Real Winter is here! Snow a lot last night. The road condition was really bad because it was icy on the road. You could hear the snow falling sound was different. Actually, it was like small ice falling from the sky. Ha...free 剉冰 on the road. :p This morning, I took this picture, and I felt this is beautiful to see snow on the trees. Ha...How do you think?
December 17, 2005
December 11, 2005
Still Awake!
It's about 3:30 AM right now. Why I'm still awake? Not because am I doing any programming or surfing web sites, but because someone downstair was cooking some night snacks and made the fire alarm shout during the midnight. Sigh... I was having a real good sleep; however, the alarm broke my good dream~ Anyway, I do not really know so many people living in the same building (4 apartments in the same section). Maybe it is the first time we could meet each other although it is in the "EARLY MORNING". Stop here, and go back to sleep again. (I have to get up early for church today!) Good night!
November 30, 2005
[Tech] FireFox 1.5 is available today!
I forgot where I saw the news said that November 29th, 2005, Mozilla will release FireFox 1.5. I was excited about using new version of FireFox. I tried FireFox 1.5RC3 before 1.5 version comes out. I like to use FireFox and some of its extensions, such as Web Developer, RSS Reader, Weather Forcase.
I've beening trying lots of different web browser, such as Internet Explorer, KKMan, Crazy Browser, Sleipnir, Opera, and Flock. Personally, I still like to use FireFox. As a web developer, FireFox is a really good choice for me because it supports most standard specifications. In my previous school project, I had XML projects that FireFox is the only one that can display content properly and support XML/XSLT and CSS2/CSS3.
I checked FireFox website yesterday, it was still 1.5RC3. Today, I check it again, and finally it becomes version 1.5! Immediately, I update it to new version for all my computers. Happy!!
Going to discover new features of FireFox 1.5 browser!! :)
I've beening trying lots of different web browser, such as Internet Explorer, KKMan, Crazy Browser, Sleipnir, Opera, and Flock. Personally, I still like to use FireFox. As a web developer, FireFox is a really good choice for me because it supports most standard specifications. In my previous school project, I had XML projects that FireFox is the only one that can display content properly and support XML/XSLT and CSS2/CSS3.
I checked FireFox website yesterday, it was still 1.5RC3. Today, I check it again, and finally it becomes version 1.5! Immediately, I update it to new version for all my computers. Happy!!
Going to discover new features of FireFox 1.5 browser!! :)
November 29, 2005
Back to school
After one week break, school starts today. I traveled NYC and Boston during the break. Now, everything has to back to normal again. In winter quarter, I plan to finish up my master project. Besides, I apply to be TA in 4004-737 Website Design & Implementation course (evening section). This is my first time to be TA in grad class, and I hope that I can do it well and help other students in the class. It is a review for me since I had taken this class one year ago. Moreover, I can strengthen my knowledge and skills in designing website while being TA in the class. 一舉兩得！ :D
New York City Trip - Part IV
2005-11-21
This was the last day staying in New York City before going back to Rochester. We had a tranditional Chinese breakfast in the morning. I haven't had REAL Chinese breakfast for ages. Finally, I ate yummy traditional breakfast! Ha...Asaka was always showing her satisfied face when she ate delicious food. :) After eating breakfast, finishing up Ying's business, we were on the way home! We all had fun on this NYC Trip~ (NYC Trip - The END)
This was the last day staying in New York City before going back to Rochester. We had a tranditional Chinese breakfast in the morning. I haven't had REAL Chinese breakfast for ages. Finally, I ate yummy traditional breakfast! Ha...Asaka was always showing her satisfied face when she ate delicious food. :) After eating breakfast, finishing up Ying's business, we were on the way home! We all had fun on this NYC Trip~ (NYC Trip - The END)
November 24, 2005
New York City Trip - Part III
2005-11-20
This day, we went to most famous places, such as Grand Central Teminal, New York City Opera, Ground Zero, Empire State, and Time Sqaure. Sumicco and Asaka was planing to see an opera or listen to a music concert. However, the cheapest tickets were sold out. We, therefore, decided to go other places instead. We took a city bus and travel to whatever the place we wanted to go to. Along the way, we passed NYIT and New York Public Library. We went to south part of Manhattan, and our target was Ground Zero. Going around the place and taking pictures there, we was planing to take subway to Empire State. When most of us got into the station, Asaka couldn't get in. Thus, we decided to walk to next station to take subway. It was tired since we walked around all day. Finally, we could take subway to Empire State.
The price to go up to 86th of Empire State is $13. Sumicco thought that was too expensive so that she and I didn't go up. Fortunately, when she and I went around the Empire State, one of the staffs gave us a pass card to go to the top of the building for free. How lucky we were!!!
After visiting the Empire State, we had Korean food with Sumicco's friend. Finishing eating dinner, we took subway to Time Square. It was cool place to go to especially at night time. The place was still bright even though it is dark night. The most fun part was we had a buddy ride in front of Time Square. Five of us ride a circle kind vehicle and one controled the direction. Each of us paid 5 dollar for a ride and only spent about less then ten minutes, but it was a cool experience though. :) (continued...)
