Mar 28, 2009

Earth Hour 28 March 2009 (Saturday)


Create your own earth in your hand
- you need a printer
- you need a webcam
Checkout what is the steps, click here

Earth Hour website
visit http://www.earthhour.org/home/

Fight Global Warming
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com

Turn off your lights tonight, Saturday, March 28, 8:30-9:30pm,
to vote for your self that you care about our earth issue including global warming issue.

Besides, might let the world know that we as Malaysian are unite and care about Earth issue ?

If just a vote and without action still won't help.
Until then, here are other things you can do to help fight global warming:

Tell friends about the fight global warming ad campaign:
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/email.cfm?contentID=5107&source=taf_fgw_ads&tagID=229

Save energy at home:
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/page.cfm?tagID=267

Use less gas with your car:
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/page.cfm?tagID=268

Global warming threat Maluku Islands
http://www.planetmole.org/indonesian-news/global-warming-threat-maluku-islands.html

In conjunction with this, IKEA Malaysia have some candle and solar device promotions : )
http://www.ikea.com.my/ads/latest_ads.asp


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Mar 25, 2009

Tata Nano Cheapest car in the world, will it be in Malaysia?





Looks great! I think target market will be motorcyclist, at least won't get wet during raining season.

Heard that news paper reported there are lot people booking and aiming for this car.

Some information which you might like to know:
Nano car Feature:

Fuel-efficient engine
- The Nano has a rear-wheel drive, all-aluminium, two-cylinder, 623 cc, 33 PS, multi point fuel injection petrol engine. This is the first time that a two-cylinder gasoline engine is being used in a car with single balancer shaft.
- The lean design strategy has helped minimise weight, which helps maximise performance per unit of energy consumed and delivers high fuel efficiency.
- Performance is controlled by a specially designed electronic engine management system.

Meets all safety requirements
- The Nano's safety performance exceeds current regulatory requirements. With an all sheet-metal body, it has a strong passenger compartment, with safety features such as crumple zones, intrusion-resistant doors, seat belts, strong seats and anchorages, and the rear tailgate glass bonded to the body.
- Tubeless tyres further enhance safety.

Environment-friendly
- The Nano's tailpipe emission performance exceeds regulatory requirements. In terms of overall pollutants, it has a lower pollution level than two-wheelers being manufactured in India today.
- The high fuel efficiency also ensures that the car has low carbon dioxide emissions, thereby providing the twin benefits of an affordable transportation solution with a low carbon footprint.

Some notes get from forum
- Single wiper
- No air cond ( RM 1200 to fix air cond )
- No power window
- Manual Transmission only

Price US$2,500 (RM8,600)
(source from http://paultan.org/archives/2007/09/27/tata-set-to-launch-us2500-car-in-mid-2008/)


Several comment from MotoTrader forum
http://www.motortrader.com.my/asp/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=24793

Picture from Tata Motor

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Mar 24, 2009

AnkhSVN for Visual Studio 2008


Waited for almost two years, finally got almost perfect Visual Studio 2008 plug in for FREE!

I tried out AnkhSVN at year 2007 that time still not user friendly enough, thus I use back TortoiseSVN UI.

Now I prefer use AnkhSVN because it is more convenient to make a svn commit
and almost everything inside Visual Studio.

Download AnkhSVN from here
http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/servlets/ProjectProcess?pageID=3794


combined AnkhSVN plug in inside VS ( click the image to view in full size )


svn commit dialog within VS ( click the image to view full size )



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ScreenToaster - Web base screen recorder

You can now capture your screen into video witouth installing software into your machine.

Try ScreenToaster, you can save your video into .mov or .swf (experimental).

The video converted will be store in server, thus loading the video back will take some buffering time.

You have to register as new member to save the recorded video.





Yet, just found that, I have only 15 days left to activate my account :S

http://www.screentoaster.com/record


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Mar 23, 2009

YouTube for Windows Mobile



Finally! Great official software to watch YouTube is here!

