Journal Archives

  1. Make the Most of Taking Lecture Notes

    In many of your classes, your instructor lectures on or makes a presentation about a topic, usually one that’s related to the current subject you’re studying. During a class lecture, your job is to listen actively and to take notes to reinforce what you’ve heard and jog your memory about the key points being presented. Continue reading...

  2. Upgraded to WordPress 2.3

    Finally, I upgraded my WordPress to 2.3. There is an error with Google XML Sitemaps 3.0b4 or below. WordPress database error: [Table ‘yourdatabasetable.wp_categories’ doesn’t exist] SELECT cat_id, cat_name FROM wp_categories WHERE link_count >= 1 For details, see here. At this stage, I wish myself upgraded as well. Continue reading...

  3. Australian English

    Whilst Australians speak English, there are some words and expressions used that are unique to Australia. Here are some of them: A ANZAC — Australia and New Zealand Army Corps B barbie(BBQ) — barbecue bathers — word used in South Australia to refer to a swimming garment battler — someone who works hard but stills Continue reading...

  4. Watch BBC World online

    Because I haven’t gotten a TV set in my house, I was trying to watch BBC World via Internet. Without luck, the official site of BBC World didn’t put the video stream as a free service, and I also tried lots of online TV sites, all of them has a invalid stream feed for BBC Continue reading...

  5. Java simulation for Brownian motion

    Here is the Java program written by me to simulate the Brownian motion. In this prac, I tried to use double buffering to improve the performances, but actually it is triple buffering. That’s because the JPane has already implemented the double buffering, so plus mine own copy of buffer to store the background coordinate system Continue reading...

  6. Gui Guan’s Laboratory

    Gui Guan’s Laboratory There’s more than one way to do it http://lab.guiguan.net 发现Bluehost的服务器环境非常适合在学校和家里来测试PHP脚本,呵呵。同时为了更好的学习Internet Computing,弄了一个自己的实验室,有点Google’s Lab的感觉,但是差远老:P lol 当你点击进入之后,便是我完成的IC的第二次作业啦(默认用户名:user 密码:password)。以下是这次作业的一些要点: sticky form input validation POST SESSION mail (待续…) Continue reading...

  7. Arenal Volcano Costa Rica

    I found this in Google Earth today. It’s so beautiful! After I showed this to Pat, he replied immediately “i want to build my house there”. Indeed, that’s also my dream. Great pic, thx Roberto Garcia. The Arenal Volcano is the only volcano in Costa Rica constantly active since it woke up after 400 years Continue reading...