My views on type systems
As my programming experience begins to diverse, from traditional command-line programs to web and app development, I have used many programming languages, some of which
he.net IPv6 Sage certification completed
I completed the he.net IPv6 Sage certification in January this year and have just received the T-shirt. I started the certification programme in 2011 when
Difference between leaving, closing and killing an app
Mobile computing is the trend, but due to the very different nature between a traditional desktop computer and a mobile device, the process models of
Java DOES have pointers!
Java has pointers. People who say that Java does not have pointers are lying. The most confusing point is that, pointers in Java are not
Polymorphism within constructors
In C++, polymorphism does not take place within constructors: #include <iostream> using namespace std; struct Base { Base() { foo(); } virtual ~Base() {} virtual
Messing with sizes
The size of an item in computer displays or printouts depends on a lot of configurations. Font size, DPI/PPI, screen resolution, page zooming, etc. all
Congratulation to myself!
I have just realised that I haven’t written a post yet since I successfully entered HKU to study BBA(IS). I’m very happy that I can
NAT64 and DNS64
After setting up IPv6 for nearly two months, I’m now interested in testing an IPv6 only LAN. In order to access the IPv4 Internet from
IPv6 tunnel set up
I’ve just set up a free tunnel from Hurricane Electric. I can now visit the IPv6 Google site http://ipv6.google.com/
Konqueror web shortcuts
In Konqueror, you can type gg: to perform a Google search. wp: to go to Wikipedia. I’ve added an entry for JUPAS, i.e. http://web.jupas.edu.hk:6118/jupas/bin/jo.progSearch.ProgSearch?type=detail&course_code=\{@} then