An Binh on Life My world, minimalising …

28Feb/090

Free must-have Mac softwares – App Cleaner

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The description of this software on its home page:

AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps.AppCleaner finds all these small files and safely deletes them.Simply drop an application onto the AppCleaner window. It will find for the related files and you can delete them by clicking the delete button.

I had used AppZapper before having my hand on AppCleaner. Switching to AppCleaner is easy since:

  • AppZapper is a commercial software and I'm not willing to pay for it. AppCleaner, on the other hand, is a perfect free alternative.
  • AppZapper is not as flexible as AppCleaner. AppCleaner can display all application and widgets and uninstall them directly right inside AppCleaner's window. AppZapper could never do that.

28Feb/090

Great Ads: Action Innotion

Advertising Agency: McCann Erickson, Brussels, Belgium
Creative Directors: Koen Nuyts, Tony Naudts-Ducene
Graphic Designers: Greg Pin, Thomas Sauvenière (bannering campaign)
Copywriters: Michael Thuy, Eveline Vincke, Patrick Pinchart
Account Managers: Madelieve Timmermans, Judith Floor

Account Supervisor: Joelle Vandeville

26Feb/090

Great Ads: Social Media as Ice Cream

22Feb/090

Flash back

I saw a part of me in the story "Flash back" and I  was moved. "Flash back" was written by my friend Nguyen Thien Ngan. It was published in Ao Trang magazine, a monthly magazine specialised in Literature. Currently, the story is in Vietnamese only; will try to translate it into English soon.

Below is the story (in Vietnamese)

Tôi thấy mình thấp thoáng trong "Gặp lại" và cảm thấy yêu quí nó. Nguyễn Thiên Ngân, một người quen, đã viết truyện ngắn này và đăng trên Áo Trắng. Hiện tại truyện chỉ có bản tiếng Việt nên sẽ cố gắng dịch sang tiếng Anh sớm.

22Feb/090

Free must-have Mac softwares – Full list

My Dell 640m died on a chilled spring evening not so long ago so I headed out and bought me a new laptop for my work. I picked the new Macbook Unibody and got hooked.

I've never been a fan of M$ but I gotta admit that ten years or more working in Windows makes me kinda depend on some Windows that aid a lot to my every day work and life. Thus, switching to Mac seems to be difficult at the first place. However, I've found some alternatives and the good thing is: most of them are free. Vào một buổi tối mùa xuân lành lạnh, Ruby ra đi. Ruby là thằng nhóc Dell 640m đã gắn bó với mình gần 3 năm trời. Vậy là phải lục đục đi mua laptop mới. Cân nhắc mãi, cuối cùng đã chọn mua em Macbook Unibody và càng ngày càng nghiện.

Mình trước giờ vốn không mặn mà lắm với M$ nhưng phải công nhận mười mấy năm làm việc trên Windows cũng có làm mình phụ thuộc vào một số phần mềm viết cho hệ điều hành này. Bởi vậy, cũng có đôi chút bỡ ngỡ lúc mới chuyển sang Mac OS X.  May mắn là mình đã và đang tìm được một số phần mềm tương đương trên Mac (phần lớn là phần mềm miễn phí).

5Feb/090

Leave out all the rest – Entry for February 05, 2009

I dreamed I was missing, you were so scared
But no one would listen, 'cause no one else cared
After my dreaming, I woke with this fear
What am I leaving when I'm done here?

So if you're asking me, I want you to know

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest

Leave out all the rest, don't be afraid
I've taken my beating, I've shared what I made
I'm strong on the surface, not all the way through
I've never been perfect, but neither have you

So if you're asking me, I want you to know

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Forgetting all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well
Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Forgetting all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well
Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

I can't be who you are

by Linkin' Park - Video on YouTube
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Pls, leave out all the rest...

I dreamed I was missing, you were so scared
But no one would listen, 'cause no one else cared
After my dreaming, I woke with this fear
What am I leaving when I'm done here?

So if you're asking me, I want you to know

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest

Leave out all the rest, don't be afraid
I've taken my beating, I've shared what I made
I'm strong on the surface, not all the way through
I've never been perfect, but neither have you

So if you're asking me, I want you to know

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Forgetting all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well
Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Forgetting all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well
Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

I can't be who you are

by Linkin' Park - Video on YouTube
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Pls, leave out all the rest...