Author: Charles Chen

I’m Not Alone!

I’m Not Alone!

This pretty much sums up how I’ve been feeling every-freaking-day for the last few weeks/months: I’ve never been more unsure about everything in the entire universe. I no longer comprehend what is important in the essence of everything. All knowledge...

Office Space

Office Space

For those of you who are curious, this is what my (tiny) “office” space looks like. The funky looking thing on the right is actually a vertical, blower style, fan made by Holmes.  Yes, that is indeed a 19″ Samsung...

Workshop : Configurable DTS Packages

Workshop : Configurable DTS Packages

I finished my first “workshop” article! Had a bit of free time and decided to finish it as it’s something that I’ve been meaning to do for quite a while now. As an aside, the “workshop” series of articles are...

OMG Live Giant Squid Photographed!

OMG Live Giant Squid Photographed!

Came across this article via Ars. If you didn’t know, I’m a huge fan of the cepholopod class of animals.  The giant squid is one of those rare beasts that we know exists via dead specimens that we’ve found, but...

What’s Wrong with Insourcing?

What’s Wrong with Insourcing?

As I was browsing through the forums at Arstechnica, I came across a post titled “Alternatives to outsourcing?“. Being an IT consultant, this immediately caught my attention. I read in Time, a while back, that a few companies were experimenting...

The Perfectionist Plague

The Perfectionist Plague

There has to be other people out there like me. I have issues.  Many issues.  We all do.  Perhaps the one that gets to me the most is that I’m a perfectionist when it comes to certain things, like designing...

Saw the Dalai Lama!

Saw the Dalai Lama!

Quite a long weekend. It culminated on Sunday with the lecture given by the Dalai Lama at my alma mater, Rutgers. I also attended a wedding the same night; quite a spectrum of events to absorb in one day. I...

ASP.Net Cost of Entry

ASP.Net Cost of Entry

Over the weekend, I was looking for some nice .Net based, open source web based photo gallery applications. There are only a small handful of such products, including nGallery and Community Server (which uses nGallery). On the other hand, one...

America’s Sorting Machine

America’s Sorting Machine

I’ve been in a rather long debate with my co-worker, Igor, about the American public education system. Igor, being the father of a 9 year old and me, being the husband of a fourth grade school teacher.  This is not...