# Friday, August 24, 2007

Aaaaa.. the object of my gadget lust has been shipped... hmmm supposedly 2~3 days delivery time so it should get here around wed I guess.


Friday, August 24, 2007 9:11:54 PM (Malay Peninsula Standard Time, UTC+08:00)  #    Comments [0]  | 
# Wednesday, August 22, 2007

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Damn.. WZ is just HEAVY nowadays.. my arm feels like it's going to break after holding him for 15 mins.


Wednesday, August 22, 2007 11:17:42 PM (Malay Peninsula Standard Time, UTC+08:00)  #    Comments [0]  | 

This is just something that seem to be causing confusion among some people. When MS came out with the four new components to the .Net Framework which are.. Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Cardspace. I'm guessing they didn't want to give it a spiffy name like ".Net Advanced Features Pack" but they couldn't exactly just slip it into the 2.0 framework then called it .Net 2.5 (cause usually a point release doesn't come with new features... I think)

So they decided to call the new modules the .Net Framework 3.0, and I was fine with that.

Until now when a client is telling me that they want me to upgrade an old application written in 1.1 to 3.0. I keep telling them that they are not using 3.0 bits in the program, but they keep telling me that the MS consultant that talked to them recommended them to use the latest version of the framework and not use a product at the end of their lifecycle (ie. .Net 2.0 in this case)

I wonder if the guy knows that because .Net 2.0 is included in Windows Vista support will last as long as Windows Vista is supported (if i remember how that's calculated) in this case.. 12th April 2011 so how the heck does a 4 year lifespan make .Net 2.0 an end of lifecycle product?


Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:47:31 AM (Malay Peninsula Standard Time, UTC+08:00)  #    Comments [0]  | 
# Monday, August 20, 2007

Oh god... what have I done!!! In a moment of weakness I lost it, and I sinned!!! What was my sin? LUST!!! Lust for that which is gadgetry!!!

Well.. let's hope that the package gets here safely in about a week, and also that I don't regret getting my decision.


Monday, August 20, 2007 12:25:10 PM (Malay Peninsula Standard Time, UTC+08:00)  #    Comments [0]  | 
# Sunday, August 19, 2007

I already know his time was coming, he already showed symptoms of death late last year but still he soldiered on completing his work as if everything was all ok. But today.. August 19th 2007, he couldn't go on anymore and he just gave up... Today after being with me for about 4 years, my Toshiba M200's HDD gave up the ghost.

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I saw this coming a while back as early as December last year, that's why I choose to get a new laptop knowing that the M200's stability was compromised.

And.. wow.. it held on for so long.. ok.. time for me to get a new hard disk then.


Sunday, August 19, 2007 11:40:22 PM (Malay Peninsula Standard Time, UTC+08:00)  #    Comments [0]  |