Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Microsoft Windows Vista

M$ has announced the product name of the next generation Windows a.k.a. "Longhorn" before.
Microsoft Windows Vista

The page claims to release Vista Beta 1 by Aug 3, 2005.

Let's see

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

My MSN spaces

Rick Choi's Space

Today, I've opened a MSN spaces account.
This is my personal blog in Traditional Chinese.

The interface is cool.
It provides photo-hosting service, which is just available at Blogger.com since late June.

I believe I'll be loving it.

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Code Generation plugin for .NET

Code Generation tool.
Visual Studio XGen

It looks good.
I'll try it later...as recently I'm so exhausted.

I've already got some ideas on the next move.
Certainly, it'll be about .NET

Sunday, July 10, 2005

Google toolbar for Firefox

This is not news, but my re-recognition on the need of this toolbar.

Well, I've used Google toolbar in IE for years.
Months ago, I've installed Firefox to my home PC and used the default Google plugin bundled with Firefox.

Now I install it to my Firefox.
The main reason is the BlogThis button. I can somehow save some typing time.

Saturday, July 09, 2005

MSDN seminars 2005

The next wave of technology series has been announced.
HK MSDN seminar

For the .NET fans like me, you must not miss any of them~
However, I'm going to miss the 1st one
XD

These seminars focus on SQL2005, well, as expected.

A surprise comes from the topic of PHP/MySQL mirgration to .NET.
Does it show the direction and trend that M$ strategists have predicted?

Thursday, July 07, 2005

Free PDF writer

Someone has suggested this stuff to me
it looks cool~

CutePDF
Perhaps you're looking for something like this one!

Previously I was using PDFCreator

Myth of Clothing

Recently, I started working with formal dressing.

It's interesting that I'm feeling somthing different. Is it the magic of clothing?
Somehow I find myself pretenting more professional when I'm dressing this way.

I start to have a sense of "professionalism" at work.
Anyway I think it's a good sign.

Confirmation of redemption gift - MSDN seminar

For those who has claimed for the redemption gift of HK MSDN seminar (technology series), check your mailbox right now!

M$ has mail me the confirmation of my redemption gift:

MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing Web Applications with Microsoft visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET (Second Edition)

However, I worry if I has chance to make good use of it at work... as I've just installed VS.NET2002 to my office's machine, neither 2003 nor the latest 2005...

Let's see if this kit is good for junior developers like me!
^_^

Monday, July 04, 2005

Legacy Systems

I'm facing some legacy systems written in FoxPro & VB6 now.
Certainly, I'm going to support them.

ISAM
Moreover, another one is built on ISAM file, but not RDBMS.
My ex-boss told me months ago, ISAM file is used to store data in the old days. That's the time I was helping him to convert data from a DOS based system to M$ SQL server...
Well, I've never heard of it before.

1st day of work

Today I rejoin the company I worked for during my placement year.
I can still recall the SARS outbreak in that year - 2003.

Although it's too early to say, I can feel some challenges approaching.
I'm guessing when I start travelling to mainland. Hopefully I can get used to Putonghua at that time = =+.

A big surprise comes from the marriage of my colleague. It's great to know that his baby is coming.