– a Singaporean teacher's storeroom 🖖
Learning to program a computer is hard.
Alice makes learning to program easier. And it’s fun.
Alice makes programming more accessible to girls as well as boys.
This is what Alice is about. A wordy version of the about goes here.
The focus of the Alice project is now to provide the best possible first exposure to programming for students ranging from middle schoolers to college students.
You may want to check out the demo videos to see what Alice is capable of before downloading the software 🙂
After you have studied this chapter you will know what XML is. You will know the difference between XML and HTML. You will also know how to start using XML in your browser and in your applications.
Begin you learning here.
The end of palm OS? Read on …
Some news/write-ups:
1. Apple will start using Intel (PC) CPUs from 2006
2. A*STAR launched Radio Frequency Tags (RFID) with smaller footprints
Technology wrtte-ups:
1. The Self-healing PC, cover story sharing features of 11 utilities to keep the computer healthy.
2. The Muscle in the Mouse, describing how an Optical mouse works
Some hardware mentioned:
1. Apple’s Mighty Mouse, featuring touch- & force-sensitive technologies
2. Palm Vein Authentication by Fujitsu
Some hardware reviewed:
1. Mono Laser All-In-One (print/scan/fax) Printers, 5 models
2. ATI vs nVidia High-End Graphics Cards Comparison, 10 AGP cards, 10 PCI-e x16 cards
3. Dual-Layer DVD Writers – Sony DRU-810A, Imation IMWDVRW16DLI
4. Portable Media Player – Qool QMP-2210RX, NHJ MPM-201
5. DLP Projector – BenQ PB2140
6. Mobile Phones – SonyEricsson K750i, Samsung SGH-E720C
7. Digital SLR camera – Nikon D50
8. Mini DV – Samsung VP D655i
Some software tips:
1. Photo Recovery Tools – Software to recover DELETED items from storage cards (DataRescue PhotoRescue 2.0, PC Inspector Smart Recovery and 3 other software)
Some software reviewed:
1. Internet filter – GuardWare iShield, filters pornographics
BetaNews captured this news 2 days ago:
It’s official. Google late Tuesday released a beta of its highly anticipated Google Talk instant messaging client. Much like the search giant’s Web site, the software sports a straightforward no-frills user interface free of the clutter and advertising that bog down other IM clients.
Weighing in at only 900kb, Google Talk is a much smaller download than other popular IM services, including AIM, MSN, and Yahoo. However, for the time being its feature list is quite sparse.