My New Office

Moved into new office last night, because my officemate found another job. It's smaller and windowless, but I can now call it my own. :)

Table Tennis Pros

These guys are good and funny too! :)

Happy Birthday

Thanks everybody! :)

Google Presentation

I'm trying out the new Google Presentation and I like it a lot. Everyone definitely needs to give it a try. :)

Workspace


Presentation Mode

Guess Who?

They are keynote speakers at TechCrunch40.

Marc Andreessen - former CTO and Co-founder of Netscape
Chad Hurley - CEO and Co-founder of YouTube
David Filo - Co-founder of Yahoo

I Like Robots

Source: http://crave.cnet.com/

Avoid these Meeting Mistakes

These are terrible meeting mistakes that one definitely need to avoid:

• Being Unprepared


• Showing Up Late


• Being a Meeting Hog


• Sitting Silently


• Expressing Rude Body Language


• Conducting Sidebar Conversations


• Arguing or Putting Others Down


• Leaving Your Cell Phone On


• Chewing Gum


• Shutting Down After the Meeting

I think most of these mistakes can be dealt with by using common sense, but you can read more about these at CNN.com.

Management

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces his altitude and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon and shouts "Excuse me, can you tell me where i am?"

The man below says "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field".

"You must work in technical support," says the balloonist. "I do," replies the man. "How did you know?" "Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but completely useless."

The man below says: "You must be in management." "I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well", says the man, "You don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're still in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."

Source: http://humor-world.blogspot.com/

How to truncate log file in SQL Server 2005

Found this nice article on how to truncate or totally eliminate log file in SQL Server 2005. I had to do this, because one of my websites' log file got up 6Gig. The procedure is not recommended by Microsoft for live databases, but I could not afford to have it take up that much space. Something had to be done. :)

Eliminate the log file completely

1. Detach the database



2. Rename the log file



3. Attach the database without the log file by highlighting the log file and click the 'Remove' button



4. Delete the log file

Source: http://www.codeproject.com/

MS SQL Server Suspect Database

Ever had your database marked as 'Suspect'? It happened to me today, and it's easily fixed by restarting SQL Server.

Blue-footed Boobies

These are birds that were spotted by Darwin on the Galapagos Islands.



Source: http://www.livescience.com/

Photo of the Day

Don't you want to be there right now? I know I do. :)



Source: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4920356&size=lg

Create a Transparent Image using Adobe Photoshop

I've finally learned how to create a transparent image using Adobe Photoshop. As you can see the new Dealyzer logo is now transparent. :D



Thanks to Vishah for putting it together.

Source: http://www.axialis.com/tutorials/tutorial-misc001.html

Speed Painting by Nico Di Mattia

This is really amazing! Check it out for yourself.

My Mom Cooks

This one goes out to my mom and her relentless cooking effort. Thanks to her; we're a happy and full family! :)

I will be taking pictures of our dinner and posting them here http://mymomcooks.blogspot.com/.

Facebook is Down

This is the first time I have seen the Facebook website being taken down for upgrade. Pretty cool, isn't it? :)

BT's Birthday Dinner and a Movie

Happy Birthday, Em Nho! Dinner was at Bistro 123 in Tysons Corners. Transformers afterwards. Highly recommend everyone to go see that movie.


HA & BT


Best Angus Beef Burger Ever!


BT & Her Imaginary Car :)

Web Trends 2007

Saw this interesting map of Web trends 2007 on TechCrunch.com. Wondering where my future start-up will fit in? :)



Sources:
TechCrunch.com
InformationArchitects.jp

Mom's Office Visit

Latest AJAX Project

Group effort really paid off for this project. It helped me learn a lot about AJAX, ASP.NET 2.0, and AJAX Control Toolkit.

BT's VCU Acceptance Party

July 4th Celebration

Thanks to An and Nelson for hosting. We had a good time, and the fireworks were awesome.

New Genesant Office in Tyson Corners

Introducing Digg Clone for Vietnamese Websites

The iPhone Is Out