Musings of a Daydreaming Wanderer

Introspection

Daffodilistic — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:30:18 +0000

Sometimes I wonder why do I bother being nice to people – is it man’s inherent altruism? To do good, despite being put down by others’ negative view of a person, or people viewing them as being pretentious and/or strange? Giving without receiving is a heavy duty, and one that carries such burden is prone to cracking [...]

Membershipism

Daffodilistic — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:16:52 +0000

I’m not sure if anyone has noticed this, but more and more stores are having their own membership system. I wonder what’s up with this recent trend in customer relationship management – could it be related to the consumer data protection laws that is being currently being planned by the regulatory authority?

No matter the [...]

2011 Birthday Resolutions

Daffodilistic — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:23:52 +0000

So another year has passed normally for me on my birthday. Apparently, facebook status updates are still the “in thing”, despite my preference for hand-made/drawn objects as a gift, as I consider them as the most sincere form of showing that you care for another person. I am flexible with people, though, and I understand [...]

How to Recover a Corrupted Flash CS 5.5 FLA File

Daffodilistic — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:50:39 +0000

Due to some strange issue with a computer at work here, a FLA file was corrupted for some strange reason and we couldn’t open it. A little googling to check details on the FLA and XFL format reveals that the FLA file can be unzipped, and with some luck, most of the data can be [...]

Privacy Risks in Corporate Social Networking

Daffodilistic — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:15:29 +0000

With the rise of social networking sites like facebook, twitter, et al., it is no surprise that companies would want to jump in on the bandwagon, as the potentials are too great to be ignored. Word-of-mouth does wonders for branding, and companies can keep track of their store operations and customers. What’s more important to [...]