2006/2007 Sem 2 Examination for COMPUTING 2

» CS1105 Computing and Society A-
» CS2250 Fundamentals of Information Systems B-
» CS2261 Enterprise Systems Development B+
» EC1301 Principles of Economics C+
» FNA1002X FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING B
» CAP: 3.35

Sian my CS2261 never get A, the moderation must be damn high, I got full marks for the project that is worth 40% and the final exams is god damn easy. Sigh =(

Caught Next last week at GV VivoCity, the movie was not bad, slightly above average. My eyes was glued to the big screen practically throughout the whole movie, it was quite a action packed flim. Next movie I am going to watch is POTC 3: At World’s End at GV VivoCity also, I got 4 free tickets thanks to my mom and OCBC =D

Been busy doing lots of web programming, both for my freelance job and WordPress plugins. I hope I can finished my freelance job ASAP and get the rest of the money (60%). 40% was paid to me upfront. My client is quite good, he did the design and I did the programming and translating psd layout to xhtml layout. And the changes that he made are always very minor. I can’t stand those noob clients who keep changing and changing and those changes are major changes, we are talking about layout and not typos/font/alignment/position. Screw them.

I enjoy doing my WordPress plugins more than my freelance job even though I do not get paid for it. It is so weird. I think I must stop feeling that way, if not I will end up sleeping on the streets rather than in a proper house.

Anyway, to all my WordPress plugins users, everything is right on schedule, I will release most of my updated plugins except WP-Wap and WP-ServerInfo which I have nothing to update, on 1st June 2007.

If you want to know what flavor you Anything/Whatever drink is, look at the ingredients label because the manufacturer is required to state the ingredients of that specific can of drink by Singapore law.

YEAP, Blizzard new game is officially Starcraft II. I have been waiting ages for this day!

3:00 - FMV sequence in a spaceship - looks Terran - zooming in on a metal door - door opening - reveals a guy with a cigar in chains - prisoner - door shuts behind him - there’s so much bass the room is shaking - guy steps into some kind of metallic devicce - legs are strapped in - guy rising toward ceiling - Korean text on screen got people very excited - another part of the machine is dropping metal arms on him - machine whirring - applying armor to his torso - extremly detailed visuals here - now guy is strapping on gloves - armor is molding together - seems like a Terran marine - rockets turn on - zerg now onscreen - Marine delivers a line - StarCraft 2 officially announced.

Source: IGN: Blizzard’s Worldwide Invitational Begins

Screenshots: IGN First Starcraft II Screenshots

Videos: Starcraft II Announcement Video (Higher Quality) | Starcraft II In-Game Video (Higher Quality)

SEOUL, South Korea - May 19, 2007 - Blizzard Entertainment today unveiled StarCraft II, the sequel to its award-winning real-time strategy game StarCraft, at the 2007 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational event in Seoul, South Korea. The announcement took place inside the Olympic Gymnastics Arena, in front of thousands of attendees, who received a presentation that included a StarCraft II cinematic trailer and a gameplay demonstration by the development team.

Press Release: Starcraft II Unveiled

Official site: starcraft2.com

WordPress 2.2 has been released and as usual I have updated GaMerZ.WordPress to it. Here are the goodies copy + paste from WordPress.org.

» WordPress Widgets allow you to easily rearrange and customize areas of your weblog (usually sidebars) with drag-and-drop simplicity. This functionality was originally available as a plugin Widgets are now included by default in the core code, significantly cleaned up, and enabled for the default themes.
» Full Atom support, including updating our Atom feeds to use the 1.0 standard spec and including an implementation of the Atom Publishing API to complement our XML-RPC interface.
» A new Blogger importer that is able to handle the latest version of Googles Blogger product and seamlessly import posts and comments without any user interaction beyond entering your login.
» Infinite comment stream, meaning that on your Edit Comments page when you delete or spam a comment using the AJAX links under each comment it will bring in another comment in the background so you always have 20 items on the page. (I know it sounds geeky, but try it!)
» We now protect you from activating a plugin or editing a file that will break your blog.
» Core plugin and filter speed optimizations should make everything feel a bit more snappy and lighter on your server.
» Weve added a hook for WYSIWYG support in a future version of Safari.

My plugins should not break with WordPress 2.2 because the code changes are not significant unlike from WordPress 2.0 to WordPress 2.1. However, if they do break, PLEASE POST IT IN THE SUPPORT FORUMS and not in the comments. Thank you =)

28 Weeks Later
Caught 28 Weeks Later at The Cathay, it is my first time watching movie there and the building is confusing and the carpark is bloody cramp and small. GV VivoCity still rocks.

Anyway, the show was quite average only, I think 28 Days Later was better, I wonder will there be 28 Months Later. It was not really a scary show but LiXiang being a penguin was scared to death and could not sleep the whole night. Don’t see her so fierce, but actually she is timid and the only thing she is not scared of is me!

GST Offset Package
Kindly register for you GST Offser Package NOW. I got $300 (including $100 NS bonus) + $200 for the next 3 years = $900. The credits will be credited on 1st July 2007.

