Pan Admun Republic of Western Blog

It has been almost a month since the tragic incident in that Alberta community. As the investigation continues, more questions arise, but no answer.

The answer was too late for those who lost their love one.

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Even with 802.11n is still at work and not ready by next year. Vendors already putting out new stuff that promise higher datarate and longer distance..... just don't know if it is a good idea as they are all incompatible to each other....

It is always cool to check out the technology behind it.

PC Magazine Feature: MIMO: The Next New Wireless?

It's been a lot of debate over whether cellphone hurts us. This is a good reading on the issue from the point of science and research.

March 2005 Columns Magazine Feature: Wake Up Call

I know there was something special there when I first got my Gmail account; A list of matching email addresses popup as I'm typing the email address in the to: box; A little name is showing up on the lower right as I browse the mail; and many many more.... Something seem to be running in the background on my browser. I was thinking it's some kind of javascript running there. But there are more.

Now I know. It's Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax). It's actually many web technologies work together as a whole. It's cool! It makes the web application more lively and just like running a program on my Linux box, as compare to a "web application" that send and response mechanically.

Jacky's BLOG: Ajax 新浪潮
Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications

Google's has stired things up on the net recently with a new feature on its search toolbar called autolink.

Many think it's evil since it has the capability to add and modify the content that present to the users in the way of adding link to things like address, book ISBN and alike. This feature can be misused to direct user to sites Google wants you to go to. All sort of people likely not too happy about this, of course.

However, things are not as black and white.

I think indeed Google's has made a feature in its search toolbar that has a huge potential of being misused in so many ways. But I think Google has not cross the line right now. Whether they will (do evil) in the future remain to be seen. On the other hand, it set a bad precedenrt for other not-so-good people to follow. I'm sure some evil-doer out there will soon come up with similar feature. ie a adware that intrecept the content and rewrite it before your browser displays it....

In short, it can be a can of worms.

Techdirt:Which Direction Is The Slippery Slope With Google's Autolink?