Tired, but not defeated yet

Posted by jiinjoo in June 29th, 2008

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Guess I have to let off some steam (by blogging) before I knock off today. It has been a great sense of accomplishment for me, but this crazy schedule of mine is going to swallow me whole if I don’t start figuring out how to manage it. I guess what most people say is right [...]

This kid’s playing can make any trombonist cry…

Posted by jiinjoo in June 25th, 2008

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You can forward to 2:15 for the performance. His hand is so small he even needs a contraption to hold the trombone in place (see 5:18) or the trombone is simply too heavy. And at 12 what was I playing? Oh right, Brook Park Overture, Widuri, Somewhere Out There.. *pulls [...]

Telco Two Sided Market

Posted by jiinjoo in June 21st, 2008

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A “two sided market” is a rather recent economics term, basically a new way to look at many of these platforms who has two mutually reinforcing players. But alas my study and understanding of the concepts are not complete yet, will have to study it closely further. Here’s a deck from “Telco 2.0″:

Simple Game, Nice Music, Reflex and Relax

Posted by jiinjoo in June 19th, 2008

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Got this form changyang. Yes, I agree the music is sweet.

DL FF3 Now!

Posted by jiinjoo in June 18th, 2008

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Quick, join the Firefox Download Day now! Click Here to Download Firefox 3 It works like a charm, but brace for bugs, as per any new releases. Although, now FF3 comes with “Warranty”… not! And it also has robots.

Shopping for Body Improvements (less than USD $1 million)

Posted by jiinjoo in June 13th, 2008

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Total cost? $735,600 Not as expensive as you’d expect. I was particularly surprised that an Exoskeleton will retail only for as little as $15,000 USD. This means soon our security forces will look no different from the likes of the Federation in Star Wars. Here’s a breakdown of the cost. [...]