Projects and more projects…

There are a few projects concurrently running under my care. The first one is ICSS Warehouse project. Its progress hasn’t been as fast as I expected. I know I am contemplating about some issues which might affect the way the system is used. So yeah, I need to communicate this to the stakeholders. I’ll visit ICSS once I have finished the prototype of my idea.

Another project is MyTank. Since its launch few weeks ago, few bugs and new requirements have surfaced. This week I’ve completed few enhancements and bug fixes. I’ve fixed the bug in Tank Overview filter, allow LCL and FLEXIBAG shipments to sail without any tanks. I also added a feature to ensure MyTank can handle adhoc tanks. Other than Stella’s pending request, MyTank can be considered complete.

Another project that i’ve not started at all is the OCR project for Air Export Factory jobs. I personally owe this project to David 🙂 Hopefully I can get it done by this weekend. If not, that fellow will get whacked left and right. Anyway, this project should be easy as I already completed a very similar project (this sentence could be the very reason i’ve not written any single line of codes :p)

There’s an upcoming project looming on the horizon. It’s. A warehousing project for a potential customer. We haven’t got the contract, so everything is just a blueprint for now. I personally hope that we can get this project because I view it quite challenging. Challenging because the warehousing project will very likely need to interface with customer’s SAP system. Also, the objects to be kept in the warehouse will be more complicated than just pieces, pallets and racks. Interesting times indeed.

My Family

This week we visited our paediatrician to give Airen her Hepatitis A vaccine. Unlike many kids before, who cried even when they only just entered the doctor’s room; Airen remains cheerful. She even took a plastic ball from Doc’s table and starts playing with it. As Airen lays on the bed, my wife hold both Airen’s arm and start to distract her with conversation.

In a split of seconds, the nurse pressed the needle against Airen’s right thigh, release the vaccine, then immediately pulled out. Airen surprised for a while, exclaimed “Ouch mommy, it’s hurt”, then continued her conversation with her mother. Wow, Airen did not cry at all 🙂

To reward her not-crying-vaccination achievement, we bought her the colourful clay that she’s been keen on having. So for the whole week, Airen has been busy playing with clay. We do hope that this can nurture any artistry potential that she might have 🙂

I recently picked up a book at Singapore’s National Library. The title is Expert JavaScript.

The book starts with a chapter explaining about the concept of object in JavaScript. The opening chapter really blows my mind. Below code is familiar to me:

//create object
var animal = {};

//define property
animal.legs = 4;

But I don’t know that I can configure the properties as below:

var animal= {};
 
Object.defineProperty(animal, 'legs', {
  writable: true,
  configurable: true,
  enumerable: true,
  value: 4
});
 
Object.defineProperty(animal, 'ears', {
  writable: true,
  configurable: true,
  enumerable: true,
  value: 2
});
 
Object.defineProperty(animal, 'secretTrackerEnabled', {
  enumerable: false,
  value: true
}); 

for (var x in animal) {
  console.log(x);
}

// => legs
// => ears
 

Seriously, this book is really good. It only only took me one chapter to realize how I have missed so much of JavaScript’s core concept.

Just come back from watching The Amazingly Stupid Spider-Man 2. I’m not saying Spider-Man is stupid; I just feel stupid for bringing my brain along to watch this movie.

There is just too many goofy moments that make the movie weak. For example, there’s one moment where Peter Parker swung then hit into the wall as he tried to catch Gwen to talk. Come on Spidey, this is your second movie. Shouldn’t you master that landing skill already?

Another goof is the usage of Internet inside a private jet. There was a scene where Peter’s father, Richard Parker was uploading his self-confession video. As far as I know, internet in private jet is only available in 2008. So that’s like 6 years ago. Considering that the average age of people graduated from high school is 17-19 years old, that makes Peter Parker was at least a 11 year old boy when his parents left him at Aunt May’s house. But the movie actually states that Peter was a 4 years old boy when his parents left him.

Oh, and how did Spider-Man defeated Electro? He defeated Electro using a law of physics that says battery will explode if it is overloaded. There was even a scene showing exploding batteries which is used to prove this law. Come on man! This Electro “battery” guy can literally disperse his physical body into electricity, use the power cable to travel, then rearrange himself somewhere else (provided it’s near a power plug) at will. Your normal battery can’t do that! Not even that mighty Energizer battery.

Now that we are talking about physics, do you know why an arrow has a metal arrowhead? Because F = m x a!. So I think Spider-Man’s web is a violation of Newton’s Law. Don’t you think so? Think about it. How can Spider-Man shot his web into buildings then use it to swing around New York’s skyscrapers unless his web has a heavy mass?

And one more thing, do you know what will happen if someone falling from high altitude, then Spidey shot his web trying to save that person, miraculously managed to stick the web to the stomach, then Spidey pulled his web? Broke back, my friend!

Hmm.. this is not the first time I disappointed with Spider-Man movie. I guess I should stick with Batman and Jack Sparrow.