Sorry for keep posting YouTube clips here, but I really think that this piece of work is awesome!!! This proved only one thing, with some creativity and time(much time?) spent, even annoying things like the MS Windows default sound theme can make good music :P
So let's stop complaining and start composing :)
Friday, December 29, 2006
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
A great news video site
Hi, I know I told my friends that I would go to sleep soon more than 30 minutes ago, but I am still here blogging :P But I have an excuse... err... reason. I found this very good news site with lots of videos. Take a look! It is definitely far better than reading a lot of text just to get some new information :P
New York Times Video
And this is what took me there, funny: Windows Vista.
New York Times Video
And this is what took me there, funny: Windows Vista.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Keep On Budgets! 0.1 Released!!!
Have been thinking of making a software which can help me to keep track of my spending pattern. I know there are many good softwares which can do many amazing things out there, but I have the following reasons to write my own:
Thank you for your attention :D
Let me know if you have any problems using them.
- Getting used to the wxWidgets API.
- Make it as simple as possible so lazy folks like me can manage to continue keeping record.
- Just for fun.
Thank you for your attention :D
Let me know if you have any problems using them.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Why Windows Vista is so delayed
Hello guys, sorry for not updating for so long. Have been busy with assignments for the past few weeks.
I came across this article by Joel a few days before. It is an article which criticizes on the unnecessarily bloated shutdown menu in the oncoming Windows Vista.
Then today morning, I found another article, in reply to the above, written by a former developer in Microsoft. What amazed me was not that it takes so many people to implement such a trivial feature, but the fact that:
I came across this article by Joel a few days before. It is an article which criticizes on the unnecessarily bloated shutdown menu in the oncoming Windows Vista.
Then today morning, I found another article, in reply to the above, written by a former developer in Microsoft. What amazed me was not that it takes so many people to implement such a trivial feature, but the fact that:
So Windows has a tree of repositories: developers check in to the nodes, and periodically the changes in the nodes are integrated up one level in the hierarchy. At a different periodicity, changes are integrated down the tree from the root to the nodes.It is so wrong from the software engineering point of view. The bazaar style of the open source development might be more manageable compared to this. At least you see changes commited by others right after they have done it. Heard that the windows kernel is a microkernel and they should be able to divide the tree of repositories into independent ones. But, well, integration is always the strong point of Microsoft :P
Sunday, November 12, 2006
The Falldown of the Laundry Empire; The Heater Strikes Back!
The pile of laundry has been accumulating since I came back from Malaysia. Today I finally made up my mind to do something about it although it is a rainy day. But well, since the place to dry the clothes has a roof so who cares :P
And then, the temperature falls below 15 degrees finally. And thus I have to switch on my heater again. In my last room, I can more or less guess the temperature and do whatever preparation accordingly. But since I just moved to this new room the last Spring, so it is hard for me to do that. How cold will it get? Stay tuned and be updated about the latest temperature :-)
Side report:
And then, the temperature falls below 15 degrees finally. And thus I have to switch on my heater again. In my last room, I can more or less guess the temperature and do whatever preparation accordingly. But since I just moved to this new room the last Spring, so it is hard for me to do that. How cold will it get? Stay tuned and be updated about the latest temperature :-)
Side report:
- The new MacBook with Core 2 Duo inside has been finally available!!! But since I don't need a laptop now, it is just pure excitement :-)
- Read a report somewhere that said Windows Vista will be released on 30th January, 2006. So be prepared to update your hardware if you wanna use it :-P
Friday, October 27, 2006
No wonder everybody thinks logic is no fun...
Vampires a Mathematical Impossibility, Scientist Says
Well, although that might be true but shouldn't we leave some space for our life to be less realistic so that we can still have some fun? :-D A "research" which matches the oncoming Halloween, though...
By the way, I don't really believe in vampires. I believe more in spirits and ghosts :-P
Well, although that might be true but shouldn't we leave some space for our life to be less realistic so that we can still have some fun? :-D A "research" which matches the oncoming Halloween, though...
