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I had thought that NUS eLearning week was a great opportunity to get ahead of work. Well, I kept abreast, but that's about it. Realised that I had turned down, directly or indirectly, quite a few offers to build systems in the meantime. Perhaps I should find a way to near-automate the process? Continuing on NUS, it has maintained its position as Top 30 in the world from last year, though it has dropped a few places from eleventh to fourteenth in engineering and information technology. There doesn't seem to be as much hoo-hah in the local news as in previous years. But come on; it's still better than, among others, UCLA, Berkeley, UIUC, Dartmouth and Purdue, or so THES says. The Straits Times did have something to say on the matter of rankings, concerning another of Singapore's elite institutions, Changi Airport. Apparently, Changi slid to third, after finishing second for the past two years, and first in 2006. Hong Kong International Airport was second, and frankly from my stopover there, it was there or thereabouts. As quick as you please, the national newspaper comments "Should we even be paying attention to such rankings and surveys?", "Airport polls and surveys... are a dime a dozen", "The bottom line is that there is no perfect survey or ranking method", and the real kicker: "Theoretically, there is also nothing to stop an airport from actively encouraging employees and travellers to submit feedback..." (ahem) ...And of course, the official Changi Airport website proudly maintains a page dedicated to these dime a dozen, perhaps unworthy-of-attention awards (or perhaps these are the proper sort that don't list the airport as second or third). Furthermore, had Skytrax put us first, I have my suspicions that the editorial would instead have been about how renowned the award is, with "...more than 8.6 million travellers from over 95 nationalities around the world..." participating (as lifted from Skytrax's website) Well, come on now. Yes, what the editorial says is in fact true, but trotting it out only when the results aren't in one's favour seems a bit petty. Third or thirtieth, it's not bad lah. To cheer our wounded airport-and-educationistas, I'll plaster one of the funnier comic strips I've come across on the net these few days, right here:  (Source: Studs Up by Chris Toy) And there's another one on the Nobel Peace Prize winning the Obama... oops, Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. The world may be trying too hard to make it up to Obama after they cruelly kicked Chicago's 2016 Olympics bid out in the first round of bidding, despite POTUS turning up in person to make a speech. How could they! No EPL this week as World Cup qualifiers commence, but a significant announcement about its fate in Singapore was made by the SingTel division of TH. They will charge S$23 (before GST) for all EPL matches, without the need for a basic package, while the Starhub division of TH for its part will allow early termination for subscribers, without penalty. Thus, we are back to where we started at, with an additional set-top box and remote control and possible signal interference from the phone line. I'm not completely thrilled at the convenience, but at least it appears that total cost won't rise much (yet) since Starhub will probably have to drastically cut its sports package price. New managerial economics case study in the making. Coming some time after the Google book review... Gmail data is not bulletproof, gasp. In particular, if a careless bank employee emails sensitive data to you, a judge can order your account deactivated although it really has nothing to do with you. Which makes completely no sense whatsoever. Will have to archive my Gmail messages, then. Thoughts on the most recently loaned books to follow. No idea how I managed to ignore the non-fiction section for so long - Wikipedia and the internet? There's still no substitute for a well-researched tome, I would say. Next: From Russia With KAV
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