Saint Patrick's Cathedral

Although I posted pictures of the buildings in the vicinity of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, I realized I didn't post a photo of the Cathedral itself. I promise to post a good one soon. /blush

and one more...

One of the Christchurch Square buildings:

Christ Church Cathedral

I find this architecture food for the eye :):



The Christchurch Cathedral (dating back to the eleventh century):

Dublin Ireland

/hihi Last month I mentioned that I moved to Dublin. /shock
I wanted to show you some pictures so here goes.
This picture shows both the Christ Church (or "Christchurch" as I see written here) Cathedral and the surrounding buildings (and traffic) of the square:

No clue what this guy is doing in my photo. He was just passing by when I pressed the button /hmm.

The gorgeous old building below is close to Saint Patrick's, a couple of blocks down the road from the Christchurch Cathedral shown above.


Here's another gorgeous building at the corner of Patrick Street and Bull Alley Street in the vicinity of St. Patrick's Cathedral:

Check out the lamp post in the above! /omg I think it's very pretty!

More to follow soon! :)

John Grisham

The man knows how to write! His legal-world thrillers -categorized under Crime in the popular Irish Hodges Figgis bookstore in Dawson St- are not the only genre he can work on apparently! I recently had the pleasure to finish 'Playing for Pizza'

and I was very pleased. It made me laugh out loud (I mean really /wahaha) and a la typical Grisham way, I didn't want to leave it aside until it was done and over with! My current Grisham adventure includes 'Skipping Christmas' and so far, I'm sold. :D

Political landslide

Fancy that! /blur
Democratic Obama wrote history today.
I care not for the color of his skin but for the fresh air he brings in with him. Something went terribly wrong in the last 8yrs. Time to build things anew. Onward!

From Silicon Valley to Dublin Ireland...

Crossing over the Atlantic for one more time.
It's really beautiful here. Looks to me even more gorgeous than London where I lived for 4yrs. There is a slight betterment in people too: a bit more open to strangers, a bit more joyful and humorous and lighthearted.
Here's to new beginnings!

New Google Broswer: Chrome

Released on beta on Sept 2, 2008.
Absolutely fantastic by a quick look at things.
It's not only the detachable tabs, now you can make your gmail and google calendar shortcuts on your desktop! I bet we all are going to use them more often now.
Curious about what could crash it if anything; it seems pretty robust! Well done, Google!

Word Vine (game)

Word Vine Place word on the vine and link every word to finish the level!

Play this free game now!!

If you wonder how ontologies are built, try this game! Very educational.

What's your favorite language?

Huh? Seriously?
You mean, programming languages are not just tools?
I say, show me the project and I'll tell you which language I prefer for it.
You won't call in a French interpreter to translate an English-Corean dialog, will you. In a similar fashion, specific programming tasks almost require specific type of programming tools. The right language for the job may not be your favorite but then this only means that this programming job is not your favorite thing to do either. Also a French interpreter could possibly re-train and learn to do Korean interpretations. He will still be using a language to do his job and the basic methodology will remain the same; only the language "rules" will have changed. Similarly, regardless of what your current programming expertise is, what counts is that you are familiar with and eventually applying the same intrinsic methologies and principles of programming. So, what's really a "favorite language"?