By the way, I don't really believe in vampires. I believe more in spirits and ghosts :-P
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Setting up Windows XP SP2 as a WEBDAV client
[ This is just a personal note for myself, but of course I hope it can be useful for the others, too :D ]
On setting up Windows XP SP2 as a WEBDAV client, I referred to this webpage. However, it didn't let me upload files to the server, without asking me for any username and password. I checked further in the Internet and found the reason and solution. It seems that Windows XP SP2 turned the necessary BasicAuth parameter off. To enable it, you should add the following key to the registry with regedit and set its value to non-zero.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters\UseBasicAuth (DWORD)
I am not sure about other environments, but on my machine, this alone didn't help much. The response of the client was painfully slow. I don't remember where I read about this, but if you add a tailing "~" to the address of the WEBDAV folder that you are accessing, some black magic is done in the background and your problem goes away.
For example, instead of saying "http://www.mydomain.com/", you should say "http://www.mydomain.com/~".
The above solution solved the authentication problem partially. It still doesn't allow me to drag-and-drop files into the WEBDAV folder directly. And here is a trick to do that. Right after you open the WEBDAV folder, right click on the empty space inside the folder, and choose "Create new folder", then it will (hopefully) ask you for your username and password. Enter your username and password here, and check the box to remember it so that you don't have to do this again the next time.
And this is how I have done it and I hope it helps you, too.
On setting up Windows XP SP2 as a WEBDAV client, I referred to this webpage. However, it didn't let me upload files to the server, without asking me for any username and password. I checked further in the Internet and found the reason and solution. It seems that Windows XP SP2 turned the necessary BasicAuth parameter off. To enable it, you should add the following key to the registry with regedit and set its value to non-zero.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters\UseBasicAuth (DWORD)
I am not sure about other environments, but on my machine, this alone didn't help much. The response of the client was painfully slow. I don't remember where I read about this, but if you add a tailing "~" to the address of the WEBDAV folder that you are accessing, some black magic is done in the background and your problem goes away.
For example, instead of saying "http://www.mydomain.com/", you should say "http://www.mydomain.com/~".
The above solution solved the authentication problem partially. It still doesn't allow me to drag-and-drop files into the WEBDAV folder directly. And here is a trick to do that. Right after you open the WEBDAV folder, right click on the empty space inside the folder, and choose "Create new folder", then it will (hopefully) ask you for your username and password. Enter your username and password here, and check the box to remember it so that you don't have to do this again the next time.
And this is how I have done it and I hope it helps you, too.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Firefox 2 がリリース
なぜか日本語でブログを書いてみようと思ったので今回は日本語で．
先週あたりに Internet Explorer 7.0 がついにリリースされた．個人的には試してみたかったけど，友人にしばらく様子をみた方がいいって言われた．（＾ ＾）まあ，私はいつも Firefox を使っているから試しに IE 7.0 を入れてもいいかなと思いつつ，未だに入れてません．
その内に，何と Firefox 2.0 がリリースされた（＾ ＾）！！！Mozilla のホームページが更新される前に FTP サーバーからダウンロードしてインストールした．2日間使っていたが特に何も問題はありません．色々なところで改善されているらしいけど，私は地味に基本機能しか使ってないのでよく感じないが．．．
先週あたりに Internet Explorer 7.0 がついにリリースされた．個人的には試してみたかったけど，友人にしばらく様子をみた方がいいって言われた．（＾ ＾）まあ，私はいつも Firefox を使っているから試しに IE 7.0 を入れてもいいかなと思いつつ，未だに入れてません．
その内に，何と Firefox 2.0 がリリースされた（＾ ＾）！！！Mozilla のホームページが更新される前に FTP サーバーからダウンロードしてインストールした．2日間使っていたが特に何も問題はありません．色々なところで改善されているらしいけど，私は地味に基本機能しか使ってないのでよく感じないが．．．
Saturday, October 14, 2006
It is about art!