You can download from your mobile device at http://m.youtube.com !

or from freewarepocketpc.net ( my favorite )
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-youtube.html

Download YouTube

I tested on my HP RW 6828 ( Flash to Windows Mobile 6.1 ), works fine! LOL
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iPhone OS 3.0


After reading LiewCF.com blog, found some great first impression of iPhone OS 3.0.

And just to be careful the version you purchased, don't get the old version ok.
Old version really lack of a lot features, not event copy and paste or forward sms!

Yet, I might not consider it yet due to the offered by Maxis might not good for me ( tie down to two years contract ) .

I love to develop my own software, might take time to see how they program for iPhone.
Just read an article showing programmers creating facebook UI (via facebook API ) within 10 mins. LOL.

Temporary, I still stick with Windows Mobile programming which I more familiar with it.

Take a look , iPhone OS 3.0.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/17/iphone_os_3_0_first_impressions_and_photos.html




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Mar 22, 2009

Download IE8


http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-US/ie8.aspx?ocid=B093OFF03A1103A

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Gmail Offline via Gear



Nice feature which wanted for so long.

Still beta version, yet I feel it is just nice for me to store my Gmail locally and browse my attachment during offline.

How to enable it ?
Login your gmail now, right top corner find the Lab logo or word,
Find Gmail Offline features and enable it.

Then you will get a Gmail offline shortcut created on your desktop.

Sync your Gmail ( means to download your email to your local drive )
Might take up sometimes.




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Mar 21, 2009

9.7-inch E-paper Device to Debut in Japan


Screen Size 9.7-inch


The thickness is 15.5mm.


About to store content in about 40KG.

Quite interesting device, just want to check out the price.
Environment friendly, great product.

Source from: http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20090313/167144/


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Mar 20, 2009

Data Visualization 's Power

Inventing new way of story telling on the web.

I guess Multimedia programmer will be the needs in a lot of industry.


http://go.visa.com/

Nice presentation of word in pictures.


http://www.sfmoma.org/projects/

Zoom power



http://www.flickr.com/explore/clock

View photos and video by time line. I like this feature.


http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/viewer.html


More Data Visualization idea
http://vizlab.nytimes.com/
http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/viewer.html

Info from http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article_id=135313







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Mar 15, 2009

C# List.Find() List.Exist() and Predicates 

Example 1:

List myObjects = new List();

SomeObject desiredObject =
  myObjects.Find(delegate(SomeObject o) { return o.Id == desiredId; });


Example 2:
Source from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x0b5b5bc.aspx

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Example
{
  public static void Main()
  {
      List<string> dinosaurs = new List<string>();

      dinosaurs.Add("Compsognathus");
      dinosaurs.Add("Amargasaurus");
      dinosaurs.Add("Oviraptor");
      dinosaurs.Add("Velociraptor");
      dinosaurs.Add("Deinonychus");
      dinosaurs.Add("Dilophosaurus");
      dinosaurs.Add("Gallimimus");
      dinosaurs.Add("Triceratops");

      Console.WriteLine();
      foreach(string dinosaur in dinosaurs)
      {
          Console.WriteLine(dinosaur);
      }

      Console.WriteLine("\nTrueForAll(EndsWithSaurus): {0}",
          dinosaurs.TrueForAll(EndsWithSaurus));

      Console.WriteLine("\nFind(EndsWithSaurus): {0}",
          dinosaurs.Find(EndsWithSaurus));

      Console.WriteLine("\nFindLast(EndsWithSaurus): {0}",
          dinosaurs.FindLast(EndsWithSaurus));

      Console.WriteLine("\nFindAll(EndsWithSaurus):");
      List<string> sublist = dinosaurs.FindAll(EndsWithSaurus);

      foreach(string dinosaur in sublist)
      {
          Console.WriteLine(dinosaur);
      }

