I went for my 3ds presentation yesterday. I have a robot-like character in a box. The story is, the character wakes up and stands up and walk towards the door. He (or rather, it) tries to open the door using the door knob but its locked. Then it takes a chainsaw and tries to saw the door down. He fails. Then he gets an axe and tries to chop it down. Finally he decides to run and push against the door.

So anyway, I showed it to my lecturer the other day. He said it was okay but my animation was a bit too slow I lost around half marks for that. The other major thing that was missing in my animation was lighting. I didn’t have enough lights to brighten up my scene so the scene looks dull and rather plain. Another thing was I didn’t have any lights inside my box so the robot was dark. He encouraged me to use spotlights - in real life it would be something like Golights - to shine on the robot.

I think that lighting is very important in 3d, especially if you’re creating something realistic. This is because you have to ensure that all the shadows and stuff are correct - just like in real life.

Still so much work to be done on my project. *sigh*

I once came across this post in a forum that was looking for women to donate their eggs for RM3500. The post was deleted soon after by forum moderators because it sounded too much like a scam.

Scams aside, I think that fertility clinics are really doing a very positive thing. Its sad for couples who would love to have a child but can’t due to some complications. One thing they can do is the IVF procedure where the egg (from the woman) is extracted and then the sperm is added. Then a few days later, the developing embryo is placed into the woman’s uterus. The babies are commonly known as test tube babies.

Wonderful isn’t it, this world of new medical technologies?

As I was blog hopping, I came across ways to promote your blog offline. One suggestion was to make a business card to promote your name, id and blog. The idea was, in our daily life, we meet so many people and have so much opportunities to promote our blog to them. If you just mention it, they might forget or misspell your blog name. But with a business card, its easier to remember the business card and thus, your URL.

I remember some time ago when I went to Blogger Booze - a bloggers meet in a pub in Hartamas, there was this guy passing out business cards. I thought he was promoting his company or job but it only had his name, nickname and blog URL on it. Well then, come to think of it,why stop at business cards?why not just make address stickers or fliers? Then again, perhaps that is too over the top.

Anyway, i think the blog card is good especially if you are a blogger who often goes to blog meets and gatherings. Then you can pass out your card to the other bloggers there.

Would you ever make a business card for your blog?

I think the iPhone is rather cool and fancy looking. With the touch screen and all it seems like a really nice phone. Sadly its kinda too expensive for me. Plus if i want to use it here, I have to unlock it.
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We were asked to do something student or Limkokwing related and so I came up with a simple (or perhaps not so simple considering that I find it hard to do) scheduling system. It aims to match students and tutors for extra classes based on the subjects and the time slots.

Seems rather boring eh? Well, I hope the lecturers like it. Most other students are doing some sort of Asset Tracking Software like an inventory, or a student portal so I think my project will stand out.

*crosses fingers*

Do you know how dangerous it can be to pay your bills - particularly in restaurants - where the waiter takes your card away to swipe it at the cashier?

Imagine this scenario, the waiter takes your card to the cashier. He then proceeds to write down the information on your card - name, number, expiry date and most importantly, those three digits at the back. He then swipes your card to pay the bill, then gives it back. Using that information, he can then pretend to be you and go and a major shopping spree online.

Yes! This has happened. Try google it if you don’t believe me. In worst case scenarios the culprit steals your whole identity and does scrupulous things. Scary isn’t it? We’re lucky its not really prevalent here in Malaysia or we would have to start looking for companies like lifelock.

I think the best course of action is avoid paying your restaurant check by credit card, use cash. That way you can both save yourself from debt and also the risk of having your identity stolen