M.Y. Lessons Learnt

One day I will build it …

Filed under: Technology on March 30th, 2007 | No Comments »

Somehow the Beatles song I like most is “In My Life” …
There are places I’ll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life i’ve loved them all
So [...]

Filed under: Ashes of Time, Music Video on March 30th, 2007 | No Comments »

Simply one of the best from Rolling Stones …
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Smiling faces I can see
But not for me
I sit and watch
As tears go by
Enjoy …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu8iLnqIeD4

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“Apple® today announced Complete My Album®, a groundbreaking new iTunes service that allows customers to turn their individual tracks into a complete album at a reduced price by giving them a full 99 cent credit for every track they have previously purchased from that album.”
Interesting. It’s interesting that it:

Turn individual tracks into a complete album,
At [...]

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Am reading this masterpiece and really cannot put it down. Some lines from Chapter 1 (!):

… How the Americans won the Gulf War in 1991 ?
“Technology”
… How the war on terrorism will be won ?
“Knowledge”
… What’s the difference ?
“Technology is the application of yesterday’s knowledge.”

Wow … this book is a must for all managers.

Filed under: Book on March 29th, 2007 | No Comments »

LifeType just released the version 1.2 couple of days ago, and here are some details of the upgrade process from an user’s point of view.

As mentioned in my previous post on upgrading LifeType, one must check out the official upgrade procedure first.
Then follow the steps in my post, you basically can complete the upgrade without [...]

Filed under: Technology on March 25th, 2007 | No Comments »

Since the design of Wii is so innovative (e.g. the remote), one obvious challenge is to educate the consumers about all the new stuffs … even before they buy the game console. What approach is better than video clips ? And of course with the help of Internet, the cost of distributing these video clips [...]

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My favorite comic strip …

Title: A Buyer’s Market

Filed under: Photography on March 24th, 2007 | No Comments »

Once in a while, there is a new technology, new program language, new company or new development methodology that rocks the computer / Internet industry. 37signals.com is one of them. They are a company, a technology and a belief.
They develop ground-breaking websites, using new techniques / technologies, from a new point of view. And they [...]

Filed under: Technology on March 23rd, 2007 | No Comments »

Other than my mother tongue and English, Fortran (Formula Translation) was the third “language” I learnt; and it’s a computer language. A language that changed the world of computing.
It was released back in 1957 by the IBM team led by the Father of Fortran, John W. Backus. He died on Saturday at his home.
Good God [...]

Filed under: Technology on March 21st, 2007 | No Comments »