Jul 31 2002

Mid Year Conference 2002

Back from MYC 2002 for half a week already, and my head is still spinning around the idea of the Resurrection. This year’s Mid Year Conference is a bit different from previous years. Before I was a participant – someone who went to MYC to seek opportunities to learn more about the Word of God. [...]

Not So Useful, But Often Used Assembly Code

Digging though my old emails again today and found this email joke sent to me in 1997 from a course mate of mine back then. Assembler programs are written with short abbreviations called MNEMONICS, in other words instead of writing GOTO, the programmer writes JMP or even BRA (branch). These instructions are frequently abbreviated into [...]

Jul 25 2002

English Standard Version Comparison

I have learnt something from Phillp Jensen’s talk last night about the differences between the ESVand NIV. Phillip used this example to show the superiority of the English Standard Version, because it helps you to work out some meaning of the original text where it is difficult or impossible with the New International Version. Phillip [...]

Jul 24 2002

English Standard Version Jokes

In MYC, Rod ran a little competition, requesting all the creative phrases and essays around ESV. My favourite goes something like this. A while ago was the RSV, which is the Real Simple Version. However, it was not easy to read so here comes the NIV, the Non-Intellecture Version. But, it is still too difficult [...]

Jul 19 2002

Free Secondary Domain Name Server

I was rejoying yesterday because Internode said that the ADSL service is deliverable. However, today I got another note saying the DSLAM in the Randwick exchange does not have enough ports. Telstra will take a few weeks before new ports can be installed. Doh. To prepare for the ADSL, I am starting to migrate some [...]

Jul 15 2002

Just Got ADSL Approved!

Yeah! My ADSL request has finally appeared on the Internode’s status checking page – that shows boys and gals in SA have received my order form. However, it might take up to 20 days before everything is connected for me to bump up my speed. I ordered the business grade 512k/128k package (with static IP [...]

Jul 11 2002

Update Quickies

Busy busy. I have not been updating this website for a few weeks – shame on me. Here’s some update. First of all, I have recently registered a new domain yang.id.au. The .au domain registration has opened up over the last few days, and Melbourne IT has lost its monopoly over the .au domains over [...]