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January 2006 - Posts

Data Structures in .NET Framework Resources
Monday, January 30, 2006 10:56 AM

Looking for an extensive and detailed article about data structures (queue, stack, hash table, binary trees, binary search trees, graphs and sets)? This might be the article you are looking for "An Extensive Examination of Data Structures Using C# 2.0"

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新年快乐-歲歲平安
Sunday, January 29, 2006 12:00 AM

Wishing all Chinese around theSpoke and the World, 新年快乐-歲歲平安-吉祥如意Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, successful and peaceful new year ahead.

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Interview with Stan - Member of Imagine Cup 2005 Team Russia - theSpoke Chat #3
Friday, January 27, 2006 7:03 AM

Have you wonder what went behind the team effort to develop an Imagine Cup entry and what the experience was during the Imagine Cup (IC) Worldwide Finals? I sure do. Recently I chatted with Stanislav (Stan) Vonog, member of the Software Design winning

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Chinese New Year Countdown - 3 days to go
Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:40 PM

The Chinese (Lunar) New Year is the biggest and most important festival in the Chinese calendar and millions (well, Singapore's population is around 4 million and 75% of it are Chinese) celebrate this festival. This year the lunar new year is on Jan

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Happy Australia Day
Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:00 AM

To all Aussie readers and all my friends down under, Picture by Michael Leunig (The Age)Happy Australia Day!

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Another year draws to a close ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:45 PM

It's another five days to the Lunar New Year and my preparation is now in it's full swing. While I was cleaning up my room, I found these two pictures taken exactly one year ago during Axton's 26th birthday! Woah! Happy 27th birthday dear friend :) This

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Archie McPhee
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:21 PM

If you're visiting Seattle, you should check out Archie McPhee, located in the Ballard neighbhourhood. 2428 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107, (206) 297-0240 It is the coolest shop ever and they sell the most interesting items around. I actually went

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Good in HTML and UI Design?
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:16 AM

I am currently preparing the next installment of theSpoke Chat #3 and I will really appreciate if there is any HTML and usability guru around here that can help to improve the current chat transcript layout. I feel that it is very unreadable especially

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I Miss You - Bjork (Quicktime)
Monday, January 23, 2006 9:27 PM

Now watching and amazed by the creative genius behind this MTV I Miss You - Directed by Spümco (1997) (Quicktime)The video for 'I Miss You' was made by Spümco, the production company of wacky director John K., who once was described by a critic, who

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Cool! Hip! Finally getting it? Yes, Microsoft.
Monday, January 23, 2006 8:58 AM

I have been resisting this entry for awhile but if you have not heard about it - Mix 06! Then you must hear about it now. Microsoft and a bunch of industry thought leaders have come together to organised a Web 2.0 liked conference. MIX06 is a web conference

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Transparency and Feedback - Take 2
Sunday, January 22, 2006 10:07 PM

"It’s real easy to trash customer trust and very hard to earn it back. Transparency is the way here." - Robert Scoble For the past few days, I was giving serious thought about the transparency and feedback and how to improve these two qualities within

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Young Kids These Days are Amazing
Sunday, January 22, 2006 6:57 PM

Recently I noticed my young cousin (8-9 years old) doing his MUD game research online and compiling them into a Word document in table format. It thought it was pretty amazing stuff for someone so young! That moment, I realised computer games are a great

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Blog Optimisation aka How to Get Your Blog Noticed
Sunday, January 22, 2006 10:23 AM

Looking at how to get your blog noticed? Trust Alfred to spot another interesting social computing article ("Talking about Don Dodge: ATTENTION PLEASE: Who decides what gets noticed?")on ten tips on blog optimisation techniques aka how to get your blog

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Transparency and Feedback
Sunday, January 22, 2006 8:07 AM

Many of us here have used various forms of Microsoft development technologies. Most of them are top notch while some has some issues that can really bug us. It could be feature bug that forces us to re-start our Visual Studio each time, a piece of poorly

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Flying...
Saturday, January 21, 2006 12:11 PM

I love flying. I actually like the "fuel-liked" scent you can smell when you are about to board a plane. I can still remember one of my earliest flight experience was on Cathay Pacific from Hong Kong to Japan. I think it was on that flight when I had

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A Macro to Generate Web.Sitemap
Friday, January 20, 2006 9:58 AM

During the recent Community Launch, Alan and Alvin introduced about the navigation features in ASP.NET 2.0 (scottgu) - web.sitemap. It is a basic built-in XML based SiteMap provider that allows you to define a site structure within an XML file.

