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Archive for October, 2005

Trace and Merge changes with WinMerge

WinMerge is of those application that really make a great difference in development productivity.
It look daunting to use at first sight, but don’t let the look deceive you. Once you start using it, you wonder how you send those years not having something like it.

WinMerge is a visual text file differencing and merging tool. What […]

Doing the job and doing the job right

One of the things frequently encountered in China is contractor doing the job but never bother to check if they are doing it right. Just today I spent nearly the whole afternoon fixing the rendering of a display wall design. I had to call; do pencil sketch, scan and email; screen capture, illustrate, annotate and […]

Ning

What is this thing called Ning?
Marc Andreessen (of Netscape fame) released Ning just this month and it has now (last checked) 11,125 users. And I just became one of them!
Checkout my ninglets. To Do and To Go, a quick clone of 43things and 43places.
It looks like Ning is earning from ads revenue just like […]

Great FireWall of China

Anyone netizen living in China for a while will encounter the Great FireWall of China. Not visible from space like its namesake counterpart, it in fact renders many websites invisible.
The Great Firewall, for the unwared, basically blocks out websites that are deem not suitable for fellow comrades’ consumption. If some of your favourite sites are […]

New Site Design

Spent this weekend working on a new look for this site. As it is now, it is pretty much done. There are some enhancements that I like to make but that will have to wait till more time is on hand.
One of the reason for this change is my plan to start different sections for […]

3 Big Trends

The more web surfing I do, the more I notice 3 big trends that is driving the so called Web 2.0.
These 3 trends can be summed up by 3 activities that users do - Blogging, Tagging and Contributing to Wiki(pedia).
To web pundits, this is nothing new. Many people are also aware of these activities consciously […]

The IIPM Sega

It is interesting what one can learn (otherwise known as wasting time on) online. Today I learn of the IIPM sega. The what?

Happening in Asia, India to be exact, it had generated somuch interest that it tops the Technorati’s Top Searches. (Why am I looking at that and not working shall remain untold.)

Google, Yahoo or […]

Unexpected responses to Invitation

Last week I posted an invitation to developers to come China and work with us. I was duly surprised to the responses I had gotten so far. In part thanks to Zend for providing a place to post PHP related jobs.
To those that responded, a big thank you for the interest! It was a […]

DPU

[update: see Wikivestor - DPU]

DPU - Distribution per unit
This term is frequently used in real estate investment trust (REIT) to describe the return of investing in the trust.
In an REIT, profit is distributed to the shareholders (unit holders). The amount received per unit held is the DPU.

How to get Rich

Trump: How to Get Richby Donald J. Trump
Just finished this book passed to me by a very enthuasistic friend who swiftly brought the book after watching The Apprentice and finding it really exciting.
The book is simple, easy and nice to read. Whether one glean much out of the book will depends on the individual. My […]


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