Author Archives: yeksoon

YekSoon believes the norms are there to be challenged and such ‘disruptions’ are necessary to make giant leaps of advancement.

MacBook Pro : 8Gb limit

October 27, 2008 – 10:31 am

I am still on my 2 trusted machines. The T41 Thinkpad and the PowerBook G4.
I have been thinking of getting replacements for them; maybe a T61 or a SL series for Thinkpad or the new MacBook. In fact, I may not even get a Thinkpad replacement if BootCamp on the Mac works well enough for [...]

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Installing Drupal : Endless loop at database setting

October 7, 2008 – 3:30 pm

If you have been encountering an ‘endless loop’ while trying to install Drupal 6.4, you are not alone. 
I encounter the same issue while trying to  install Drupal 6.4 on my local machine. 
At the database setting (or configuration) screen, it goes into an infinite loop without any error message.
The easy way to solve it is to [...]

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Google’s Chrome - A New Browser, A New Application Platform

September 2, 2008 – 9:21 pm

Google will be launching its new browser sometime today.
Based on webkit, one of the benefits includes using it as an application platform rather than the general browser.
I think this is the right direction. Web based applications is getting more complex. And the current state of browsers has its limitations.
Rather than having me go into the [...]

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Simplicity

March 26, 2008 – 5:29 pm

I was thinking through about the design of a software that I am working on.
One of the objective that I would want it to achieve is, Simplicity.
Consider this. How many of the built-in features that comes with your mobile phone do you use on a regular basis ?
3-5 maybe. Phone, SMS, Camera ? What else?
If [...]

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REBOL 3 Homepage

March 24, 2008 – 4:39 pm

For those who are new to REBOL and would like to find out more about what REBOL 3 (R3)  has in store, here’s a good news.
Carl has setup a new web site where all R3 related information. One single place for R3 info.
And if you are new to REBOL and is curious to know why [...]

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