O RLY?

YA RLY! NO WAI!

O HAI! This is some of the random ramblings of Jiayong Ou, a generic geek and web developer. Most of his ramblings are on twitter as @jiayongou. More on his other online activities are on his other page. His old blog is still available if anybody cares.

Wednesday, 03rd March 2010
“Brot”?

“Brot”?

Tuesday, 02nd March 2010

The ‘354 Patent, entitled “Object-Oriented Event Notification System With Listener Registration Of Both Interests And Methods,” was duly and legally issued on July 23, 2002 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Apple sues HTC for infringing 20 iPhone patents — Engadget

Is it just me, or does that patent sounds like the observer pattern?

One reason why git > svn

$ svn ci -m 'O HAI!'
svn: Commit failed (details follow):
svn: OPTIONS of '[Redacted]': could not connect to 
server ([Redacted])

US diplomats add a moat to their expenses at $1bn London embassy - Times Online

A moat? They should also add a wall in case the terrorists are coming with a trebuchet.

US diplomats add a moat to their expenses at $1bn London embassy - Times Online

A moat? They should also add a wall in case the terrorists are coming with a trebuchet.

Friday, 26th February 2010

herrstucki:

Nobody Beats the Drum’s other crazy fantastic video: “The Drum”

OMG.

BAT (REMI GAILLARD) (via Facebook)

Thursday, 25th February 2010

Brief illustration of how Android’s UX sucks


I get a notification that I missed a call and tap the number.


“WTF? Didn’t I just tap it? And let’s not mention it’s the only link in the message.”


“Yes, I’m sure I want to call my brother back.”


“Didn’t I just say I want to make a call? Why do I have to tap “Call” again?”

Yes, it’s four taps from seeing the number in the message to actually making a call. Okay, it’s better than back in the days where I would have either memorize the number or write it down but still.

You might say it’s just one insignificant little thing, but it bugs me. A lot. My Hero is full of those insignificant little things that bugs me (don’t get me started on the browser). All those insignificant little things combined makes using the phone a rather messy experience.

Maybe it’s just HTC’s customization and vanilla Android’s SMS/dialer apps are saner.