Phil Huang

Author: Philip

  • SunRocket is Crashing

    The VoIP company I use, SunRocket, apparently is going out of business. They have a lot of outstanding debt that they can’t pay and all last ditch efforts to either continue operations or sell the company have fallen through. In fact, a leaked internal memo states that SunRocket may shut down at close-of-business TODAY! More…

  • Being Lazy Under This Insanely Hot Weather

    Everyone in NYC knows we’re going through a heat wave – heck it’s going to be 98 tomorrow! This kind of unbearably hot weather makes me so lazy. I have air conditioning but I try not to turn it on until the afternoon – I try to not turn it on during peak hours. The…

  • Federer Wins His Fifth Wimbledon Title in a Row

    Wow, this was one heck of a championship match – talk about top notch tennis. Federer is just on a whole other level compared to the rest of men’s tennis. I certainly think he’s the best player ever. I mean, the guy is only 25 and he has 11 majors. Roger Federer has won 11…

  • LisaNova does George Bush

    There are a couple of fairly entertaining people making videos on Youtube and LisaNova is definitely one of them. Here’s her most recent video which I enjoyed:

  • 10 Hours of Sleep Feels Really Good

    I went to bed at 4 am and woke up at 2 pm on Sunday. I gotta say 10 hours of sleep feels really good. I haven’t had 10 hours of sleep for probably over a year. Everyone’s internal clock and needs are different but I think I probably need 10 hours of sleep on…

  • STARCRAFT II

    This was really big news in the video game world and I began following it when there were rumors floating around that Blizzard would announce a new game at the Worldwide Invitational in Korea. For those that don’t know, Starcraft is insanely popular in South Korea and it’s actually a sport there (with spectators and…

  • Safari on Windows

    Apple released a new beta version of their Safari web browser yesterday. Normally this news wouldn’t be that important to me but this new version now works on Windows! As a web developer this is great news because now I don’t need to use/borrow/buy a Mac just to test my work in Safari. As I…

  • Why is Poor Customer Service So Common?

    I’m often amazed at how so many businesses and their customer-facing employees provide such poor customer service. As a web developer/consultant, almost everything I do is about customer service. Deadlines are to be met, work provided should meet/exceed expectations and stated requirements, and basically client needs should be taken care of. I really don’t know…

  • MovableType Going Open Source

    This is kind of a follow up to the WordPress post I made a couple of days ago. Well recently, MovableType (MT), another blogging/CMS application in direct competition with WordPress, announced a major new version (4.0) that would be completely open source. Note that WordPress is already open source as well. This is a departure…

  • Lost Season 3 Finale

    I’m watching the 2-hour season finale of Lost right now and I just have to say.. OH MY GOD. And it’s not even over. Even though the episode doesn’t answer ANY questions or mysteries about the island, it sure is INTENSE. Lost just finished Season 3 and all I have to say is: