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Omigo and SampleStore: Two shopping websites for the weekend

Saturday, January 4th, 2014

Two very different online shopping experience to check out over the weekend. Omigo offers to be Singapore’s one-stop online shopping destination; while SampleStore.com is an innovative try-vertising platform in Singapore.

Omigo and SampleStore.com are two online shopping websites that belong to SingPost.

Omigo and SampleStore.com are two online shopping websites that belong to SingPost.

Both websites are part of the Singapore Post group of companies with the former powered by vPost.

I first came across them during a briefing by SingPost a few weeks ago. I suppose it is part of the company’s effort to diversify its business beyond traditional mail and package delivery.

Omigo - online offers free delivery for purchases above S$99, and 14 days free return policy.

Omigo – online offers free delivery for purchases above S$99, and 14 days free return policy.

Omigo offers a broad range of products in the following categories: cameras, mobiles & tablets, computers, games, audio & video, and baby & toys.

So the product line at the moment seem to be heavy on the IT and electronics side.

The site offers free delivery for purchases above S$99, and 14 days free return policy. To start you off, you can sign up for their newsletter and get a free S$15 voucher.

SampleStore.com allows members to try out samples for free.

SampleStore.com allows members to try out samples for free.

SampleStore.com is a more interesting concept, taking sample-trying into the digital age.

The website offers consumers the opportunity to “Try Before You Buy” a product.

You get to try out the samples you select for free, paying a flat rate of S$5.99 for handling and postage (certain samples even have these fees waived if they are sponsored).

To continue receiving samples for free, you have to write reviews on the website about the samples you have received and tried.

How SampleStore.com works.

How SampleStore.com works.

Sample product categories include: Baby, Body, Eye, Face, Feminine care, Food, Fragrance, Hair, Sports, Supplement, Toiletries and Others.

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N.E.mation!8 for Total Defence: Because you played a part

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

… a part in what?!

“Because you played a part” … in 30 years of Total Defence!

That’s the theme for the eighth installment of the series of annual “N.E.mation!” competition that has seen more than 9,500 students participating since its inauguration in 2007.

I visited the Top 10 teams for this year’s N.E.mation!8 and came away with a sense of awe at how articulate and convicted these youths were in our Nation’s Total Defence message.

I visited the Top 10 teams for this year’s N.E.mation!8 and came away with a sense of awe at how articulate and convicted these youths were in our Nation’s Total Defence message.

The top 10 teams are hard at work at Nanyang Polytechnic producing their 1-minute animation that will vie for the top spot – which will earn the winning team a fully sponsored trip (worth more than S$15,000) to the US.

The top 10 teams are now in the final week of the 3-week production period when they work from 9am to 9pm daily to churn out the main animation for their submission.

After the 3-week period, they go off to enjoy the rest of their school holidays while their animation mentors and instructors put in the finishing touches and add in the music in post production.

The winning entry will be determined in February 2014 by a panel of judges (comprising NEXUS and animation industry experts) as well as voting by the public, which will account for 50 percent of the points.

The Partta Kappa Team (from SotA) uses an innovative combination of shadow-silhouette and real people for their animation “It Takes More …”

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How Dell powers the future of immersive education in Singapore

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

Last week, I popped down to Canberra Primary School to take a look at how Dell works with the school and Playware Studios Asia to design an educational platform for immersive learning in the digital edge.

The interior of the 4Di Lab at Canberra Primary School.

The interior of the 4Di Lab at Canberra Primary School.

During the visit, we checked out the 4Di Lab which is powered by Dell solutions and Playware Studios Asia’s 3DHive technology.

Impressions:

This is an interesting collaboration between the public sector, a hardware supplier and a software solutions provider.

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How Dell powers IT needs of the Caterham Formula 1 Team

Monday, September 23rd, 2013

During the Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix over the weekend, I popped down to Caterham’s garage to get up close with how Dell provides the complex IT systems needed to power Caterham’s data processing needs.

Dell and Intel are global sponsors and technology partners of the Caterham F1 Team.

Dell and Intel are global sponsors and technology partners of the Caterham F1 Team.

To provide the computing resource needed at the circuit, Caterham uses Dell’s “Active System” – a converged “Half-rack” housing all servers, storage and connectivity.

These include 30 virtual machines on Dell PowerEdge R620 & R720, 10 Dell Force10 PowerConnect switches, 25TB of trackside storage using EqualLogic and server platforms utilising SSDs.

In addition, there are some 100 Dell Latitude laptops, including Dell XPS and Latitude 10 tablets; as well as 20 high-powered Dell Precision mobile workstations.

What if the half-rack fails?

Dell has also implemented a disaster recovery system (DRS) to continue running the F1 cars in such a contingency.

The DRS comprises a Dell PowerEdge R720xd server for “snap-shotting” virtual machines, a Dell PowerEdge R210, a SonicWall firewall, and an Artist node to run the intercom system.

With this set-up, Dell has made Caterham one of the leading F1 teams in terms of consolidated and virtualised trackside computing.

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POTD: Pit Lane Walk at 2013 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix

Friday, September 20th, 2013

More than 2,500 F1 fans joined S. Iswaran, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Trade and Industry in the Pit Lane Walk at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

Some 2,500 F1 fans thronged the pit lanes at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Every which way I looked, there was somebody taking a selfie. Photo taken with a Samsung NX2000 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with a 20-50mm lens. Photo credit: John Tan.

Some 2,500 F1 fans thronged the pit lanes at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Every which way I looked, there was somebody taking a selfie. Photo taken with a Samsung NX2000 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with a 20-50mm lens. Photo credit: John Tan.

For the first time in the six short years of Singapore Grand Prix history, members of the public were invited onto the Marina Bay Street Circuit a day before the Circuit Park’s official opening.

Race officials/volunteers taking stock of the pit lane walk. Photo taken with a Nikon D7100 with AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.

Race officials/volunteers taking stock of the pit lane walk. Photo taken with a Nikon D7100 with AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.

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Visit to Singapore Post Mail Processing Centre at Eunos

Tuesday, June 4th, 2013

What happens to the snail mail that you pop into the post box? I had a tour of the Mail Processing Centre at the Singapore Post Centre to find out.

The multi-storied Mail Processing Centre in the Singapore Post Centre in Eunos.

The multi-storied Mail Processing Centre in the Singapore Post Centre in Eunos. Click to view enlarged graphic.

All letters and parcels in Singapore are sorted at the single Mail Processing Centre at Eunos.

Singapore Post Centre in Eunos

Singapore Post Centre in Eunos

In the multi-storied building, an army of housewives and part-time workers operate sophisticated machines that automate the sorting of mail into bite-sized portions for the postmen to deliver.

Each postman is responsible for 25 blocks in his beat.

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