Thief at 7-11

Today, after taking a hair cut, I went to 7-11 near Lam Tin MTR to get a drink. As I was deciding which drink to get, I heard a voice in cantonese saying "Don't run, a thief!" Then suddenly on my left side, a 7-11 worker ran out of the employee's room and caught the guy who looks around 20s. I had a glance at the thief. Being caught, the guy admitted that he stole stuff, then he took out cup noodles out of his bag. He did tries to run, but the employee that came out from the employee's room grab the guy real tight and said "Don't run!" loudly. Next to the 7-11, there was a ATM. At that moment, coincidentally, there were two officers, with shotguns, were filling up the ATM with cash. So I continue to pay for my drink and walked back home since everything seems to be under control. First time seeing actual thief. That guy looks kinda crazy but is dressed in normal cloth. But why would he steal cup noodles... He must be very hungry and poor.

NavyField - Web Revamp!

Today, they finally launched a brand new website. It was alot better than before. How so?

1. The site actually looks legit, and its actually design by designer and not programmer.
2. More user friendly, and intuitive.
3. Everything is new and improved!
   

However there could still be improvement. Like showing the server's online/offline status. Show more HA status like who's the owner, who's attacking, defending, count down timer, etc.

Overall I am very please with the NF.
Especially they are giving away free premium for a month. Additionally, the Olive gift system is really attractive to kept us loyal player in-check of the websites for updates.

X-Men: First Class

Wow, I wasn't expect this series this good. I don't follow the comic, but had watch all previous x-men movies. This one is by far the best story-wise. It is actually focused on the two great mutant. Prof. X definitely earned more respect in this series for sure. One of the best scene I enjoyed was when the two protagonist meet wolverine. Even-though the response from wolverines personality is expected, it was EPIC.

Silent Toggle (Android Apps the Making) - Coding

Now that the interface is ready, its time for the hard part, coding.
First, one must understand the four different state of an activity.

• Active/running
• Paused
• Stopped
• Create and resuming

Then there is activity's life cycle. More info here.
More update later, busy atm...

Silent Toggle (Android Apps the Making) - Layout

Seems easy enough so far for the 1st actual functional app - Silent Toggle.
The core functionality of this apps is to have a simple toggle button to switch to silent mode, and switch back to original phone state. There is already a widget for this function already, so this is just a "follow the guide" thing.

Something to keep noted regarding the following:

• Declaring layout - http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/declaring0layout.html
• Designing Icon Guideline - http://d.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icons_design.html

Quick icon sizes guide:
Low-density screen (ldpi) 36 x 36 px
Medium-density screen (mdpi) 48 x 48 px
High-density screen (hdpi) 72 x 72 px



Shortcut of the day:
Ctrl + space - trigger code completion dialog box

Android Apps Developing Time

Just start reading "Android Apps Development for Dummy". It uses Java for the main part, I just finished installing the require files to start writing my own apps.

Things to get:

• Java JDK
• Android SDK
• Eclipse

Here's some interesting facts about the number of users of different android version:
http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html

Hopefully I can get something going in a few days.

San Guo Sha Card Game

San Guo Sha is the hottest game at the moment in HK as well as China. It is well design, and contains good game mechanics as well aesthetics artwork for each card. The package of some booster or expansion looks a bit cheap, other than that its pretty good overall. That might slow down the marketing to other country. I am sure they will work on that later. I will get a pack to start playing with friends cuz it's inexpansive and it could be played for several hours. Here are some brief information for those that are new to it.

Look over here:
http://sanguoshaenglish.blogspot.com/