      Console.WriteLine(
          "\n{0} elements removed by RemoveAll(EndsWithSaurus).",
          dinosaurs.RemoveAll(EndsWithSaurus));

      Console.WriteLine("\nList now contains:");
      foreach(string dinosaur in dinosaurs)
      {
          Console.WriteLine(dinosaur);
      }

      Console.WriteLine("\nExists(EndsWithSaurus): {0}",
          dinosaurs.Exists(EndsWithSaurus));
  }

  // Search predicate returns true if a string ends in "saurus".
  private static bool EndsWithSaurus(String s)
  {
      if ((s.Length > 5) &&
          (s.Substring(s.Length - 6).ToLower() == "saurus"))
      {
          return true;
      }
      else
      {
          return false;
      }
  }
}

/* This code example produces the following output:

Compsognathus
Amargasaurus
Oviraptor
Velociraptor
Deinonychus
Dilophosaurus
Gallimimus
Triceratops

TrueForAll(EndsWithSaurus): False

Find(EndsWithSaurus): Amargasaurus

FindLast(EndsWithSaurus): Dilophosaurus

FindAll(EndsWithSaurus):
Amargasaurus
Dilophosaurus

2 elements removed by RemoveAll(EndsWithSaurus).

List now contains:
Compsognathus
Oviraptor
Velociraptor
Deinonychus
Gallimimus
Triceratops

Exists(EndsWithSaurus): False
*/
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Mar 14, 2009

Yahoo Messenger on WPF!

Thanks to great feature on WPF which enable Yahoo Messenger or other application communicate easily with Vista Sidebar.

Take a look.

Full story from on10.net
http://on10.net/Blogs/larry/yahoo-messenger-on-wpf/




Get Microsoft Silverlight





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Aviary Web based Vector Editor

Aviary provided web based vector editor

http://aviary.com/flash/aviary/index.aspx



Several feature quite interesting included:
1. Web base, you can create great vector graphic any where as long as you have internet connection.
2. Great tools
3. Create highlights ( I like this feature very much )
4. Layer feature , quite similiar with photoshop layer, very useful!
5. Create shadows

Interesting and great tool!

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Google Voice

Google Voice inbox

Soon, we will able to call or sms via web using Google Voice.
Still finding information about it's cost and comparison with Skype performance.

Google Talk ( web based ) is really impressive for me especially the smooth video conferencing just within a website.

Looking forward in this Google Voice service.

Google Voice's interface now fits in with other Google properties.

(Credit: Google)


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Error the calling thred must be STA, because many UI components require this


Tips:


Thread thread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(CreateUIInAnotherThread));
thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
thread.Start();

 
private void CreateUIInAnotherThread()
{
Window wd = new Window();
        wd.Show();
}




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Mar 12, 2009

Tips for Limited Network Connection on Vista

Try out steps as below, it is a quick fix for me:

Quick Fix:
TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows Vista.

1. Start, Programs\Accessories and right click on Command Prompt,
select "Run as Administrator" to open a command prompt.

2. Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog

3. Reset IPv4 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults: netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log

4. Reset IPv6 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults: netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log

5. Reboot the machine.

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The World's Billionaires 2009

 
Net Worth:$40.0 bil
Fortune:self made 
Source:Microsoft 
Age:53 
Country Of Citizenship:United States 
Residence:Medina, Washington 
Industry:Software 
Education:Harvard University, Drop Out, 
Marital Status:married, 3 children 

Net Worth:$37.0 bil
Fortune:self made 
Source:Berkshire Hathaway 
Age:78 
Country Of Citizenship:United States 
Residence:Omaha, Nebraska 
Industry:Investments 
Education:University of Nebraska Lincoln, Bachelor of Arts / Science, Columbia University, Master of Science 
Marital Status:widowed, remarried, 3 children 