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The Best Blonde Joke
Friday, January 20, 2006 12:31 AM

It's 12.32am and I'm just going through my blogroll because I'm still awake after I had a can of coke and 1 cup of coffee at OMB last evening. Anyway, I just came across the best blonde joke of all time, you might want to check it out too! I guess

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Singapore IT Professional Communities and Our Local Heroes
Friday, January 20, 2006 12:02 AM

This evening, Alan Dias invited me to attend the Small Business Server user group meeting. Although he is not a SBS MVP, I admire his willingness to setup and organise such a group on his own. I was quite impressed to see such a great turnout for a specific

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A Picture of the Good Times in Singapore
Friday, January 20, 2006 12:01 AM

It's not a Airedale behind this blog, just in case some people thinks that its a dog posting all these entries.

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Bridging the Digital Divide with Windows CE
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:39 PM

iT is a compact, ultra-simple, portable desk top computer (runs on Windows CE) complete with everything necessary to connect to the Internet, home entertainment devices, printer, USB card reader for reading the memory cards of digital cameras and many

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Memoirs of a Geisha --Mad TV
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:25 PM

For those who are eagerly anticipating Memoirs of the Geisha, I have been forwarded an unofficial trailer url below http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=_AQvqsZFgDY

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From the Universities ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:26 AM

Here are a bunch of interesting research and universities related news articles I read this morning. Study probes web habits of office slackers (The Age)"Cyberslacking could be eating up as much as a quarter of the time employees spend online, according

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A Mental Note to Hold On To
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 3:04 PM

"Make an obstacle an opportunity, make a negative a positive"- Linda Armstrong Kelly (Mother of Lance Armstrong)

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See the Fource in Action
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 1:33 PM

MSDN has introduce a new webcast series . No! Not another middle-age principal consultant or a twenty-four years old product manager ((Wo)man, I want your job!) kinda web cast. Introducing Source Fource Can these guys really keep it

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Innovation from Purdue
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:38 AM

What you see here could be the shape of your PC in years to come. The device, which scooped the $US50,000 ($66,200) top prize in an international industrial design competition (co-launched last year by Microsoft), is Purdue University's answer

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The Philippine name game
Sunday, January 15, 2006 5:42 PM

Naming a child is often a difficult decision. For many Filipinos, individuality is an important factor, with many chosing unconventional first names. So when the BBC's Sarah Toms gave birth in the Philippines, could she come up with an original name?

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Distributing Windows Live Messenger Invitations
Sunday, January 15, 2006 4:30 PM

I have received a new set of Windows Live Messenger (WLM) invitations. If you would like to receive one invitation to download and try WLM, please click here with your current messenger email address. I will be using Windows Live Invite Send Center*

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Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For - 2006
Sunday, January 15, 2006 1:51 AM

No surprises to find Microsoft in this list of fine companies. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/full_list/ Absolutely not! :) PS: Are you looking for Windows Live Messenger invitation? Click here to get one, please use your msn

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WLM Invitations Update 130106
Friday, January 13, 2006 10:15 AM

I have given away all my WLM invitation this morning. Thank you for all your requests. I will update on my blog next time I get more such invitations.

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Windows Live Messenger Invitations 130106
Friday, January 13, 2006 7:35 AM

This morning I have received a few Windows Live Messenger (WLM) invitations to distribute. You know the drill, send me an email to bernardoh at gmail and a WLM invitation is on it's way to your inbox. Sorry, I do not maintain a waiting list for

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Microsoft 2.0 ... more like 1.x
Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:13 PM

<IMHO> If Microsoft management are really passionate about Microsoft and the business in general, I sincerely recommend they re-read Jack Welch's Winning especially the section on "Your Competition" Pg 161-251. The ideas raised in this book are

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Kids lead Seoul's top net firm
Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:44 PM

It looks like a student hangout: dozens of young people dressed in casual wear sit absorbed in virtual reality on computer screens or stand around chatting with coffee cups in hand. But this is the headquarters of South Korea's most booming company -

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My Eyes ...
Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:41 PM

My eyes are so tired starring at the screen all day. They feel like popping out of my sockets now. So tired looking at job listings, writing emails and updating resume all day ... 4.44pm, it is still raining.

