Cool Web App, OpenPhotoVR

Posted by mkhairul - April 15, 2008 at 11:04:00 pm - No Comments

Categories: blog

As I was going to sleep, I refresh reddit’s page one last time. An entry about a photovr (OpenPhotoVR) application is at the top of the reddit list. The title really caught my eye, very good title as the poster said he used one of the methods for web linking called link bait. I was impressed when I saw the video on photosynth demonstration, but this, one guy did all this with just using javascript, actionscript + flash and PHP. Less than 2K LOC (Lines of Code).

Ugh, too tired. Have to go to sleep, and see if the post is still at the top of reddit’s list tomorrow.
 

 

Google App Engine static_dir workaround, windows

Posted by mkhairul - April 11, 2008 at 07:04:52 pm - No Comments

Categories: Development, Tips, Troubleshoot, blog

There's two workaround for Google App Engine dev_appserver.py workaround regarding the app.yaml configuration file.

Change lines 2369-70 in <installdir>\google\appengine\tools\dev_appserver.py from:

to:

or

The latter works for me.

TODO: Search for tomorrow..

Posted by mkhairul - April 11, 2008 at 06:04:12 pm - No Comments

Categories: Development, blog

From tadalist to todoist to logarithmic time planning....

Stumbled upon a very nice web application called TODOIST in a post at polimath, TODO: Design a better todo. I liked it a lot, it beats tadalist hands down, IMO. One itch that I'd like to scratch is to be able to put in comments on it, optional and the comments are revised using the same concept as a wiki.

A comment which caught my interest is about the design of a TODO List called logarithmic time planning.

I really like what I call logarithmic time planning, in which events that are close at hand are scheduled with finer resolution than events that are far off. For example, things that happen tomorrow should be scheduled down to the minute, things that happen next week should be scheduled down to the hour, and things that happen next year should be scheduled down to the day. Why do all calendar programs force you to pick the exact minute something happens when you are trying to schedule it a year out? I just use a word processor to schedule all my events, tasks, and commitments, with resolution fading away the farther I look into the future. (It would be nice, though, to have a software tool that would gently help you make the schedule higher-resolution as time passes…)

- How to Think

That gives me an idea...

Read Excel files with Python (no win32com)

Posted by mkhairul - April 10, 2008 at 07:04:17 pm - No Comments

Categories: Development, blog

Read excel files from python using a package called xlrd that can read excel files from anywhere, even LINUX! No more importing win32com as displayed in recipes.
Maybe with this I can solve the problem involving the excel sheet and
vba thing that I'm having here at work. Not a priority, just someone
needs help with it and seems like a challenge. I'm not very familiar
with converting unicode back and forth.

Khairul’s Law

Posted by mkhairul - April 8, 2008 at 09:04:54 am - No Comments

Categories: blog

I was browsing ITtutor's forum looking for anything interesting in the "Sembang" thread and found a post about the Selangor Football Club being managed by a CEO.

Ok, as I was reading all the posts, it was ok, on topic and informative. After the 23rd post, I DON'T KNOW WHY, suddenly it goes into PIGS and POLITICS. Its like Godwin's Law but for ITtutor. I have no idea why the dude, asklinux, posts stuffs about the PIG farming issue which lead to politics in a post about football.

For anyone who doesn't know Godwin's Law,

As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."

In response to recent event, I hereby declare Khairul's Law,

As an ITtutor discussion grows longer, the probability of a post involving Malaysian Politics or Pigs approaches one."

Bad Start..

Posted by mkhairul - April 7, 2008 at 07:04:07 am - No Comments

Categories: blog

Bad start,

1. Left my backpack somewhere (its either in my friend's car or my old house).

2. Blisters from shoe. I don't why this happens NOW of all times. As soon as I arrived I switched to my slippers.

3. I left my magnetic card in the backpack.

4. The keys to my house and drawers at work is missing. I think I left it at the house. 

Learning Stuffs

Posted by mkhairul - April 6, 2008 at 10:04:27 pm - No Comments

Categories: blog

In 10 Ways to Learn New Things in Development, no 5 is "Teach Others".

If you can't explain a concept to a 6 year-old, you don't fully understand it. - Albert Einstein

Wow thats a tough one to do. How do I teach a concept on AJAX to a 6 year-old. Lets see.. AJAX, end-users are impressed by it, it does multiple task at one time, multiple task most often invisible to the end-user but practitioners sees right through it, cool neat tricks/effects. Sounds like an illusionist, magician or maybe David Blaine! Yeah got that one. Tons of other concepts to think off, can be a mental exercise by thinking about it. Nice.

Listening to podcasts really helps you keep yourself informed on whats the latest news, I listen to TWIT whenever I can and PC Gamer Podcast, to keep up with the latest gaming news and still buy their magazine.

Jeff came up with a nice post on UI-First Development. 37 Signals uses it, blinksale uses it and I think Wufoo uses it too! Can't go wrong with that.

 

D.Gray Man..

Posted by mkhairul - April 4, 2008 at 09:04:29 am - No Comments

Categories: blog

I have no PC in Shah Alam. So its kinda boring, nothing to do at the house other than watching astro. Even though there's lots of PC that belonged to the other residents but still, I don't like using it not because its slow or old, its just that doesn't feel nice and comfy.

So I was thinking of bringing my pc from Kota to Shah Alam, with more than 20+ episodes of D.Gray Man, time will pass by like a ferrari on a highway. Other than that nothing much is going on, finished my work early so I might as well note down all the suggestions that I can think of about the website or the system.

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