Category: "Opinions"
I am trying to have a paperless reading life
I got a lot of computer books. Some of them are getting very "outdated". I have to flow them away. That is very sad! Thus, I am aimed to have a paperless reading life. I am trying to ebook or online resources only.
Firstly, I had an account at Safari. There is a kind of electronic library. I loan some books in there. I bought an account with 10 slots of books. So I can loan ten books from there. As long as I pay the month fee. I can keep those books as long as I want. But after I used the slot, I need to keep it one month. After one month, I swap that slot with a new book.
Secondly, I will use my kindle. Safari has a lot of computer books, but there are not many novels. So, I use my kindle to novel.
I hope this way can have some trees!
Windows Phone 7
I am quite happy about Microsoft building a new mobile OS, Windows Phone 7. That is much better than just a upgrade for Windows Mobile 6.5. After I used Android, I don't really like to use Windows Mobile 6.5. Windows Mobile sounds a bit old fashions style interface. Now, Microsoft re-invent a new interface for Windows Phone 7. That is so great! Moreover, it can run Xbox live games. That is the greatest advantage!
However, there are some down sides on Windows Phone 7. That is very new. Not many applications are built for it. Moreover, so far, that is not still a real Windows Phone in the market yet! That sounds a bit too late!
Do you like the new interface of twitter?
I have tried the new the new interface of twitter for a few years. I think that is too much information on a single page. I think twitter should be simple. All I need is just a feed contains all of tweets. That's it. What do you think about it?
I like to use native NHibernate
There are some NHibernate add-on to do automated mapping, such as NHibenrate Attributes,Active Record and FluentHibernate. I don't really like those libraries, because that sounds adding another layer on ORM. I have some double on the speed. Moreover, if you are lazy to create xml mapping files, there are a number of code generators in the market. They can generate those xml mapping files from your database schema. I don't know why we need to introduce another layer on ORM!
The firmware of Galaxy S is upgraded to JM1
I have upgraded my Galaxy S to JM1. Before the installation, I was wondering whether that is Android 2.2 upgrade. That actually that is not. I found that is some improvements in default Samsung application set. I found there are only a task manager added in the default application set and more detailed instructions about unlock screen at sleep mode. That is! They are still Android 2.1.