Nokia N81
» Form factor: slide
» Dimensions: 102 x 50 x 17.9 mm
» Weight: ~ 140g
» Memory: 8GB internal flash memory
» Music Playback time: up to 12,5 hours
» Gaming time: up to 3-4 hours
» Talk time: up to 3-4 hours (3G)/3-4 hours(GSM)
» Standby time: up to 15 days
» Main Display: 2.4″QVGA 240×320, 16M colors
» Main Camera: 2Mpix
» Second Camera: CIF
Source/Image: Symbian Guru

Nokia N82
» Dimensions: 112 x 50.2 x 17.3 mm
» Weight: 120 g [Target]
» Memory: Up to 100 MB in-build, support for hot swappable MicroSD card (1GB in-box)
» Talk time: GSM: 280min, WCDMA: 180min (Target)
» Standby time: GSM: 270hrs WCDMA: 250hrs (Target)
» Main Display: 2.4″QVGA 240×320, 16M colors
» 5MPix, Autofocus, up to 20 x digital zoom. Real Xenon flash. Integrated camera protection
» Secondary camera: CIF

The second juicy bit of information from my friend Blue Blazer Regular today is of the Nokia N82. This is a candybar device to followup the N73. Similar to the N81, it has quad-band GSM and 2100 HSDPA, BT 2.0 (w/ A2DP), WiFi (b/g w/ uPnP), but also adds built-in GPS, TV-out, FM Radio, and a MicroSD slot. The kicker is VGA, 30 fps video recording and a 5MP shooter with Carl Zeiss lens and auto-focus, similar to the N95. However, the N82 packs an awesome XENON flash for ultra-brightness.

The N82 is designed for style, but packing the features to make it worth the $$. Still running S60v3 FP1, the N82 lengthens the life-span of the S60v3 FP1 platform, and should be available in Q4 2007. It is targeted towards “tech-stylists 20-35,” with a female skew, but not enough to dissuade males of its power.

Source/Image: Symbian Guru

I am not interested in N81 but more of N82, it is my dream phone of a candy bar version of N95, lets hope the keypad will not disappoint me because from the looks of the pictures, it look difficult to press.

Spiderman 3
Caught Spiderman 3 at Lido with LiXiang and her friends after eating a Sushi buffet from Suki Sushi which is located at Cineleisure level 4. I think it will be my first and last time eating at Suki Sushi because the food there sucks. Sakae Sushi is so much better. I think among all the budget sushi eatery outlets, Sakae Sushi is still the best.

Spiderman 3 was damn boring, the action part was so short and plain, Spiderman 2 was way better. Lets hope if there is a Spiderman 4 it will be good. Because from my point of view, Spiderman 1 sucks, Spiderman 2 was ok, Spiderman 3 sucks and Spiderman 4 should be ok.

Bridge To Terabithia
Towards the last part of the movie, it was kinda sad, but overall is a crap movie. Luckily I watched it for free and at the comfort at my own home.

200 Pounds Beauty
They say it is better than My Sassy Girl, but I think My Sassy Girl is much better but overall, it is still not a bad show. I think the soundtrack should be good.

Initially I wanted to get 2 Crumpler bags from a Mass Order (MO) in Hardwarezone. But it was a flock and I got my refund back. I paid promptly and some other faggots just refused to pay and back out suddenly when the organizer wanted to place order and ask them for money. The MO was not much cheaper anyway, it was also about 10% and I paid $280 for the 2 bags listed below.

Instead I got the Crumpler bags from the Crumpler store located at Raffles City. I got myself “The Part and Parcel (Blue) (PP01A)” for $216 and got for LiXiang “The Headaitch (L) (Brown) (HD0102A)” for $96. Used my brother Apple Card and get a 10% off total bill and it amounted to $279.90 which is 10 cents cheaper than from the MO. LOL

My exams are FINALLY OVER, never in life I am so stress about exams except in NUS. The competition is so high and the students here are like 10x smarter than you, which makes you 10x stupider.

My dad bought a NEW LCD TV. When my dad told me about it, I thought he was joking because he is seldom serious. I did not believe it till my mom show me the receipt from Best Denki. It is a Samsung 32″ inch LCD HD TV (LA32R71B). I think they are cleaning stocks as the model was quite outdated and they are selling for $1299, if I am not wrong and there are only 10 sets available per Best Denki outlet. This is the first time my family have bought a TV, my house got like 4 tvs and all 4 of them are either given by us or bought with gift vouchers. Even the first tv my family got was given by my uncle.

Wanted to get a media streaming device, but I thought of a better way to stream movie to my new TV. I bought a VGA cable for $10 and a sound cable for $6 and connect my laptop to the TV and then use my laptop wireless to stream movie from my desktop PC. I spent only like $16 instead of getting a new device which cost about $200. LOL

I will be halting my WordPress plugins development for a while because I got a freelance job which I have to complete it ASAP, my client has already paid me 40% of it and the pay is good.