This day, we went to most famous places, such as Grand Central Teminal, New York City Opera, Ground Zero, Empire State, and Time Sqaure. Sumicco and Asaka was planing to see an opera or listen to a music concert. However, the cheapest tickets were sold out. We, therefore, decided to go other places instead. We took a city bus and travel to whatever the place we wanted to go to. Along the way, we passed NYIT and New York Public Library. We went to south part of Manhattan, and our target was Ground Zero. Going around the place and taking pictures there, we was planing to take subway to Empire State. When most of us got into the station, Asaka couldn't get in. Thus, we decided to walk to next station to take subway. It was tired since we walked around all day. Finally, we could take subway to Empire State.
The price to go up to 86th of Empire State is $13. Sumicco thought that was too expensive so that she and I didn't go up. Fortunately, when she and I went around the Empire State, one of the staffs gave us a pass card to go to the top of the building for free. How lucky we were!!!
After visiting the Empire State, we had Korean food with Sumicco's friend. Finishing eating dinner, we took subway to Time Square. It was cool place to go to especially at night time. The place was still bright even though it is dark night. The most fun part was we had a buddy ride in front of Time Square. Five of us ride a circle kind vehicle and one controled the direction. Each of us paid 5 dollar for a ride and only spent about less then ten minutes, but it was a cool experience though. :) (continued...)
New York City Trip - Part II
2005-11-19
The day was a nice sunny day, good for walking around. This day, we went to Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, fifth Ave (including World of Disney and NBA Store), and Heartland (for dinner).
We walked through the Central Park and toward to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We spent about three hours in the museum and enjoyed the art work of Van Gogh and some other different art. Although we stayed in teh museum about three hours, it was too huge to look through all exhibitions. However, I enjoyed a lot and felt satisfied with it.
After visiting the museum, we went toward 5th Ave. (a.k.a. window-shopping street) Along 5th Ave., we went to World of Disney and NBA Store. Those were cool place to go. Without buying anything, just looking around was also satisfied me.
Dinner time, we went to Heartland for dinner and met my ex-roommate (Wen) and other groups of people (Mio, Yiwen, and Yali). Yiwen introduced their pumpkin beer to us, but I didn't choose that one, and I ordered raspberry cider instead. After drinking, I felt not good since I do not drink beer so often and only had a little food before dinner. That ended the day!! (continued...)
The day was a nice sunny day, good for walking around. This day, we went to Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, fifth Ave (including World of Disney and NBA Store), and Heartland (for dinner).
We walked through the Central Park and toward to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We spent about three hours in the museum and enjoyed the art work of Van Gogh and some other different art. Although we stayed in teh museum about three hours, it was too huge to look through all exhibitions. However, I enjoyed a lot and felt satisfied with it.
After visiting the museum, we went toward 5th Ave. (a.k.a. window-shopping street) Along 5th Ave., we went to World of Disney and NBA Store. Those were cool place to go. Without buying anything, just looking around was also satisfied me.
Dinner time, we went to Heartland for dinner and met my ex-roommate (Wen) and other groups of people (Mio, Yiwen, and Yali). Yiwen introduced their pumpkin beer to us, but I didn't choose that one, and I ordered raspberry cider instead. After drinking, I felt not good since I do not drink beer so often and only had a little food before dinner. That ended the day!! (continued...)
New York City Trip - Part I
A group of my friends went to New York City to have a four-days trip. Three different groups went to the same distination but departured at different time - 1st group (Ying, Jay, Sumicco, Asaka, Winnie), 2nd group (Mio, Onchi, WaiWai), 3nd group (Yiwen, Yali).
2005-11-18 First Day
Basically, we left Rochester around 9:30AM, and took about 8 hours arriving at New York City. It was late for the day so that we had dinner (Korean BBQ) in Flushing with the 3rd group. Food was pretty good. Ha...Yummy! Haven't had good food for a long time. :p (continued...)
2005-11-18 First Day
Basically, we left Rochester around 9:30AM, and took about 8 hours arriving at New York City. It was late for the day so that we had dinner (Korean BBQ) in Flushing with the 3rd group. Food was pretty good. Ha...Yummy! Haven't had good food for a long time. :p (continued...)
November 14, 2005
陽光 Lyrics
陽光
翻滾吧！男孩 (主題曲)
早晨的路上 空氣很清涼 像百合一樣芬芳
過去的憂傷 不要再去想 要大步邁向前方
藍藍的海洋 無限的寬廣 乘著風迎向海浪
自由的想像 自在的翱翔 我想要大聲的唱
有夢就去追 不要覺得累 因為有你我不會疲憊
帶著翅膀飛 讓我往前追 勇氣就會一路相隨
美麗的早上 充滿了希望 我想要和你分享
燦爛的陽光 歡笑和夢想 就要一起展翅飛翔
有夢就去追 不要覺得累 因為有你我不會疲憊
帶著翅膀飛 讓我往前追 勇氣就會一路相隨
有夢就去追 不要覺得累 路上有我與你相陪
帶著翅膀飛 讓我往前追 讓我們一起迎接陽光
November 11, 2005
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Launch
Today, two friends and I went to Buffalo to attend a Microsoft event - Visual Studio 2005 Launch. We were a little bit late arriving there because of finding the place. We got there about 20 minutes late, I was kind of out the track and didn't understand what the speaker talking about. ha... I saw some cool stuff using Visual Studio 2005. Really, everything you can do is visual. I rarely saw him writing code but only modifying some properties. Then DONE! My roommate was doing a JSP project, and lots of functions had to be done in hours and hours. However, the basic website functions, such as login, register, the speaker just used about 30 minutes to complete them. That's a pretty cool develop tool. After the event, we got some cool stuffs back including a pan, a notebook, a set of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 CD, and a special edition CD. Wow... :D Happy! I can start using it to develop applications.
