Some interesting sites...

I think before I continue to introduce some other interesting site or page, I should introduce this online tool. I visit a lot of sites in Mandarin, thus for those who can't read Chinese, but wish to follow my trail in the Internet world should know this tool. It's a translator tool by Google. I know that Google has a lot of online gadgets and web-based tool that I don't realize. However, this is one of my most frequently used tools beside Google search engine that helps me a lot. Alas! I only able to get the snapshot in Mandarin version… hmm.. A highly intelligent tool that can capture my default language in Traditional Chinese... http://translate.google.com/

Recently, I am into guitar again. Bought a capo today. Get motivated by this song: When I see you smile by Bic Runga, introduced by a friend of mine. Found the guitar chords for this song in C Key. However, the original key of the song is not in C key or G key, so I can’t learn and play along with the song. Finally I got my capo, but… The chords sound not so right. So I search for another guitar chords for this song, or better still if I can find a tabulate! Finally, I found something in Dsus2/C#, Bm7 and bla bla bla… :-s I just know a few general and common chords. I can’t do a transpose on these chords… :-s Then, I found this site! Great job to the site owner! I can easily find any chords with the variations on this site. Anyway, it would be even greater if it includes common A on G, or Dm7 on G or F on C… :D Hehehe… good for people like me don’t really care to (or know how to) count for the number of semitones to get the right “spot”. :P http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/index.php

I bought a sewing machine last year. I am not sure what is the main purpose of buying it, but I wanted to make bags (and cloths, of course). I have made at least 1 bag, and 2-3 pencil cases. All are simple design, just a zip, and probably an internal pocket. Then I start to google online to check out handbag making sites. This is one of the sites I found. My god, I have not been visiting this site for quite a long time. I brought back my sewing machine back to hometown. With my “tight” schedule, I will never able to attend for the sewing class that was free with my purchase. Probably during my “ramp down” time, and get back my machine before go for the class again. Oh yeah, I almost forgot the main purpose of the site is to introduce the interesting web pages/web sites. This is the blog for the u-handbag owner, Lisa. It contains some how-to articles, which is definitely very useful and handy when you want to make a handbag! She also provide the how-to article in pdf format, so that you...

This blog was introduced by my friend, my ex-colleague, my junior… well, someone who loves to surf Internet as I do. Karen Cheng was a web developer and designer. There were some portfolios in her sites. She writes a lot about her kids, fashion, arts, things she does, and last but not least, her own photo shooting! I like the way she organizes her blog, packed, but tidy and clean. The way she presented the photos is really fantastic. My friend and I was once try to figure out how she did that! She really deserves to earn awards for her site. :) http://www.karencheng.com.au/

I decided not to use the URL as my title. It seems much misleading that a reader might think by clicking on the title will bring him to the actual site. And I think is cooler to put the site title (for this case), rather than the URL to catch reader's eyes. :P I am doing study on semiconductor. Guess what I found from Google? This! Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics! This site owner must be a super fan of Britney Spears! The site is rather informational, with some distractions from Britney’s pictures. However, overall it’s pleasant to read the articles together with the distractions. :) http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm

For those interior design lovers, you must not miss this out. I found this website by keep clicking on the next blog on blogger/blogspot until I find one interesting site. Oh my! If you go through the site carefully, you’ll find out that this site was nominated for Best Hobby Blog! It is very user friendly, I mean, it has the button ready for multi-language translate. OK, back to the site contents. The site is like a online catalog, gives you ideas on how to setup your living room, bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, and even for accessories, and outdoor setup! Here’s the snapshot of the site! ;) http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/

I mostly visited the Yahoo China version, to search for information on Chinese culture and celebrations events. 雅虎知識堂 - http://ks.cn.yahoo.com/ It’s a site for you to post any question. If you have answer for the open questions here, you are allowed to answer them. There are ranking system based on your answer with伴读书童 (I don’t know how to translate this, can’t find it from translator either. Basically in the old days, this person would accompany his young master to study), 穷酸秀才 (a scholar), 圣贤 (saint) and etc. These rankings are based on the old time title for Chinese scholar, teacher and etc. I had a quick glance on answers.yahoo.com, but I can’t find something similar there though. Besides, there’s a point system in雅虎知識堂, which you can accumulate the points and redeem gift from Yahoo! Well, it’s meant for those from China, at least for now. I read the terms and conditions, Yahoo China reserve the rights to charge for the service in the future. Hopefully it remains FOC, and open for ...

I guess no one can deny that youtube is one of the most visited sites everyday! I do visit it and search for clips almost everyday! I usually search for some songs, and the entertainment programmes in youtube. I also use the embedded codes from the site to be included in my other sites for sharing purpose. I think these sites and with the embedded code sharing concept is the best idea for sharing your ideas and your talents, sharing among friends for interesting clips, advertising… and tonnes of informative contents can be found from this site! What amazed me most is, I am working on photon and semiconductor interactions report, and tried my luck here, guess what I’ve found??!! Lots of clips on electrons, semiconductor, photon emission, and even lectures on this topic! I thought it has only entertainment related clips! How silly I was! Thanks for those who upload the clips and share for the whole Internet community! http://www.youtube.com

What is the second website that amazed me? Yes! It's wikipedia! It has helped me a lot in doing my master programme assignment, and a lot of my writings (in my some other sites). Along with the Internet community growth, more and more data are dumped into this space which might be not true, or incorrect. This site provides the trusted contents, at least to me, to be used in my write-ups. I don’t have the figure of confident level for this site from any survey, but it definitely above average and approaching the excellent! A big kudos to all wikipedia contributors! I really do hope one day, I’ll be part of the community! http://en.wikipedia.org

The first and foremost site that I'd like to introduce here is Google search engine. This has been the best site that I can find all sorts of information on earth (or even out of earth)! I work as a web architect currently, but I do not have any educational background on web. Google helps me a lot since day 1 I work as web planner and developer few years back, and it is still my first choice of search engine! Bravo, Google! I'll continue to introduce the websites which I think it's cool, useful, informational and worth visiting. :) http://www.google.com