Trees - Sleeping Bear Dunes
Monday, July 13, 2009
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BSOD - atikmdag.sys
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Had been wrestling with this blue screen of death problem with my graphics card that strangely just happened from today and not from day 1. Nope.. I didn't install any new hardware or software at all!
It seems like a big problem for vista for quite some time without any proper solution. Nope.. the latest driver didn't solve my problem... Now I'm trying my 4th idea in trying to solve it.... Hope by removing Catalyst (and surrendering my control of my graphics card) will work. Alternative work around is to use the windows graphics driver which means I will have to live on 1600 x 1200 world in a 1920 x 1200 monitor and there goes my photoshop days too...
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People - Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Look out for more mini photo series from my June travels
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Really cool clock...
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Downtown Traverse City
Sunday, July 05, 2009
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Having fun with numbers
Friday, June 26, 2009
{ the first 10-digit prime in consecutive digits of e }.com
Just happened to surf by this really old news... but still fun nonetheless... interesting how google looks for employees... you gotta know your stuff!
To find the answers... look here.
*warning, not for the faint-hearted mathematically
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Things I learn from American TV ads
Monday, June 22, 2009
1. That 75% of a 30 seconds advertisement about medicine is to list all the side effects and disclaimers
2. That there is an advertisement about a previous advertisement with the purpose to clarify the disclaimers of the original advertisement
3. That there are 'kind-hearted' lawyers who will help you sue the sh*t out of some manufacturers or your employer if you took some pills/were exposed to some hazards within a certain timeframe.
4. That there is a use for the freeze frame function on TV - to read the paragraphs of fine prints that appear for less than 1 second.
5. That brand A and brand B can have a TV ad wars claiming each is better than the other in their own way based on their research/studies
6. That you can get this electrical wheelchair for free as the company can help you get the government to pay for you.
7. That if you owe more than $10K in credit card debts, there are companies that can help you pay a small fraction of what you owe to clear it.
It is interesting just watching the advertisements on TV.
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Michigan, Traverse City - A tale of 3 birds
Two birds looking for their chicks with food in their mouths
Finally managed to do so when I stepped further away
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Hello from Traverse City, Michigan
Sunday, June 07, 2009
The hotel is underwhelming.. the facilities are not worth mentioning, they don't even provide some basic stuff that we thought was necessary stuff. Adapting to the culture of tipping again and sucre is learning how to use a coin-phone all over.
Internet connection is rarely stable and definitely not that fast but at least I get to catch the daily show once more...
Life will be good once more, that is until term 3 starts and the rush begins again. Hooray.
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To Inspire Confidence in Teachers... We should...
Friday, May 22, 2009
hold open house for parents to sit in as 'students' to experience learning today.
It is very different from 20 years ago when the parents themselves study.
We no longer read from textbooks or notes directly from page 1 to page n, expect students to mug till their death to score their A's... We are doing so much more now and we need to bridge the huge gap between the conceptions of education in the past to that of today. We have moved away significantly from teacher imparting knowledge to students model towards that of student centred learning. Jargons like cooperative learning, constructivism, inquiry based learning and more can be introduced to parents and they can be 'invited' to such lessons (especially those better lesson plans that won the Most Innovative Teaching Awards in schools) and experience for themselves the difference in teaching and learning.
Wait... MOE Excelf Fest is open to the public (at least in 1 year as far as I remember) and parents can experience it if they are keen. Perhaps we should market and promote it more effectively...
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I ought to get some sleep, but my nose keeps running away...
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