November 03, 2005
Sunny Day
Today is sunny day. These days, the weather was not that good. I don't like raining day because it makes me sad. I'm happy today because the sun comes out and smiles to me. :D
October 31, 2005
Little puppy
I took this picture in Letchworth Park. At that time, I was lying down on the ground, and suddenly there was a little puppy running near to me, so I took my camera and caught this shot. :)
Extra Hour?!
Because of adjusting the Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time), I got an extra hour today. As usual, I usually get up around 8 o'clock on Sunday, but today I woke up at the same time as I usually do which is one hour earlier. However, I fell asleep again and woke up at REAL TIME this morning. :p Um...Did I waste the extra hour?!
Double Rainbows
How beautiful are the rainbows? I took this picture in Letchworth State Park. You can see there are two rainbows in the picture. One is clear, and another is a little blur. How lucky is that day that I could catch this amazing momenet? By the way, rainbow is the covenant of God. Isn't that beautifal?
October 29, 2005
[Share] Photo Service - Flickr
I found a pretty cool photo service recently. I've been using different photo services from PCHOME, WRETCH, YAHOO, and some more. Flickr is a really good one. Below my blog page, you can find there is a flash photo display shown my photos from Flickr site. That a good way to randomly display photos I've uploaded. One of the features I prefer is that I can blog a picture from Flickr to my blog site. Flickr supports blogging with photos from its site to different blog services (of course including blogger). Another cool thing is that I can tag and note my photos. Tag groups photos; note provides more info on photos. Some details I want to highlight on pictures can be approached through using notes. Cool Cool!!! I give 5 stars on this feature!!!
How to get start using Flickr service?! If you already have a yahoo account, you can sign up this service using your yahoo account. For basic users, each person can have three sets and 20MB transfer storage per month, and it's free; for pro users, there is no limitations on these, but it costs about $25 per year. You can try it out first. If you like its service, you can decide to buy pro account. =)
How to get start using Flickr service?! If you already have a yahoo account, you can sign up this service using your yahoo account. For basic users, each person can have three sets and 20MB transfer storage per month, and it's free; for pro users, there is no limitations on these, but it costs about $25 per year. You can try it out first. If you like its service, you can decide to buy pro account. =)
[Notes] Digital Transmission
Digital Transmission
Different Manchester
transition -> 0
no transition -> 1
Unipolar
+ -> 1
0 -> 0
NRZ-L
+ -> 0
- -> 1
NRZ-I
change -> 1
no change -> 0
RZ
+ to 0 -> 1
- to 0 -> 0
Manchester
| 0 -|_ |
| 1 _|- |
Different Manchester
transition -> 0
no transition -> 1
October 28, 2005
Light
This picture is taken in a restaurant called Bugaboo Creek, a steakhouse. In the steakhouse, they have lots of different decorations. I especially like this light design...very cool!
October 27, 2005
翻滾吧！男孩
最近朋友介紹了一部記錄片 "翻滾吧！男孩 (Jump! Boys)“, 是描述導演林育賢的哥哥林育信與七位小男孩的體操記錄片. 看見每一個小朋友努力地練習, 當中當然有苦有樂, 但是可以看出每個小朋友辛苦付出收成的結果. 在影片有一句話說得不錯：「人要服輸,不要認輸」,當然不僅是在體育上,我想在任何情況下都是一樣, 輸了沒關係,還可以捲土重來, 但是放棄認輸了,就什麼機會也沒有.
在片尾播放了他們在 2004 年的比賽,真的不能不佩服他們.小小年紀志氣高,拿金牌奪冠軍! 尤其看到之後小恩及小軒的進步,那種堅持不放棄,失敗了哭了還是勇敢地站起來, 這種體育精神值得我們學習！
今天意外找到個 blog （萊恩費夫的狂想）內有一些七小福的進況及進期的比賽ＭＶ,內容很精彩,尤其是「牛奶糖小恩」一年來的努力結果在 2005 年的全國體操錦標賽拿了七面牌回去,一個字「強」,可見潛能可以被開發,但一個人的的努力也不能忽視,終能得到理想結果！
在片尾播放了他們在 2004 年的比賽,真的不能不佩服他們.小小年紀志氣高,拿金牌奪冠軍! 尤其看到之後小恩及小軒的進步,那種堅持不放棄,失敗了哭了還是勇敢地站起來, 這種體育精神值得我們學習！
今天意外找到個 blog （萊恩費夫的狂想）內有一些七小福的進況及進期的比賽ＭＶ,內容很精彩,尤其是「牛奶糖小恩」一年來的努力結果在 2005 年的全國體操錦標賽拿了七面牌回去,一個字「強」,可見潛能可以被開發,但一個人的的努力也不能忽視,終能得到理想結果！
October 23, 2005
[Tech] Flock Browser
There is a new browser called Flock, which is still on the developing stage. I read an aritical from CNET.com - New browser gives taste of Web 2.0. I like to try something new, so I download the developer preview version.
