Build 115!

I know it's already ended, but I couldn't stop myself from finishing the whole thing!

New features coming soon for DR FOOOOOOOOD!

Cloudy cloud

It was an interesting introduction of Cloud Computing (and bunch of things bout AWS) by this Amazon guy on last Monday. I did hear about this Cloud thingy from some google video before but had totally no idea what was it about. I did a few research online and I found that this technology is not actually something novel or new, just that the same technology we've been using years being repackaged in new way. From my point of view, Cloud is just a giant server, cut into pieces and distributed into different physical/digital locations, with higher performance and (they claimed) better security system. IMO, no matter how they emphasized on the better security using cloud and etc, it still possesses and generate security concern especially about privacy and reliability. I'm sure this whole cloud thingy had brought a lot of attentions from hackers all around the world, giving them more reason to challenge the so called unchallengeable. I'm also wondering if it's not only provoking more cyber terrorists, but also exposing itself to "physical" terrorists. Wouldn't it be possible for terrorist to consider taking the cloud as hostage since MANY important stuff stored in a few (or perhaps many) physical servers , of cause provided that they manage to locate where they are which seems to be very possible for them since they can even put a hole in pentagon and take down the Twin Towers. I had actually found an article regarding the terrorist risk on Cloud here :

Could The Cloud Lead To An Even Bigger 9/11?

No doubt, this cloud computing thingy will be another BIG thing in the near future (or perhaps we are already there). The main question here is are we actually ready for it?

I must post this

Seriously, I need to manage my time better. I'm writing this now because i just realize i haven't reached my 1-post-per-week quota...


Building a facebook application is easy. Building a FB app with AI + Flash is NOT! Do you sometimes feel that you suddenly got yourself in a deep pool of shit and just to realize it is too deep for you to swim out of it? This AI which we are trying to create was supposed to learn and get smarter as more ppl play with it, but so far, it seems to have Down Syndrome where it still couldn't count its own fingers! I swear I read through all the research report on Neural Network and Decision Tree or whatever, but I still couldn't find a feasible way to integrate them into our AI...

Maybe I should just concentrate on polishing the GUI instead, let it be retarded but at least pretty to be seen.

Frustrated.

Oh yea, one more thing,
I found this on the fb developer forum, for those who wish to use Jquery on facebook canvas, you might want to try this :
http://code.google.com/p/fbjqry/

Blog Moved!

Finally decided to move to blogspot due to certain technical issues (mainly laziness). This is definitely more user friendly than the last one.

What a day! I never expected to spend 13 hrs in school on the first day. The class was fun, kinda nostalgic, reminding me of all the orientations I had in NUS. I had quite a lot of fun and glad to meet people with similar passion. My instinct was right, this module will definitely makes my last semester an unforgettable one.

After the first lesson of CS3216, I noticed that I'm in serious trouble, 3/4 modules i took involve projects, not to mention bout my FYP! However, I'm very excited bout all the projects and I can't wait to start it right now! There are already tonnes of ideas going on in my mind now, and all I need now is a team! (To anyone who is reading this, here you have a photoshop/illustrator/html+css/php/AS3/JS/ASP.NET C# guy waiting to be jio-ed (invited)! )

I would like to share something with you guys. To the flash/as3 fans/newbies out there, u might want to check these out!:

Tutorials:
http://active.tutsplus.com/
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash/index.htm
http://www.gotoandlearn.com/
http://papervision2.com/tutorial-list/ - tutorial for Papervision3D

Flash engines:
http://blog.papervision3d.org/ - 3D engine for Flash
http://www.away3d.com/- another 3D engine for Flash
http://box2dflash.sourceforge.net/ - 2D physics engine
http://www.flintparticles.org/ - Particles Engine
http://flixel.org/ - Game Engine! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
SmartFoxServer - Multipalyer Server for Flash

Inspirations:
The Gun Game :: Silvergames.com -- example of game using Box2D engine
The FWA -- great flash sites
and play a lot of games!

If anyone needs any help, i will be glad to help u out!