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Rain! Rain! Rain!
Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:00 AM

There has been very heavy downpour in Singapore for the past few days. Non-stop, hours and hours of rain with a short intermission in between. Feels like a long drawn out boring Italian opera :P *look left, look right, any Italians around* Adam F, you

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Big business 'will do the right thing'
Thursday, January 12, 2006 8:18 AM

(Image from The Australian)Big business 'will do the right thing' (The Age)Industry chiefs have children too and will help curb pollution without being forced, US Energy Secretary says. Ber: Mr Secretary, it is rare to find individuals like

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La Vita è Bella
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 11:33 PM

La Vita è Bella! This is first thing that came to my mind when I was admiring the beautiful pictures uploaded by Kevin Schofield. I know I have mentioned before Seattle and Melbourne are pretty similar in many ways, but still they are two distinct cities

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Practical Stuff from Coding4Fun
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:07 PM

Today, I spent some time exploring some really cool articles at Coding4Fun* site. You will be very surprised with the cool and practical stuff you can do with Visual Studio Express. Most of the time, you don't need anything else! Now, if only VS can do

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Honesty Makes Girl Toast of Philippines
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:36 AM

This morning I read on the Straits Times an article about that a poor 12 years old Filipino girl who returned more than 300, 000 peso (USD 5714) that she found on the street. Even though her family lives in poverty, the thought of keeping the money never

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Lack of Transparency
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:35 PM

I was quite disappointed to find that Tiger Airway's online ticketing application lacks pricing transparency. Or is it too much to expect from the budget avivation industry? My primary displeasure is the "details" link when there is clearly no breakdown

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WMF Vulnerability After-thoughts
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:51 AM

This article from News.com ("Microsoft to hunt for new species of Windows bug") got me wondering, how come this vulnerability doesn't seem to affect to Windows Mobile and Embedded operating systems? Like Win CE or Windows Mobile 5.0? Does anyknow know

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Eid al-Adha
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:54 AM

Today is a public holiday here in Singapore as we celebrate Hari Raya Haji (commonly referred as Eid al-Adha in most parts of the world). Eid al-Adha (“Feast of the Sacrifice”), Muslim festival that commemorates the willingness of the patriarch Abraham

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More VB and ASP.NET Goodness!
Monday, January 09, 2006 10:51 PM

The Visual Basic 2005 Developer Centre (no more VB.NET) has just introduced more VB-ASP.NET starter kits*. There are many interesting and not to mention USEFUL starter kits where you can use and extend the code base even further for your own use.

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One Digital Method to Get a 1st Class Upgrade
Monday, January 09, 2006 3:59 PM

Here is one method to gain yourself a free first class upgrade and make the airline counter staff's day a tad better :) The New Digital Life

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Posting Your Resume Online
Monday, January 09, 2006 2:42 PM

Back in the days of theSpoke 1.0, I noticed members used to host on their resume online. This got me thinking, really how effective is this practice? Do you think it is safe to post your details online? Did anyone receive an invitation to apply thru their

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Lend Me Your Support and A Sincere Thank-You :)
Monday, January 09, 2006 2:12 PM

Wooah! Alfred had nominated this blog among other quality blogs on theSpoke for this year’s Bloggies. I certainly didn’t expect any nomination or recognition for this blog since it is just a personal blog. All I can really say is a big Thank-You to everyone

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Microsoft - Creative Commons
Monday, January 09, 2006 7:07 AM

Picked this thread from Kevin Schofield's Weblog, Microsoft made a generous donation to Creative Commons (CC) to help them reach their fundraising goal and help reinforce their legitimacy as an organization. "A lot of people misunderstand Microsoft's

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Pouring All Day
Sunday, January 08, 2006 1:46 PM

Gesh! It has been raining heavily non-stop all day in my area since daybreak! When is this rain going to stop? I need to go to the post office and attend mass. With such heavy downpour, I'm pretty certain there are going to be flash floods in some areas

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SlickRun-Cider-Dev-Blog-Windows-Live-Messenger-Invite
Sunday, January 08, 2006 7:54 AM

SlickRunSlickRun is a free floating command line utility for Windows. SlickRun gives you almost instant access to any program or website. SlickRun allows you to create command aliases (known as MagicWords), so C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe

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