I was using the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard for a while with my Thinkpad (running Windows 7), but I soon found it inadequate. The keys were mismatched, and I had to use software to match up the keys to what I want to achieve in Windows, i.e. home, end, delete, alt-tab. Also, since I got a [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 1, 2010
So I got tired of constantly having to battle with jailbreaks, the incompatibility of jailbroken apps, the inability to sync with multiple computers, and the overall slow speed of my iPhone 3G. The video below’s just some proof of that: And so I sold my iPhone and upgraded. Android? Blackberry? Pfft. I upgraded to the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Over December, I toured China for a month and saw some pretty interesting things there. And if there’s one thing that I’m thankful for, it’s a travel pillow because the time it takes to fly there can KILL (or land you with a very sore neck). The normal neck pillows don’t cut it too – [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 1, 2008
Whoever would have thought that something that looks like gibberish would actually have such powerful usages. Look at this example: \d\d[/]\d\d[/]\d\d[ ][-][ ] Would you believe that it’s actually an expression that matches anything of the format of “12/06/08″? Amazing. I’ve been putting off learning about regular expressions (regex) for the longest time because it [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 15, 2008
When I first heard this joke some time ago, I thought it was just like any other joke. But I saw it again recently (in Tim Ferris’ book, The 4-Hour Workweek), it suddenly dawned upon me about how strong the underlying message is. An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal [...]
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Sunday, August 15, 2010
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