0 comments Live Strong - 09.29.07

- Monica Bondar

You have to live as if you're going to die tomorrow.

[photo by Josh Williamson - CC-license]

2 comments Lost: USB Flash Drive - 09.27.07

I can't find my USB flash drive! I have a whole bunch of stuffs in it!

:'(

UPDATE: Haha, I found it! It slipped under the cushion-thingy on the sofa - where the "lost" remotes always go. :)

[photo by Chris Wage, used under a CC-license]

0 comments My Movie - 09.24.07

I created a little page that lists the movies I have watched (from the past, present and future). The database consists of 2 columns (unique ID and IMDB ID) and the code is probably less than 1kB.

Maybe I will make something like what Philipp did with CoverBrowser.

0 comments Homecoming - 09.20.07

I decided not go to my school's homecoming dance this year. Reason? There's really no point of going. No, nada.

Well, I am still searching for the point of life. Not 42, it ain't that simple. Let's call it Operation FaXh from now on.

0 comments Relativity - 09.16.07

Everything's relative. In this 24-hour a day world, when you choose to do something, you miss out something else.

[photo by Procsilas Moscas, used under a CC-license]

1 comment Commitment - 09.14.07

ThinkFree Online, the free online edition of ThinkFree Office that says "[t]he importance of security for all Personally Identifiable Information associated with our user is of utmost concern to us" in their Privacy Policy failed to address to a XSS vulnerability in more than 45 days after I sent them the email regarding to the vulnerability in July (which was "referred to the development team" a day later).

According to the ThinkFree Blog, they have over 1 million document hosted and more than 335,000 users, as of August 12.

I mean like, it's only going to take them 3 minutes to have a temporally fix. They must be high on Kool-Aid or something.

FTW.

2 comments School ID - 09.13.07

It just keep getting better and better. I remember that my freshman year's school ID photo was terrible looking; last year's was a bit better, but not quite there yet; the one for this year (above) is just wonderful. :)

I initially thought that I was making a funny face, like what Cliff and Dante did, but somehow it didn't work out. (sometimes you just can't control your facial expression!)

Technology has improved. We used to have to wait about two weeks to get our IDs after the photos were taken, and this time it took only about a minute.

Something stupid (and quite embarrassing) happened while I was in the line waiting to have my year book photo be taken, but I don't feel like sharing it here. (why bring it up then?)* Also, I said something really, really stupid today in my 8th period class today, which I kinda regret about (I thought it was funny at the time). Yeah, I am not telling you that either.

*Because I am the one that's writing it, not you. :)

3 comments The Cartoon Me - 09.10.07

Shane got bored in AP English last week so he ask me to be his "model". The drawing turned out to be pretty good, only that it doesn't look a lot like me. :-/

Anyways, kudos to him. :)

0 comments School Bus - 09.10.07

I rode a school bus today for the first time in more than two years. Feeling good. :)

[photo by Sebástian, used under a CC-license]

3 comments 821 Days - 09.09.07

Yet I still can't forget her.

[photo by David Gaunt, used under a CC-license]

0 comments Get a Better GPA - 09.03.07

Just finished reading "7 Strategies to Raise Your GPA this Semester" and let's see how many of the 7 strategies I am employing now.

• Go to class (check)
• Sit in the front row (check)
• Take notes by hand (check)
• Do a weekly review (nay)
• Go to office hours (nay)
• Find smart people to work with (check)
• Avoid all-nighters (check)

Five out of seven, not that bad I suppose... :)