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Monthly Archives April 2009

Tale of a shoe company

Overheard at a Pasar Malam, as narrated by a TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) master. I paraphrased the story and replaced a few details, but the moral of the story remained unchanged. Once upon a time… A shoe company was looking to expand it’s business into a new country. Before entering the new market, it sent [...]

Posted 27 April 2009 § Misc thoughts ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Replacing Roomba battery

For some time now, my Roomba has been wheezing and failing to complete it’s cleaning cycle. At first, it repeatedly failed to return to it’s base station, having gone low on power before it could do so. However, the deterioration progressed quickly, down from the normal 1 hour run time to 30 minutes, 15 minutes [...]

Posted 20 April 2009 § Offbeat ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , ,