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by Vince on August 11, 2008

Books, Reduced to clear

This has to be the hottest deal of the week.

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Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony 2008 - Fireworks Were (Partly) Fake

by Vince on August 11, 2008

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Beijing Olympic Ceremony 2008 Whitehouse.Gov

London’s Telegraph newspaper reports that some of the fireworks which appeared over Beijing during the television broadcast of the Olympic Opening Ceremony 2008 were actually computer generated.

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Was Your Flight Cancelled or Delayed? How to Claim for Compensation

by Vince on August 11, 2008

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Flight Delays: Whose fault is it? CNN.Com

I hate flight delays. But more than that, I hate the complexity of the compensation process.

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Pill taken before sex prevents HIV transmission

by Vince on August 10, 2008

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Bill Clinton: “I did not sleep with that woman… and neither should you.” DayLife.Com

There’s been some fascinating ‘break through’ in HIV medical technology.

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Watch Leaked Videos of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Live - Incredible!

by Vince on August 9, 2008

Anyone watching TV of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony? I missed most of it as I was at work.

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Warren Buffett’s 7 Secrets for Me (and YOU) to Living a Happy and Simple Life

by Vince on August 8, 2008

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“Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you how you’ll turn out to be.” - Warren Buffett

I like Warren Buffett. Let me tell you why.

I accidentally bought a copy of The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham when I was a medical student. I was ordering a copy of Clinical Medicine, when it came as a £2 bonus in my shopping cart.

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Monocle’s World Top 25 Liveable Cities for Quality of Life

by Vince on August 4, 2008

Copenhagen Denmark, the world’s most liveable city of 2008 according to Monocle

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Teach Yourself Speed Reading with Spreeder Technology

by Vince on August 4, 2008

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Background

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Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish - Steve Jobs Commencement Speech at Stanford Graduation + Video

by Vince on August 3, 2008


“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” - Living it Large with my sisters & McDonalds Sundae (c) 2008 HongKongWong.Com

Yipee!! My coder just managed to recover a chunk of the database from a corrupt backup of my mastermind forum back in May this year. I wrote about this awful incident on the blog a while back here.

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News Break: Antigua murder breakthrough & Some Thoughts on UK Knife Crime

by Vince on August 3, 2008

Clarence James (AKA Cloud), the prime suspect in the shooting of Catherine and Ben Mullany
Clarence James (AKA Cloud), the prime suspect in the shooting of
Catherine and Ben Mullany Photo: Splash

Crime and death occurs all over the world. But it is especially tragic when it
occurs at a time and in a place where a couple begins to start their
life together. I have some thoughts on this, so wanted to share them.

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