2009-05-28
Parkinson's cure at last (Fluorescent GM monkeys)
The world's first "glow in the dark" monkeys could help in cure for diseases such as Parkinson's and Huntingdon's.
Scientists have genetically modified marmoset monkeys with a fluorescent protein that under ultra violet light makes them glow a vivid green.
And unlike previously developed "transgenic animals" the monkeys are able to pass on their unique ability to their offspring, suggesting it is deeply embedded in its DNA.
2009-05-27
Special Characters in HTML Codes (HTML)
The first 128 characters of ISO-8859-1 is the original ASCII character-set (the numbers from 0-9, the uppercase and lowercase English alphabet, and some special characters).
The higher part of ISO-8859-1 (codes from 160-255) contains the characters used in Western European countries and some commonly used special characters.
Entities are used to implement reserved characters or to express characters that cannot easily be entered with the keyboard.
2009-05-26
Future of Social Networking (Ning)
As Facebook and MySpace connect people to friends and family, Ning gathers users around common interests. The site hosts networks for hip-hop music lovers, video gaming moms and teens obsessed with the Twilight book and movie franchise. Other popular Ning networks bring people together online for political and social causes such as "Pickens' Plan," which advocates wind energy.
Ning had 4.7 million unique visitors as of January and surpassed 1 million social networks -- about one-fifth of them considered active -- last month.
Ning also enhanced its site in March with new features such as a real-time activity feed so users can get up-to-the-minute reports -- not unlike Twitter's tweets -- about what others are doing.
source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/25/ning.social.networking.interest/index.html?eref=rss_tech
2009-05-20
TinEye - The image search engine
Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization (App-V)
SoftGrid Application Virtualization (Trail Guide)
A guide to help you plan you App-V installation and installation guide.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/282006/Microsoft-SoftGrid-App-Virt-4-2-and-4-1-SP1-Trial-Guide-
2009-05-19
和另一女人�� (Story)
和另一女人��？
�婚了廿一年後，我��了一��出心裁的方法,可以��的火花永保新�。
After get marriaged for twenty-one years, i found an unique way to refresh my love life.
不久以前 ，我和另一位女士��，其�那�是我妻子的主意，
Not long
ago, I was going to date with a lady, and the idea came from my wife.
有一天她�：「我知道�很�她。」我很��，立刻���：
「但我�的是�呀！」「我知道，但你也�她呀！」
One day my wife said: I know u love her. I was shocked: The one I love is you! She said: I know, but u love her too.
我妻子要我去看的女士是我的母�。
The lady that my wife asked me to visit was my mother.
她已�寡居了十九年，然而我忙碌的工作和身�二�孩子父�的�任，令我分身乏�，以致很少有��和她相聚。
She was alone for nineteen years, however, I was busy with my job and my children, so I was less likely to visit her.
那晚，我打���她，邀�她第二天和我一起吃晚餐和看�影。
The night, i called her, invited her to have a dinner and movie with me at the second day.
「怎�了，你�好�？」她�道。
' What happen? Are u alright?', she asked.
母�是那����晚上那�晚打��，又突然邀�她，一定不�有什�好事的人。
「我想如果有��和�����，一定很有意思。」我回答。
I answered: I was just thinking that if I have chance to date with u alone, it sure be very interesting.
她想了一��，然後�：「我非常�意。」
After a while, she said: I do.
那�星期五下班以後，我��去接她�，心�有一���,
The Friday came after i knock off from my worked, I fetched her at her home, felt like a little bit nervous.
因��未�����的��。
Because I had never been to a date with my mom before.
�我到�她家�，我看她���的��，似乎也有一���。
When I reached her house, I found that she seems a little
bit nervous too.
她在��等著，身上穿著大衣，�面那件�服
�是最後一次�祝�婚�念日所穿的呢！
She was in her suite, which she wore during her last wedding anniversary with my dad, waiting for me in her house.
她的���特意�了一下，�上的微笑像天使一般。
She made her hair specially, smiling like an angel.
上了�後，她得意洋洋地�：「我告�我的朋友，我要和我的�子外出��，他�都好�慕，迫不及待要��我���的情形。」
When she get into my car, she proudly said: all my friends were jealous at me when they know that i'm gonna dating with my son.
我�去一家�不豪�，但十分雅致，�暖舒�的餐�。
We went to a restaurant which was not expensive but with warmth and cozy environment.
我母�挽住我的臂�，好像第一夫人一般。
My mom hold
my hand as she was the wife of a president.
入座以後，我必��她看菜��菜，
After getting to her seat, I help her to order her food,
因�她的眼睛�在只有大的字才看得�。
Because she only can read the big capital words.
用餐一半�，我抬起��，看到母�正在凝�我，
When we were eating, I found she was staring at me,
嘴角�著��的笑容�：「�得�你小�候，�是我�你看菜�的。」「那�在�正好可以休息，�到我���服�了。」我回答。
She smile and said: I remembered that during yr childhood, I always make the order for u. I answered: then now is yr chance to take a rest and let me to serve u.
一面享用晚餐，我�一面聊天，聊得很愉快，
We keep talking during our dinner,
�了�多最近�年�，各自生命中的一些事。Sharing about our life and some
special things happening these few years.
