Archive for the ‘thoughts’ Category
Norah Jones - Seven years
Posted in thoughts on August 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Miłość od pierwszego wejrzenia by Wisława Szymborska
Posted in thoughts on August 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Oboje są przekonani,
że połączyło ich uczucie nagłe.
Piękna jest taka pewność,
ale niepewność piękniejsza.
Sądzą, że skoro nie znali się wcześniej,
nic między nimi nigdy się nie działo,
A co na to ulice, schody, korytarze,
na których mogli się od dawna mijać?
(more… ![]()
Geeky YouTube video on Kaspersky…
Posted in thoughts on July 27, 2008 | No Comments »
OneRepublic - Say (All I Need)
Posted in thoughts on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Keyboard Shortcut for “Look Up in Dictionary” service in Leopard
Posted in thoughts on June 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you are like me who uses Leopard’s built-in dictionary very often, you probably wish / want to assign a keyboard shortcut to the “Look Up in Dictionary” service; by pressing key combination, you will be able to look up a word in dictionary instantly…instead of having to copy the word and paste it in [...]
Protected: Getting Started with Silverlight 2 beta 2 – Part 2
Posted in thoughts, tagged T on June 15, 2008 | Enter your password to view comments
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Microsoft XNA Game Studio Contest
Posted in thoughts on June 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Interested in game design and want to show the world what you’ve got?
Check out the game design contest from Microsoft:
Microsoft XNA Game Studio Contest
57 Habits of Highly Effective Gmail Users
Posted in thoughts on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Gmail is full of features…only recently I’ve started using Gmail’s keyboard shortcuts -_- The article below contains quite a lot of interesting tips and tricks on Gmail. If you are using Gmail as your primary email provider…you might want to checkout the article below
57 Habits of Highly Effective Gmail Users
Gmail has [...]
Dev Jam Dundin - May 16th Roadshow - 3 Demos in 30 mins
Posted in thoughts on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
From the Microsoft NZ Student Blog
On May 16th, Ryan from Microsoft will be coming down to Dunedin and give us a short demo on some of the latest technologies from Microsoft…and Silverlight 2.0 will be the main focus! Please check out the links below if you want to know more about Silverlight:
Microsoft websites: http://silverlight.net/ [...]
How to Impress at Your Next Interview by Andrew Tokeley
Posted in thoughts on May 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Chaks showed me a really good article on job interview yesterday…if you are looking for a job right now / in the near future, you might want to checkout the article below
(more… ![]()
ThinkPad X300 VS. MacBook Air
Posted in thoughts on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Just saw this really funny video from YouTube…thought I might share it with everyone else
Steve Ballmer using a MacBook Pro?!?!
Posted in thoughts on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just saw a very interesting post today from cnBeta: [图]鲍尔默选择MacBook Pro做演讲 (translation: Steve Ballmer chooses MacBook Pro for his presentation)
(more… ![]()
Geekzone interview with Team Sustainable Systems - one of the NZ finalist teams for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008
Posted in thoughts on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Hi Michael, Nice to meet your Team. Can you introduce Team Sustainable Systems?
We are Team Sustainable Systems, a team of youth innovators from Auckland University of Technology (AUT), with the vision to establish a platform for smart technologies that enable a sustainable environment, while empowering users to efficiently manage our eco-resources.
Click here to read the [...]
Geekzone interview with Team WebStuffdone - one of the NZ finalist teams for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008
Posted in thoughts on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Hi Lorenzo, Nice to meet your Team. Can you introduce Team WebStuffDone?
The WebStuffDone team consists of Brady “The Toolman” Thomas who is the Solutions Visionary and Chief Enthusiast; Myself, Lorenzo “Gifted” Green, I have taken on the role of Business/Marketing Director and Designer. Matt “Lover not” Hayter is the Communications Guru and Cheif Executive; Matt [...]
Photos of the trip to Chrischurch
Posted in thoughts on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
10 of us went to Chrischurch for the weekend…we had a really good time there Here are the photos of the trip: (more… ![]()
Geekzone interview with Team Waikato - one of the NZ finalist teams for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008
Posted in thoughts on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Hi Jed, nice to meet your Team. Can you introduce Team Waikato Rev A?
I’m Jed, team captain and web service / mobile developer, and a second year student. Next up is Paul our hardware engineer (third year), Sam the main application developer (second year), and Beverley the graphic designer (fourth year). We’re all BCMS students [...]
Geekzone interview with Team Phoenix - one of the NZ finalist teams for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008
Posted in thoughts on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hi Louis, Nice to meet your Team. Can you introduce Team Phoenix?
Hi, thanks for having us. The team consists of four University of Canterbury computer science students – myself, Janina (pronounced ‘Yanina’), Yugan, and Stephen.
We started off with some roles, and I guess I was titled ‘Project Manager’, but it really is a community process. [...]
9 reasons to archive - from the Official Gmail Blog
Posted in thoughts on April 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been using Gmail for more than a year now…and I’ve “transformed” from someone who doesn’t read emails to someone who sends out emails on a daily basis.
Its hard to list all the reasons why I like to use Gmail instead of any other email service, but the archive function is on the top of [...]
众说不一,“八零”后程序员到底怎么了?
Posted in thoughts on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
今天看了一篇很不错的评论文章, 觉得非常有意思,推荐给大家看看
“我觉得中国的初级程序员,都是刚毕业的学生,论能力,实在不值 500(元),应该不给钱,给个实习机会就行。可是现在这群人的道德水准,破坏了企业的信心,企业知道实习生最后不会留下来,只是当一个跳板,所以,不愿 意再给学生实习机会。现在的大学简直不堪入目,老师上课,学生不听课,来不了几个人,学生的任务就是花父母的血汗钱,谈恋爱,玩,实在不成样子……
请点击这里查看全文
补:cnBeta的评论也是亮点之一
Imagine Cup 2008 - Vote for your favorite team!
Posted in IT, Microsoft, Software, thoughts, tagged Imagine Cup 2008, Microsoft New Zealand on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
I still remember the times we had in Auckland last year when we competed for the Microsoft Imagine Cup NZ Final…although its nearly one year on…but to me, it feel like everything just happened yesterday (more… ![]()

