Filed under: Random
Something everyone should think about:
Charlotte: “I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be.”
Bob: “You’ll figure that out. The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you. “
Bought this DVD yesterday, cause its one of my favorite movies of all time. Really love the way it explores who you are supposed to be in the different stages of life, and how you should open up to other people. Its also full of fun, so I guess thats not a bad thing either.
(Oh yeah, and after watching this I wanna visit Tokyo more than EVER!)
Filed under: Thoughts
Hmmm, been kicking myself recently. Been finished with school for well over 2 years now, but I never went to university. Just walked straight into a job as a programmer, so I thought the experience on my resume would be good enough to take me anywhere. Pretty naive I guess, even for being the 19 year old I was back then.
I’m sure there are lots of places that would hire me, because I do have quite a bit of skill in software development, just never bothered to acquire any certification. Of course, I realised how stupid I am, and started doing MCPD(which is, Microsoft Certified Professional Developer), which is a good start I guess. I also decided, I want to leave my country at the end of the year, go live somewhere interesting for a few years, but that is going to be nearly impossible without a degree.
So, if I can’t find anywhere to go at the end of the year, I will start university in the evenings, while I still work during the day. It will definately be worth it.
Got pretty average high school scores as well, just wasn’t interested in school. Working has taught me a lot though, most importantly to take responsibility for what I am doing, and deliver a quality product. Besides, I really love what I am doing, so it is much easier to take interest. As Danny says in his motivational articles, do what you are passionate about, because life is too short.
Sorry for the long introspection, thought I’d share it with you guys, maybe there is someone in the same position. 
Oh yeah, before I forget, awesome High School Of The Dead background. Started reading this manga, but haven’t gotten very far yet. Lots of zombie video games, its nice to have a zombie manga instead.
Filed under: Thoughts | Tags: introspective, life, meaning, purpose, where does the ocean go
Been having one of those really introspective evenings, yknow, sort of thinking “What is life all about?”.
We’ve got so few years on earth, I’m only in my early twenties, but already I can feel time flying past.
The real question is, whats it going to feel like in 50 years time? If I’m still alive of course, but hopefully I will live to see my days fulfilled, if not, well, I believe in the afterlife. Am I going to be sitting in a chair, thinking to myself “Damn, if only I’d done this thing 50 years ago, or if only I had done that thing, my life would have turned out so different.”
Wouldn’t it be such a tragedy to feel like you’ve wasted your life after all those years.
No use in blaming your past, or the things you have suffered, we all go through things. Life is like a race – it doesn’t matter how you start, only how you finish. If you had a bad start, you gotta work through it, get over it somehow, and just make sure you’re headed for that finish line!
You’ve only got one life, one shot, one chance to make it count.
OK well, chances are if you’re into J-Rock at all, you’ve heard of Asian Kung Fu Generation. If you havent heard of them, well their music is really cool, almost funky indie rock. For the most part, I hate the whole “college-rock” type thing, but I really love this band, especially this song, which also happens to be the 7th (am I right?) opening for the anime bleach. They’re really worth checking out:
Filed under: Articles | Tags: bootcamp windows7, mac life, mac volume buttons not working in windows, windows 7 bootcamp drivers, windows 7 on macbook
(I got kinda verbose with this one, if your looking for the answer just scroll down until you see the Solution: )
I’ve been using the Windows7 Beta for a while, I think I mentioned it before, and I really am enjoying it. This might sound strange, seeing as I recently bought a Mac, I love Mac OSX, and this Macbook is just so awesome, I think I’m gonna be a Mac fan for a long time.
There are just some things though, that the Mac doesn’t do so well. I think so far, I’ve spent over 5 hours trying to get Warcraft3 Frozen Throne working in MacOSX, but it isn’t happening. You can’t exactly run Microsoft Visual Studio.NET on MacOS either.
Basically, the solution was to install Windows7 on my Macbook using Bootcamp. Quite an effortless affair, I must say. Apple’s really done their homework on getting Windows installed on their hardware.
Problem was, I couldn’t install the Bootcamp drivers once I’d booted into Windows7. Kept on giving some inane error about a file missing.
So, I copied the Bootcamp driver install files onto the Windows7 hdd. Easy enough, but now when I run the installer, it says something like “Bootcamp drivers can only be installed on Windows XP or Vista.”
Solution: Right click on the Bootcamp Drivers installer file > Select Compatibility Mode > Windows Vista.
Voila, works like a dream. I can now control volume and brightness in Windows7 like I could in Mac OSX.
Filed under: Random | Tags: be yourself, blog, fun, reasons ro blog, why blog
Hey guys, first post in a while. I was on holiday week before last, and since then been catching up on work and other mundane stuff. I’m not very good at managing work/important stuff with things like blogging, so invariably one must suffer.
