😤 VLC shows squares instead of Chinese characters? KNN CB Apple, always need us to suffer first before they sort things out. Wasted brain cells again, but whatever—just do this: Open Font Book Go to Applications > Font Book. Check for Chinese Fonts Search for PingFang SC (or any PingFang variants). If not found, download […]

I tried to explain to Kock the critical importance of using a 4-point support structure instead of 3 for the car seat bracket—he’s converting a van into a 7-seater—and recommended switching from aluminum to steel for its vastly superior strength and resistance to vibration. But he completely dismissed the idea. He’s convinced the current design […]

Recently, an old friend asked me to help update his Intel Mac mini—he had forgotten the password, and I thought, “No problem lah.” But after a long break from doing anything technical or command-line related, I realized I was rusty. Siao Liao !!! So I decided to relearn everything—practised all the terminal commands, read up, […]

Why a Master’s Degree might seem like a setback—but actually isn’t It’s ironic, but sometimes having a Master’s degree can actually hurt your chances of getting an entry-level job. Sounds ridiculous, right? But here’s the thing: some companies see a Master’s and assume you’re “overqualified” or that you’ll expect higher pay. Others might wonder why […]

You won’t learn much studying in Singapore. Studying in Singapore might not offer the transformative education experience many expect. That’s because students aren’t being educated—they’re being trained. The system is designed to produce high test scores, not critical thinkers. Critical discussion is not a norm in the curriculum. Instead of fostering inquiry and debate, the […]

The Reality About Grades While grades aren’t everything, the hard truth is—they do matter, no matter where you are. Good grades open doors that might otherwise stay firmly shut, unless you’re exceptionally well-connected or someone “opens the backdoor” for you. Recently, my kid started looking for his first job after graduating. Almost every interview required […]

Turns out, without sudo it is even simpler. Checking a files signature is expensive, and checking the signature of a large application that contains very many files is even more expensive. Which is why MacOS is marking files as to-be-checked on download,  and then checking the file once when executing them for the first time. Unmarking the […]

For the past years, I have been hearing more and more traditional voice technology, including the standard PBX, is going the way of the telegraph key: valuable and functional communications systems being replaced by new, bigger, better, cheaper technologies. Voice and data networks, once separate and distinct, are merging into a single network. The PBX […]

There’s nothing 80s kids love more than a good throwback. Sure, iPads and the latest phones are cool and all – but nothing can beat the days when “cloud” was nothing more than a visible mass of condensed vapour, and the messages we sent to each other had to be written down instead of typed […]