Last week I got my credit card out to buy few applications from the apple app store for my iPod Touch. But I didn't!! Most of the applications I wanted did not have the support for Metric unit system! It is absolutely shocking that most American iPhone application developers didn't bother or too ignorant to realize that the rest of the world have moved on with the metric unit system. US is pretty much the …
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What!?
On the way back from Holy land trip to Israel I got myself a shiny new 16GB iPod Touch. More like an early birthday present from my better half… It was love at first sight! I love the sleek looking interface and easy of syncing with iTunes. Controls are much more intuitive as compared to my old Creative Zen. But… I just found out that if you want to play a video podcast you need to navigate to …
Evolution of “Breaking-up”
There was a time when a couple who wanted to end their relationship would meet and talk things through and say goodbye. Then things became much easier with the invention of the phone. Breaking up on the phone, though a cowardly way out, seemed to be a more attractive option to some people. With the dawn of mobile phones, the necessity to “talk-things-over” became obsolete. A simple SMS would suffice. Since I have not tried …
Mac-Zen woes
Yeah you guessed it right! I bought a Creative Zen vision:M few months ago. Last month Ephox gave me a MacBook Pro laptop. Now I have a problem! I can’t sync my Zen with my Mac. Only ray of hope is this software I found called XNJB. It does not sync but you can add/remove stuff from Zen. Hardly an elegant solution… So with this news, I have 2 choices… Succumb to the “Apple Monopoly” …
10 COOL things you didn’t know about Ephox
We have the best coffee machine in the world and we are proud of it! Engineering manager can actually code! 80% of the staff start work at 7am or earlier! Our Support engineer has a Degree in English! Product manager does not own a suit We have Dilbert comics on every wall We have the largest collection of soft toys in Australia! And yes we do throw soft toys at certain people to get …
Do you know what you are thinking?
On my way home from work couple of days ago, I was listening to a podcast by Dr.Nigel Warburton. The podcast was essentially about John Locke essay on "Human Understading". It was purely by accident I came across this podcast and quite honestly made me think! The fundamental idea behind Locke's theory is "Contents of human mind are transparent to itself". Meaning if you are having a thought, you should know the contents of that thought! …
