Constructive Deconstruction

Tired of Werewolves, Slayers and Vampires on Facebook? Block Them!

November 5, 2007 on 4:17 pm | In Daily Lesson | 5 Comments

STEP 1.

 STEP 2.

 STEP 3

I got too lazy to do a screenshot…but you’ll just have to click the “BLOCK” button and you’re done! No more irritating and useless application requests from that application!

STEP 4

Repeat for Werewolves and Slayers and every other useless application!

Playing with Foolishness

June 21, 2007 on 2:12 am | In Daily Lesson | No Comments

End of Day 1.

The single most powerful lesson of the day must be my uploading of that Youtube video. On normal days, i think i’d find myself laughing my socks off at how stupid someone who does that is. But i’ve realised it’s quite different to actually be the one that’s gone through with it.

Firstly, the decision to do it was a simple “Yes. Let’s just this.” And somehow, I felt this  approach was something I need to do more when it comes to trying new things. I don’t ever want to be constrained by societal expectations. I want to be able to do something simply because I want to do it. The process of determining whether something is something I really want to do is the part that needs to be refined though….

Well…on a part technical note, i pulled that off in a series of RAM consuming steps…

1. Copy .vro file from miniDVD
2.  Extract the scene to a .mpg(i can only extract to that format)
3. convert .mpg to .mov
4. Use sony soundforge 8 to edit .mov file
5. Ensure that both song mp3 and .mov files are at same frequency
6. overlay and synchronise the actual song to the video channel
7. save

…There must be an easier way of doing this.

Gone to sleep. Off to day 2.

Daily Lesson: Family

June 20, 2007 on 1:48 am | In Daily Lesson | 2 Comments

I’ve decided that perhaps its good for me to structure a forced way of making the best out of each day. I live too much on short timelines and milestones that I sometimes forget what really matters - to learn and to maximise each day not just in terms of tangible issues but also in the more ‘hearty’ issues.

So here, i’m going to go for a slight shift in how I run my days. I’m aiming to do the following:

1. sleep at 2am each day and wake up at 6.30am.
2. Go for a short run each morning
3. read the papers/watch news/read newsfeeds while having breakfast.
4. Morning blog entry.
5. Map goals of the day
6. Live the morning(means start work)
7. Mid-Day Entry cum lunch
8. Live the rest of the day.
9. Daily Lesson at the end of the day.

I’ll probably deviate here and there…but that’s the rough skeleton of the day which i’m going to try to live by..at least for weekdays that is.

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I spent much of the day just trying to get back the momentum for doing work. It’s been a terribly slow week so far with Monday completely spent with me just losing myself in the ‘nice-ness’ of the weekend that just past. It was truly a magnificent weekend filled with such a warm feeling that i haven’t had for such a long time.After trying desperately to get work done, I realised that it was getting late and so left to go to Geek Terminal for a short break before I’d head over to the National Library to catch Kevin’s talk.But I guess the highlight of the day was the supper. After weeks of being so busy, it was nice just having supper with the family. Although my youngest brother was stuck at home because it was past his probation time, it reminded how at the end of the day it’s really family that’s your pillar of strength. Friends come and go, business rise and fall, girlfriends kiss and leave, but family…they stay throughout. They see you cope with losing your friends. They see you struggle with hitting brick walls while chasing your dreams. Sometimes they get angry with you. Sometimes they hurt you. But they never leave.

Family Rocks. Remember that.