I was at the Greenpoint Stadium last nite to watch the Spain vs. Portugal match. It was not bad. The first half of the match was quite boring, but I saw a more tenacious spanish team during the second half of the game. Below are some pictures and videos I got from the match.
The Videos
I really did have fun!!
It is nice receiving emails from people and firms about my project – TransferHTTP. I was contacted late last year by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle and Sun) on the project. And yesterday, Ribbit Corporation also indicated interest in my work. Below are the mails from both firms, most likely one of their developers.
Oracle and Sun
from B***d P* <B***d.P*{at}sun.com>
to date subject mailed-by Hi,
A colleague of mine showed me this project and it looks very exciting to me.
We are working a converged application framework (http://sailfin-cafe.dev.java.net)
for writing converged web/sip services quickly.I wanted to start using your plugin for some blogs and examples in the beginning. Would
it work with firefox 3.x? Do you have plans to create plugins for other browsers?thanks,
B***d.
Ribbit Corporation
Subject: Transfer HTTP
Michael,
Im wondering what the status of the Transfer HTTP project and if you had any plans to extend this to work on other platforms and browsers? At Ribbit we are quite interested in this kind of approach to Web Telephony and could possible help extend this work.
Thanks,
m**
My response has always been the same. I currently do not consider developing the extension for other Web browsers/platforms. The implementation was a proof of concept. Although the site (http://transferhttp.mozdev.org/installation.html) does not contain the FF 3.x version of the extension, I could provide anyone interested with the installer/source code. I hope to push the FF 3.x version of the extension to the site soon. I am also very happy to work with the firm/anyone interested in extending the work. Both TransferHTTP and TransferHTTPController were released under open-source licenses.
If anyone is interested in seeing how the extension works, here is a demo on it – http://bit.ly/pQVKX. And for the control services or proxy, here is its demo – http://bit.ly/7XPhc
I was contacted few days ago that I will be one of the recipients of the prestigious awards in the UCT – University Research Associateship. Below is the mail I got from the Postgraduate Funding Office.
Dear Students
I have pleasure in advising you that the Postgraduate Studies Funding Committee have selected you as a recipient of the University Research Associateship, at the value indicated, to assist your research towards the Doctoral degree.
The purpose of the Research Associateship is to recognize excellent student researchers and support the work of supervisors.
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In acknowledgement of your achievements, you will be presented with a certificate at a ceremony presided over by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research, Professor D Visser. You will be notified of the date and time of the presentation, which will take place during August 2010.
Lastly, a portion of this award will be transferred to your supervisor’s research fund. Please ensure that you the correct fund numbers are completed on the claim to not delay payments.Should you have any enquiries please contact me.
Kind Regards
***ntel R***
Coordinator: Information Management Portfolio