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Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia Final – Day 3 @ Manukan Island

Ooi Keng Siang — Sat, 19 May 2012 05:35:18 +0000

After a long day of competition yesterday, now is time to relax! This year Imagine Cup Malaysia is taking all the competitors to the Manukan Island to enjoy the great view of the island and have some fun water activities. The clean water there enable us to directly see the fish swimming around and great sunny day with wind blowing is definitely an enjoyable day. We also enjoy a great lunch at there too. I don’t want to write too much here, just look at the photos and you will definitely see how much fun the students got there.

After the Manukan Island trip, the Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia final has come to an end. I can see the happy face on most of the students faces. Of course, I can see some students are a little bit disappointed after they work so hard yet didn’t manage to get the result they want. But after getting the feedback from others and I’m sure they coming back again and compete again next year. No matter you had won any prizes in Imagine Cup Malaysia this year or not, everyone is a winner because what you gain are experience, industrial network, friends from different universities and fun which cannot be measure in money value.

Last but not least, I want to said well done to Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia organizing community. Although there are some glitch in the event, but overall is much better then Imagine Cup 2011 at Kuching. You all surprise me and let me have a very enjoyable 3 days event. Even some of the international competitors ask me what happen in Imagine Cup Malaysia, why it last more than one day. I told them we are having a mini Imagine Cup just like the worldwide final version.

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia Final – The Winners

Ooi Keng Siang — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:29:19 +0000

Here is the winners of Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final. Congratulation to all of them. The Rhapsody from UTIC which is also the last year champion (Imagine Cup 2011 Malaysia final) will represent Malaysia to the Imagine Cup worldwide final at Sydney, Australia. Go go Malaysian students and make us proud! You win, we all win (Imagine Cuo slogan).

Software Design Champion

The Rhapsody – Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)

Software Design First Runner-up 4GM – Universiti Putra Malaysia

Software Design Second Runner-up

Sirius – Universiti Putra Malaysia

Software Design Consolation Prize

Beyond the Imagination - Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Drinking Water – Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)

SLIM - Tunku Abdul Rahman College

Windows Phone Challenges

SLIM – Tunku Abdul Rahman College

Kinect Fun Lab Challenges
KiHECT – Universiti Technologi Malaysia

Social Cause Award
Beyond the Imagination – Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Innovation Award
The Rhapsody – Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)

Presentation Stars
Sirius – Universiti Putra Malaysia

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia Final – Day 2 Summary

Ooi Keng Siang — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:49:51 +0000

Finally the judgment day has arrival. A series of judging process is waiting for the competitors in order to selected the top 6 finalist out from 30 teams. Then then top 6 teams will be present again in the second round of presentation in order decide which team will be the ultimate winner of this year Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia final.

During the round one of final, 3 group of judges will be walk from booth to booth to evaluate each team. All teams are given 10 minutes of presentation time + 5 minutes of Q&A section. This is the toughest round in the final because competitors are only given 10 minutes to present which is very short. Besides, it is an open booth presentation where judges can be very easy distract by other things happen around them if the competitor’s presentation was not good enough. Competitiors in order to make their presentation more lively in order to let the judges concentrate on their presentation, quite a number of teams use role-playing presentation style and add some funny laughing elements inside which is very effective and powerful to keep judges happy all the way until the presentation end.

This year, I can see a lot of teams utilizing a lot of Microsoft latest technology compare with last year. I saw a lot of teams using Windows Phone 7, Kinect for Windows, Windows 8, Windows Azure and many more . It is a good sight showing that the Malaysian students nowadays are more willing to explore the latest technologies and utilize them in their academic project. At the same time saving the planet as well. The project quality are also getting better and better.

The top 6 teams that successfully enter the second round was announced before the lunch time. Congratulation to the top 6 teams whom make it into the finalist. For those who didn’t make it into the finalist, don’t be so disappointed because coming all the way to the final is not easy. We should be more positive and learn from others in the competition. For the top 6 list and video, I had write another blog post specially for that, check it here.

