Sunday, October 23, 2011

Random Thought

As I sit here at Regent, eating my luner at 6pm, I wonder - wouldn't it be nice to be able to see different people everyday and make them smile...

Like seeing kids light up seeing their favorite pastries arrive at their hands, or seeing people enjoy what they are eating, under a nice relaxing atmosphere... wouldn't that be fun...

The freedom to do whatever you want, to control your own time, and be anywhere you want to be... it will take alot of work and 'experience' and 'tuition' to make happen, but maybe it is worth it...

Thursday, October 20, 2011

On Buses and Bus Apps

Even if you know in almost real time when the bus is arriving, it doesn't do any good when you feel bad when someone is running way over in their 2 hour talk with no breaks... one ends up just watching the app the connecting bus pass by...

To think, without technology, I wouldn't have the expectation...

Probably what annoys me more was I missed my chance to get back 30 min earlier... and I had to sit through a 3 hour lecture without break hearing about what for the last 20 min were advertisement of the patent industry... maybe it was the lack of breaks, but the talk could have been half an hour shorter.

As I sit here now, alone at the bus stop, lesson learnt. Be concise with my own presentations and don't ramble on and on...

Oh.. on another note.. it has been 2 months, and the publish button for blogger on ie9 still doesn't work. Now with Mango, the browser is now ie9 too (w.o the option to go into compatibility mode)... so no more publishing as I go... what a bummer. I wonder when someone will decide to fix this.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Ghetto Heart Monitor

Technology from what must be from the 80s...

You'd think there would be some kind of USB or wifi/internet upload. But nope, to use, you call in, put the mouthpiece near the device, then replay this high pitched voice.

Not to mention it doesn't work... Good thing I am getting a different device. Someone really needs to fix this for this industry... .. .

Saturday, October 08, 2011

My Course Textbook

When course textbooks are effectively 120 page novels... it makes it a much more entertaining read... even though I have taken a nap or two already... and it's only 3:47 pm...

The coolest part is perhaps if I knew about this book, I probably would have picked it up to read in my spare time anyway :)

Paying for Things I Don't Use

Question of the day:
Why do I have to pay for a bus pass that I will never get to use?

And the kicker is - if I try to pay by credit card, there's a convenience fee of $83 for a $79 charge... wtf...

Rip-off x2