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Snippets: 27 February 2013

Oscar VFX protests, Google vs. Samsung, Understanding the harlem shake

Have you often thought that most visuals you saw in movies were fake? Well, yes they are. However, VFX artists are protesting against the decision to cut off a thank you speech directed at them during the Oscars yesterday. Maybe these guys should start getting the credit they deserve. Google and Samsung are supposedly best […]

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Snippets: 2nd Feb 2013

The movies lied, have a Nacho, PS4 launches in Feb.

Snippets is a new category of posts. On days without editorial styled content, snippets will share interesting articles, photos or videos around the web that pertain to economics, news, technology and football. Or just plain entertaining and intriguing links such as debunking the wrong survival skills that Hollywood taught you. The football deadline transfer day sees Arsenal

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Amy Cheong: What Was She Thinking?

What Amy Cheong Taught Us About Ourselves

I woke to news that Amy Cheong launched an angry tirade against a Malay wedding. Her foul mouthed comments roped in the entire Malay population in Singapore. Needless to say, she received a near instant termination from employers NTUC and ended being Singapore’s shortest lived villain in recent history. However, her immature and insensitive actions highlighted certain aspects of

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