Well stumbled upon Shelfari while i was reading theory.isthereason , finally i can have a “library” of my own. If you have javascript disabled then you can’t view the “book shelf” widget in which it displays the book that i plan to read. If you want to have this displaying , just go ahead and click to join. I hope it remains free and i do hope the site is earning enough money to keep this service free.I like how when you mouse over the book, a little bubble will appear and give you some overview of the book. I think libraries and book stores should have such a program/widget/what nots to display their latest book or popular ones. Isn’t web 2.0 all about interactive ?Currently i’m reading this book called “The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World” , here’s the overview
The electrical grid goes everywhere - it’s the largest and most complex machine ever made. Yet, the system is built in such a way that the bigger it gets, the more inevitable its collapse. Named the greatest engineering achievement of the 20th century by the National Academy of Engineering, the electrical grid is the largest industrial investment in the history of humankind. It reaches into your home, snakes its way to your bedroom, and climbs right up into the lamp next to your pillow. At times, it almost seems alive, like some enormous circulatory system that pumps life to big cities and the most remote rural areas.Constructed of intricately interdependent components, the grid operates on a rapidly shrinking margin for error. Things can - and do - go wrong in this system, no matter how many preventive steps we take. Just look at the colossal 2003 blackout, when 50 million Americans lost power due to a simple error at a power plant in Ohio; or the one a month later, which blacked out 57 million Italians. And these two combined don’t even compare to the 2001 outage in India, which affected 226 million people. “The Grid” is the first history of the electrical grid intended for general readers, and it comes at a time when we badly need such a guide. As we get more and more dependent on electricity to perform even the most mundane daily tasks, the grid’s inevitable shortcomings will take a toll on populations around the globe. At a moment when energy issues loom large on the nation’s agenda and our hunger for electricity grows, “The Grid” is as timely as it is compelling.
I’m not a engineer nor am i electronics geek so what does this book meant for me? I personally thought the cover was cool when i saw this at the library. , i kid you not. Also is great to know the other details of stuff that we normally take for granted. Isn’t it?…Now think is time i sign up for an amazon affiliate…. Hmmm…
Lately i have a hunger for books… I’ve been reading more than ever , even during my school time i don’t even read that much! Right now , i’m aiming to borrow books that are of my interests which includes ,
Otaku and alike stuff , “Lost” generations of japan.. somewhat along the line
Biographies of Google, Apple and other god-like companies that makes the world it is.
How new media are affecting our lifes ( Blogs, twitter, facebook, etc)
Been stalking around amazon.com for some book ideas before keying them into my national library search catalog for the books. Now i got like a dozen or so books ready to be borrowed , so lets hope no one else gets to them before i do.
The past 2 months, I’ve watched 3 movies . Normally i wouldn’t watch that many movies in such a short time frame due to cost. But hey since the movies was good, i don’t feel that guilty.
The most recent movie was Transformer 2 : Rise of the fallen which i’ve watched just earlier today. Very much better than the first, at least i could see what’s happening. Oh there’s a ton of action as well and i like how the director focus on Megan fox when she’s running(wearing a low cut too!), They even slowed the frame down!
However i must add , i don’t really think the movie is that good. Maybe is the robot design or maybe i just prefer the old school stuff more. But hey if you’re fan after the first movie or a CGI junkie , this movie certainly is for you. Also , Fallen looks a lot like lego bionicle .
Score : 3.5/5 from me
Next up is the other 2 movies that i’ve watched last month.
2 weeks back bought the book but didn’t went about in posting it till today. Anyway go grab your copy from Aniplay or Kino today! Alternativel, if you’re overseas , pop over Troy’s site for shipping information ;). Well being a nice person, i shall copy + paste some important information for those lazy kids out there. Quick go grab em since they’re available!!
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I got my hands dirty and dive deep into the world of codes and look through some codes and stuff. It ain’t that hard after all. I read books bout it but i didnt got about in trying them or learning fully due to my “3-minute passion” so most of the html mumbo jumbo are all “half bucket”. I looked into why i can’t display other characters like japanese or ascii and i learned it got to do with the Mysql stuff which i have yet to changed all to UTF8.
Seriously i thought everything now is in UTF8? I saw a mixture of UTF8 and swiss_c1 thingy.
I also found a few infected files within my site. Deleted 90% which turns out to be usesless pieces of files floating around and corrected one piece. The index.php @ wp-contents. The one with the silence is golden file. It took me a simple delete to get the file back to normal. Think tomorrow must take a look again and check if i missed out anything.
I also did a backup of my site which i haven’t been doing for a year. Thank goodness nothing happened ! , also i might want to install wordpress MU on my site. Any one interested to use “your name”.otakurean.com ?
PS : technically i did no coding, so yeah title’s a bit misleading
But , looking at the site.. Don’t think many knows about it , there doesnt seem to be much activity there. Or maybe singaporeans using wordpress doesn’t really seem to give a hoot about wordcamps and stuff ? Well I’m following their twitter , hopefully they will get things up and running!
Anyway, I just happen to land on the site while i was surfing around the day before, don’t flame me if you seen this before though. But sadly i might not be able to attend due to university, I will be down south….. The southest in fact. But I’m still waiting for a confirmation, hopefully i DO get in.
PS : don’t bother to click on HD for that video, no difference other than audio. But do watch it to update/educated yourself on wordpress
, i kid you not. Also is great to know the other details of stuff that we normally take for granted. Isn’t it?…Now think is time i sign up for an amazon affiliate…. Hmmm…
, so lets hope no one else gets to them before i do.
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