Project Eidos – The Masks that Give You Superhuman Powers and Iron Man Abilities

May 18th, 2013 by Terrence Miao No comments »

Project Eidos – The Masks that Give You Superhuman Powers and Iron Man Abilities

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Project Eidos - The Masks that Give You Superhuman Powers and Iron Man Abilitie…

May 18th, 2013 by Terrence Miao No comments »

Project Eidos - The Masks that Give You Superhuman Powers and Iron Man Abilities

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/08/tech/innovation/mask-gives-superhuman-abilities

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Things missing to claim from Google I/O 2013

May 17th, 2013 by Terrence Miao No comments »

• Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie
• X Phone, 1080p resolution screen, built with kevlar material, as solid as concrete
• 1080p Nexus 7, still the same price as old version US$ 199.00
• new Google Glass
• Google Watch
• Google driver-less car

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Beautiful China

May 17th, 2013 by Terrence Miao 2 comments »

Beautiful China

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Android Studio, just announced in Google I/O 2013, is "shamelessly" based…

May 16th, 2013 by Terrence Miao 2 comments »

Android Studio, just announced in Google I/O 2013, is "shamelessly" based on latest IntelliJ …

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Ten ways make you looking busy at work

May 15th, 2013 by Terrence Miao 1 comment »

1 – Never walk without a document in your hands.
People with documents in their hands look like hardworking employees heading for important meetings. People with nothing in their hands look like they're heading for the cafeteria. People with a newspaper in their hand look like they're heading for the toilet. Above all, make sure you carry loads of stuff home with you at night, thus generating the false impression that you work longer hours than you do.

2 – Use computers to look busy.
Any time you use a computer, it looks like "work" to the casual observer. You can send and receive personal e-mail, chat, and generally have a blast without doing anything remotely related to work. These aren't exactly the societal benefits that the proponents of the computer revolution would like to talk about but they're not bad either. When you get caught by your boss — and you will get caught — your best defense is to claim you're teaching yourself to use new software, thus saving valuable training dollars.

3 – Keep a messy desk.
Top management can get away with a clean desk. For the rest of us, it looks like we're not working hard enough. Build huge piles of documents around your work space. To the observer, last year's work looks the same as today's work; it's volume that counts. Pile them high and wide. If you know somebody is coming to your cubicle, bury the document you'll need halfway down in an existing stack and rummage for it when he/she arrives.

4 – Use voice mail.
Never answer your phone if you have voice mail. People don't call you just because they want to give you something for nothing — they call because they want you to do work for them. That's no way to live. Screen all your calls through voice mail. If somebody leaves a voice-mail message for you and it sounds like impending work, respond during lunch hour when you know they're not there — it looks like you're hardworking and conscientious even though you're being a devious weasel.

5 – Look impatient & annoyed.
One should also always try to look impatient and annoyed to give your bosses the impression that you are always busy.

6 – Leave the office late.
Always leave the office late, especially when the boss is still around. You could read magazines and storybooks that you always wanted to read but have no time until late before leaving. Make sure you walk past the boss' room on your way out. Send important e-mail at unearthly hours (e.g. 9:35 p.m., 7:05 a.m., etc.) and during public holidays.

7 – Use sighing for effect.
Sigh loudly when there are many people around, giving the impression that you are under extreme pressure.

8 – Opt for the stacking strategy.
It is not enough to pile lots of documents on the table. Put lots of books on the floor etc. (thick computer manuals are the best).

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IntelliJ’s intelligent Subversion solution

May 15th, 2013 by admin No comments »

Grass roots developers always have a tough life. They have so many demanding bosses to serve, and work load piled high to finish, everyday. But that is not all.

After spending premium to buy latest IntelliJ 12, only a few honeymoon days with Darcula theme, then find out SVN is broken. When sync with SVN repository with JIRA SVN branch, a red flash error indicating there is malfunction in the engine:

E170001: HTTP proxy authorization failed

Open the hood and inspect inside, everything looks absolutely fine. Proxy settings, authenticated user and password all good. Can connect to JetBrains website and check the latest update, but just can’t connect to JIRA SVN repository on the internet.

Relunctantly back to TortoiseSVN to check-in and check-out codes. Just like the its name, it’s bloody slow and painful.

Googling and digging, try to understand why IntelliJ is not smart enough this time and new version causes so silly problem. However, only find out a lot “me too”, “me too” replies.

Having wasted a few more days in vain, then start suspecting that maybe it’s not IntelliJ’s fault, maybe it’s new version SVN client – SVNKit’s problem.

When more evidence and witness’s testimony above water, then hear “rumours” that I.T security and network just did a major change recently, fixing a lot holes, of course breaking a lot windows at same time.  What they did – Proxy Authentication against a LDAP backend server, especially by Microsoft Active directory and network may caused the chaos. You have to guess hard.

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Amazon Coins announced – One Amazon Coin is worth one US penny

May 15th, 2013 by Terrence Miao 2 comments »

To decentralise central bank, big I.T. companies start printing their own currency … 

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Amazon launches its own virtual currency called Coins and gives ‘tens of millions’ away for free to US Kindle owners
Amazon has launched its own currency called Amazon Coins. Coins can be used to buy games, apps and in-app purchases from the Kindle Fire Appstore.

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