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==What this is==
{{disclaimer-part}}
* Bits of information that I want to share with other people are published here.
* Content can range from useless bits of personal information to not so useless (?) items related to
** my [[my work|work]],
** [[my teaching|teaching]], etc.
* Sometimes I jot down my computer programming experiences that are related to my work or [[my hobbies|hobbies]].


==What this is NOT==
[[Category:Meta]]
* A complete work: I write this whenever I have free time. Not based on any plan or framework. I create links first, and may complete the target article later, if ever. So, if there are links [[article-that-will-be-never-written|in RED]], don't follow and more importantly, don't keep your fingers crossed -- it might never be written.
* Serious work: Well... at lest most of the stuff appear here are not to be taken too seriously. Read the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html|copyright notice] if you are so inclined -- but I'll state it here anyway: Most of the content may be useless.
 
==Why bother==
Let me explain it this way. I was [[creating web based dynamic systems]] back in late nineties, when such things were quite hard. There were not many standard tools for linking databases, other applications and web seamlessly. I [[Masters Thesis|spent almost an year]] writing code for a database-backed, multi-user hydrological  analysis system using [[wikipedia:Oracle Oracle]]'s [[wikipedia:PL/SQL PL/SQL]]. It worked and I was happy. Then I moved away from the area for a several years before started reading about the subject again. Then I was in for a sort of 'Culture shock'. What we have thought as work has become play and anyone with half a day to spare and a old computer could have a nice dynamic web system going! For an old-timer like me, this is simply magic!
 
So by doing this, I am sort of enjoying that magic!
 
==Why bother II (a bit serious)==
(feel free to skip in the first reading)
In this site, I may include several kinds of information
# The part of personal information that I believe is useful for me to share with the world.
# Various information that I need to disemminate to my associates (e.g. Students that I teach and supervise).
# Knowlege I collected from doing various things (mostly related to computers, as a hobby) I believe to be  useful for others.

Latest revision as of 02:04, 24 March 2006

What this is

  • Bits of information that I want to share with other people are published here.
  • Content can range from useless bits of personal information to not so useless (?) items related to
  • Sometimes I jot down my computer programming experiences that are related to my work or hobbies.

What this is NOT

  • A complete work: I write this whenever I have free time. Not based on any plan or framework. I create links first, and may complete the target article later, if ever. So, if there are links in RED, don't follow and more importantly, don't keep your fingers crossed -- it might never be written.
  • Serious work: Well... at lest most of the stuff appear here are not to be taken too seriously. Read the copyright notice if you are so inclined -- but I'll state it here anyway: Most of the content may be useless.

Why bother

Let me explain it this way. I was creating web based dynamic systems back in late nineties, when such things were quite hard. There were not many standard tools for linking databases, other applications and web seamlessly. I spent almost an year writing code for a database-backed, multi-user hydrological analysis system using Oracle's PL/SQL. It worked and I was happy. Then I moved away from the area for a several years before started reading about the subject again. Then I was in for a sort of 'Culture shock'. What we have thought as work has become play and anyone with half a day to spare and a old computer could have a nice dynamic web system going! For an old-timer like me, this is simply magic!

So by doing this, I am sort of enjoying that magic!

Why bother II (a bit serious)

In this site, I may include several kinds of information

  1. The part of personal information that I believe is useful for me to share with the world.
  2. Various information that I need to disseminate to my associates (e.g. Students that I teach and supervise).
  3. Knowledge I collected from doing various things (mostly related to computers, as a hobby) I believe to be useful for others.
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