Chip off the old block

Left: Me (1981), Right: Daughter (2010)

People ask whom my daughter resembles the most - me or my wife. To them I answer with this photo I took yesterday. On the left, a picture of myself when I was barely a year old is on the screen. On the right, my daughter Celine is being hugged by my wife. We look a lot alike, don't you think? :-)

First iPhone app now in App Store!

Korea Power Grid Info (대한민국 전력망 정보) listed in iTunes App Store

Three months of labouring has finally seen light. Apple has approved my first iPhone app and is now listed under 'Business' section of iTunes App Store worldwide. It's called "Korean Power Grid Info" - more info on WDSoft.com or App Store. Folks who want to see how much Korea as a whole spends electricity in real-time should find this app useful.

FYI, the app is released under Korean Power Exchange instead of my name or WDSoft.com because it represents the app best. All relevant data and information comes from there.

WDSoft.com gets a makeover

WDSoft.com Logo for 2010
WDSoft.com website got a complete makeover, and moved the hosting to XiGL.net instead of a subpage in Tool-Box.info. The old pages still exist, but are not actively linked anymore. Why the change? One reason is that the old one was languishing - it has been left as it is for about five years now. But of course, if there was nothing to add, there wouldn't have been much of a reason to overhaul it. So... you know what this means. A new application is coming up! And it's for iPhone, no less.

You can head over to the Products page at the new website to check out what's new. This new app called "Korea Power Grid Info" is a result of 4 months of self-teaching and 2 1/2 months of hair-pulling development. This app should be most useful to folks in the electric industry, but general users who has an interest in conserving electricity should take a look, as well.

The app is currently in the review process at Apple, and I hope it gets approved soon.

Grandpa passes away

My grandpa had become seriously weak since last year, and his health never really recovered since then. I did took two days off to visit him a couple of days ago with my wife and daughter - grandpa was barely able to open his eyes then. Little did we know that this was the last we would see him alive.

He finally passed away around 8AM today.

I'm taking a plane to Ulsan now. May he rest in peace.

Caught on the KTV media coverage

Between March 8 and 10, '2010 Inter-Ministry Green Technology Forum' was held at Seoul Center of Education and Culture. I was attending the event to assist my team leader and the manager, something I previously noted on Twitter.
http://twitter.com/namuori/status/10144126600
http://twitter.com/namuori/status/10144643814

Since it's a government-related event, KTV (government-run Korea TV) was naturally covering it. It was broadcast on 6PM, March 8, with the video and the transcript thankfully available at the website.
[ Relevant Page at Info-Wide 6 ]
[ Video Only ]

Looking at the coverage, there had been too many technologies being discussed and so the K-EMS Development Project that my team is working on was sadly not aired. Team leader's awarding of the commendation from the minister was also edited out. But looking at the video carefully, the whole team, including myself was caught on the camera when it was recording the entire audience. This is what was seen between 1:23 and 1:25 mark.

1: Team Leader Hyo-Sang Lee 2: Manager Sung-Goo Kim 3: Deputy Manager Woo-Duk Chung


The video capture came out too tiny, but it becomes obvious when you compare this with the selfie I took during the event.

2010 녹색기술포럼에서 김성구 차장 & 정우덕 대리


So it's now confirmed that I attended, but I'm not sure if my company will recognize this as a publicity.
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