Hi, sorry for not updating the blog for a long long time. Have been back to Malaysia for two weeks plus, busy with work for another week (- -!)
So here is the recent update, I went to 万博公園(Bampaku Park) today to join an activity in which you use natural materials to make something out of them. Although I didn't make it to create something extremely nice, I really enjoyed the process. And below are two of my masterpiece :P Actually, there is another one but I gave that to a friend as her birthday present. And would like to say Happy Birthday for her once again. Best Wishes :)
So here is the recent update, I went to 万博公園(Bampaku Park) today to join an activity in which you use natural materials to make something out of them. Although I didn't make it to create something extremely nice, I really enjoyed the process. And below are two of my masterpiece :P Actually, there is another one but I gave that to a friend as her birthday present. And would like to say Happy Birthday for her once again. Best Wishes :)
Monday, September 11, 2006
Inuyama Castle
Hi, guys.
I am now doing my internship in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. I visited Inuyama Castle last weekend and here are some photos I took with my handphone :)
I am now doing my internship in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. I visited Inuyama Castle last weekend and here are some photos I took with my handphone :)
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Magnatune: Is this the answer?
The music industry has been suffering from piracy since the introduction of the MP3 format. Many online music stores have been trying to solve the issue of piracy with many different ideas and models but with little success.
Magnatune appeared as a rather promising solution to the situation. Instead of trying hard to protect their rights, they generously respect choices of the consumers by making many restrictions loose. Just to name a few:
With the advances in the IT industry, I think sooner or later artists will have their own websites selling their own work instead of going through an agent. When that time comes, they might use this model of payment without the 50% limitation. In other words, "Pay me as much as you like me" :P
Magnatune appeared as a rather promising solution to the situation. Instead of trying hard to protect their rights, they generously respect choices of the consumers by making many restrictions loose. Just to name a few:
- All of their albums can be listened in full before you decide to buy. And the sound quality is very nice, too.
- All of the work you purchase has no copy protection mechanism(DRM) in them. You can play the music everywhere.
- You decide how much you pay! Starting from $5. Furthermore, 50% of what you pay goes straight to the artist.
- You are allowed to share the music that you purchased with up to 3 friends. And according to this page, "If you abuse our generosity, we're not going to break down your door and throw you in jail. We just want you to feel a little guilty about it
".
With the advances in the IT industry, I think sooner or later artists will have their own websites selling their own work instead of going through an agent. When that time comes, they might use this model of payment without the 50% limitation. In other words, "Pay me as much as you like me" :P
Friday, September 01, 2006
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Is this Japan?!?!
I went on a 3-day trip with the members of my laboratory. And below are the photos taken at one of our destinations. The place is called 太陽公園(Taiyo Koen, Sun Park). Although you have to walk a lot, I found it quite fun and worth a visit if you have nothing better to do :P
The Grand Entrance
Tien-An Square
A closer look
This was impressive
Some familiar statues :P
How would they miss the pyramid?
Thursday, July 27, 2006
A nice read about the linux kernel
Myths, Lies, and Truths About the Linux Kernel
And lengthy yet interesting presentation on the linux kernel. Even if you don't read the text, please scroll down and check out the slides. I like them very much :D
WARNING: Only for those who know what a kernel is :P
And lengthy yet interesting presentation on the linux kernel. Even if you don't read the text, please scroll down and check out the slides. I like them very much :D
WARNING: Only for those who know what a kernel is :P
Have you helped spread ads not knowingly?
I remember arguing over the genuinity of a short video clip circulated in the Internet with a friend some time ago. Unexpectedly, I found the answer this morning, here.
