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First Published: Sep 01, 2004Last Published: Nov 13, 2006
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  • 25 Palaces of Dictators

    Megalomania drove dictators to build fabulous palaces without regard to their countrymen living in abject poverty and starving to death.

    in Politics — by Ken Lyen — on Nov 16, 2004

  • 24 Iris Chang

    The Rape of Nanking is one of the most tragic events of WW2 and referred to as the Chinese holocaust.

    in Politics — by Ken Lyen — on Nov 11, 2004

  • 23 Ranking Universities

    There is something about the competitive streak in human nature that makes us want to compare ourselves with everybody else.

    in Sci/Tech — by Ken Lyen — on Nov 07, 2004

  • 22 Spim spam, flim flam

    Sometimes I make an expedition to the gallery of modern words to admire the sumptuous beauty of these new forms.

    in Sci/Tech — by Ken Lyen — on Oct 30, 2004

  • 21 The Mozart Effect

    The Mozart Effect is less the raising of spatial-temporal intelligence, but more the effect of mass media in stampeding a herd mentality.

    in Sci/Tech — by Ken Lyen — on Oct 28, 2004

  • 20 The Perfect Search

    Jealous of Google's domination, new search engines hope that they can vanguish this behemoth.

    in Sci/Tech — by Ken Lyen — on Oct 19, 2004

  • 19 2046

    2046 is Wong Kar Wai's film about loneliness, longing, and the futility of escaping from the fetters of past memories.

    in Video — by Ken Lyen — on Oct 14, 2004

  • 18 The Front

    Of all the films about McCarthyism, The Front affected me the most profoundly. It is the finest film on this topic.

    in Video — by Ken Lyen — on Oct 07, 2004

  • 17 What a Racket!

    Technology has revolutionised tennis. The real breakthrough came when Howard Head developed an aluminium racket in 1976.

    in Sports — by Ken Lyen — on Oct 03, 2004

  • 16 Mistyping Personality

    Woody Allen said: "I love being reduced to a cultural stereotype," which of course means the exact opposite.

    in Sci/Tech — by Ken Lyen — on Oct 02, 2004

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