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Yesterday, I found there is a new option in my status in Facebook, "Question". That is actually a function to setup a poll in facebook. That sounds fun. But I am wondering many people will think this feature is useful. Because Facebook is to connect people, not to collect others people ideas.

According to CNET report, Android 3.0 won't be open source. Google said Android 3.0 is not ready to customize yet. I am not agree with Google. Maybe, changing Android 3.0 will be a bad idea. It won't work as well as its design. But philosophy of opensource is diversity. Opensource community will develop a number of ways to use Android 3.0. They can be good or bad. Definitely, they will be never to be think of inside Google.

Reference:
Google not ready to share Honeycomb source code (CNET)

I found there is a program ,Androidify, to create you own android character. This is very fun! You can make the character tall or short, fat or slim by using your fingers. Moreover, you choose the clothes, shoes ,hair style and skin tone too! That is very interesting. Lastly, you can post your character to facebook!

Last year, I built a diary application which is a "by-product" of learning .Net Serialization. I thought that is not a very bad product. But I started to use it for logging my tasks at work. At the same time, I picked up some bugs, such as Calendar does not bold the date with the entry. Moreover, I found some areas can be improved. For example, I added a "New File" menu option.

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Last week, I wrote an WPF example which is to demonstrate how to Web Browser Object. After the user types URL and press "enter" key, the Web Browser Object will load the webpage.

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I got some free time to play Android 3.0 today. That is an Android for "tablet"! The default screen size is WXGA (1280×768)‎. That is tablet. Anyway, the interface is much cleaner. Moreover, I found the browser is different. Now, that 100% looks like a Desktop Chrome. One last things I picked up, that emulator is much slower than the older version!

Yesterday, I finally ended my account with Optus. I was with Optus for around 10 years. Why did I do such action? I am still very happy with Optus service. That is only because I found a provider is more suit for my needs. They are Amaysim. They are no minimum spending and I need to pay what I spend every month. That is what I want! I don't need a free mobile phone and extra bonus amount on my plan. I got my Galaxy S and connect with my friends via skype and msn, which can be done in mobile internet. I don't need to use voice calls that much. Moreover, they only charges 15 cents per minutes. My previous plan is $19= 127 minutes in Amaysim. I don't need to use that much. Thus, I think I can lower my mobile phone bills!