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Just getting my feet wet in Open Laszlo

here’s my shoutBox written in openLaszlo frontend and PHP backend. Try closing the shoutBox, it is animated 🙂 Click here for the example So the idea of writing this simple application is just to get my feet wet in Open Laszlo. As we are moving to web 2.0, writing RIAs will be the future for… Continue reading Just getting my feet wet in Open Laszlo

personal · sports

amazon patriots 19-0 book cache

i got sick last week and it got worse this tuesday. for a few days i’d fall asleep around 9 just to wake up later because my throat hurts so bad. and i have to blow my nose and sneeze. it hurts to talk and to clear my throat. maybe i’m not just having a… Continue reading amazon patriots 19-0 book cache

sports

patriots 19-0 book deal

As a Colts fan, I am completely elated that the patriots lost to the giants in the Super Bowl XLII. In fact I still cannot get over that. I cannot sleep much without replaying the last moments of the game in my head. Today I found out that the patriots had already filed copyright to… Continue reading patriots 19-0 book deal

geeky

how fast does google crawl?

This blew my mind. I submitted a topic on my message board to ask someone to preview a layout for me in mac. And about five minutes later I did a google search on “preview layout in mac,” that thread showed up in the first page of the search results. UN……REAL!

geeky · non php code

OpenLaszlo

This looks really cool. Maybe I will write a simple guestbook with it. http://www.openlaszlo.org/demos Bonus, found a tutorial for OpenLaszlo front end and php back end. Too bad it does require a java container to run. There are ways to get around that I guess. I was watching this video produced by the author. It’s… Continue reading OpenLaszlo

geeky · love n family · mixed · personal · photos · rants

dodo has been online for ten years

the other night i realized something amazing. i’ve been to the online world for ten years. i got my first modem at home when i was 16 and i’m turning 26 soon. TEN YEARS.. that’s a long time. a very significant part of a life. from 16 to 26, a person can change so much.… Continue reading dodo has been online for ten years

chinese · rants

The story behind Chinglish

A while ago I posted some photos of Chinglish. I found it amusing that some people thought they were fake and photoshopped. Well apparently I owe you an explanation. I was reading some of my favorite Chinese blogs today and found this particular entry. It talks in details where some of these translations came from.… Continue reading The story behind Chinglish

geeky · plug · wp hacks

upgraded to wordpress 2.3

I’ve upgraded to wordpress 2.3 mainly to use their new sidebar widget feature. I thought it will be overly cool to not have to rewrite the sidebar.php for every theme. However, I’d like to have different sidebars for different views. Like the sidebar for my index page would look different than the sidebar for my… Continue reading upgraded to wordpress 2.3

geeky · pc tips

where is IE7 refresh button?

I can’t believe I googled on this. I thought IE7 took out the refresh button but in fact they just moved it. Moved it to the end of the address line. This also shows how little I used IE7 even tho I’ve been using Vista for over 9 months.