No. 37: Singapore Airlines

Because airplane food gets such a bad rap, the airline’s catering department does regular menu tastings in a special conference room in Singapore with the same pressurization and humidity levels of a plane at 39,000 feet. Taste-bud sensitivity declines 35% to 40% at altitude, so chefs add extra seasoning to compensate.

Reference: Business Week Top 50 Most Innovative Companies

Research Area Worth To Focus On

Intensive data analysis,

Building clusters of machines that can tackle complex problems,

Transforming analog into digital content,

Mobile computing,

and environmentally friendly machines.

Reference: HP Labs' Latest Experiment: Itself

Tak tahu nak cakap pada siapa. Rasanya dah letih dengan persoalan-persoalan remeh. Rasa mahu biar kan sahaja. Tak mahu penatkan kepala. Lantak lah. Kalau perkara teruk berlaku, biarlah berlaku cepat.

Google my love...

My first search engine is AltaVista. Then I used Yahoo! before becoming a Google lifetime user - yeah, for this moment.

Next September 27th is Google's 10th birthday. Well done G. Keep up improving your search (i'm waiting for human computational result).

I just can't describe how much Google has helped me in the past few years.

Reference: Google's 9th Birthday

Gentle With Your Keyboard

I just learn that, (after years of facing terminal), the more you minimize your typing mistakes, lesser the potential of screwing up or end up your work dissatisfied. It helps me thinking better too.

Think before you type. Think again before you press enter. Avoid typing too fast (because there are kids who think typing fast shows that they're good). Type slow not too slow, sit back and relax. Enjoy the cleanliness of your terminal output.

p/s: Yeah, I've worked with business critical environment... and I did screw up a few times :-p And this came to my mind while I was watching a 'really good' but not sys admin guy, typing neatly.

While I was riding just now...

I discovered two variables that is depending each other, affecting each other and blaming each other.

Don't Care & Don't Know.

"I don't care because I don't know"
"I don't know because I don't care"
"I didn't know, so I don't care"
"I didn't care, so I don't know"
"I don't know, so I don't care"
"I don't know and I don't care"

So how about people who doesn't know, but showing others that he/she cares? Isn't that pretending? Isn't that a big lie? Now try to relate this terminology with anything in this real world and find out if you one of them. Because knowing the wrong things might get you in a wrong place. Caring about the wrong things.

The next question might probably be, is the knowledge and information we have, is it right? Is it a fact? Is it ultimately true enough to convince yourself and be a strong reason for you to care?

Not so related: Smart people is growing in numbers, and so does fools...

p/s: comment your opinion thanks