Over the past week, it has being very exciting, we catch Michael Jackson tribute show, Thriller Live. Ran 4km with sandra. Watch at least 3 movies with family. I also resumed my  internet business. As many already know that I am doing business on the internet (Even pastor got news of it and ask to see my website), actually during the course of NS, I tried very hard to do it, but it just don’t work if I cannot put in my 100% into it. Imagine, each week, I only had Saturday night to be online doing business. There’s no way I can keep up with the workload of a full internet business in 1 night so…

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Facebook is the revolution of how people communicate, share information, think and even live their lives. In fact, Facebook has being so intertwined with our psyches and daily habits that their first thing to do for the day is to check their Facebook account.

However, in the film, the director did not truly understand the significant of the whole social revolution but just focuses on the business success, damage relationship? Its POV (point of view) focus on only a bunch of people doing cool stuff, getting great result and that’s it.

Perhaps, it could also go deeper into Mark’s life? His genius brilliant. More of his anarchy behavior? And giving in abit of fictional drama/action here and there due to him being a genius?

Maybe, I’m just not so into… the contemporary film-making style.

There’s still some take-away from watching the film.

I love the way they work- by getting plugged in (Used to describe someone who becomes oblivious to their surroundings because they are listening to their mp3 player or iPod too loudly). I believed if I am plugged in too when I’m working, I will be more efficient and achieve more things in less time (I am easily distracted).

Maybe I should try it now ‘toolbar=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0,width=630,height=600, top=0, left=0′)”>Mail this post

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I’m typing the draft of this post on my iPod Touch WordPress app. Since I can’t blog much about army related stuff and the what I am up to these dazes (pls gimme an obedience soldier award ), there’s really not much to write about.

Anyway, I’ve following iOS 4 closely and have successfully jailbreak both my iPod touch and iPhone that is running on ios4. iPhone 4 is indeed a beauty, pls don’t let the recent antenna issue affect your decision if you are planning on getting an iPhone 4. The media just love to blow up things.

Talking about iPhone 4. The trend is that, slowly, mobile is going to take over the way you surf the internet. Major company like Apple and Google already predicted it and they relate more and more to mobile devices.

Statistic shows that mobile Internet is on the rise and the growth is huge. Very soon people will be spending more of their time surfing on mobile devices rather than on desktop or even laptop computer.

Man! I’m such a geek… -_-” ‘toolbar=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0,width=630,height=600, top=0, left=0′)”>Mail this post

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Battery research is focusing heavily on lithium chemistries, so much so that one could presume that all portable devices will be powered with lithium-ion batteries in the future. In many ways, lithium-ion is superior to nickel and lead-based chemistries and the applications for lithium-ion batteries are growing as a result.

Lithium-ion has not yet fully matured and is being improved continuously. New metal and chemical combinations are being tried every six months to increase energy density and prolong service life. The improvements in longevity after each change will not be known for a few years.

A lithium-ion battery provides 300-500 discharge/charge cycles. The battery prefers a partial rather than a full discharge.

Frequent full discharges should be avoided when possible. Instead, charge the battery more often or use a larger battery. There is no concern of memory when applying unscheduled charges.

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When talking to prospective jailbreakers, I am both shocked and outraged by the lies and myths that they swallow. They will believe almost anything, simply because it is said by men in suits from apple.

1. Jailbreaking is illegal.

This is the argument that I hear most often, and the one apple fan-boys (and girls!) defend resiliently. The simple truth is, it’s not. The law states that “reverse-engineering of hardware is acceptable in order to add functionality”. Jailbreaking certainly adds functionality, so there should be no leg for apple to stand on, yet they resort to these scare tactics.

2. Jailbreaking voids the warranty.

This is not true. Because the restore process unmounts the drives (according to ih8sn0w- a prominent member of the jailbreaking community) there is *no* possibility of apple finding out that it was previously jailbroken. All of the software is wiped, including the products of the jailbreak. A friend of mine had jailbroken his ipod touch when the screen started to come loose at the edges. He restored it and took it back to apple. They issued a replacement; no questions asked.

