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February 10, 2010Seminar
January 23, 2010In the fall of 2009, I gave a seminar (probably the best presentation of my life – and I’ve given pretty epic ones!) on the same topic – Concurrent Software Development.
Check it out here.
Concurrent Open Source Software Development
January 15, 2010I penned a report for one of my courses last year, based on a topic I find very interesting – collaborative software development. Grab a coffee and enjoy this, written by yours truly: Concurrent Open Source Software Development.
Sexy Web Design
June 29, 2009I recommend this book to everyone out there with a penchant for creating beatiful, useable interfaces. I’ve finished reading it, and I can’t wait to jump on a new project where it can be applied. It’s also insightful beyond web design; you can apply these techniques to standalone software, print, games, or anything at all.
** I know I haven’t blogged in a while now. Twitter truly is the kryptonite of blogging. I mean, why bother with WordPress when you can Tweet in just 140 characters? 😛
Will You Pay to Use FlickR, Facebook, or your Email?
April 5, 2009Interesting Los Angeles Times article about how our favourite free web tools could start charging us service fees. The rationale is good, and I agree that this will happen sooner than we expect. Read the article here.
Cool Logos Made with Helvetica
March 24, 2009I’m one of those very font-conscious people, and I hardly use Helvetica. I have to jump on the bandwagon before it’s too late. Check out some cool A-list logo’s made with Helvetica. Who woulda thought?
The King of All Mashups
March 20, 2009WOW. This is the best thing I’ve heard in ages. Okay, I do love mashups.
Jaydiohead (Jay-Z and Radiohead) was epic, Eminelton (Eminem and Elton John) was alright; The Grey Album (The Beatles and Jay-Z was okay.
But this new mashup from Super Mash Bros is on a whole different level. You HAVE to download the album here.
Twitter is here to stay
February 16, 2009Twitter just secured $35 million in funding. Tech IS recession-proof! Been using it since the early days, glad that they’ve proven the doubters wrong.
Read ITWorld’s announcement here.
Transfer Blackberry contacts to your iPhone!!!
February 16, 2009Although I do not approve of ditching the Blackberry, I know people who have tried (and failed) doing this. ITWorld has a great article on how to export your contact lists from your Blackberry to your iPhone. Read here.
The Plug linked by Technorati!!!
February 4, 2009Well, yours truly’s blog has an inbound link from… Technorati.
Yup, THAT Technorati: the holy book of all tech blogs.
This is amazing! My Ruby on Rails post is the 7th highest ranked post tagged for Ruby on Rails on Technorati!!! It’s always great to know that people out there read my blog. Especially, via Technorati.
Check it out here.
The Ruby on Rails Application Framework
February 1, 2009Recently, I wrote a technical report on Ruby on Rails. Read and enjoy here.
Cool Apps for Blackberry Storm
January 29, 2009Since I will be getting one soon, I’ve decided to start an early look at some of the Storm apps out there.
There are some pretty cool ones. Check them out here.
Weblog Awards 2008!
January 10, 2009The blog Oscar’s are here again. I obviously voted for Andrew Sullivan.
Vote for your favourite blogs here.
How to: Recover Files After Hard Disk Boot Failure
January 8, 2009I have been meaning to post this for a while.
Above is a screenshot of how I used Ubuntu to recover files from my dead laptop PC. A few months ago, I tried to start my computer and I got the infamous black screen of death; the error message saying something along the lines of “booting error, system disk failure.”
There is a pretty good chance your system files got corrupted, possibly by a virus, and you might possibly lose all the files on your hard disk drive — on your pretty much dead computer.
FEAR NOT, and do not waste your money doing a file recovery.
Get a working computer, then download and burn a UBUNTU LIVE cd with a program like this. Then follow a series of instructions here. Cool, huh? Let me know if it works for you too. Please spread the love.
Scientific Explanations for Douchebag Disorders
December 27, 2008This is a hilarious read: Enjoy here
Best Thing of 2008
December 23, 2008Not the Obama victory, not “Batman: The Dark Knight”, and not Tina Fey’s SNL skits. Sure, those were great, but not as great as the new iTunes feature — Genius.
This was a dream come true for every music geek out there. Pick a song on iTunes, or on your iPhone or Touch; click the Genius button, and in seconds a playlist with similar songs is generated.
If you select Coldplay’s “Talk,” expect songs like Oasis’ “Wonderwall” and Dave Matthews’ “American baby.” Selecting Jay-Z’s “Heart of the city” generates similar classics from Nas, Common, and Lupe Fiasco.
However, Jay’s T.I. collaboration “Swagga like us” would generate similarly self-aggrandizing tunes like Lil Wayne’s “A milli,” and Santogold’s “Shove it.”
Brilliant! The genius of Genius made my 2008.
iTech Sneaking Into Your Vocabulary
December 23, 2008Who uses the word “search” anymore? The verb “search,” used in its internet context, has found a more powerful synonym — “Google.”
When you need to find information online, you google it. The word “search” is now kinda lame.
Adobe’s popular graphic application, Photoshop, has also found its way into our everyday vocabulary as a synonym for any form of photo-editing or remodeling, regardless of whether what medium was used. Like Google, it has gone from noun to verb.
Other notable mentions:
YouTube: “I missed Family Guy tonight. I’ll YouTube* it later.” *[watch it online]
Blog: “I am blogging* on my blog right now.” *[writing]
Facebook: “Hey let’s keep in touch. Call or Facebook* me later.” *[holler at me online]
Web 2.0 Discoveries
December 23, 2008I’ve been learning a lot of AJAX and advanced web development techniques. Of course, it’s mostly Ruby on Rails, in case you were wondering.
Andrew Sullivan isn’t done with Sarah Palin, yet.
November 13, 2008Andrew Sullivan is still ripping on Sarah Palin:
“This deluded and delusional woman still doesn’t understand what happened to her; still has no self-awareness; and has never been forced to accept her obvious limitations. She cannot keep even the most trivial story straight; she repeats untruths with a ferocity and calm that is reserved only to the clinically unhinged; she has the educational level of a high school drop-out; and regards ignorance as some kind of achievement. It is excruciating to watch her – but more excruciating to watch those who feel obliged to defend her.”
Read his full blog post here.
I think he’s absolutely spot on. I kinda like the woman, but she lost the election. So enough with her already. She should go back to Alaska and study some basic history and current affairs.
Anderson Cooper and CNN’s “Hologram”
November 9, 2008The major highlight of election night was (sorry, not Obama’s victory) CNN’s Anderson Cooper talking with Black Eyed Peas’ singer Will.i.am via Hologram. It was hilarious and awesome. I laughed out loud, literally, until the thing was over. Anderson Cooper (along with Wolf Blitzer and CNN) has got to be one of the vainest TV personalities of this age!
Watch video here.
On a serious note though, Obama’s victory was truly a great moment in history. I am glad to have witnessed it, and it truly was a happy ending to this long, seemingly neverending, reality show of a presidential campaign season.
Watch Barack Obama’s victory speech here.
Shocker: Facebook isn’t “really” profitable
November 2, 2008John Cleese on Countdown with Keith Olbermann
November 1, 2008One of my heroes, original funny man of Monty Python fame, John Cleese, was on Keith’s show on MSNBC tonight. It was a total laugh-fest. Keith’s sarcasm can be funny, but Cleese took it to a whole new level, and I laughed out loud, literally, for the entire segment he was on.
Synthetic Telepathy: Blog without typing!
October 16, 2008The US Army is developing a new technology that will enable users to communicate directly from their thoughts to email or voicemail, without moving a muscle.
This is really neat. Read about it here.