Squeezing solutions

In which I tell you about solving problems with at least 2 different approaches. And the squeeze theorem.

I was at Barcamp Singapore 8!

I attended some talks at Barcamp Singapore 8 held at Tembusu College. I also gave a talk on “Vlogging on YouTube”, which had less-than-enthusiastic reviews.

Losing weight in different cultures

Generally speaking, “losing weight” is a bad thing in Asian cultures, because it means you don’t have enough food to eat.

Counting in Chinese

You learn the basics of counting numbers in Chinese. Also, there was a lot of wind. And my camera battery threatened to die on me, hence the hurried nature. I also counted from 1 to 10 in Cantonese, Hokkien and Japanese.

To those participating in VEDA, you made it! VEDA stands for “Vlog Every Day (in) April”. It appears to be a thing that happens on YouTube. There’s also VlogMAFIA, which stands for “Vlogs May Appear Frequently In April”. YouTube people are fun…

Changing Perspectives

You can change the whole world or you can change your own perspective. In a computer, changing a virtual world is just as easy as changing the camera view point.

With computer graphics, with the right set of values, you can move and rotate the virtual world in such a way that it looks as though you’re moving the virtual camera. When you get down to it, it’s just pushing matrices into the pipeline in OpenGL or DirectX or whatever 3D graphics engine you’re using.