Update My Curriculum Vitae

I am going to submit my Ph.D. applications soon. This version should be the curriculum vitae sent to universities.

The First Email to a Professor for Ph.D. Application

I have just sent an email to professor Asuman Ozdaglar. This is the first email I send for my Ph.D. application and admission. In the email, I also attached my new Curriculum Vitae and one of my publication in IEEE ICC 2009.

I plan to finish all emailing within this month. :)

Ghost in The Shell

Ghost in the Shell is a Japanese multimedia. It was firstly a manga published in 1989. Nowadays, it branches off into manga, animated films, anime series, video games and novels, and influences many others. This includes the film of The Matrix.


From: YouTube

When I first saw this anime, I really wondered how Japanese can dream and forecast the future from 1989. The anime comprises of many aspects and details which, in my opinion, can be realized. Not only those but also the philosophy and moral of what humankind is called when we can surpass Darwin's Theory of Evolution. This is because, today, we are moving closer and closer to its boundary by our technology and science.

At last, let me put this soundtrack of Ghost in the shell: Stand Alone Complex with scenes from the original Ghost in the shell (1995).


From: YouTube

Agile Practices: case of small team and small software project

A presentation created by @eig won "Top Presentations of the day."

Agile Practices

View more presentations from Thatchaphol Saranurak.

My First ThinkPad

I bought my first ThinkPad on March 23, 2008. Its specification is

ThinkPad R61i (7650A32)
Microprocessor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 1.5 GHz
System Bus: 667 MHz
DDR2 Memory: 2048 MB
Hard Drive: 120 GB
Optical Drive: DVD/RW
Display: WXGA LCD 15.4"
Graphic Card: Intel GMA X3100
LAN, Wireless
Ubuntu Operating System

In fact, I am cleaning up and installing Ubuntu right now. This information is for my future configuration.

Vacation and Graduate School

From: PHD comics

For me, a time in graduate school is the best period to learn and study what I really want to know and understand. With flexible schedule, I can manage to focus on subjects that I cannot study if I work in a real world job. :)

Researcher Vacation Problem

It seems like my life somehow.


From: PHD Comics