Microsoft Antivirus
Friday, February 19th, 2010Impressed that microsoft provided an antivirus for public use. Worth a try. My initial loading of the software didnt bring any problems. I used it together with NOD32 without any problems.
http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
Old MMORPG: Marcoland
Friday, January 22nd, 2010hmm just heard of the news that a game i used to be in has been shut down. Its one of those text based games where you spend about 5 minutes a day to maintain your character. Its free and the community is massive. Tiipsi was its name. I vaguely remember. The concept is good as it lets communities grow while there was a main theme to it. Oh well. There was a sudden urge to rebuild it, but what the heck. Maybe later 
So you want a PhD
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010So you want a PhD. Why do you need a phd?
for glory, oooo a Dr;. for more knowledge; for a good career; for noble cause; or just nothing else to do?
Embarking on a career for Phd is to prepare you to be an independent researcher. Research is about finding answers. Answers to solutions. So to find answers, you must know the environment.
Read read read, know what you are dealing with or love to deal with. Then its time to find the loop holes. Why? is your friend. Why why why? then make a guess of why and you are on a your journey to prove your guess. Just like sherlock. A hypothesis and a proof. That is research.
Some researchers try to make their research sound complicated. but in our current work where public is power. Simplicity is your best friend. A professor once told me “if something is too complicated. Use the stupidiest way to solve it.” And once you do. use the simpliest way to explain it.
Best software innovations 2009
Friday, January 15th, 2010Applications that are simple and have impressed us.
Songbird
Twitter
Google Chrome
Ubuntu Linux 9.10
Virtual Box
PPStream