Interior Decorating For Kids

Who spends the most time in the kids’ bedrooms? The kids do of course! So why not make it a room they want to be in?

By Komee Carpenter

Interior Design Tips for Children's Room

I BELIEVE kids are born creative. Unfortunately, living life usually squelches most of that creativity unless it is carefully nurtured. You can help your children maintain their creative nature by allowing them to express it. That’s where interior decorating for kids comes in.

Kids start having color preferences at an early age. Test this out yourself by giving them choices. Rather than purchasing a cute outfit for your child because it’s fashionable or because you like it, pick out two or three and give your child the choice. If you do this often enough with various items and choices, you’ll start to see a pattern emerge. Go with it.

Who spends the most time in the kids’ bedrooms? The kids do of course! So why not make it a room they want to be in? Let your kids have a say in how it’s decorated. Give them choices, and guide them along the way.

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The Death of Passwords

3 Easy steps to increasing user productivity, enhancing authentication, and lowering password reset costs with Enterprise Single Sign-On.

Every user has personally experienced password frustration: the inability to remember a password for an important application when you need it, and the difficulty and delay in getting the password reset by the IT help desk. This results in frequent calls to the help desk for password resets, which are estimated to cost USD$25 (SGD$38.00) to USD$40 (SGD$61.00) per call. Whilst waiting for the password to return to the application, there is lost productivity of the user too.

In an attempt to counter this problem, most users end up selecting easily remembered “obvious” passwords like a variation on their name, birth date, or social security number. Unfortunately, these passwords become vulnerable to cyber attacks from hackers, leading to security breaches.

Computer industry gurus such as Bill Gates are now calling for the elimination of passwords. “There is no doubt that over time, people are going to rely less and less on passwords. In time, we will completely replace passwords”, he concluded.

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3Par Partners With PTC To Introduce Utility Storage To Malaysia, Singapore And Indonesia

3PAR Expands Presence in Asia to Address Cloud Computing Demand through Partnership with Longstanding Data Management Provider

Singapore,  January 21, 2009 –  3PAR ® (NYSE: PAR ), the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today that it has expanded sales in Asia through a new channel partnership with data management provider PTC System (S) Pte Ltd., based in Singapore. PTC has agreed to sell and support 3PAR Utility Storage systems to enterprise customers in Southeast Asia—including Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia—as part of a focus on delivering storage integration for utility and cloud computing datacenters. PTC was incorporated in 1991 to address data management needs for the manufacturing sector and today has evolved to provide integrated IT across multiple industries and government organizations. PTC leverages advanced storage technologies with the goal of giving customers a competitive edge.

“Customers in Asia are facing the same challenges encountered by enterprises across the globe, such as the need to reduce costs, shrink datacenter footprint, ease data management, and speed time to resolution in support situations,” said SS Lim, Managing Director, PTC. ”Not only are 3PAR’s highly virtualized systems purpose-built to address these needs, but the unique performance, cost-effective scalability, and automation features of 3PAR Utility Storage make it the ideal infrastructure for Software- and Storage-as-a-Service offerings that have emerged to address these same pain points.”

Read more about 3Par partnership with PTC.

Win Fall Out Boy Concert Tickets – Get Emo With 88DB

Join 88DB’s Snap.Post.Vote – Get Emo With Us contest and get a chance to win concert tickets to the Fall Out Boy concert in Singapore this February.

MECHANICS:

Joining the SNAP.POST.VOTE “Get Emo With Us” contest is easy:
1. SNAP a photo or video of yourself in an Emo get-up.
2. POST that in the contest page.
3. VOTE for yourself—and get other members to vote for you.

THE PRIZE:

FOUR PAIRS OF CONCERT TICKETS TO FALL OUT BOY ON 10 FEBRUARY 2009!!!

American band Fall Out Boy, last seen in Singapore in 2007, is back to tour their latest album Folie à Deux (literally, “a madness shared by two”) on 10 February at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Fall Out Boy was formed in 2001 in Chicago and is comprised of Patrick Stump (vocals and guitar), Peter Wentz (bassist), Andrew Hurley (drummer) and Joseph Trohman (guitarist).

In 2003, the band achieved mainstream success with their first record Take This to Your Grave. They went multi-platinum in 2005 with From Under the Cork Tree and in 2007 with Infinity on High.

Join now and win concert tickets!

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Win Hotel Stays in Thailand with 88DB & Octopus Travel

Win hotel accommodation at Thailand simply by joining 88DB’s Snap.Post.Vote contest this February.

MECHANICS:

STEP 1: Snap a photo of your loved one.
STEP 2: Post it in 88DB.com and dedicate a love letter.
STEP 3: Vote for it as the best entry, and get your friends to vote, too!
STEP 4: Remember, the prizes will be awarded to two contestants and one lucky voter!

THE PRIZES:

Dusit Thani Bangkok (valued at S$1100)
Complimentary 2 nights stay in Grand Room inclusive of daily buffet breakfast and Dusit Club benefits.
Validity : 01 Mar – 31 Oct 2009

DusitD2 Chiang Mai (valued at S$1260)
Complimentary 2 nights stay in Studio Suite inclusive of daily buffet breakfast and Club benefits.
Validity : 01 Apr – 31 Oct 2009

DusitD2 Baraquda Pattaya (valued at S$1600)
Complimentary 2 nights stay in D’Suite inclusive of bubbling breakfast (with free-flow sparkling wine) and club benefits.
Validity : 01 Mar – 30 Sep 2009

Join our My Sweet Valentine contest now!

View contest details and mechanics here: My Sweet Valentine.