Dec 2 2004

The Butterfly Effect

“What if…” it is something we often pondered. What if this event did not happen? What if the result was the other way around? What if something else has occurred on that day?” Watched The Butterfly Effect (Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, directed by Bress and Gruber) on DVD with Vivian on Tuesday (thanks to Grace [...]

Dell Latitude D600

For the last 3 and half years, My main computer for home and work has been this trustworthy-but-heavy Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop that I started using since February 2001. It was purchased by the company I worked for. Through out all these years, while many things have changed, it just kept on going and going. [...]

Old DOS Games

Abandonia.com – home of abandonware DOS games. Not sure about the legal issues here, but it does bring back lots of pixelised memory of my childhood, from mid ’80s to early ’90s. Great companion to the DOS Box project.

Dec 1 2004

Evolution of a Programmer

“Hello World” written by programmers at different level of evolution, ranging from high school students, to professionals, to hackers and to managers. It’s only funny when you realise the truth behind it…

Who Would Buy That?

A blogsite listing items on sale at eBay and other Internet auction places that are so odd which leave you wondering, “who would buy that?” Well, someone did buy that Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich. But I guess a better question is, who in their sanity would actually sell these?

Egg Cooking with Mobile Phone

Instruction on how to cook an egg with 2 mobile phones. It takes 3 minutes for a free range chicken egg, assuming the radio transmission output is around 2 watt. Another nice usage (or abuse) for all your free Optus ‘Yes’-times!