What is the most valuable resource in the world? Is it money? Love? Think carefully… and you’d soon realize that the answer is most probably “Time”. Time is the only resource we all have equal amounts of, and if any one of us is more successful than another, it just means we have spent our time in a better way to achieve that.
Last week, I shared how Twitter has revolutionized news sharing. If you have missed the first article, you can view it HERE.
I am sure almost everyone has a Facebook account these days. Whether you are using it to play games, reestablish contact with old friends or classmates, one can’t deny the impact Facebook has on our lives.
Indonesia, an archipelago consists of 17,508 islands (6,000 inhabited) stretching along the equator in South East Asia. The largest islands are Sumatra, Java, Bali, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara Islands, Moluccas Islands, and Irian Jaya. Indonesia’s land area is 1,811,831 sq km (699,548 sq mi) with total area of 1,919,440 sq km (741,096 sq mi).
A few years back before I joined Phoenix Contact, I attended a training course conducted by this reputable company situated in the Central Business District. Right from the moment I stepped into the office, I was absolutely awed by the office environment. It is so spacious, neat and tidy, with full length glass windows, and every cubicle is separated by a piece of beautifully crafted glass.
Voltage balancing is a process where total power is distributed uniformly onto the single units in a typical power redundancy system. In actuality, performing voltage balancing on 2 power supply units is not difficult. If you follow the 3 simple steps (as shown below), you can be assured that the total power supply will be distributed as uniformly as possible onto individual units.
Phoenix Contact SEA partnered with EEM Advancement Centre in the recent Demystifying Earthing & Bonding Practices for Safety, EMC, Electrical & Lightning Protection seminar conducted by Dr Lock Kai Sang from 19th – 20th July 2010 at Copthorne Orchid Singapore.
When Michael Jackson passed away in June 25 2009 last year, one of the surprising things was the fact that it was not the mainstream news like the Washington Post or the NY Times who reported it first; but rather it was a celebrity gossip website, TMZ who published the news first.
The news was quickly adopted by Twitter users who then retweeted the news on to the world. From this, we can see the speed at which news can quickly travel across the world in mere minutes.
According to Wikipedia, Singapore has one of the highest rates of lightning activity in the world. Did you know that our tiny island is struck by lightning every other day? Therefore statistically speaking, the odds of getting hit by lightning are exceptionally high, which makes the use of Surge Protection Devices or SPDs in most electrical installations, essential. However, to my surprise, many of us do not install SPDs as we have this belief that our electrical infrastructure (underground cables) is safe and reliable.
Well, here’s an update with another of our own soccer star.
Day 3 – Goodbye SIWW…
As quickly as it started, we arrived at the final day of the exhibition. We got rid of the lounge suits and put on our pit crew shirts, a refreshing change to eye for the visitors. Decked out in our florescent green and black pit crew shirts, we would have probably looked more at home at the F1 track just down the road instead.