Archive for December, 2006

    2006, is the year of Web 2.0. It is the year where great web innovation happens. It is the year where where AJAX flourish. Overall as far as techonology is concern 2006 is all about web. 2006 has taken the web to the next level where it held alot of promisses and potential. It has been heavily tapped by many

    Web services gain its momentum where the infrastructure are matured and the tools to created it is freely available. 2006 is where you see all the web services like flickr API, Googles API and Yahoo API freely avaialbe to those who can make use of it.

    2006 is also a year where the Open Source Software matures and started to gain recognition from the industry. Linux as grown to be a great product. OpenOffice.org 2.1 has shipped recently. It is also a year where desktop operating system are taken to the next paradigm that is 2D to 3D desktop interface. For Linux, AiGLX, XGL and forked XGL called Baryl is the answer to 3D desktop. Microsoft in the other hand has shipped it’s Vista Aero for 3D desktop experience. But most people dont know that the idea of 3D desktop started by Sun Microsystem with their Project Looking Glass (Wikipedia Article). And Project Looking Glass has just shipped their version 1.0 on December 19th 2006.

    For me, 2006 is a great year. It is the year where i graduated from Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons). It is the year where i got my 1st job. It is the year where i gain the most knowledge on nature, science and technology. And also, the year where i watch the most TV series, animes, movies and documentaries.

    This year alone, i’ve been following:-

TV Series
Lost Season 3
Stargate SG-1 Season 10
Stargate Atlantis Season 3
Eureka
Top Gear Season 1 to 8
Jericho
Scrubs Season 1
supernatural Season 1 and 2
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 5 to 7
CSI: Miami Season Season 3 to 5
CSI: New York Season 1 and 3

Anime
FullMetal Alchemist
Full Metal Panic
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
Death Note
Bleach Episode only 1-11

Movies
too much don’t want to list them out

Documentaries
too much to list them down also

    So, those are the things that occupy my time this year.

    Not to forget, this incident that happen in 2006 Live Fractured

    Oh ya, 2006 is also the year where i had 2 hair cuts

    2006 is where i got the 1st job, it is also the year where i got my 1st early confirmation for this job and my 1st pay increment and i like this job a lot.

    2006 is the year where i indulge into the world of .NET

    All in all, things has been great after for 2006 (Only if Live Fractured are not added into the equation)