In case some people are wondering, Chio-Bu site is taking a long sabbatical. Very, very long.
I don't appear stress. I don't even think I am stressed.
But somehow, I've bitten my nails down to nothing and the skin around them's bleeding. My lips are bleeding too even though I am sure I am not consciously biting them. Ouch!
Oh... I just threw up. I couldn't hold my food down.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
New notebook bag for all the junk.
As a lazy vain person, I will like the perfect pretty bag that can fit all my junk.
So I searched around after seeing Andy's huge ass red Crumpler (by the way, is very good looking and functional but just so common). Andy blames the need for the gigantic bag to our company notebook. I agree!
This site cracks me up "Laptop cases are no longer simply about getting your laptop from one place to another; you can do that with a plastic grocery bag." I agree!
This site has interesting list! Oh Oh and that Pantagonia is so beautiful!
Anyways, I've decided that Timbuk2 is prettier but I will need to go to Apple store to check out STM, Booq, Chrome and the likes.
But I am so in love with the functionalities from Axio's Beatbox bag. Perfect for my plan of 2 notebooks. But I imagine I will topple over backwards (if it comes with any sling at all, which it doesn't).
I want a messenger anyways because my old notebook bagpack scratched my armpits till they sore.
Now how do I find the time to go shop for my perfect notebook bag?
Note: This slimplug is absolutely brilliant! Too bad mac can't have it.
EDIT: Phew! I went ahead and bought the Crumpler Harry Hoard in red. Why? It will fit all my junk and most probably protect my macbook. And then if I don't have other crap, I can fit 2 notebooks in. Cool! But I've gotta do something about the colour. Add fabric on it or something. It looks too... hygienic.
Woohooo! Spent more than an hour "asianificating" the bag. Now I am in love with it!
I was at Fall Factor in Alexandria Village. I must say Chrome messenger's so functional and clever. The seat belt thingie is really something. But I sorta think that I look like a turtle with the bag on my back. So eer... nopey.
So I searched around after seeing Andy's huge ass red Crumpler (by the way, is very good looking and functional but just so common). Andy blames the need for the gigantic bag to our company notebook. I agree!
This site cracks me up "Laptop cases are no longer simply about getting your laptop from one place to another; you can do that with a plastic grocery bag." I agree!
This site has interesting list! Oh Oh and that Pantagonia is so beautiful!
Anyways, I've decided that Timbuk2 is prettier but I will need to go to Apple store to check out STM, Booq, Chrome and the likes.
But I am so in love with the functionalities from Axio's Beatbox bag. Perfect for my plan of 2 notebooks. But I imagine I will topple over backwards (if it comes with any sling at all, which it doesn't).
I want a messenger anyways because my old notebook bagpack scratched my armpits till they sore.
Now how do I find the time to go shop for my perfect notebook bag?
Note: This slimplug is absolutely brilliant! Too bad mac can't have it.
EDIT: Phew! I went ahead and bought the Crumpler Harry Hoard in red. Why? It will fit all my junk and most probably protect my macbook. And then if I don't have other crap, I can fit 2 notebooks in. Cool! But I've gotta do something about the colour. Add fabric on it or something. It looks too... hygienic.
Woohooo! Spent more than an hour "asianificating" the bag. Now I am in love with it!
I was at Fall Factor in Alexandria Village. I must say Chrome messenger's so functional and clever. The seat belt thingie is really something. But I sorta think that I look like a turtle with the bag on my back. So eer... nopey.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
When I just can't seems to understand polygon drawing
I've been scratching my face (yes, when other people're confused, they scratch their head. I know, but I scratch my face), trying to figure out a way to draw my model at least in mesh or polygon. But I'm still stuck.
I wonder if I am supposed to use the gl primitives or glu. Grr... It's been bothering me and I can't even eat due to this obsession.
Oh wait. Somebody is talking about polygon tessellation. Polygon what? Constellation? Castration? Eh?
Wikipedia:
A tessellation or tiling of the plane is a collection of plane figures that fills the plane with no overlaps and no gaps.
In the subject of computer graphics, tessellation techniques are often used to manage datasets of polygons and divide them into suitable structures for rendering. Normally, at least for real-time rendering, the data is tessellated into triangles, which is sometimes referred to as triangulation. In computer-aided design, arbitrary 3D shapes are often too complicated to analyze directly. So they are divided (tessellated) into a mesh of small, easy-to-analyze pieces -- usually either irregular tetrahedrons, or irregular hexahedrons. The mesh is used for finite element analysis. Some geodesic domes are designed by tessellating the sphere with triangles that are as close to equilateral triangles as possible.
Ok.... I sort of think I understand?
These days, I use my lunch hour for reading. In no time, I will be skinny again! Whee.
Hai... On another note, my faculty is going to use me as the face of Computer Engineering. Har? What? Like school mascot? Ya. My face will be on national newspaper! Crap. I hope it's at page 176. Yep the second edition that didn't get to print. Now everybody will know I am in grad school.
I wonder if I am supposed to use the gl primitives or glu. Grr... It's been bothering me and I can't even eat due to this obsession.
Oh wait. Somebody is talking about polygon tessellation. Polygon what? Constellation? Castration? Eh?
Wikipedia:
A tessellation or tiling of the plane is a collection of plane figures that fills the plane with no overlaps and no gaps.
