CPU photo from Wood be Nice ARM microprocessors have been making the headlines. I thought I dig up my undergraduate paper on Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) microprocessors. This was written in 1995 with the resources of a small library.…
Theodore belated birthday celebration with his classmates. video
Google Now is a all seeing guide in your phone. It knows where you are and where you will be going. It pops up the bus schedule if you are near a bus stop, train schedule if you near a…
Google just announced new Nexus devices. There was supposed to be a launch but that was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy. Nexus 4 is a phone made by LG, 10 is a 10 inch tablet by Samsung. Both will most…
What is that? Its Bring Your Own Device. That is the latest trend in end user computing. Instead of the company purchasing the computer for you, you use the allocated amount to buy the device or you supply it. It is…
This list is taken off a G+ post. Those commands prefix with a = is from the Nexus Voice Action page. == is a command that I tested. Note to use the voice prompt ‘Google’, the language must be set…
Hmm another Microsoft Security Advisory. This time, strangely it affects Internet Explorer 6 to 9. That is nearly all versions. The vulnerability seems to be quite unique. It could allow the hacker to perform remote code execution on websites. The mitigation…
Jelly Bean took a long time to come to Cyanogenmod (CM). It was plagued with memory leaks for sometime. This is because of the Samsung proprietary drivers needed for the CPU. In an interview, one of the key developers, Codeworkx…
Things I learn from watching Japanese drama, more specifically, detective drama, Strawberry Night. Investigation strategy is decided by mid level commanders No notebooks! Notes are written on a sheet of paper, presumably for easy filing later. Compared to American shows,…
The kids have started eating mooncakes. Raffles Hotel mooncakes with champagne truffles to be precise. A big change since there is no chocolate anywhere. The ball of champagne chocolate, the kids passed to Mom. I wasn’t in the mood of…