Google Zaps Official Blog by Mistake

Kinda careless of them
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,125232,00.asp

Google Beta VS MS Beta

http://www.google.com.sg/intl/en/options/ VS http://ideas.live.com/

Microsoft And Eclipse: A Showdown For Ajax Leadership

Another setback for Microsoft
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=183702803&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

Climbing Back Up Slowly

Ranked 112 overall. I doubt I will never be able to get back to my best 51st position again. 100 or better is my target

SPH's Job Search Portal - ST701

ST707 Website
http://www.st701.com/

Though the name of the website may sounds meaningless, all job seekers do visit the site for job hunting, at the same time don't bother to ask yourself how on earth the name ST701 was chosen. I see the name stupid.

MyHeritage Face Recognition

I used 2 of my photos and did a celebrity match. Below are the rendered results.
http://www34.brinkster.com/hongjunwap/ee/pic.gif

Reference
http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/faceRecognitionFlash.php

Microsoft mulls rushing out IE patch

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+mulls+rushing+IE+patch/2100-7349_3-6053961.html

Some Updates

Attended Angela Chang's concert in NUS on last Thu (2 days ago). I would say the concert was not very well organized. Outdoor, no air-con, no chairs, too short a concert, blah blah blah... Just too bad there wasn't enough tickets for yesterday's (Fri) NTU concert.

Paging Using AJAX

Rocks! One should try out.

Worker's Party Come

I hereby invite Worker's Party to drop by Ang Mo Kio and contest in the coming General Election. I want to cast my first divine vote!

911 Video

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7772696530684663669&q=loose+change

Google Love / Hate

25 Things I Love About Google
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060313-161501

25 Things I Hate About Google
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060313-161500

Still At Work

At this hour, I am still at work!

Result to Below Q

Chances are the below set of equations can be solved but the variables will not yield a unique value. In fact, there are infinite solutions to it.

(3) - (2):

20a + 20c = 4
=> (1)

So, in essense, you have only 2 equations, and three variables. So this set of equations has no unique solution. Hence, the set of solutions (a, b, c) can be:
(0.1, 0.15, 0.1) or (0.5, 0.05, -0.3), etc...

The solution can be expressed in the form of:

a = 1/5 - c
b = 1/8 + 1/4 c
c is real

Solve This Set of Simultaneous Equations

Challenge yourself!

4 = 20c + 20a
10 = 80b - 20c
14 = 20a + 80

Apple: 'Don't expect Mactels to run Vista'

MacTel is an interesting term.
http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39157103,00.htm

Memo Outlines Microsoft's Plans

A must read especially for Microsoft fans.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2006/tc20060310_143230.htm

Looks Interesting

I came across this article and I thought it is interesting enough.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/reference/technotes/profiling_windows_apps/perm_profiler.aspx

Microsoft unveils new mini-PC as CeBIT high-tech fair opens

This is the Origami I mentioned days ago.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/technologynews/view/197062/1/.html

Windows Live Beta

Thumbs Up! It is a serious contender to Google.
http://www.live.com/

Sign Guestbook Problem

I would like to apologize that sigining of my guestbook is not possible at the moment due to an unexpected bug. There is already 74 entries without any problems and I am surprised to realize a bug now. Thank you amit for reporting.

I will try to rectify the problem as soon as possible whenever time permits.

Ideal for MsWord Beginners

The author of this site shared with EE experts yesterday and I thought it would be helpful to share with everyone. By the way, the author is a MVP for Microsoft Word.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/index.html

I have long wanted to share my knowledge by posting it live somewhere but I never have the time to do it.

My To-Do List (But never going to be done)

1. Post articles on ASP / VB tips and techniques.
2. Make a CMS application for dynamic web creation and content population. For this, I have a clear picture as to how to go about doing it but I simply don't have the time.
   

Google Is Going Places

It was a dream to work in Microsoft but now, Google is going to be the other dream employer for IT professionals. It is so often that Google release yet another competing product.
Google, ABC team for Net, mobile news
Google Mobile Home

Poor pupils in secondary school also need breakfast

I AM happy to learn that the Government is giving $1 a day to each child from a poor family for breakfast ('MOE to pick up tab for needy pupils' breakfasts'; ST, Feb 27).

Why not extend this assistance to pupils in secondary school too? Take Chong Boon Secondary School for example. It has poor pupils and one had only tap water for breakfast ('So poor she drank water for breakfast'; The New Paper, Jan 11).

Gwendolen Lim Whay Lee (Ms)


Extracted from [ http://www.straitstimes.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,375135,00.html ]


I sometimes don't eat breakfast just to save money.

Chomp Chomp Treat

I gave a treat yesterday to a total of 7 people (including myself) at Serangoon Gardens Chomp Chomp yesterday evening. These 7 people are my family members and girlfriends. I ordered 2 small-sized stingrays, 1 medium-sized hot plate tou fu, 1 large-sized gai lan, 7 chicken wings, 40 satay sticks and sugar cane drinks. They cost a total of $77.40.

I hope the varieties and quantities are enough for all.

Pre-Employment Medical Checkup

I went for my pre-employment medical checkup with X-ray yesterday at OUB Centre Raffles Medical Group. All results turned out fine.

Microsoft's Origami Is A 'Lifestyle PC'

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1933481,00.asp
http://www.origamiproject.com/

I Hate This

I hate people who are not appreciative at all when I have offered my service to solve a problem. There is no word of "Thanks" or whatsoever. If you don't know the rules of this world then don't get out of this place.

My Top 10 Best Products

All Products Listed by Ranking

1. Experts-Exchange IT Solutions Collaboration Site
2. Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
3. Google Gmail Web Mail
4. QuickPost Experts-Exchange New Question Auto Notification
5. Visual Studio .NET 2003 IDE .NET 1.1
6. Visual Basic 6.0 IDE for Visual Basic 6.0
7. MSN Messenger 7.5 Internet Messenging Program
8. Google Search Engine
9. Meebo Web-based IM
10. MSDN Library Microsoft Technologies Documentation

Previous Rankings
http://hongjun.blogspot.com/2006/01/my-top-10-best-products-renewed.html (6 Jan '06)
http://hongjun.blogspot.com/2005/12/my-top-10-best-products-of-2005.html (19 Dec '05)

Microsoft says better than Google soon

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1674746

In Case You Lost Your HP

For the very absent-minded people (See Below)
http://www.lostmobile.org/

But I will wait for the Singapore Goverment to come out with their database. I ain't going to try the service by a third party.