Net Worth:$35.0 bil
Fortune:self made 
Source:telecom 
Age:69 
Country Of Citizenship:Mexico 
Residence:Mexico City 
Industry:Telecommunications 
Education:NA, 
Marital Status:widowed, 6 children 

RANKNAMECITIZENSHIPAGENET WORTH ($BIL)RESIDENCE
1William Gates IIIUnited States5340.0United States
2Warren BuffettUnited States7837.0United States
3Carlos Slim Helu & familyMexico6935.0Mexico
4Lawrence EllisonUnited States6422.5United States
5Ingvar Kamprad & familySweden8322.0Switzerland
6Karl AlbrechtGermany8921.5Germany
7Mukesh AmbaniIndia5119.5India
8Lakshmi MittalIndia5819.3United Kingdom
9Theo AlbrechtGermany8718.8Germany
10Amancio OrtegaSpain7318.3Spain
11Jim WaltonUnited States6117.8United States
12Alice WaltonUnited States5917.6United States
12Christy Walton & familyUnited States5417.6United States
12S Robson WaltonUnited States6517.6United States
15Bernard ArnaultFrance6016.5France
16Li Ka-shingHong Kong8016.2Hong Kong
17Michael BloombergUnited States6716.0United States
18Stefan PerssonSweden6114.5Sweden
19Charles KochUnited States7314.0United States
19David KochUnited States6814.0United States
21Liliane BettencourtFrance8613.4France
22Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal AlsaudSaudi Arabia5413.3Saudi Arabia
23Michael Otto & familyGermany6513.2Germany
24David Thomson & familyCanada5113.0Canada
25Michael DellUnited States4412.3United States
RANKNAMECITIZENSHIPAGENET WORTH ($BIL)RESIDENCE
26Donald BrenUnited States7612.0United States
26Sergey BrinUnited States3512.0United States
26Larry PageUnited States3612.0United States
29Steven BallmerUnited States5311.0United States
29Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & familyUnited Kingdom5711.0United Kingdom
29George SorosUnited States7811.0United States
32Paul AllenUnited States5610.5United States
32Kwok familyHong KongNA10.5Hong Kong
34Anil AmbaniIndia4910.1India
35Abigail JohnsonUnited States4710.0United States
35Susanne KlattenGermany4610.0Germany
35Ronald PerelmanUnited States6610.0United States
35Hans RausingSweden8310.0United Kingdom
39Birgit Rausing & familySweden859.9Switzerland
40Michele Ferrero & familyItaly829.5Monaco
40Mikhail ProkhorovRussia439.5Russia
40Jack Taylor & familyUnited States869.5United States
43Mohammed Al AmoudiSaudi Arabia639.0Saudi Arabia
43Anne Cox ChambersUnited States899.0United States
43Carl IcahnUnited States739.0United States
43George KaiserUnited States669.0United States
43Lee Shau KeeHong Kong819.0Hong Kong
43Forrest Mars JrUnited States779.0United States
43Jacqueline MarsUnited States699.0United States
43John MarsUnited States729.0United States
RANKNAMECITIZENSHIPAGENET WORTH ($BIL)RESIDENCE
51Roman AbramovichRussia428.5Russia
52Ernesto BertarelliSwitzerland438.2Switzerland
52Philip KnightUnited States718.2United States
54Nasser Al-Kharafi & familyKuwait658.1Kuwait
55James SimonsUnited States718.0United States
55Alain & Gerard WertheimerFranceNA8.0NA
57Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & familyUnited Arab Emirates557.8United Arab Emirates
57Vagit AlekperovRussia587.8Russia
59Sunil Mittal & familyIndia517.7India
60Francois Pinault & familyFrance727.6France
61Eike BatistaBrazil527.5Brazil
62Mohamed Bin Issa Al JaberSaudi Arabia507.0Saudi Arabia
62Maan Al-SaneaSaudi Arabia547.0Saudi Arabia
62Edward Johnson IIIUnited States787.0United States
62Ananda KrishnanMalaysia707.0Malaysia
62Robert KuokMalaysia857.0Hong Kong
62Joseph SafraBrazil707.0Brazil
68Jeffrey BezosUnited States456.8United States
69August von FinckGermany796.7Switzerland
70Silvio Berlusconi & familyItaly726.5Italy
71Leonardo Del VecchioItaly736.3Italy
71Curt EngelhornGermany826.3Switzerland
71Mikhail FridmanRussia446.3Russia
74Sulaiman Al RajhiSaudi Arabia896.2Saudi Arabia
75James GoodnightUnited States666.1United States
RANKNAMECITIZENSHIPAGENET WORTH ($BIL)RESIDENCE
76Iris Fontbona & familyChileNA6.0Chile
76Petr KellnerCzech Republic446.0Czech Republic
76John KlugeUnited States946.0United States
76John PaulsonUnited States536.0United States
76Tadashi Yanai & familyJapan606.0Japan
81Dan DuncanUnited States765.9United States
81Eliodoro Matte & familyChile635.9Chile
83Alberto Bailleres & familyMexico765.7Mexico
83Azim PremjiIndia635.7India
83Hansjorg WyssSwitzerland745.7United States
86Shashi & Ravi RuiaIndia655.6India
87Steven CohenUnited States535.5United States
87Ng Teng Fong & familySingapore805.5Singapore
87Patrick Soon-ShiongUnited States575.5United States
90Serge Dassault & familyFrance835.4France
90Erivan Haub & familyGermany765.4Germany
92Jorge Paulo LemannBrazil695.3Brazil
93Eli BroadUnited States755.2United States
93Kunio Busujima & familyJapan835.2Japan
93Karl-Heinz KippGermany855.2Switzerland
93Vladimir LisinRussia525.2Russia
93Reinhold WurthGermany735.2Germany
98Philip AnschutzUnited States695.0United States
98Kirk KerkorianUnited States915.0United States
98Nicky Oppenheimer & familySouth Africa635.0South Africa
RANKNAMECITIZENSHIPAGENET WORTH ($BIL)RESIDENCE
98David & Simon ReubenUnited KingdomNA5.0United Kingdom
98Kushal Pal SinghIndia775.0India
98Galen Weston & familyCanada685.0Canada