3. Jailbreaking damages your iDevice.

I cannot stress enough how useful the restore option in iTunes is. *Whatever* happens, you can always restore. Since DFU mode is built into hardware, there is no way that you can modify it. As a result, there will be no situation in which your iDevice won’t restore. Seriously, try it out. SSH in as root and delete everything. That’s right; everthing. A restore will still work. I know, it sounds crazy! I didn’t believe too so I tried it. Needless to say, I was shocked and overjoyed when iTunes fixed it.

4. Jailbreaking leaves your device open to hacks.

I must admit, this is based partly in truth. However, it was the users’ fault, not the jailbreak’s. They installed openSSH, yet didn’t change the password. This is downright idiotic. Imagine creating an email adress and leaving the password as “password” then complaining about getting hacked into. You’d get laughed at. It’s the same principle here. There are some easy to follow guides on the internet of how to change your root password, something highly recommended.

5. Jailbreaking doesn’t add functionality; it is only used to get cracked apps.

Is being able to background apps not adding functionality? Is theming not adding functionality? Is being able to circumvent pointless “protections” by apple (such as apps not being able to change screen brightness) not adding functionality? Is instant access toggles from anywhere (sbsettings-check it out!) not adding funcionality? Suddenly this argument seems petty doesn’t it? I’ll admit it, a high proportion of users jailbreak for the abilty to get cracked apps. I do not condone this at all. However, anti-jailbreakers need to realise that we’re not all criminals. A lot of us jailbreak for one simple reason; it allows our devices to reach their full potential.

In order for the jailbreak community to flourish we need to better educate possible jailbreakers of the misinformation they are being fed by so called “impartial” bloggers. ‘toolbar=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0,width=630,height=600, top=0, left=0′)”>Mail this post

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A little update about what I went through so far. It seemed that the last post I was talking about Armor Live Firing. Those were during the early stages of my Armor Conversion Course. Then we had the CAT (Combine Armed Term) where we (those who went through SISPEC) gathered together for a Passing-Out-Parade.

CAT period was really the best time we had in NS. We wake up late. Walk (not march) lazily to the cookhouse for our breakfast. Return to bunk. Continue sleeping… The following week, we returned to Armor and prepare for (gulp*) field camp. Right after field camp is… Taiwan “holiday”… OMGosh. 1 month “holiday”!?!? I sure missed home and Sandra (^-^)

The grand finale of Armor Conversion Course is our other POP, codename: Open House (Don’t be so formal, come and chill and hang around and look see look see).

“Don’t bring too many people,” and so they said.

“If everyone bring more than 2 people, there will not be enough seats…blah blah blah…”

“I will do random check to see if YOU GUYS bring more than 2 parents/gf/bf. No choice, we have to control the crowd… oink* oink* oink*…”

Let’s work out the formula of the turnout :- (Total number of parent expected to come)*2 – [Unforeseen circumstances + Not compulsory + Early saturday morning + YAAE (Yet-Another-Army-Event) + Can't decide who to bring (might as well don't bring any)] = FULL HOUSE!!! = Those who bring any more than 2 person will BE PUNISHED!!!

They are RIGHT! Oh man! Some of parents will not have seats and have to stand outside =(

Don’t messed with the Inciks. Confinement comes easy, and go… minus 1 weekend.

“We the soldier… marching in… lalalala… Eh wait! Why are there so many empty seats? Wait! The auditorium is half-filled only!? Must be my eyes playing trick on me. The Inciks are never wrong.”

Well… It’s good. At least no marching under the hot sun and turn ‘chao tar’.

And my blog always ends with a Bang, don’t they?

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I was appointed the ammo ic we had less than 5 hours of sleep for the past 3 days.

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Armor vocation is the 2nd toughest (Infantry being the 1st). Of course I am jealous of friends who has being posted to SIGNAL and MP (Military Police), but I believe God has His plan and reason to put me in Armor.

Ever though I am reluctant to go through the tough period of being an Armor Infantry, since I have no choice, I might as well do a good job.

Samuel standing tall and proud with his black beret

I also appreciate the constant support from friends, family and especially my darling, 5and. Without you guys, I might not be able to go through this phase of life. ‘toolbar=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0,width=630,height=600, top=0, left=0′)”>Mail this post