The top 6 teams will be give 20 minutes to present their solution and 10 minutes for Q&A during the second round. Although it is a close room presentation just like previous year, but this year we have direct live streaming for those not in the room. Everyone get to learn about the top 6 teams solution without disturbing them during the presentation. Oh, did I mention there will be 10 judges to judge each of the top 6 teams. I bet the finalists are very stress.

Although I can’t list out the detail of each presentation one by one here in the blog post, but overall the top 6 teams presentation are very impressive. We even have the last year winning of Imagine Cup 2011 Malaysia in the top 6. The top 6 competition is going to be very tough. It is very hard to tell which team will win and I bet the judges as feeling the same. Anyway, we shall know the answer tonight.

Looking for all the winners list? Here is the this year winners.

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

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Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia – Top 6 Finalist Teams

Ooi Keng Siang — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:27 +0000

After the first round of judging, the top 6 teams that will enter the second round of presentation are out! Congratulation to all the top 6 finalist. Who are they? They are (in random order)

SLIM

Project: Gravida

from Tunku Abdul Rahman College

Team Drinking Water

Project: ENWIEO (Environmental Waste Interceptor and Organization)

from Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)

Beyond Imagination

Project: 1 Bid One Hope

from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Sirius

Project: Hooray Hubby

from Universiti Putra Malaysia

The Rhapsody

Project: WizBoard

from Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)

4GM

Project: Recycle Bingo

from Universiti Putra Malaysia

If you interested on the announcement, we have the video for you too. In case if you can’t see the video, the URL is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSfASTAooh8

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia – Day 1

Ooi Keng Siang — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:44:33 +0000

Finally it is the day, the day where the top 30 teams from different universities in Malaysia meet together in Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. I have never been to Kota Kinabalu, so I’m very excite to attend the Imagine Cup. Of course I’m also very excited to what students bring this year. Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final here I come.

The Imagine Cup will be take place at The Pacific Sutera Hotel which is a very nice hotel between the nice beach and golf field. Students are arriving from different states and start preparing their booth for tomorrow presentation and exhibition. Some students are busy decorating their booth while some are very busy preparing their presentation script.

Before the welcoming dinner, all the competitors were brief about the flow of the 3 days event of Imagine Cup, actives detail, competition detail and so on. The second day will be all about competition. The top 30 teams will need to go through a 10 minutes of presentation + 5 minutes of Q&A on a open booth presentation tomorrow. The top 6 teams will be selected and move to the final round where they are given 20 minutes of presentation + 10 minutes of Q&A in a close room presentation. Unlike last year, the top 3 teams and the ultimate team will only be announced during the dinner tomorrow instead of before the dinner. On the third day, all students are invited to the water actives at Manukan Island! Yeah, but I don’t know how to swim… but you will still get ton of pictures from me.

I can feel that the Imagine Cup Malaysia this year is much more organized and much more better than last year. Students are also getting better. When I approach them to start a conversation, they are not shy to tell me about their team. Team Sirius from UPM give me the stronger impression. They shout so loud when they team name is call, and they are very friendly when I chat with them. Well done and I’m looking more for tomorrow and third day.

The most important activity of the day is the welcoming dinner, which all competitors and mentors are invited to a BBQ dinner. The event is started by welcome speech given by Ananth Lazarus (Managing Director of Microsoft Malaysia) and YB. Dato’s Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin (Minister of Higher Education). We also have performance from UMS art students singing and perform culture dancer. This sound just like the worldwide final of Imagine Cup which I like it. This is a good time for students to get to know other teams from different universities. Finally, each team get introduced and present a certification of participation at the end of the welcoming dinner by the invited VVIP.

Tomorrow will be the judgment day, I bet the competitors are burning the midnight oil to prepare for tomorrow presentation. All the best to them and we shall see what the students manage to bring us this year.

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Greasemonkey 0.9.20 Beta Avaliable – Fix setTimeOut Problem In User Scripts

Ooi Keng Siang — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:33:47 +0000

Greasemonkey has release the 0.9.20 beta version that fix the timer problem in version 0.9.19. I personally tested out script, it can run without problem using this version. Below I the link to download the latest version of Greasemonkey. Please note that it is a beta version thus you need to manually down it as Firefox won’t automatically update it for you.