Some new features:
1. build-in RSS reader
2. blogging service (I'm using Flock blog feature to post this without going to blogger site and login to edit this post)
3. online photo management and sharing service (Yahoo)
Some more things are waiting for being discovered. :) Download Flock
October 15, 2005
In Christ Alone
In Christ Alone
Brian Littrell
Album: WOW#1 2005
In Christ alone will I glory
Though I could pride myself in battles won
For I’ve been blessed beyond measure
And by His strength alone I’ll overcome
Oh, I could stop and count successes like diamonds in my hands
But those trophies could not equal to the grace by which I stand
Chorus:
In Christ alone
I place my trust
And find my glory in the power of the cross
In every victory
Let it be said of me
My source of strength
My source of hope
Is Christ alone
In Christ alone do I glory
For only by His grace I am redeemed
For only His tender mercy
Could reach beyond my weakness to my need
And now I seek no greater honor in just to know Him more
And to count my gains but losses to the glory of my Lord
Brian Littrell
Album: WOW#1 2005
In Christ alone will I glory
Though I could pride myself in battles won
For I’ve been blessed beyond measure
And by His strength alone I’ll overcome
Oh, I could stop and count successes like diamonds in my hands
But those trophies could not equal to the grace by which I stand
Chorus:
In Christ alone
I place my trust
And find my glory in the power of the cross
In every victory
Let it be said of me
My source of strength
My source of hope
Is Christ alone
In Christ alone do I glory
For only by His grace I am redeemed
For only His tender mercy
Could reach beyond my weakness to my need
And now I seek no greater honor in just to know Him more
And to count my gains but losses to the glory of my Lord
天然交響樂
今早起身特別不同...
外面傳來一陣陣鳥鳴, 並不會覺得煩人, 倒還挺悅耳的...
太陽今天還是不肯露面, 天氣陰陰暗暗的, 還開始下了場大雨
鳥鳴,雨聲,雷聲...跟本就是天然的交響樂...真是美妙
今天特別欣賞上帝創造的這些天然事物, 雖然這些都是一直圍繞在我周遭
遇爾靜下心, 聆聽大自然的聲音, 心情也得意自然...
在寫完這篇的同時,天然交響樂也結束了,
聽到的只有過路的車子引擎聲,還有在天上呼嘯而過的飛機
相對下來,人造的跟大自然的聲音就是沒辦法比
謝謝上帝賜給我們美好的大自然,
雖然雨天不是我的最愛,但我感激祢所賜的每一天
- onecent 10/15/2005 心血來潮之作
外面傳來一陣陣鳥鳴, 並不會覺得煩人, 倒還挺悅耳的...
太陽今天還是不肯露面, 天氣陰陰暗暗的, 還開始下了場大雨
鳥鳴,雨聲,雷聲...跟本就是天然的交響樂...真是美妙
今天特別欣賞上帝創造的這些天然事物, 雖然這些都是一直圍繞在我周遭
遇爾靜下心, 聆聽大自然的聲音, 心情也得意自然...
在寫完這篇的同時,天然交響樂也結束了,
聽到的只有過路的車子引擎聲,還有在天上呼嘯而過的飛機
相對下來,人造的跟大自然的聲音就是沒辦法比
謝謝上帝賜給我們美好的大自然,
雖然雨天不是我的最愛,但我感激祢所賜的每一天
- onecent 10/15/2005 心血來潮之作
October 14, 2005
soft link in *nix
A quick way to make a shortcut (soft link) using terminal:
ln -s [directory/file] linkFileName
October 05, 2005
JSP+MySQL
Recently, my roommate has a project which she will use JSP and MySQL to build her project website. Since I'm not familiar with JSP+MySQL, it was a difficult time for me to figure out how to set it up. After doing few days research and testing, I just make it work! Actually, it was simple.
The environment I had:
Apache 2.0
Tomcat 5.5
MySQL 4.1
Java 1.5
Just need one element - java-mysql connector (Download: MySQL Connector/J)
Extract files from the package, and put mysql-connector-java-3.1.10-bin.jar to %TOMCAT_HOME%/common/lib folder
Basically...that's it. Just need to write the correct JSP code to connect to MySQL. The one I had before, it contained some wrong code so that I couldn't excute it correctly and kept getting errors. Finally, I fixed it, and it worked! Now, I can help my roommate to setup her server and run JSP and MySQL lo!!!! :D
p.s: JavaWorld - a good Java community
The environment I had:
Apache 2.0
Tomcat 5.5
MySQL 4.1
Java 1.5
Just need one element - java-mysql connector (Download: MySQL Connector/J)
Extract files from the package, and put mysql-connector-java-3.1.10-bin.jar to %TOMCAT_HOME%/common/lib folder
Basically...that's it. Just need to write the correct JSP code to connect to MySQL. The one I had before, it contained some wrong code so that I couldn't excute it correctly and kept getting errors. Finally, I fixed it, and it worked! Now, I can help my roommate to setup her server and run JSP and MySQL lo!!!! :D
p.s: JavaWorld - a good Java community
October 03, 2005
legal music...cool!!!
My school and Cdigix offer free subscriptions for first 3000 students who register in Cdigix. I was curious about this although I heard this service last year, and I thought it's worthy of trying because it's free for 12 months. FREE and LEGAL, why not?!