It is reported in BusinessWeek Online that companies are making advertisements so funny that viewers don't even notice that they are watching an advertisement themselves, and later on forward the ads to their friends. I believe that you have at least got some of these clips unknowingly, and might have forwarded some of your favourites to your friends :P
I myself have been enjoying watching TV commercials for a long time(Believe me, Japanese commercials are so funny :D), so I don't really mind this phenomenon of circulating funny ads through the Internet, as long as they make them funny enough. In fact, neither the sites, nor advertising companies, want virals to become the new online spam. So I think we can relax and enjoy ourselves.
However, just to avoid the same argument that I had with my friend over the genuinity of the video clips, I would appreciate that they at least put a statement stating that the clip is just a creation but not real :P
It is reported in BusinessWeek Online that companies are making advertisements so funny that viewers don't even notice that they are watching an advertisement themselves, and later on forward the ads to their friends. I believe that you have at least got some of these clips unknowingly, and might have forwarded some of your favourites to your friends :P
I myself have been enjoying watching TV commercials for a long time(Believe me, Japanese commercials are so funny :D), so I don't really mind this phenomenon of circulating funny ads through the Internet, as long as they make them funny enough. In fact, neither the sites, nor advertising companies, want virals to become the new online spam. So I think we can relax and enjoy ourselves.
However, just to avoid the same argument that I had with my friend over the genuinity of the video clips, I would appreciate that they at least put a statement stating that the clip is just a creation but not real :P
This is what I would like to see :D
Finally it is here!
(I later found out that it has been there since 2000 :P)
A website through which web designers share their great designs!
Open Source Web Design
And don't think that these designs are only made by amateurs, the founder of the project owns a web consulting firm, and many of the designs look professional.
Time to change the looks of some of my websites :P
(I later found out that it has been there since 2000 :P)
A website through which web designers share their great designs!
Open Source Web Design
And don't think that these designs are only made by amateurs, the founder of the project owns a web consulting firm, and many of the designs look professional.
Time to change the looks of some of my websites :P
Monday, July 24, 2006
Birthday Party (^ ^) --- Thanks!
Had my early birthday party last weekend with many of my friends :D Thanks a lot guys! This is really one of the best birthday parties I have ever had (^ ^) And thanks for the birthday presents, too :) Can't say enough thanks for everything... thanks thanks thanks... (^ ^)
↑My birthday present :D
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Are they trying to bring the image of Open Source down?
From this stupid article, Hackers learn from open source, it says that "hackers" are using cvs, the Concurrent Versions System, which is used widely in the open source world to share and manage their malicious codes.
Firstly, they made a very big mistake in that statement, hackers never write malicious codes, those who write malicious codes are called crackers. Since programmers and developers in the open source community often proudly refer themselves or their counterparts as hackers, this mistake might bring down the image of the true contibutors to the free software community.
Secondly, hackers don't learn from the open source development model, they actually created it. Those who need to learn are the crackers.
Thirdly, I would say it is a good thing if those crackers actually share their codes with the world, in that case, those working at the antivirus/anti-malware/anti-phising department will be able to easily peep into their codes and find solutions even before the malwares work. Oh, they don't share their codes with those in the anti-virus sector? Well, too bad... since they say those crackers are learning from the open source development model, I thought that they share with everyone... :P
Just to release my anger towards this type of irresponsible report.
Firstly, they made a very big mistake in that statement, hackers never write malicious codes, those who write malicious codes are called crackers. Since programmers and developers in the open source community often proudly refer themselves or their counterparts as hackers, this mistake might bring down the image of the true contibutors to the free software community.
Secondly, hackers don't learn from the open source development model, they actually created it. Those who need to learn are the crackers.
Thirdly, I would say it is a good thing if those crackers actually share their codes with the world, in that case, those working at the antivirus/anti-malware/anti-phising department will be able to easily peep into their codes and find solutions even before the malwares work. Oh, they don't share their codes with those in the anti-virus sector? Well, too bad... since they say those crackers are learning from the open source development model, I thought that they share with everyone... :P
Just to release my anger towards this type of irresponsible report.
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