Greasemonkey for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/#beta-channel

Happy Hunting and Happy playing Diablo 3 if you bought one.

by Ooi Keng Siang via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia Local Final – Happening Soon at Kota Kinabalu

Ooi Keng Siang — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:44:28 +0000

Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final is just around the corner. Last year, the Imagine Cup Malaysia local final was held at Kuching, Sarawak where students have a lot of fun there and this year, the final will be held at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah from 16th to 18th of May. 30 teams from different universities and different states which advanced into the semi final round will be there to compete against each other. The winner of the local final will be represent Malaysia to the Imagine Cup worldwide final at Australia, Sydney this coming July 2012.

I was there last year in Imagine Cup 2011 Malaysia local final and there was a lot of fun at Kuching. If you interested to know what happen last year, check out the post Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3. I’m very interested to see what students bring this year because the projects that students develop are getting better and better each year and I hoping to see something even more exciting this year. Imagine students developing projects that can solve the world toughest problems, it is not an easy tasks and yet their step up to the challenge given by Microsoft.

This year we have 2 Microsoft Student Partners (MSP) whom will be there updating all the latest news about Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final though social media channels. Wendy and I will be telling the story of Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia final through Facebook, Twitter and Blog. If you are interested on what will be going on at the final or you want to know more about Imagine Cup, then follow us in one of the social media channel or all of the channels.

Wendy Lau (MSP)

Twitter: @HereWendy

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wendypwl

Blog: http://imwendy2009.blogspot.com/

Ooi Keng Siang (MSP)

Twitter: @ooikengsiang

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ooikengsiang

Blog: http://blog.ooiks.com

Official Channels

Imagine Cup Malaysia fans page: http://www.facebook.com/myimaginecup

Imagine Cup Twitter hasttag: #ImagineCup

MSP Social Media Twitter and Blog: @MSPSMT & http://icsocialmediateam.com/

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

setTimeOut Did Not Function Correctly in Greasemonkey 0.9.19 / Firefox 12

Ooi Keng Siang — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:35:01 +0000

[Updated] Greasemonkey version 0.9.20 beta released, check out my latest post

Today I got lot of complains from players whom using MouseHunt AutoBot or Fish Wrangler AutoBot that the script stop working in Firefox. The problem they are facing is the timer only manage to run half way (maybe 2 – 3 seconds) then it stop. While the other browsers can run the script without any problem at all. This is because Greasemonkey just push out their latest update 0.9.19 to your Firefox browser without you knowing and this version screw up the setTimeOut javascript function which is used to run the timer in the script. In version 0.9.19, they claim to have a better version of setTimeOut function wrapper, but in fact it screw thing up. Maybe you wondering why the in game timer run without any problem but that is because they are using the actual javascript engine offer in Firefox and not though Greasemonkey like user script.

What you can do then? For the mean time, use other browsers like Opera or Chrome until there is another update by Greasemonkey that fix this problem. Or you still insist want to use Firefox? Then you will need to downgrade your Greasemonkey version. How to do it? First, uninstall your Greasemonkey add-on in Firefox then restart your Firefox. Then go to install version 0.9.18 instead. you might need to reinstall the user script too. Please note that your friendly Firefox will try to help you update the Greasemonkey to the latest version if you restart Firefox.

Let’s keep our fingers cross that Greasemonkey release an update to fix this mess. I will update you all when a better solution found.

by Ooi Keng Siang via Ooiks’s Blog

Fish Wrangler AutoBot 1.07 – Fix New Code Update on Fishing Rod

Ooi Keng Siang — Mon, 07 May 2012 08:56:24 +0000

Sound like Fish Wrangler developers are busy updating the game while they updating their game, they also break the script. The script perform a lot of security check so that it make sure it run correctly. Fish Wrangler now using new url http://fish-wrangler.com/fishwrangler/fish-now to cast rod instead of the old url http://fish-wrangler.com/fishwrangler/start. This cause the previous version of the script stop working because it can’t found the link with the old url. They also mixing up facebook domain and fish-wrangler domain name in their link for different browsers which give me a lot of problems and cause the delay for the update.

