For the past two years, crude oil in U.S. has seen a steady rising price going from $50 a barrel to the $100+ a barrel in the current situation. And certainly, people are paying attention to the rising gas prices at the pump and having second thoughts in trying out alternative public transport, which is [...]
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The Oil Issue and Future Cars
Posted in future, observation, tagged future cars, oil on July 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Infographics
Posted in future, observation, tagged infographics on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Traditional wisdom says that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” In the Information Age, the continuous explosion of data growth makes information processing and representation ever more important. Here are some of my favorite Infographic collection, convey intriguing meanings. The Food Pyamid The U.S. Sub-prime Foreclosure Statistics, 2008 What People Do Online – An [...]
Commodity is King
Posted in observation, tagged commodity on May 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the past few years, the computing industry has seen significant paradigm shift of capacity from high-end enterprise to low-end consumers. In software, the example would be the open source projects. Many software projects now rely on open source code as an initial step to get things started and then companies build on top of [...]
Opportunity Cost in Life
Posted in living, observation, tagged opportunity cost on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As I get older, I realized that as responsible adults, the amount of work we need to do keeps on increasing. This seems like an upward trend that will keep on growing. Our responsibilities increase, ranging from school, work, family, and other engagements. Losing sleep is one way to dealt with the problem, but it [...]
What I Learned during this Holiday Season
Posted in living, observation, tagged goals on January 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Although holiday season is usually the time for celebration, I learned that it is also a great time to get things done. Rather than going outside to get cramped with people, simply staying put can be much more productive. For myself, during this time I bonded with new friends in graduate school, catch up with [...]
The Importance of Closure
Posted in living, observation, tagged closure on November 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
For the past few weeks, I’ve been quite busy with a number of things to do, both in school and at home. Having overwhelmed with the tasks in hand, it reminded me of a saying that goes something like “A job half done is the same as a job not done at all.” This allowed [...]
Education in the Information Age
Posted in observation, tagged education on November 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The subject of educational reform has been a recurring topic in different historical contexts and various culture groups. In my perspecive, as we move forward to the Information Age, this topic of education program will be even more debatable and harder to tackle. Because it now involves a new subject known as “technology” which is [...]
Are People Getting Wiser With Age
Posted in living, observation, tagged being wise on October 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
A common saying that we hear around us is that people get wiser as they get older. However, recently I have been wondering whether this statement is really true or not? Although it is true that the older people are, the more experience and mature they become. Hence, logic might imply that at the same [...]
My First Journal Entry
Posted in living, observation, tagged writing blog on October 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
For many years now, I have admired those people who have taken the action and time to write online blogs and journals to share the world. I find that it is a good way to keep those who care about us to be informed with what’s going on in our lives and what we’re thinking. [...]