It was a really cool service, I can listen to the streaming music online or download music file in local hard drive. Surprisingly, there are several asian singers in the music database, such as Andy Lau, David Tao, Coco Lee, Jay Chao. Haha... That's cool though. Recently, I am listening to some albums, such as Backstreet Boys' Never Gone, Michael W. Smith's Healing Rain, Hillsong's God He Reigns. Lots of English albums of course. Ctrax (music service in Cdigix) has over 110000 artists, 28000 records labels, 700 msic videos, and something more... Buying an album costs $9.99, or a song costs $0.89. Good deal! Ha...really happy to use cdigix service!!
It was a really cool service, I can listen to the streaming music online or download music file in local hard drive. Surprisingly, there are several asian singers in the music database, such as Andy Lau, David Tao, Coco Lee, Jay Chao. Haha... That's cool though. Recently, I am listening to some albums, such as Backstreet Boys' Never Gone, Michael W. Smith's Healing Rain, Hillsong's God He Reigns. Lots of English albums of course. Ctrax (music service in Cdigix) has over 110000 artists, 28000 records labels, 700 msic videos, and something more... Buying an album costs $9.99, or a song costs $0.89. Good deal! Ha...really happy to use cdigix service!!
September 21, 2005
ShortCut for Screenshot on Mac
Sometime I need to catch some screenshots, here is the short cut:
Command (Apple) + Shift + 3 => full screen
Command (Apple) + Shift + 4 => Selected Area
Command (Apple) + Shift + 4 + space => Specific Window (1/5/06 added)
Here are the screenshots I catch while I'm writing this blog entry! :)
Command (Apple) + Shift + 3 => full screen
Command (Apple) + Shift + 4 => Selected Area
Command (Apple) + Shift + 4 + space => Specific Window (1/5/06 added)
Here are the screenshots I catch while I'm writing this blog entry! :)
September 19, 2005
Shortcut for quick dictionary in mac
Mouse over the word and press Ctrl + Apple + D, and move the mouse around to check other words. (thanks to Will for the tips)
Java Environment Setting in Mac
Defualt built-in Java in Mac is version 1.4, but I need to use Java J2SE 5.0 (version 1.5). Had a CS friend help this afternoon, I can run Java written in v1.5 properly now!!! :) (Make sure your machine update Java to 1.5)
Here is the solution:
1. In home directory, create a file called .profile
2. type command line below in the file:
export PATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5/Commands:$PATH
3. source .profile
4. check Java version (java -version)
5. start programming!!! :D
OR do soft link for the whole system:
1. Use terminal and go to the directory below:
2. Remove the old 1.4.2 default link:
3. Re-create a new CurrentJDK linking to 1.5.0:
(remember to change to root to do the commands - sudo command)
Here is the solution:
1. In home directory, create a file called .profile
2. type command line below in the file:
export PATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5/Commands:$PATH
3. source .profile
4. check Java version (java -version)
5. start programming!!! :D
OR do soft link for the whole system:
1. Use terminal and go to the directory below:
cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions2. Remove the old 1.4.2 default link:
rm CurrentJDK3. Re-create a new CurrentJDK linking to 1.5.0:
ln -s 1.5.0 CurrentJDK(remember to change to root to do the commands - sudo command)
September 13, 2005
My PB - everything is perfect but not the light spot!!!
Sigh...I got a light spot on my powerbook LCD. Yesterday, I went to the Apple Store in EastView Mall and asked if there is any possible to change it because I just bought it five days ago. Bad news is that they consider one light spot is normal; therefore, I cannot change it. sigh!!! TOO BAD LA~~~ :'( 殘念！
September 12, 2005
iPod Notes
因為學生特惠關係,買了powerbook 還可得到免費 iPod mini 4G 一台 （after rebate US$179）,不過可以自由加點錢升級到 iPod mini 6G or iPod 20G/60G. 本想問問是不是可以買 iPod nano 取代,可惜的是因為它是新出的,所以無法如此行. 想說既然 Apple 都要出清 iPod mini 了,我還買它做啥？不如升級 iPod 吧,又是彩色又可以存照片. 就這樣給它敗下去了！
回到正題,剛剛在試內建的 Note 功能,只要把文字檔放在屬它的資料夾下,就可以在 iPod 觀看筆記了. 測試顯示的結果真是不錯,但是如果要放多國語言的文字檔,要把它轉換成 Unicode 才行. :)
回到正題,剛剛在試內建的 Note 功能,只要把文字檔放在屬它的資料夾下,就可以在 iPod 觀看筆記了. 測試顯示的結果真是不錯,但是如果要放多國語言的文字檔,要把它轉換成 Unicode 才行. :)
September 11, 2005
Mac Software
Everytime use a new system, first thing is to find some software to feed the needs.
jEdit
SubEthaEdit
TextWrangler (5/18/06 added)
xVRML project
Carina
FTP/SFTP
Fugu
Instant Messenger
MSN
Skype
AdiumX (AIM/MSN/Yahoo/ICQ/GoogleTalk, and more) (1/5/06 added)
Browser
FireFox
Media
RealPlayer
VLC media player (12/29/05 added)
Windows Media Player for Mac (1/5/06 added)
Server APP (althoug MAC already contains Apache1.3 and PHP4, but the version is too old, and doesn't contain MySQL; I need PHP5 and support XSLT)
MAMP (Apache2/PHP4&5/MySQL4.1) -but XSLT not enabled (5/18/06 XSLT enabled in newer version)
PHP5 (PHP 5.0.4 for Apache 1.3) (1/5/06 added) - XSLT enabled
MySQL (1/5/06 added)
Office - free alternative to Microsoft Office (9/13/05 added)
NeoOffice on Mac OS X (Run without X11)
OpenOffice for Mac
Remote Control
Remote Desktop Connection (Mac->Windows) (1/5/06 added)
That's much about it so far. :D
I will keep editing this list as needed.
