Hello everyone. This is my first post from Auckland, New Zealand, and it’ll just be a quick update of life here in Auckland. I’m still settling in and adjusting to the new place, environment, weather, people, system, and culture here in Auckland, so I’ll write more proper posts when I’m more settled in. I’m currently [...]
Archive for: February 2009
"Now I am become death…"
J. Robert Oppenheimer was the physicist that was appointed as the director of scientific research of the Manhattan Project, the American military project during the Second World War that gave birth to the world’s first nuclear bomb. 130 000 people were employed for the Manhattan Project, including many of the world’s foremost scientists and physicists. [...]
Useful (free) softwares for college and university education
No lengthy introduction, straight to the point. In this post I want to recommend 3 useful sofwares that can be of great help to you if you are currently studying in college or university. All these three softwares can be downloaded legally for free. FreeMind http://freemind.sourceforge.net/ FreeMind is a free mind-mapping software that lets you [...]
Hooked up with Vivaldi's Andante
I’ve been listening to this very soothing and relaxing instrumental music piece by the famous composer Antonio Vivaldi over and over again since yesterday. Totally hooked up with it. Vivaldi: Andante, from Guitar Concerto in D.
Giving a gift of education
Many people do a little good and make a big fuss about it. Many people talk and preach to other people to do good, but he himself never does anything beneficial or contribute to the society. But there are some people who do a lot of good and bring a lot of benefits to the [...]
No more Yahoo! Messenger for Vista
About a year ago when I bought my laptop and started using Windows Vista, I came across a new less-well-known version of Yahoo! Messenger, the Yahoo! Messenger for Vista. It was still in active development back then, with new features being developed actively and updates are being provided quite frequently. What separates it from all [...]
Replacing hard disk in Sony VAIO: Not for the faint-hearted
I just bought a new Western Digital 320GB Notebook hard disk to replace the stock Toshiba 160GB hard disk in my VAIO SZ laptop. Expecting the hard disk to be where it usually is in most laptops, I opened up the back panel of the hard disk. Replacing the hard disk should be easy – [...]