我�聊得太久了，所以�不上�影。�我送她回到家�口，
We talked for very long time until we missed the movie. When I fetched her back to her house,
她�「我要再和你一起外出，但下次�我作�好�？」我答�了。
She asked: I'd like to date with u next time, but please let me pay the bill next time. I agreed.
回家後，妻子�我：「你的晚餐��如何？」
When I back to my home, my wife asked: how's yr date with yr mom?
「非常有意思，比我想像的好多了！」 ~我回答。
' It was interesting and fun, over my expectation', I answered.
�天以後，母�因心�病猝�而去世。�事�生得太突然了，
Few days later, my mom passed away due to heart failure. The thing happened in an unexpected manner,
�我完全措手不及。
I wasn't
prepared for it at all.
不久以後，我收到一封信，�面是上次我和母���的那家餐�的一�收�，上面有一�字��著：「我已先付了�，因�我�定自己不可能再有��去了，但我�是付了�人份的�──你和你的妻子。
你��想不到那一晚的���我有多大的意�，我�你。」
Soon after this, I received a letter, there are a receipt of the restaurant that I dated with my mom, and a message: I already paid the bill for our next date, even though I know I'd probably won't have chance to date with u anymore, I still pay the bill for two persons: u and yr wife. U will never know how meaningful the date to me, I love U.
�那一刻起，我深深��，一定要及��：
「我�你」，�且要常常�出���我�所�的人。
At the moment, I realized: we must always spare our precious time to our
beloved, and told them u love them before it is too late.
世上�有任何事比自然如�因�和你的家庭更重要，
多花��和他�在一起，因��事�不能拖延到「以後有��再� ...」。
There is nothing more important than yr family, spend more time with them before it is too late.
「�欲�而�不止，子欲�而�不待」 是人生一大憾事。
Don't make any regret in our life.
~{ ��分 ,�有份}~
不要等到爱得太迟，珍惜现在。
2009-05-13
Ubuntu Proxy setting (Ubuntu)
Apt-get on Ubuntu might not be working after fresh installation.
Linux system normally uses the http_proxy environment variable for the proxy setting.
Setting the http_proxy variable:
bash$ export http_proxy=http://<host>:<port>
If required login for your proxy server, specified it this way:
bash$ export http_proxy=http://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>
you can add the above to your .bashrc file once it is working. (test using ping or apt-update)
Disallow network user to ping your pc (Windows XP)
An also disallow the ICMP > Allow incoming echo request on the specific network adaptor.
2009-05-12
Visiting a rich friend (Joke)
Question: 'What would you like to have...? Fruit juice, Soda, Tea,
Chocolate, Cappuccino, Frapuccino, or Coffee?'
Answer : ' Tea please'
Question: ' Ceylon tea, Indian tea, Herbal tea, Bush tea, Honey bush
tea, iced tea or green tea?'
Answer : ' Ceylon tea'
Question: 'How would you like it? Black or white?
Answer : 'white'
Question: 'Milk, or fresh cream?
Answer : 'With milk'
Question: 'Goa! It's milk, or cow's milk'
Answer: 'With cow's milk please.
Question: 'Freezeland cow or Afrikaner cow?'
Answer: 'Um, I'll just take it black.'
Question: 'Would you like it with sweetener, sugar or honey?'
Answer : 'With sugar'
Question: 'Beet sugar or cane sugar?'
Answer : 'Cane sugar'
Question: 'White, brown or yellow sugar?'
Answer: 'Forget about the tea, just give me a glass of water instead.'
Question: 'Mineral water, tap water or distilled water?'
Answer : 'Mineral water'
Question: 'Flavored or non-flavored?'
Answer: 'I think I'll just die of thirst'
Thank you.
2009-05-06
Windows Desktop Management and Deployment(Microsoft)
Windows Vista Enterprise along with the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack is a more manageable client operating system, which provides the ability to reduce deployment and costs and increase operational efficiency to IT Professionals responsible for managing the desktop. In addition, Microsoft Deployment provides detailed guidance and job aids for every organizational role involved with large-scale deployment projects.
"The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) for Software Assurance is a suite of six products sold as an add-on subscription license available to Software Assurance customers. MDOP uses innovative technologies to help reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the Windows desktop by accelerating operating system and application management and enhancing IT responsiveness and user uptime. MDOP will enable you to better control the desktop, accelerate and simplify desktop deployments and management, and create a dynamic infrastructure by turning software into centrally managed services"
source: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/technologies/mdop.aspx
2009-05-05
Good Folder Syn Software (Freeware)
Allway Sync is free file and folder synchronization software for Windows.
Allway Sync uses innovative synchronization algorithms to synchronize your data between desktop PCs, laptops, USB drives and more. Allway Sync combines bulletproof reliability with an extremely easy-to-use interface.
2009-05-01
flvjoin - Free FLV file joining utility
flvjoin is a command prompt utility to join multiple FLV files into a single file.
(Windows Only)
To use this, simply download this application to your pc, and execute the join command from the command prompt, no installation required, and its free.
This application has to be execute from command line:
For example, if you copied flvjoin into the Download folder under D:\
and you file1.flv & file2.flv & file3.flv is the files that you wish to join together.
D:\Downloads>flvjoin file1.flv file2.flv file3.flv
press Enter
A message will display that the file are now joined as joined.flv
Please note, you need .Net Framework 2.0 to run this application.
Download flvjoin.zip