Find more resources:
Pure-Mac Software for Macintosh
10 essential software for new mac users (1/5/06 added)
Essential Mac OSX applications (1/9/06 added)
Here are some software I need in Mac (Freeware)
Text Editor - ProgrammingjEdit
SubEthaEdit
TextWrangler (5/18/06 added)
xVRML project
Carina
FTP/SFTP
Fugu
Instant Messenger
MSN
Skype
AdiumX (AIM/MSN/Yahoo/ICQ/GoogleTalk, and more) (1/5/06 added)
Browser
FireFox
Media
RealPlayer
VLC media player (12/29/05 added)
Windows Media Player for Mac (1/5/06 added)
Server APP (althoug MAC already contains Apache1.3 and PHP4, but the version is too old, and doesn't contain MySQL; I need PHP5 and support XSLT)
MAMP (Apache2/PHP4&5/MySQL4.1) -
PHP5 (PHP 5.0.4 for Apache 1.3) (1/5/06 added) - XSLT enabled
MySQL (1/5/06 added)
Office - free alternative to Microsoft Office (9/13/05 added)
NeoOffice on Mac OS X (Run without X11)
OpenOffice for Mac
Remote Control
Remote Desktop Connection (Mac->Windows) (1/5/06 added)
That's much about it so far. :D
I will keep editing this list as needed.
Find more resources:
Pure-Mac Software for Macintosh
10 essential software for new mac users (1/5/06 added)
Essential Mac OSX applications (1/9/06 added)
More about Dashboard Widgets
More articles about creating widgets
Whip up a Widget - an article from maworld.comHello World Tutorial - visual simple tutorial for creating widgets
Build a Dashboard Widget - an article from O'Reilly
Tip - Widget and XMLHTTPRequest
September 10, 2005
Join Apple Family
It's time to join Apple Family. Since I need a mac system to do my project, I bought a powerbook yesterday. Now, I'm a member of Apple Family. I first started using mac was two years ago when I took 320 IMM course at RIT. I was not so familiar with mac at that time, but it was not that difficult to use and understand. Everytime I use mac, I learned a little bit. I don't say that I am really good at using mac, but I feel confortable to use it now. These two days, I've been 'playing' around my powerbook, and I really like the system. Ha... I can use Windows, Linux, and Mac anytime now. Yeah!Oh...one thing that is worthy to be mentioned is the widgets in the new OS X Tiger. I would like to know how to develop my own widgets. Here is an article about developing widgets: http://developer.apple.com/macosx/dashboard.html
September 02, 2005
View point from the air
I had a short trip to Yale, New Haven. On the way to JFK and back to ROC, I took some photos from the airplane. It is grate to view from the air, isn't it?
August 24, 2005
Leisure Time: Go bowling
After five weeks accelerated courses, finally I got about two weeks break. Tonight, my friends and I went bowling. Ying got the best scores among us (over 160). My scores in two games were 100 and 125. Ha...although I didn't break my best scores, it is always fun to complete each other. :) By the way, there was an old man who got a really high scores -- 290 (see the picture)! When he finished throwing his last ball and continue getting strikes, everybody gave him acclamation. He almost got strike out... My average score is just about the half of his score... ^^ Anyway... just for fun!
August 09, 2005
Half class left
Um...From the begining, there were 11 students in the seminar preparation courses. After three weeks, so far, including me, there are 6 students in the class. 三個禮拜過後, 退課的退課, 撤退的撒退, 現在已經沒有回頭的餘地, 要自力自強, 堅持到最後! 希望老師也不要大開殺戒, 留我個活路吧!!! 也許 A 與我無緣, 至少也來個 B 吧~ 只要不給 F, 什麼都行呀~
August 07, 2005
Two weeks to go
Two weeks from today, I will finish writing a proposal for my master project. It is stressful to write a complete, well-written, acceptable proposal. I hope that two weeks later, I am still in a good shape.
July 30, 2005
Time to sleep...
After coming back from Auntie Shirley's, I have been writing my paper for 5 hours. Now, it is 3:43, I really need to have a rest. My brain does not work well right now. Hope I can finish this paper and correct it by tomorrow so that I can hand it in on time on Sunday afternoon. God, please help me and give me wisdom on writing paper and doing research.
July 28, 2005
Strange Weather
Rochester weather changes capriciously. Yesterday was about 90 degree Fahrenheit, and today is about 64 degree Fahrenheit. Yesterday was humid and hot, and today is moist and cool. 天氣是善變的!!! 冷熱交替就是羅徹斯特典型的天氣型態~ 反正, 出門一件外套是必備的~ 在冷氣房太冷可以披上, 天氣變冷也可以防寒... Because here is Rochester!
July 27, 2005
Writing Writing Writing...
唉~每次寫篇 paper 都要費上九牛二虎之力. 英文寫作真是比中文寫作難上 N 百倍！尤其是要超級注重文法~我苦了...英文功力還是不夠強... 難道尋求學校的 Writing Lab 助功也沒用？雖然已經改了我的文法錯誤, 修改了一些句型結構, 教授還是抓出了些文法錯誤~ 是 Writing Lab 的老師太差？還是教授太 picky 啦？嗚...誰能救我....幫我改 paper 啊...