In the subject of computer graphics, tessellation techniques are often used to manage datasets of polygons and divide them into suitable structures for rendering. Normally, at least for real-time rendering, the data is tessellated into triangles, which is sometimes referred to as triangulation. In computer-aided design, arbitrary 3D shapes are often too complicated to analyze directly. So they are divided (tessellated) into a mesh of small, easy-to-analyze pieces -- usually either irregular tetrahedrons, or irregular hexahedrons. The mesh is used for finite element analysis. Some geodesic domes are designed by tessellating the sphere with triangles that are as close to equilateral triangles as possible.
Ok.... I sort of think I understand?
These days, I use my lunch hour for reading. In no time, I will be skinny again! Whee.
Hai... On another note, my faculty is going to use me as the face of Computer Engineering. Har? What? Like school mascot? Ya. My face will be on national newspaper! Crap. I hope it's at page 176. Yep the second edition that didn't get to print. Now everybody will know I am in grad school.
Friday, August 22, 2008
What I think of grad school in the first 3 weeks
My first thoughts were:
I must be mad! Why did I choose this?
What am I majoring in? Virtual Reality. Huh? Yes. Quite mad, I know. But I was extremely bored at work and I've nothing much to occupy my mind with.
I didn't want to major in embedded systems or bioinformatics... which were the other two choices. So I chose this. Not much from Computer Engineering faculty really.
I still think I am mad and I hope as hell I don't drop out or worse; get kick out because I don't meet the GPA.
But I am starting to enjoy it a little.
The workload is absolutely inhuman. Oh I hope I make it. I must!
NOTE:
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee! My 3D model loads!!! Well, not really. The vertices' plotted but but they look like an explosion now. Let's see....
I must be mad! Why did I choose this?
What am I majoring in? Virtual Reality. Huh? Yes. Quite mad, I know. But I was extremely bored at work and I've nothing much to occupy my mind with.
I didn't want to major in embedded systems or bioinformatics... which were the other two choices. So I chose this. Not much from Computer Engineering faculty really.
I still think I am mad and I hope as hell I don't drop out or worse; get kick out because I don't meet the GPA.
But I am starting to enjoy it a little.
The workload is absolutely inhuman. Oh I hope I make it. I must!
NOTE:
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee! My 3D model loads!!! Well, not really. The vertices' plotted but but they look like an explosion now. Let's see....
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Interesting Unix related reference
http://unix.t-a-y-l-o-r.com/index.html
On 3D mesh and polygon:
http://research.microsoft.com/displayarticle.aspx?id=690
On 3D mesh and polygon:
http://research.microsoft.com/displayarticle.aspx?id=690
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
OpenGL with some breakthrough!
I've been staring at the beginner's opengl codes. Starting to make more sense to me now.
Yay! Will write the breakdown notes later.
This is great quick reference:
http://wiki.vislab.usyd.edu.au/moin.cgi/Multimedia_Computing_and_Processing/Tutorials/OpenGL_Basics
http://www.ace.uwaterloo.ca/~liho/homepage/opengl.html
Yay! Will write the breakdown notes later.
This is great quick reference:
http://wiki.vislab.usyd.edu.au/moin.cgi/Multimedia_Computing_and_Processing/Tutorials/OpenGL_Basics
http://www.ace.uwaterloo.ca/~liho/homepage/opengl.html
Monday, August 18, 2008
Samsung Z800 modem with Macbook- Leopard
It works like a charm!
No driver installation.
System Preferences --> Network:
Samsung CDMA Technologies.
The settings:
Click on Advance to set the:
Vendor: Samsung
APN: internet
**these settings only work for Singtel BOM users.
No driver installation.
System Preferences --> Network:
Samsung CDMA Technologies.
The settings:
Click on Advance to set the:
Vendor: Samsung
APN: internet
**these settings only work for Singtel BOM users.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
When you're an idiot at XCode and GLUT
OneSadCookie: Xcode/GLUT Tutorial
GL Overview:
http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/packages/opengl/gl/index.html
Some theory & maths:
http://www.meandmark.com/articles.html
OTHER UNIS:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jonmc/CSE3313/Resources/SampleCode/index.html
BEGINNERS:
http://www.nextdawn.nl/
http://www.videotutorialsrock.com/
http://www.codesampler.com/oglsrc.htm
http://www.lighthouse3d.com/opengl/tutorials.shtml
SAMPLE:
http://www.opengl.org/code/
WIKI:
http://wiki.gamedev.net/index.php/Main_Page
GLUI for Mac OS X:
http://lukecyca.com/2007/02/14/glui-23-framework-for-mac-os-x/
GL Overview:
http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/packages/opengl/gl/index.html
Some theory & maths:
http://www.meandmark.com/articles.html
OTHER UNIS:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jonmc/CSE3313/Resources/SampleCode/index.html
BEGINNERS:
http://www.nextdawn.nl/
http://www.videotutorialsrock.com/
http://www.codesampler.com/oglsrc.htm
http://www.lighthouse3d.com/opengl/tutorials.shtml
SAMPLE:
http://www.opengl.org/code/
WIKI:
http://wiki.gamedev.net/index.php/Main_Page
GLUI for Mac OS X:
http://lukecyca.com/2007/02/14/glui-23-framework-for-mac-os-x/
Saturday, August 16, 2008
As I stare at the gl codes
You're taunting me, aren't you?
The habit is... if you stare at something long enough, it will make sense to you. I believe I've stared at this piece of code long enough. And yet I still don't understand it.
Good luck!
The habit is... if you stare at something long enough, it will make sense to you. I believe I've stared at this piece of code long enough. And yet I still don't understand it.
Good luck!
Friday, August 15, 2008
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