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Month: February, 2009

Google Earth – now with time travel!

Ok, I exaggerate. Google Earth added two very nifty features – historic imagery and the ocean layer. Historic imagery is exactly what it states on the box: satellite imagery from the past. Allow that sentence to sink in. Google Earth has always been about Where. Now, it is also about When. Brilliant! So, let’s have [...]

A Saturday at the Peranakan Museum and Singapore Philatelic Museum

I finally got around to using my free museum pass. Back then, I said that the Peranakan Museum would be the first on my list. And so, it was. Now, I know that all things Peranakan are very hip-and-happening now, but that’s not why I wanted to check out the museum. A number of my [...]