The new script have fix all those problems and many thanks for players whom activity reporting the problem to me so that I can fix the script as soon as possible. Let’s keep our finger cross that no more code update that can spoil the script. Please continue to report to me if you found any bug or the game developer break the script again.

Script Description

Fish Wrangler AutoBot is a simple user script to automate the process of catching fish in Fish Wrangler application in Facebook. In a simple word, bot for Fish Wrangler. Time of next rod cast will show on the webpage title and page. Users can customize the script according to their need by themselves such as add extra random time delay before casting the rod (Please look for UserPreferenceSetting in the script).

Main Features

Automatically cast rod when time’s up with extra random time define by user.
Show next rod casting time and others timer in the page and title.
Play music when found treasure cheats.
Cross-browsers support.

Paltform Support

Facebook – http://apps.facebook.com/fishwrangler/
Official Website – http://fish-wrangler.com/

Browser Support

Mozilla Firefox with Greasemonkey add-on
Opera
Google Chrome

Precautions

Use this script at your own risk because AutoBot script is again the rule set by Fish Wrangler, that is users are prohibits the use of auto-refreshers, BOTs, constantly refreshing the Fish Now link.
You are reminded not to use your real name or the same name you use in Facebook to post / reply discussion here because some one might go after you and please don’t ask me why I use my real name here.
Do uninstall any other Fish Wrangler automation scripts or auto page reload scripts before install this script to prevent conflict with this script.

Known Issues

The script may appear much later after the page had loaded.
Google Chrome with Facebook secure login (https) may not play sound correctly.
Running in Facebook will not show any timer on the page title due to iframe problem.

How to Install User Script

Download

Download through userscript website.

Changelog

Version 1.07

Fix for unable to cast fishing rod when time is up due to code changed in game
Fix script cannot start properly when going from Facebook to Fish Wrangler official page
Fix script cannot simulate the click on the link in Firefox

Version 1.06

Fix for Fish Wrangler major code updates

by Ooi Keng Siang via Ooiks’s Blog

Fish Wrangler AutoBot 1.06 – Fix For Fish Wrangler Major Code Updates

Ooi Keng Siang — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:14:31 +0000

Thanks for all the players that help reporting the major update in Fish Wranger game. The developer decided to use a iframe to hold the game in Facebook. That is mean the Fish Wrangler official website is now running in the Facebook Fish Wranger app page. I’m not sure whatever this is a permanent change they want to make so I left most of the previous code in the script just in case they change again, else I will remove those on the next version. Get the new script and continue your fishing. Keep me posted if any update or bug in the script since it is a quick fix.

Script Description

Main Features

Automatically cast rod when time’s up with extra random time define by user.
Show next rod casting time and others timer in the page and title.
Play music when found treasure cheats.
Cross-browsers support.

Paltform Support

Facebook – http://apps.facebook.com/fishwrangler/
Official Website – http://fish-wrangler.com/

Browser Support

Mozilla Firefox with Greasemonkey add-on
Opera
Google Chrome

Precautions

Use this script at your own risk because AutoBot script is again the rule set by Fish Wrangler, that is users are prohibits the use of auto-refreshers, BOTs, constantly refreshing the Fish Now link.
You are reminded not to use your real name or the same name you use in Facebook to post / reply discussion here because some one might go after you and please don’t ask me why I use my real name here.
Do uninstall any other Fish Wrangler automation scripts or auto page reload scripts before install this script to prevent conflict with this script.

Known Issues

The script may appear much later after the page had loaded.
Google Chrome with Facebook secure login (https) may not play sound correctly.
Running in Facebook will not sure any timer on the page title anymore.

How to Install User Script

Download

Download through userscript website.

Changelog

Version 1.06

Fix for Fish Wranger Major Code Updates.

by Ooi Keng Siang via Ooiks’s Blog