July 26, 2005
Lab Open Hours
Lab Open Hours for summer quarter
Writing Lab:
Mon & Wed: 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Tue & Thur: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Friday: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
IT Open Lab:
Monday - Friday: 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Building 9 Open Lab:
Monday - Thursday: 7:45 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday: 7:45 AM - 5:00 PM
Writing Lab:
Mon & Wed: 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Tue & Thur: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Friday: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
IT Open Lab:
Monday - Friday: 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Building 9 Open Lab:
Monday - Thursday: 7:45 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday: 7:45 AM - 5:00 PM
July 23, 2005
PPLive - BT Online TV
Yesterday I found a good stuff called PPLive, which uses BT (BitTorrent) technology: the more users use, the faster the speed is. PPLive provides several TV programs from China and Hong Kong. Because PPLive uses BT technology, users can watch flurent TV programs online without downloading the whole files into Hard Drive and watching it after finishing downloading.
There are so many TV programs. Personally, I prefer Hong Kong TV - 電影頻道 (TVB電視連續劇), TVB-8 (Mandarin), 翡翠台 (Cantonese), and HBO (English with Chinese subtitle).
Here is the PPLive site: http://www.pplive.com
TV Program sources: http://www.pplive.com/source.shtml
If you are interested in it, just click the link above and try it!! :)
Note: The defualt language for the interface is Simplified Chinese. If you cannot see it correctly, you can change Chinese.dll file in the installed directory (C:\Program Files\PPLive\) OR replace with English.dll to Chinese.dll in order to show English version by defualt OR translate English.dll to Traditional Chinese and save the file as Chinese.dll. :)
Here is the Traditional Chinese version that I translated (most of them). Download it and replace Chinese.dll in your PPLive directory.
There are so many TV programs. Personally, I prefer Hong Kong TV - 電影頻道 (TVB電視連續劇), TVB-8 (Mandarin), 翡翠台 (Cantonese), and HBO (English with Chinese subtitle).
Here is the PPLive site: http://www.pplive.com
TV Program sources: http://www.pplive.com/source.shtml
If you are interested in it, just click the link above and try it!! :)
Note: The defualt language for the interface is Simplified Chinese. If you cannot see it correctly, you can change Chinese.dll file in the installed directory (C:\Program Files\PPLive\) OR replace with English.dll to Chinese.dll in order to show English version by defualt OR translate English.dll to Traditional Chinese and save the file as Chinese.dll. :)
Here is the Traditional Chinese version that I translated (most of them). Download it and replace Chinese.dll in your PPLive directory.
July 22, 2005
July 20, 2005
Study Study Study...
The summer course starts...The course is on an accelerated schedule which is about one month long. Doing a project proposal in 5 weeks is kind of tense. Every week I have to due at least one assignment. Anyway...加油吧!!!
July 16, 2005
MSN Messenger Plugin
MSN Messenger Now Playing Plugin (gen_msn)
Shows the song name in your MSN Messenger that you are playing by using Winamp~
I rarely use Windows Media Player to play songs. Most of the time I use Winamp or RealPlayer instead. Therefore, if I wanna show the songs I'm listening to, this plugin will be handy. :)
Download page: http://www.myplugins.info/msn_messenger.php
Shows the song name in your MSN Messenger that you are playing by using Winamp~
I rarely use Windows Media Player to play songs. Most of the time I use Winamp or RealPlayer instead. Therefore, if I wanna show the songs I'm listening to, this plugin will be handy. :)
Download page: http://www.myplugins.info/msn_messenger.php
July 15, 2005
Kubuntu v.s Fedora Core 4
Here are two screenshot of KDE; one from Kubuntu, and one from Fedora Core 4.
I like Kubuntu's KDE looking more than FC4's (the icons matter).
Btw compare to Kubuntu v.s Ubuntu. The difference between them is the X windows desktop application - KDE v.s GNOME. Both desktop are good; personally, I just prefer KDE. :p
Linux shortcut!
I just found out some very useful shortcut!!!
Switch between applications: Alt + Tab
Switch between virtual desktop: Ctrl + Tab
Switch between applications: Alt + Tab
Switch between virtual desktop: Ctrl + Tab
July 14, 2005
HOT summer!!!
Right now, the temperature is still high - 90F/32C. In the afternoon, it was even higher (92F/33C). I heard that these 2 or 3 days the temperature will be around 90F degree. OH~~~ HOT summer!!!
Have a cup of JAVA Coffee
It is a very hot summer day~ The temperature right now is about 88F/31C. It is too hot to stay at my apartment. Therefore, I decide to go to Java Wally, a coffe shop in Library at RIT. There is air condition, music, Wi-Fi, power supply so that I can stay there, use computer, have a cup of Java Coffee, and enjoy the summer life there. No bother, no noise, just enjoy the music and coffee. :D
July 11, 2005
Bowling~
I went bowling again yesterday after seeing Fantastic Four~ This time, my scores were 101, 126, and 109 in three games. It is always fun handing out with friends and doing something together. I didn't take the screenshot of our first game. BUT here were the second and third ones. Second row - O - is mine~ :D
July 10, 2005
Movie: Fantastic Four
Four friends of mine and I went to see Fantastic Four yesterday afternon. The movie was fantastic; however, it was kind of short though~ A little bit too rush I think. Fantastic 4 'supers' do not need so much power to fight with the BAD guy. They finished fighting in few minutes....That's too FAST!!! Overall, it was a really cool movie especially the movie effects. :) AND here is my movie ticket picture~
July 08, 2005
狠角色!