Now, I know my blog isn’t the greatest thing in the world (hell, its a pretty sad affair), but I’ve still been getting quite a few views a day, so much so, that I almost feel obligated to carry on blogging.
But its become a chore, and I’d rather not do something like that unless it can be avoided…
So, it got me thinking, “Why isn’t this fun?”. What got me started on blogging was reading blogs like DannyChoo, CodeUnit, The New Old Thing, etc. etc. Those guys just seemed to enjoy sharing what was going on in their lives.
So, I really don’t know what the hell I was trying to accomplish, but I obviously had the wrong attitude towards blogging. I was trying to “come out swinging”, and develop these “amazing writing skills” overnight. Which is obviously, a stupid thing to try and do.
That’s when I remembered/realised, that you only learn something new by DOING IT. So, I decided, that instead of trying to write some heavily categorized reference of my life, I’m just gonna write what I feel like.
It may not make sense, and I suppose its going to be even more random than it is now, but I got nothing to lose, and this is my insane little corner of the internet.
This is supposed to be fun, boredom is for losers.
Filed under: Articles | Tags: ASP.NET, debugging, programming, undo manager, web development
OK! Just a quick one for any asp.net developers out there like me.
PROBLEM:
If you’re getting this error when you try and debug your website (”Error connecting to undo manager of source file ‘filename.aspx.designer.cs’ “) , don’t freak out. I’ve been Googling it for a few days now, and it seems to be a known issue, when using both VS2005 and even VS2008.
SOLUTION:
The best solution, so far, is to just
a.) Delete the aspx.designer.cs file
b.) Right-Click the aspx file, and select “Convert to web application”
This will recreate the designer file, and after compiling, everything should be back to normal. There are other ways around the error, but this works best for me.
CAUSES:
If anyone knows what actually causes it, I’d love to know. I’ve checked the official ASP.NET forums; no one’s found a permanent solution, and the Microsoft guys haven’t been able to debug it yet either.
ALSO TRY:
Funny enough, I downloaded IE8, and since debugging with IE8, I haven’t had the error at all.
Filed under: Articles
Well, to cut a long story short, I’ve wanted an Apple Macbook for a while now ( I guess Danny’s constant evangelizing of the Apple stuff helped as well…), but I wasn’t sure if as a computer, it would meet all my needs. I wanted the GarageBand and excellent hardware compatibility for my musical stuff, but I also wanted a notebook that I could work on, which is a small problem, cause Im a Windows developer, and I wasn’t sure if Boot Camp was any good. Not being incredibly rich at the moment, and not wanting to save up and blow a whole bunch of cash on something that I might not like, I got a sweet deal online on a 2007 white macbook.
Despite being 2 years old, the battery life is great, the screen is amazing, and overall the unit isn’t really falling apart in any way. MacOSX Leopard is just amazing!
Now I understand why people go so crazy for Macbooks.
I’m so impressed, I’ll probably get whatever unibody update Apple brings out at the end of the year. I’m not entirely sure if they will do an update, but they usually update their Macbooks twice a year. Maybe it will just be a software update, as in, their next amazing operating system, Snow Leopard.
Filed under: Articles
Finally! Someone has got it right – some video games arent made for kids, its that simple.
To quote PCWorld :
“By Friday the 13th this past week, two of the goriest games to date arrived on store shelves: MadWorld and Resident Evil 5. An omen? No, it’s a bloody obvious sign that some video games are made for adults. There’s a reason why the game industry has a self-regulated ratings system. Would you strap in your tween to watch Saw? Maybe traumatize a toddler by reading it to sleep with Stephen King’s “It?” Exactly. So don’t go buying an “M-rated” game for the kids.”
If only someone could drum this into the heads of moron parents everywhere, that “they’re making violent games to corrupt our kids” is a load of trash. They’re making violent games for adults. Anyways, Im not trying to rant, just being observant.
Link to PC World’s 15 most violent games of all time. Still gotta get my hands on Dead Space!!!
Filed under: Thoughts
I’ve been kind of fed up recently with my PC. Not because its doing anything wrong in particular, just because its so damn big, loud, and hot. So I got hold of an old notebook, and I thought I’d see what its like using the notebook for the more basic tasks, and leaving my PC off.
Well, the awesome part is I can hook it up to my (ok, its not huge) 19inch monitor. Having 2 screens is pretty awesome. Right now Im watching My Name Is Earl on the monitor, while typing this post on the notebook, its cool.
Anyways, been using just the notebook for a few days now, and I’m really happy. Mainly because I can just turn my “beast PC” on when I need it, and use the notebook the rest of the time. The little laptop is even fine for basic coding(I am a programmer by profession), and because I am mainly just trying out new code and book examples, and not developing enterprise level applications like I do at work, its got more than enough grunt for compiling a few basic forms and classes.
