in for your flight

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Mobile is like that been rather quiet lately. We went on flight out of Singapore and went to Phuket for business matters.

For air travel, the usual check-in process is via the check-in counter at the airport. We would like to recommend that you try internet check-in for your future flights. The benefits are

  1. Check in at the comfort of your home up to 48 hours before departure(depends on airline)
  2. Choose your own seat on your plane! Print out your boarding pass as well.
  3. Shorten queuing time at the airport. There will be a special queue at the airport for those who check-in via internet and this is faster than the usual check-in queue

So try internet check-in for your next flight.

Buy movie tickets online in Singapore

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Not wanting to queue to buy movie tickets? Worried that tickets will be sold out for that blockbuster movie? Buy your movie tickets online in advance!

Here are the websites of movie theaters in Singapore: (more…)

Listen and share music in online community imeem

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

I chance about this via my friend, Winnie + Delicious Blog and find that this is a cool online service which I want to talk about.

imeem is an online community where artists, fans & friends can promote their content, share their tastes, and discover new blogs, photos, music and vide. *This paragraph taken from their website.*

There are so many main stream songs available and I was able to find some of my favorite R &B artist like Timbaland, Snoop Dogg, Fergie etc…all great dance music as well!

Other than that, (more…)

Find and share new running routes online

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

I am a runner but not like a marathon runner kind, short distance say a few KM. . Anyway I chance on this website on running routes around the world.

The website seems to be build using asp and it is using Google map as the mapping tool. Strange combination though but it works. So I can view the the routes that people have been running on. It evens show the distance of the route. Cool!

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Easily Design the look of your blog with CSS online tool

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Explore this CSS online tool. This online service easily lets you create CSS templates for your blog site. The templates can be use for Movable and WordPress blogs.

Another usage of this tool is, after we create the template, we use it to learn the CSS styles behind those design.

Visit CSS online, cssez

Free video conferencing online

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Over the weekends, my friend Cheryl ask me on what are the video conferencing tools are available today. So here is an blog post on the video conferencing services available online.

Before any video conferencing can happen, you need a web camera, mic and speaker. Don’t forget about it!

What kind of web camera?
Depend on how good quality of video you like to be seen, buy a web camera that suits your needs. Nowadays, most laptop comes with a built-in web camera, good enough for one-to-one video conference. But if you like to show other things such as your hard copy drawings or more than 1 face, you are better of buying a web camera

What are the available online video conferencing available?
Well, my first advise was just use msn messenger video conference. (more…)

Using Feedburner to enchance and track RSS traffic

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Before going to talk about Feedburner, lets have a short chat on RSS.

What is RSS?

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It is a way to distribute your latest blog post as a short feed similar to a short heading of your post. Instead of visiting your favorite sites to find out the latest news, we can subscribe to your favorite blog post RSS feeds using a RSS reader. So from the RSS reader, you are able to glance first view of the latest news on your favorite sites.

So why Feedburner? (more…)