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Thursday, February 23, 2006

Am I GEEK?

今天下午有個住我樓下的鄰居跑上來問我可不可以share我的wireless connection,其實我好久前就想找人一起share,反正我也不是甚麼BT/電驢的大戶,既然他要幫我share 15/38,何樂而不為?

一邊幫他設定網路一邊聊天,他問我是學生嗎?是啊,是研究生嗎?是呀,主修甚麼呢?電機啊,喔喔,他說看我的樣子就覺得我一定是念工程的研究生,環顧我混亂的房間,雜亂的桌子,兩台電腦,兩顆螢幕...

Am I GEEK?

Hmm I don't mind at all. 反正我是有人要的geek :P

題外話,跟講英文的人談生意還真是輕鬆省力,跟講中文的恐怕要折騰個半天吧....
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Friday, February 17, 2006

禁止上山

最近種種跡象都顯示我最好離滑雪勝地遠一點 Orz

Signs:
1. XXXX 滑雪摔斷手
2. YYYYY 說最近山上好冷好冷(這幾天LA又濕又冷)
3. ZZZ 剛從Big Bear下山,下大雪看不到路面,打滑,撞山,還好不是掉進山溝 XD
4. 大學同學super來訪,ming找我去吃飯,問明天要不要去Big Bear,我說看看Lynn的飛機甚麼時後到(Yeah she is coming tomorrow!),沒想到我一下車就摔個一大跤,膝蓋腫一大片,現在冰敷中 Orz

結論:最近還是離山遠一點教好~
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Freeware in my laptop

看到iavhf提到的免費軟體,不免提醒我想寫這篇已經想好久了,免費也是有好貨低!

Web Browser
Firefox 1.5

Word Processing etc
Openoffice 2.0
PSPad

PDF printer driver
CutePDF

Anti Virus/Spyware
AntiVir (for virus)
Windows Defender (for spyware)

Telnet/SSH
Pcman
Putty
PieTTY: 這個讚!可以看unicode耶!!可以把Pcman丟一邊了 XD (2/18)

FTP Server/Client
zFTPServer (server)
FileZilla (client)

Image Browser
XnView
IrFanView

Image Editing
Paint.NET
Gimp
FastStone Screen Capture

Music Player
Foobar2000

Video Player
VLC media player (no longer need to install any other codecs)

System Configuration
CCleaner (delete the redundent files, fix the registry, tune the start-up programs. It helped shrink my disk C by 1.3G)

CD/DVD Burner
CDBurnerXP

Time Management
Rainlender (I spent a lot of time surveying what calendar software is suitable for me, and this is the one I was seeking for!! especially when I got a 20' widescreen monitor hehe)

Program Development
PSPad
Cygwin
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情人節大餐

以下沒有閃光彈。

可樂雞腿
這就是我的情人節大餐,「可樂雞腿」!很好吃喔 :D 吃完後再喝一碗Lynn從日本帶回來的味增湯,再吃一顆橘子,晚一點再吃條巧克力,哈,好滿足 :P

材料:
切塊雞腿或是小雞腿
可樂一罐、醬油適量、蔥三隻、薑一小塊、蒜三顆、辣椒一隻

作法:
1.雞腿洗乾淨
2.把材料全部丟進去,煮滾後轉小火,加蓋悶煮15分鐘。
3.確認雞肉都熟軟後,熄火上菜。


夠簡單吧!哈哈,謝謝芳巧
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Monday, February 13, 2006

Evolution of Programmer

hahaha I just cant stop laughing hahaha

High School/Jr.High

10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
20 END

First year in College

program Hello(input, output)
begin
writeln('Hello World')
end.

Senior year in College

(defun hello
(print
(cons 'Hello (list 'World))))

New professional

#include
void main(void)
{
char *message[] = {"Hello ", "World"};
int i;

for(i = 0; i <>
#define S "Hello, World\n"
main(){exit(printf(S) == strlen(S) ? 0 : 1);}

Seasoned Hacker

% cc -o a.out ~/src/misc/hw/hw.c
% a.out

Guru Hacker

% cat
Hello, world.
^D

New Manager

10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
20 END

Middle Manager

mail -s "Hello, world." bob@b12
Bob, could you please write me a program that prints "Hello,
world."?
I need it by tomorrow.
^D

Senior Manager

% zmail jim
I need a "Hello, world." program by this afternoon.

Chief Executive

% letter
letter: Command not found.
% mail
To: ^X ^F ^C
% help mail
help: Command not found.
% damn!
!: Event unrecognized
% logout


Credit to here and here
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Superbowl Ads Showcase

我不是Football fan,所以除了湊熱鬧之外,看廣告變成我的最愛!

以下是我覺得很酷的廣告,我最喜歡的是Fedex的Stick、AM的Flying Skies、BL的On The Roof及Hidden Bud Lights,各位最喜歡哪幾個呢?

Hummer: Monster (Quicktime)
Fedex: Stick (Windows Media)
Ameriquest Mortgage: Doctor (Windows Media)
Ameriquest Mortgage:Friendly Skies (Windows Media)
Bud Light: On The Roof (Windows Media)
Bud Light: Save Yourself (Windows Media)
Bud Light: Hidden Bud Lights (Windows Media)
Bud Light: Secret Fridge (Windows Media)
Sierra Mist: Wand (Windows Media)
Mastercard: MacGyver

More Superbowl Ads at IFILM
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Monday, February 06, 2006

苦不堪言

二顧茅廬後,又是一場白工。

好吧,說得白話一點,免得一堆人看不懂,兩個禮拜前我又去我上次面試過的那一家面試另一個職位,這次是個internship,給學生打工的全職工,不過我是去了才知道的,結果也就像這標題一樣,苦苦苦。

當時從SD開回LA的路上,我的心情是興奮的,因為自認為表現不錯,跟他們相談甚歡,幾乎所有的問題都答出來了,甚至有人誇獎我是他面試許多USC的學生中表現非常好的,儘管前一夜又沒睡,這近兩個小時的車程我倒是一點也不覺得累。

回到LA第一件事情就是殺去國際學生辦公室問CPT的申請辦法(國際學生要做internship就要申請CPT),問完後,就像是被雷劈到一樣,七天後就是deadline...

我真的想做internship嗎?其實我並不想,這學期修兩門實作的課,上課一定要到,沒有遠距錄影。換個角度想,他們可能也希望我五天都能待在SD吧。郎沒有情,妹也沒有意,這結果我是早料到的,我又何必為它操心難過呢?但,這好像是我拼了老命準備一段表演,結果卻是叫好不叫座,有股淡淡的哀傷。

IMG_2626
Lynn的公司的總部就在這建築物裡,離我面試的地方約五分鐘車程。
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