"我是狠角色~ 請叫我 Eric! "
Yesterday was my nephew's 1 year-old birthday! This suit is his first birthday gift that my auntie and I bought to him. :) Before I came back to US, my auntie and I went to the department store to buy GIFT for him... How a cute kid and a cute suit. :D
July 05, 2005
Independence Day - Fireworks
On July 4th, 2005 - Independence Day. Most Americans celebrates this day. It was my first time staying in the United State this summer and celebrated the Independence Day here. Some of my friends from church and I was planing to go bowling in the afternoon; unfortunately, all the stores did not open this day. Therefore, we changed our plan and went to see a movie - Robots - in Movies 10, and each of us only paid 50 cent for it. HeeHee...Cheap and Greate second round movie. After, we finished our dinner and went to Veterans Memorial Park to see fireworks. Lots of people were waiting for watching fireworks. Until 9:40 p.m., the fireworks started. I used my panasonic Lumix DMC-FX8 digital camera to catch some shots. All of the shots were about timing...I had to catch the right time in order to take a picture of the fireworks. Here are the two good pictures I took. Enjoy~
July 04, 2005
Wang's fifth won
昨天半夜看重播的球賽, 已經播到第六局了. 洋基隊當時以1分暫時領先. 六局時, 王建民投出了兩個觸身球保送了兩名球員. 在此時, 還好穩住陣腳, 三振了一名打者. 接著, 王建民以他精湛的守備, 接著了打者打來的球, 然後傳向二壘刺殺跑者, 二壘手又傳球至一壘手, 漂亮的雙殺! 雖然沒看到全部的球賽過程, 不過至少看到了我國旅美好手的精彩表現! 一個字~ 讚! 恭喜王建民成功地取下個人的第五勝~
Rabit on campus
In the evening, a rabit appeared in front of my apartment. I rarely see a rabit on campus although there are lots of wild animals around. I used zoom in to give a shot in order to not scare the rabit. The first picture, the rabit was running away. The second picture, it was eating grass.
Wild geese walking on the street
This afternoon, on the way to Cantonese House for lunch, I saw a flock of wild geese walking on the street. At that time, they were walking across the street. It's the first time I saw this situation; therefore, I quickly took a picture of it! :)
July 03, 2005
[TECH] XMMS 中文化
XMMS 字型設定選項 -> 喜好設定 -> 字型
FIND
-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-8* AND -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-10*
BOTH CHANGE TO (Or add RED part):
-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*8-*, -taipei-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-c-*-
If you have installed mingliu font, you can change to the code below:
-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*12-*, -dynalab-mingliu-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-c-*-
最後 使用字型集 跟 使用X字型 兩個選項打勾
Idioms
"This is no use to cry over spilt milk." The meaning of this idiom is that when something goes wrong, the thing already happened, and it is no use for crying about it. The term translates to Chinese: 作無益的後悔. In Chinese, the similar proverb called "覆水難收".
"There is more than one way to skin a cat." It means there is more than one way to do something. BUT why skin a cat?! not skin other animals??? Hmm... No idea~
"There is more than one way to skin a cat." It means there is more than one way to do something. BUT why skin a cat?! not skin other animals??? Hmm... No idea~
July 02, 2005
Go Bowling
I went bowling this evening with a friend. Today, my bowling scores: 107, 114, 151... Every time my score is getting better and better! :D It's always having fun to "play" bowling... My friend said Americans don't use "play" for describing this kind of sport. In Chinese, "打"保齡球 is general use. :) Anyway....Having fun is the main purpose!!! 歡喜就好~~
June 30, 2005
[TECH] Windows becomes MacOSX
親愛的~我把 Windows 變 Mac OS X 了! It is really cool that I change the appearence of Windows to Mac OS X. Look at the image on the left side~ The system is still Windows XP; however, the looking becomes Mac OS X. Wanna try in your PC? Check here!!!Many of my friends said that my laptop looks like iBook. Right now, the overall looking of my lovely laptop is almost 100% like iBook. :) Isn't it cool?!
[TECH] Crazy Browser
I just download a browser called Crazy Browser. I used to use Sleipnir, another cool browser. Since the source of Sleipnir was stolen, I haven't found a similar browser like it. The reason that I like Sleipnir because of its friendly interface and its usability. Beside Sleipnir, I also use Firefox; however, the usability is not good enough for me to use. Although it contains TAB function, I don't really like always holding Ctrl+T or clicking Middle button of mouse in order to open a new URL in a new tab instead of window. Crazy Browser is very similar to Sleipnir. So far, I like it~ :D It is worthy of trying new stuff.....Haha....
June 27, 2005
Test Email Publishing
Through email publishing blog, this is a really cool function. I wanna try it....so...this is another test blog.
Time Square
I went to New York City last week. This picture I took is in front of Time Square. Ha...Why the picture is so small? Hmm... Because I use it in my MSN...Ha~Besides, I just wanna try the image upload function as well.
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