February 28th, 2010 There’s a recent spate of vampire movies brought on by the Twilight series (yeech!). Of course, this is nothing new, there’s the Lost Boys, the Blade Series, the Underworld series, etc. But Daybreakers is a vampire movie with a twist: Instead of humans being the majority, vampires are. It does make sense when you think [...]
February 27th, 2010 Batman: Arkham Asylum is the the said to be the best superhero computer game so far. And I can see why. In the game, Batman must fight Joker and his henchmen who have taken over the Arkham Asylum. This is not an easy task since Batman is one of the few superheroes who don’t have [...]
February 26th, 2010 I’ve updated my top S60 applications from its previous incarnation.
Walking Hotspot – Turns your phone into a wireless router and share your HSDPA signal (if you get one). I found it easier to use than Joikuspot
Opera Mobile – A niftier mobile browser than even Opera Mobile. It is standalone so it requires [...]
February 25th, 2010 We encountered some text that was breaking at the wrong place in our Flex application. Using didn’t work at all. After a bit of puzzling and searching, we found the answer. Instead of we should use  . It worked!
February 25th, 2010 I needed to quickly roll out a small security framework for an app at work. Since it’s a security framework, it must have at the minimum:
User Management – add/edit/delete users for administrators and change password for users.
Authentication – establish identity of a user by getting user credentials typically via a login page.
Authorization – establish if [...]
February 13th, 2010 Jeanne, Michelle, and I went to Clark for some sunbathing today. Okay, so we we’re not really there just for the sun. We went to the 2010 Clark Hot Air Balloon Festival. The balloons were scheduled to fly early so we left the house early since we wouldn’t want to miss the highlight of the [...]
February 13th, 2010 Michelle surprised me with a copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum aka Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth graphic novel for my birthday. That was awesome because aside from being an avid Batman fan (e.g. see this and this), I was also planning to buy and play the PS3 game of the same title. [...]
February 12th, 2010 Finally, finished playing Metal Gear Solid 4. This is the 4th and, supposedly, final installment of the Metal Gear series and it sure climaxes with a big bang. The games ties up the story lines of the previous games together, including any loose ends. I was only able to play Metal Gear Solid from the [...]