Mr. Haxa Does The Blogs

Pressure Test - From a Forwarded E-mail

It freaks me out when I saw these things moving. I just need to learn to calm down!

Follow the instructions and descriptions of this test to better understand your pressure level. Have fun!

Pressure Test

These are non-animated pictures. They are used to relate to your pressure level. If you see them moving, then that means you have pressure.  The speed of the movement is the level of your pressure. The higher that moving speed, the higher pressure you have.

Most children and old men only see static pictures and not moving. If you see the pattern moving in a slow motion, that means you have a bit pressure at this moment.

Test yourself regularly with these pictures to know yourself better. Sometimes, it is good to have an appropriate pressure to push us to do better, but too much pressure can push us to the end of the edge resulting in sickness.

Please calm yourself if you see those patterns moving fast.

iQuran in English and Bahasa Melayu - Macromedia FlashPaper Power

My online buddy, Amru is very resourceful with good content. Here's a great example of  how his compilation always amazes and excites me. This time, the iQuran.

http://vertika.dynu.com/iquran/

Find yourself the Al-Quran with translation of Bahasa Melayu by Abd Allah Muhammad Basmeih and English by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. 

The pages are frame-based built using Macromedia FlashPaper Power, a pretty new innovation from Macromedia. The required plug-in is the IE Windows Media 10 for you to play the Quran recital. WOW! Text + audio. The audio format is the ever ubiquitous mp3 ;-)

McDonald's New Grilled Chicken Foldover & the new Asian Body Mass Index (BMI)

The McDonald's new Grilled Chicken Foldover, which I just had for lunch just now is YUMMY! Finally this menu is now in available outside Klang Valley. I had my first in KL 2 months back.

Check out this new Asian BMI (it's available on the McD promo paper/flyer that they use to put on your tray). Is your weight healthy? The latest Asian Body Mass Index (BMI) cut-off levels is a good way to find out:

Asian BMI = Weight (kg) / [Height (m)] x [Height (m)]

Asian BMI (for adults). If you are:

• Below 18.5 - you are underweight
• Between 18.5 to 22.9 - your weight is healthy
• Between 23 to 27.4 - you are overweight
• 27.5 and above - you are obese

There's one thing I love about the campaign for this Grilled Chicken Foldover. McDonalds uses active instead of healthy "At McDonald's, we are getting active!"

A picture of a girl doing exercise outdoor in her balcony with the Grilled Chicken Foldover outside the exercise mat depicts the healthy lifestyle McD is promoting especially after the documentary film 'Supersize Me'. Looks like McD is now promoting active lifestyle and tell us to make more informed decision in choosing what to eat based on what we do.

Thanks to this product, I am now visiting McDonald's. But only for the Grilled Chicken Foldover and the Coke Light! No fries, thanks!

The grilled chicken foldover is the best lunch meal to supply you with good amount of carbohydrate, vegee, protein, and vitamin. For the first time, McD's vegee tastes so fresh to me. And the pita bread is prepared just right. Wonder if it was made of Pillsbury flour. Will ask around!

So, what's your BMI today?

Microsoft Longhorn: What's in for e-Learning

I would like to bring your attention to the MS Longhorn capabilities (that will be release in 2006) particularly on vertical market of higher education. There are some new e-learning features: Collaboration, Portfolio, eLearning Content Creation/Mgt that are generic to other niche of the market.

You may view the presentation at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/productinfo/conceptvid/default.aspx Longhorn Concept Videos

Take note of how complex visualization will be enabled as Microsoft utilizes Intel’s Virtualization technology, Vanderpool. As an example, icons will no longer merely display/depict the file format, but gives you visual of what is in inside the document/file.

The new OS, Longhorn is built on three pillars to enable end-to-end business processes across organizations and systems. For further information, read Fundamentals, Avalon, WinFS, and Indigo.

Take note how Avalon, WinFS, and Indigo are respectively separating (thus better performance for):

• Presentation (reading and visualization),
• Data (annotation of documents), and
• Communication (secure connectivity).

Avalon might be a hit as it gives 3D, vector graphics, anti-alias, and floating capabilities in Longhorn with the use of new markup, XAML. All these will be exciting thing to happen in the content industry.

It is just about the right time that Adobe and Macromedia merge in anticipation of this Microsoft OS long-awaited release.

I am anticipating that LCMS and LMS vendors will be releasing major updates on their current products to take advantage of the new OS capabilities.