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Posted by Khoa Vo in How-To, Programming, Technology on 06. Aug, 2011 | No Comments
“Garbage in, garbage out” is the famous sentence that describes how a computer takes in bad input data and return back false information to the users. Indeed, it is very important for a web or application developer to make sure that users enter correct information into the information system. Checking user input data in programming is an essential task to prevent errors, crashes, and exploits. A simple, but useful, regular expression validation (Regex) can help us achieve what we want quickly. Regex Patterns are easy to use, especially if you are using .NET Regular Expression Validator Control. In this article, I will share with you some Regex Patterns that I found useful.
Posted by Khoa Vo in FunStation, Shocking, Technology on 03. Jun, 2011 | 1 Comment
Anhui Province, China / a 17 years old Chinese boy, named only as Zheng decided to sell one of his vital organs, the right side kidney in exchange for 22,000 yuan (€2,350). “I wanted to buy an iPad 2 but could not afford it,” said Zheng. “A broker contacted me on the internet and said he could help me sell one kidney for 20,000 yuan.” But, this was a decision he soon came to regret as his health is deteriorating.
Posted by Khoa Vo in FunStation, Music on 18. May, 2011 | 2 Comments
Recently, I have a chance to listen to a CD of a new singer. She is Jessie J with her may be first album “Who You Are.” I think she is awesome and may be the next big thing for sure. Here are two of her music videos that I like a lot. Enjoy!!
Posted by Khoa Vo in Science, World on 12. Apr, 2011 | No Comments
The crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan is not yet over. Radiation has contaminated the sea water, and radioactive clouds have spread around the world. People are worried about their safety for the future. To help you understand how radiation affects the human body, the following radiation dosage chart will be helpful.
Posted by Khoa Vo in Nature, World on 14. Mar, 2011 | 1 Comment
9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck Northeastern Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011. This is the biggest earthquake ever in Japan and the fifth in the World on record. Several buildings in Tokyo shook violently. People desperately tried to evacuate the building and avoid the falling objects. Followed by the earthquake, 10-20 meters tsunami waves with the speed of a jet engine swept away houses, buildings, farms, cars, and thousands of victims in seconds.
Posted by Khoa Vo in World on 07. Mar, 2011 | No Comments
Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, China — While working on a road expansion project, a group of Chinese workers discovered a tomb with three coffins two meters below the road’s surface. On March 1st, 2011, Taizhou Museum’s researchers examined the coffins. In two coffins, the researchers found skeletons and funeral objects dated back in Ming Dynasty era. However, in the third coffin, they were stunned to discover a wonderfully preserved 700 years old female mummy.
Posted by Khoa Vo in Funny Stuff, FunStation on 18. Feb, 2011 | 2 Comments
Ancient Chinese Massage Chair. The title says it all. Yes, they did invested the massage chair a long long time ago.
Posted by Khoa Vo in Nature, World on 21. Dec, 2010 | 7 Comments
The year 2010 is indeed a “special” year. It is an end of a decade. 2010 is full of tears and joys. Let’s take a look back to remember what happened in this year. Millions of gallons of PB’s oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico caused serious damage to the environment. Several massive earthquakes wreaked havoc worldwide. Wikileaks released hundreds of classified diplomatic cables, 33 men were rescued from a mine after being trapped for 10 weeks, protesters took to the streets all over the world, and so much more.
Posted by Khoa Vo in Nature on 12. Dec, 2010 | 8 Comments
At the sulfur mine in the crater of the Kawah Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia, the famous photographer Oliver Grunewald captured surreal images lit by moonlight, torches, and blue flames of burning molten sulfur. The miners of the 2,600 meter tall (8,660 ft) Kawah Ijen volcano trek up to the crater, then down to the shore of a 200-meter-deep crater lake of sulfuric acid, where they retrieve heavy chunks of pure sulfur to carry back to a weighing station.
Posted by Khoa Vo in Gadgets, News, Technology on 09. Dec, 2010 | 29 Comments
Talking about Linux, most users remember about all the hassles that they have faced. I am talking about the endless streams of code, ugly user interface, and hours waste in fixing simple tasks. Familiar name such as Fedora Core, Ubuntu, Red hat, etc. did try their best to attract new users. Today, we know that they have all failed. Then, there is one name decided to change that. I’d like to introduce to you Jolicloud version 1.1.
Posted by Khoa Vo in How-To, Technology on 08. Dec, 2010 | 3 Comments
I believe that most of us have ever seen and even used DOS before. Yeah, you are right! It looks ugly. But, it can get the job done quickly. If you are in need of using a calculator and do not want to open any Calc App, now you can do the calculation quickly as you may have done so in Excel. In this article, I will show you how to set up a simple but amazingly powerful calculator.
Posted by Khoa Vo in Funny Stuff, FunStation on 03. Dec, 2010 | No Comments
Black Friday Madness 2010 at Target. Love to see how people react over a few bucks of savings 
First, wake up early and hit the road. Second, wait in front of the store, then get stampeded at the front door. Priceless! This is just miserable.
Posted by Khoa Vo in FunStation, Shocking on 03. Dec, 2010 | No Comments
Footage of the P&O ship “Pacific Sun” in rough seas shows the boat pitching heavily. The ship was 400 miles outside Auckland, New Zealand. In the video, the furniture is sliding back and forth. Kind of scary situation.
Posted by Khoa Vo in Science on 02. Dec, 2010 | 18 Comments
The universe is vast, full of mysteries, and extremely active. Since the big bang, the universe is constantly expanding. It houses billions of galaxies and trillions of stars, planets, moons, comets, and asteroids. New stars and planets are being born every second of our existence. Old stars die and cause supernovas. Galaxies are moving apart from each other. At the same time, other galaxies are colliding into each other, and forming a new giant galaxy.
