http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/ hendrikch.info - Snippets of Hendrik Christian Daily Life Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:30:00 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. PCs Friends Christianity http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/archive/220.html Sat, 25 Jun 2005 04:45:36 GMT I have moved my blog from Blogdrive to Tabulas. Please make sure that you always visit my new blog using http://www.hendrikch.tk. Thanks. http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/comments?id=220 http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/archive/187.html Fri, 24 Jun 2005 04:50:51 GMT You are the chinese element of Fire. People who are under the element of fire are considerate, sensitive and communicative. Fire, you are a conjuror, and you hate boredom, butterfly emoitions and you also crave excitement. The color of fire is red and your symbol is the phoenix. Summer is the season in which fire shines and it's months are April/May. Your weather condition is heat. Fire is the direction south, and your day is Tuesday, while your planet is Mars. Animals under your element are usually winged. People under you are the Hans. Your sense is taste, whereas your taste is bitter,... (more) http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/comments?id=187 http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/archive/219.html Tue, 03 May 2005 10:44:09 GMT My first website was created wayyyy back in 1999 with hit counter started from 1. Second, third, and fourth designs soon followed during my NTU days. Version 5 was born when I started to join the blogging world back in April 2004. Version 5 started with hit counter around 9000. So, if you calculate it, it took me five years from 1999 to 2004 for that 9000 hits. Starting with version 5, as blog's nature, contents is more important than website designs. And your responses were very good. 900 hits over the first month of my blog, back at Blogdrive. Now at Tabulas, still thinking whether this... (more) http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/comments?id=219 http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/archive/180.html Mon, 02 May 2005 05:43:19 GMT Apparently Google Groups has its limit. I don't know how many messages were posted when the 'warning' from Google came, but I remember few months back, we posted around 2,200 emails per day , and haven't got this message from Google yet. Oh yes, the group is very very very super highly active with emails And no, I don't read all of the emails. 2,200 emails (assuming I can read each email within 5 seconds) will last me more than 6 hours to finish them all. Here is the email from Google that we received I wonder if any of you have ever joined such active group before, hehehe.... Hello... (more) http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/comments?id=180 http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/archive/218.html Sat, 30 Apr 2005 09:55:44 GMT Yesterday was a half-day for our team, and so we went to Orchard Mandarin Triple 3 for $45+++ lunch. It was sumptuous, better than Amara's or Fullerton's buffet lunch, though the selection there was not as many as those in Amara. see this photo, and this one. Another round of lunch, this time in form of sashimi, oysters, scallops, prawns, salads, lobster, chicken, black forest, chocolates, etc. Hahaha... do you feel hungry now? After lunch, we headed straight to SuperBowl at Jurong for two rounds of bowling. My first round was so bad, I only managed to score, don't laugh, 49 . Second round... (more) http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/comments?id=218 http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/archive/217.html Thu, 28 Apr 2005 05:51:48 GMT Imagine a 3G phone with 2 Megapixel camera, and video recorder, and GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz, and Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi 802.11b, and Wi-Fi 802.11 g, and built-in stereo FM, and Opera browser, and USB port that can play MP3, WMA, AAC, M4A from its built in 4 GB hard drive via a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack. Nah ... Sounds like a dream phone? Introducing to-be-released Nokia N91. Looks like a worthy successor to my Sony Ericsson K700i Sounds like your dream phone too? Read on from InfoSyncWorld. http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/comments?id=217 http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/archive/216.html Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:34:25 GMT Last night, I went to Microsoft for a seminar on the upcoming Windows Longhorn. We were shown the pre-beta build 5054 of Longhorn in soon-to-be-released IBM Thinkpad T43. There are few features that were shown last night, from the latest Longhorn Display Manager, which can zoom and shrink windows into any size in your screen, to the new index-based search and filtering. You can have a notepad or calculator so small that you can put it on the corner of your screen, or so big that it fills your entire screen. For the search capability, it is nothing new, as I am using Copernic Desktop... (more) http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/comments?id=216 http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/archive/215.html Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:49:17 GMT Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner said last week that he would swim from Norway to the United States if Opera 8 browser was downloaded a million times in its first four days of release. Because this target was exceeded over the weekend, the executive has agreed to keep to his promise. I really don't know how he is going to do that, but we'll see. FYI, approximate distance in miles from Minneapolis United States to Oslo Norway is 4036 miles or 6493.92 kilometers. What do you think of this "crazy" stunt? Read on from CNET ... http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/comments?id=215 http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/archive/214.html Sun, 24 Apr 2005 08:34:35 GMT I realized that there are too many features in Opera 8 browser for me to review, so I will better let you read reviews by professional reviewers. Try Google for Opera 8 reviews or CNET reviews. I have been using Opera for the past few days, and I am truly happy with it. The interface can be so minimal to provide maximum viewing space in your screen (see below). If you are really interested to try it, follow 30 days to become Opera 8 lover where Tim will discuss each and every feature found in Opera. However, I realized that Opera 8 is not for everyone. There are still a lot who prefers... (more) http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/comments?id=214 http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/archive/213.html Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:24:35 GMT After last month outing in Zouk Wine Bar, this month we had a BBQ last night somewhere around Clarke Quay. Satay, sausages, chicken wings, fried rice, fried bee-hoon, string-ray, prawns, corn, garlic bread, and such are on the food menu, and a lot of varieties of alcoholic drinks and fruit juices for the drink menu. Last night, I virtually had most alcohol in one night ever, in my whole life. I started with what we called Avanade plus, a mixture between Sparkling Wine and Sunkist, followed by Tequila Shot, Jack Daniels, Whisky Cola, Vodka with 7 Up, closed by Red Wine with 7 Up. Wow ... that... (more) http://hendrikch.blogdrive.com/comments?id=213