Category: Life Bits

Life is full of moments to capture and remember. In this category, I will capture bits of my life with words and possibly some pictures.

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How to make your customer helpline less frustrating – insights from experiencing a really bad one

I was at a cash deposit machine with my mum to deposit cash to pay for my dad’s taxi rental. After accepting our cash notes, the machine was not able to record our deposit details nor return back our notes. After printing a receipt that indicate the error and showing a number for us to call, the screen was reverted back to its home screen, ready to service the next customer.

Luckily my mum brought her mobile phone, there are no phones anywhere near the machine for customers to call to the helpline. Dialing 11 numbers got me to connected to an answering machine. There were a few questions that I had to struggle to interpret (due to the nearby noisy market) and some options that I had to select (or not select) in order to get to a human-friendly human.

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jQuery tic tac toe

A good way to learn a new programming language or framework is to create a easy game. This game is a result of my first stint at using jQuery. Click on one of the grids to start playing!

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What does “no drinking or eating” mean to a computer

I saw a this signage while travelling on the circle line.

Prohibition signage on train

When I saw this sign, I was wondering if a computer is to decide who had violated the “no eating or drinking” rule, under which circumstance(s) will it identify a person as a offender?

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Why my computer restarted automatically by itself while playing league of legends

Just when my brother is really to assist me in killing the enemy champion, my brother shouted: “the computer restarted itself again”. We were playing a game of the league of legends when that situation occurred. Until recently, the computer restart problem came back to haunt us just 10 months after we got a new graphics card. The temptation to replace the 3 year old DIY gaming machine with a newer one escalates with each automatic restart of the computer. However, my gut feeling told me that the problem could be solved.

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7 quotes that helped make my programming life easier

Although it is easy to write several hello worlds, programming is not always easy. In my life, I had came across inspiration quotes from famous people which had benefited me in different ways. Here are 7 quotes which I felt had helped make my programming life easier.