Halo @ Medan

I had a lunch appointment with an old friend and waiting for his pick-up at the office gate and saw something remarkable optical phenomenon. At first I thought it was a rainbow, but a halo would fit it better.

So I took the chance of taking the picture of it with the phone.




This one was taken by another colleage.

Free development tools for Windows platform

This might be too late to post this, but anyway...

If you are working on Microsoft Windows platform and wanting a free development tools to develop system, this would be one of the list.

1. Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition for IDE
2. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition for database engine
3. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Management Studio for database management
4. Paint.NET for image processing (additional plugin for icons)

These are the tools/technology that I have been using to develop applications and I pretty much enjoy it.

Google Map with GPS

Downloaded Google Maps for mobile devices yesterday but forgot to test it out until this morning.

With the 3G network, it's even faster than my internet connection when it loads the images. I was evern more thrilled when I turned on the GPS, it just works. ^_^

This was my last location before I lost the GPS signal as I entered the office building. quite accurate. The only problem is that Google does not give enough detailed view of maps in Indonesia (as in not updated and not enough resolution). But.. good enough for now.

Screen Capture Utility for Windows Mobile

Ever feel like capturing the screen in your Windows Mobile device?

I found out this little tool that will just do the job; it's free of course. ^_^

And listening to local radio at Mix FM (90.8 FM) screen capture; I like the colour mixing in the interface. ^_^

Chinese in Windows Mobile

I'm trying to read Chinese characters from e-Sword and found out that by default, my device does not support them. Did some search and found this site. Just download the Chinese fonts and install it. I was depressed as it didn't work at first, but I got the idea or restarting the device. Walla.. it works.

I have been receiving some messages (SMS) with Chinese character in the past and couldn't read it. We'll see later. Usually those kind of SMS come during Chinese New Year. ^_^

The New HTC Touch Diamond

At last... I got myself a brand new HTC Touch Diamond and sold out the old Xda O2 IIs that I bought on August 9, 2005.