Sorted By Age:
RANKNAMECITIZENSHIPAGENET WORTH ($BIL)RESIDENCE
318Albert von Thurn und TaxisGermany252.1Germany
296Yang HuiyanChina272.3China
647Fahd HaririLebanon281.1France
647Aymin HaririSaudi Arabia301.1Saudi Arabia
246Malvinder & Shivinder SinghIndia332.6India
26Sergey BrinUnited States3512.0United States
234John ArnoldUnited States352.7United States
26Larry PageUnited States3612.0United States
164Daniel ZiffUnited States373.5United States
285Sergei PopovRussia372.4Russia
522Ma HuatengChina371.4China
701Andrey MelnichenkoRussia371.0Russia
701Anurag DikshitIndia371.0Gibraltar
522Saad HaririSaudi Arabia381.4Saudi Arabia
647William DingChina381.1China
104Mansour bin Zayed Al NahayanUnited Arab Emirates394.9United Arab Emirates
468Chu Lam YiuHong Kong391.5Hong Kong
468Kenneth GriffinUnited States401.5United States
559Alexander ShnaiderCanada401.3Canada
647Jerry YangUnited States401.1United States

My Country Billionaires
62Ananda KrishnanMalaysia707.0Malaysia
234Lee Shin ChengMalaysia692.7Malaysia
261Teh Hong PiowMalaysia792.5Malaysia
376Quek Leng ChanMalaysia681.9Malaysia
397Yeoh Tiong Lay & familyMalaysia791.8Malaysia

Interesting ? Noted their fortune? Self Made.  When our name can be stated there : )

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