I've been doing my financial planning assignment for the last week or so, and I must say it's opened up my eyes tremendously to what's possible. I don't know if there's a chance in hell that what I've written is even theoretically correct, but just thinking about the possibilities (that I may be a millionaire... Continue Reading →
Delusion of Success
I was just mulling over how I might be more "successful" the other day when I realised that that thought held one very fundamental problem: what did "success" mean to me? Lately, I've been going around sites like Mininova and The Pirate Bay looking for torrents on "success" and "self-improvement". I like the success genre,... Continue Reading →
Finding Purpose for eDonn.com
eDonn.com is in need of change. I may be taking it down for a while, or maybe not updating it; or something like that. So... heh. I've recently been reading one of de Bono's books called Parallel Thinking. In it, he writes how sometimes systems grow sub-optimally through evolution: a system starts off small and... Continue Reading →
A Love for Coding
Academically, this semester has been strange. I think it has partly to do with the communications unit that I talked about in an earlier post, where the administration and teaching methods are so different from what I'm used to, as well as the fact that two units that I'm taking hold tutorials only on alternate... Continue Reading →
On Learning from Everyone
Everyone has something to share, something you can learn from. Even if you don't particularly like a person, chances are good that the person in question will have some desirable trait or knowledge from which you can take and make your own.
The Little that We Know
Last Thursday I attended a communications unit tutorial, and was really surprised (shocked, really) by the discussion that day. The students and facilitator (aka. the tutor) displayed such depth and scope in thought on that week's material (on digital and analogue modes of communication; largely philosophical stuff) that I could only observe is a state... Continue Reading →
Simplification
edonn.com is approaching a new era. After the first of November, I'll no longer be hosted by MediaTemple. As great as they've been these past couple of years, I've found that having your own domain and some web-space just doesn't justify paying [as much as I am paying] right now. I haven't really been able... Continue Reading →
The Last Cup of Coffee
And she'd asked me to make her a cup of coffee, and I'd oblige. And as I poured the boiling water, I'd think to myself, "this could be the last time I'm doing this." Eventually, enough times passed to ensure that the actual time it was the last was lost in the sea of could... Continue Reading →
The Change Log
I'm currently writing a new content management system (CMS) that I will be replacing my current WordPress installation with. I had written one before, way back in 2003, and was actually pretty happy with it. But as WordPress gained in popularity, I didn't want to get left behind, so I jumped onto the WordPress bandwagon... Continue Reading →
Examination Results
I just received my examination results, and miraculously I managed to improve on my grades from last semester. I'd like to thank all who have supported me. Thanks mom, for always believing in me (though I'm sure you must have had some doubts as I'd had throughout the past semester). Thanks Li Shya, for supporting... Continue Reading →
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