Archive for November 2009

BlackBerry Development: How to add resource files(to the filesystem/sdcard) during app installation

Nov 29th, 2009 | By | Category: Tech & Web

If you’re familiar with the BlackBerry app deployment, you’ll know that there’re 2 primary ways of installation – the OTA and the desktop. The former requires the .cod and .jad files to be present while the latter requires the .alx and .cod files.
Recently, I had to figure out a way to package a file, say, [...]



TED Talk: I walk the Earth – John Francis

Nov 28th, 2009 | By | Category: My Life & Thoughts, Other People

I saw this video from Kah Wee’s blog and it made me ask myself questions. Questions I haven’t asked myself in a long while.
Am I happy? Why?
What if I quit everything I was doing and re-learnt living from scratch? I would be armed with the little engineering knowledge that I possess, my values as [...]



Why not provide some computing power to fight HIV?

Nov 26th, 2009 | By | Category: Other People, Other Stuff

There’s been a lot of chatter on twitter about World Aids Day with people having events and avatars being donned with that red ribbon. I was reminded of a post Brian made last year which introduced me to World Community Grid. Since then, I’ve pretty much been part of it and thought I should take [...]



Anderson Secondary School Staff Video for Graduating Class of 2009!

Nov 25th, 2009 | By | Category: Other Stuff

I was from Anderson Secondary School and some of my teachers are in the video! I’m so proud of my teachers! So cool!
To my teachers: how come you all not so cool last time? hehe



Just in case you don’t already have one…more Google Wave invites

Nov 25th, 2009 | By | Category: Tech & Web

Hey, just in case you haven’t already got yours, I’ve got 5 wave invites left. If anyone wants one, just drop a comment on my blog(so if you’re reading this from FB, just hop on over to Ridz.sg).
As usual, first five get the invite. If your comment gets queued for approval, don’t worry, I’ll still [...]



Dr. Lim Hock Siew on Ideals and Convictions

Nov 25th, 2009 | By | Category: Other Stuff

While the original video was about his almost 20 year detention, What he mentions at the end is something that I believe applies beyond just politics.

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“Now, some of you may have heard that when you are young you are idealistic, when you’re old you are realistic. Now this is the kind of rubbish [...]



Android Development Workshop on the 5th December 2009

Nov 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Events, Work

If you’ve ever wanted to find out how to build Android applications but never had the time to sieve through the documentation, GetSomeoneElse (it’s this new thing i’ve been up to) will be running a workshop on the 5th December 2009. Through a hands-on approach, the trainers for the session will take you all the way [...]



Spreading the Poken love

Nov 23rd, 2009 | By | Category: Tech & Web

And so I went to Barcamp 4 a couple of days back and after quite a bit of pressure, decided to get the free Poken they were giving out for doing the survey. Now, if you don’t know what a Poken is, it’s that cute thing in the picture(that’s now hanging off my BlackBerry). It [...]



TEDIndia: Pranav Mistry on the Sixth Sense Technology

Nov 20th, 2009 | By | Category: Tech & Web

This fellow and the stuff that he’s created is brilliant. What leaves me in awe is how he questions the assumptions behind how we go about our daily interactions, breaks them down and then uses cheap, already-available materials to come up with such brilliant inventions.
“I’m more excited about how I can bring technology to masses [...]



Thoughts on Google Wave

Nov 19th, 2009 | By | Category: Tech & Web

So I’ve been using Google Wave on and off for about a month now. I think it’s useful for collaborative work.
I know some a lot of people don’t get it and I think it’s because Google made a bad move by branding it as “how email would be like if it were invented today”. That [...]