Thursday, November 22, 2007

Wikitravel

I found a website. It's named 'Wikitravel - http://wikitravel.org'. If you have already heard about wikipedia, you might get what kind of site is. Yes, it's branch of the wikipedia(http://www.wikipedia.org) It includes lots of travel things, just like lonely planet. It doesn't seem better than lonely planet, but I think it will be getter better than lonely planet. As we know the story of Wikipedia. 

To know English makes life getting better. I can surf lots of websites written by English. I was not able to imagine this past. Wow it's totally new world to me. In the internet world, there are lots of things to do. I was totally ignorant. 

I'm so glad to studying English. 

Here are some part of article from wikitravel. It's about Seoul. Yes I like to read Korean things written by English. -_-;;

Apgujeong (압구정) is the upmarket area of Seoul. Walk around the streets and you'll see kids valet parking their new Benz or Audi, strutting their new designer threads and looking generally, well, rich. That said, a lot of people who party in Apgujeong aren't necessarily rich and actually live far away. There are some clubs and bars here, but it is a rather subdued venue for partying. Nightlife here consists mainly of designer bars and restaurants. Places where it isn't possible to valet haven't turned out to be great hits traditionally. That said, there are a few small clubs in the area. Expect English to be more commonly spoken in this area too, due often to overseas education or excessive private tutoring. However with it comes a certain desensitization to foreigners, so don't expect people to stare or approach you as much as they would in other parts of Seoul. Consider Apgujeong as a great place to hang out, not rock out. If you wanted to impress a date for example, this would be a great place to go to. The backstreets of Apgujeong tend to sprout and lose new clubs seemingly at random throughout the year, so exploring off the main drag from time to time can sometimes yield a new "hot club of the month."


I used to work near Apgujeong. It's take only 10 minutes on feet from Company to Apgujeong. So me and my co-workes liked to hang out in Apgujeong. I miss that time. Apgujeong is also one of my favorite date place. There are lots of fancy restaurant and pub. I think it's perfect place to date. haha.


Wicker Park

Actually, I've already watched this movie. I remember the time I watched this movie first, I had totally been moved by this movie. I was...I was so impressed. 

How can LOVE make people driving crazy. Here are a girl, called Alex, who has seen Mattew first and has fallen in love earlier than the other girl, called Lisa. But the destiny did not allow Mattew & Alex to be loved each other. Instead, the destiny did allow Mattew & Lisa to be loved.

So, the movie is started with this background. Mattew & Lisa had broken up since 2 years ago. Actually, the reason was Alex. She did not give the letter to Mattew. The letter included pretty important content. And that letter was actually supposed to be sent to Mattew. But Alex didn't do Lisa's asking. Because she loved Mattew. And she still love him. 

She still love him. This is the beginning of the disaster. 2 years after since Mattew & Lisa broke up, they got a chance to meet each other. But Alex has been ruining that. What a jealous! 

Love makes sometimes people driving crazy. Just like Alex. Is she bad? Did she really bad thing? I don't know. I have no idea. I can't predict what I'd do if I were Alex. 

Anyway, the last scene was so impressed. I was almost crying. Here I'm gonna show the last scene.

Enjoy!


Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Android - Google's mobile OS

Google has launched 'Android' that is linux based mobile phone operating system. 
It has lots of features. And the most interesting and important feature is "Linux based open source operating system".
That means everyone, who want to modify their mobile phone, can change, improve, build their own phone.

OK. Let's think about something. If you were CEO of mobile software company and you wanted to launch new software for mobile phone. What will you need to do first? The answer is, you have to get certification from telephone company, like AT&T, Virgin. It will take lots of time. and you have to follow their policy - like how to make software, what language should I choose, this kind of stuff. And I swear, each company has different policy. So you have to prepare different version of your software. It waste your time, money, effort. 

Because, they have power. And you have nothing. Almost business is going under their power. You have no choice. 

But. The Android. It's different. It's opened. You can do anything what you want. You can change design, improve performance, even change OS!. It's revolution. You can make lots of opportunity in business. You can make new business model in mobile phone without certification of telephone company. 

As a computer programmer, I'm also so excited. If android is success, there will be lots of opportunity. I don't need belong to personal computer any more. I can explore other world. And that world might need me.





This is the Android!


Saturday, November 17, 2007