Blog of My Life

The new Royale theme!

david — 2005-01-05T00:02:38-08:00

Have you checked out the newest XP theme, Royale? Looks pretty cool.

view screenshots.

Download it now.

Importance of Online Privacy

david — 2005-01-02T00:50:49-08:00

Your online privacy is important. Nowadays, more and more people are making purchases online. Because of this, it's a lot easier to collect, share, and analyze your personal purchase pattern. Why is this bad for you? If you've taken econ, you should've learnt the concept of price discrimation. What it means is that the seller is trying to sell you products at the maximum price you're willing to pay. Every piece of information you give to the seller is another hint the seller can use to achieve that goal. In the end, the consumer loses and pays the difference.

Optimizing Web Application

david — 2004-12-30T10:03:02-08:00

For web applications, one neat way to minimize the use of server resources is to write all of your html's and js's in such a way that they can be cached in the end user's web browser. If you can separate static code from dynamic code, you can store the static code in a user's browser's cache. This way, the next time your user visit the site, your application gets loaded immediately without the need to request it from the server. However, there's one problem that you have to be aware of, and that is: if you do not develop a way to update cached version of your code, your users may be stuck with an old copy until they reset their browser's cache. One elegant solution to work around this is to tag the version of your code onto the name of your code file. Then, update the init/loading page, (i.e. index.html, default.aspx...), to point to the latest copy. In this way, if you have a newer version of the code, the browser immediately recognizes it. On the other hand, if your code hasn't changed, it will just be loaded from the cache. In addition, since we need the flexibility tell the browser which files to cache and which not, we would want to have a generic web application, e.g. cachefeeder.aspx, to feed our code to the browser, so that the http response header is properly set. Note that for small application, this technique should not be used because it reduces resource usage at the cost of simplicity and maintainability.

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david — 2004-12-16T15:09:48-08:00

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david — 2004-12-01T09:43:35-08:00

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1954 Popular Mechanics' Depiction of Home Computer in 2004

david — 2004-11-24T09:04:33-08:00

Wow! Looks like a spaceship in Star Trek! And I was fooled!

Man attempts to convert lions into Christians

david — 2004-11-17T00:24:36-08:00

A Taiwanese man identified only as Chen shouts "Jesus will save you" in the lions' den before things go awry.

Taking hold: Chen gets a bite while fishing for Jesus.
Detail.

Sauce Reader - Two thumbs up!

david — 2004-10-31T00:43:26-08:00

Download Sauce Reader (RSS News Aggregator) now!

Check out the screenshots.

Google Desktop Search

david — 2004-10-14T09:34:00-08:00

Google Desktop Search allows you to search your computer.

More screenshots here.

Crack the code.

david — 2004-10-08T17:11:12-08:00

33, 66, 105, 210, 66, 30, 5, 165, 0, 22

Crack the code.

Hint: 5 = e.

Perfectionism

david — 2004-08-02T20:39:54-08:00

If you are a pixel perfect perfectionist, read this article:

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184008

Check your email for the $10 coupon from eBay.

david — 2004-06-17T20:56:23-08:00

What's good about this coupon is that there's no minimal purchase. So redeem it or lose it!

ICS - Extreme Computing - Second Place!

david — 2004-06-02T22:10:00-08:00

Patrick and I recieved a big fat check from the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science for placing second in the Extreme Computing Product Competition.

(Thank you Janell for being our mentor!!! You helped us so much! Thanks!)

Me with the FAT check!

the FAT check!

After the split, Patrick and I each gets $1,250! I plan to use that money to buy my dream laptop!

Btw, it was nice talking to the founder of FileNet!

Very Fun Flash Game

david — 2004-05-25T00:59:39-08:00

Play Tontie (ver. B) now!

High score: 38,920 (Level: 12) NEW!

Kinda busy, kinda lazy.

david — 2004-05-18T23:34:41-08:00

Kinda busy, kinda lazy. No time to blog.

I'm participating in two competitions (both related to computers). I hope I win something.

More to come.