March 2010 Archives

I just hit the page, fell it is wonderful with so good pictures and great 3D experience.

http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

Control by mouse or arrow keypad. You can see the drawing on wall, on the ceiling.

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, at the commission of Pope Julius II, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. The ceiling is that of the large Papal Chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV after whom it is named the Sistine Chapel. The chapel is the location for Papal Conclaves and many important services. vi wiki

During the past 6 months, all trackbacks are spams. To save the resource of my server, I disable the trackback service sitewide.

I hope to see the CPU and Memory usage drop in the future.

There are still some problem of MovableType on Dreamhost.

Dreamhost is good. I use it for many small sites. But right now, I fell it is more restrict on memory usage. Any time I publish one post, 500 error comes. If rebuild site, situation worse.

I will keep watch it and see if it is getting better. Or I may transfer to VPS.

I have an Nintendo DS Lite for 2 or 3 years. All good. Except the case is broken by someone. Maybe my daughter. Definitely not my wife. :)

OK. I will try to replace the case. The whole case.

DealExtreme is a good place to find these kind of small staff.

I ordered it at $9.60. Full Replacement Housing Case for NDS Lite (White). It is WHITE. The original case is black. Now change to white. Good idea.

It took about two weeks to receive it.

You want to know how to change the case. See video below.

I run DD-WRT for ten days.
The router is stable and it is OK to keep regular browsing and downloading job working at same time. And most important is my VOIP device is getting the top priority.

Last week, I bought a Buffalo Nfiniti WIRELESS-N WZR-HP-G300NH at NCIX. It is $106.39 with tax.

This device is a router, wireless router, Access Point 802.11B/G/N Draft N Gigabit QoS USB NAS.

The features here:
� Designed to IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 specifications
� Wireless connections up to 300 Mbps*
� MovieEngine� QoS feature to prioritize streaming traffic
� Built-in AirShare� Storage USB 2.0 Port
� BitTorrent� client
� Web Access remote Access
� Greater coverage compared to standard 802.11g
� Easy Setup with AirStation One-Touch Secure System� (AOSS�)
� Enhanced multi-level security with WPA2, WPA-PSK (AES, TKIP) and 128/64-bit WEP
� Simple Web Browser configuration, no drivers needed
� Includes external switch to change between router and access point modes
� Adjustable flip-up antennas
� True VPN End point
� Built-in 4-port Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 auto-sensing switch for up to 4 simultaneous wired connections
� Built-in Gigabit WAN port
*300 Mbps is the maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE 802.11n draft standard 2.0 specifications. Actual data throughput and range will vary depending upon network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of network traffic, building materials and construction, and network overhead.

I joined the OneMatch program years ago. The procedure to test is painless.

Now they have a program for Chinese in Canada. I hope every suitable age Chinese can join in. For you and for the other Asian in Canada.

The following email is received from OneMatch.

We're emailing you today to ask for your help. You can spread the word of some up-coming stem cell awareness and buccal swab collection events organized by our partner, OtherHalf - Chinese Stem Initiative.

Please encourage other socially minded Canadians in Toronto and Vancouver on March 27th to be 'The One.'

The events run from 11:00am to 5:00pm at First Markham Place (Markham, ON), Splendid China Mall (Scarborough, ON), the Chinese Gospel Church (Chinatown, 450 Dundas St. W) and the Aberdeen Centre (Richmond, BC).

MSN Live Messenger always gave Error 8e5e05f6. After Windows Update.

If you are receiving Error 8e5e05f6 when you sign into Windows Live Messenger 2009, please try the following:

1. Enable Hidden Files and Folders:

1. A. Windows XP :
1. a.i. Click on "Start", click "My Computer"
1. a.ii. On the "Tools" menu, click on "folder options".
1.a.iii. On the "view" tab, locate "Advanced settings" and then follow these steps:
Check the option "Show Hidden files and folders"
Clear the option, "Hide protected operating system files check box".
Clear the option, "Hide file extensions for know file types check box".
1. a.iv. Click ok and close the window.

2. Delete Windows Live Contacts folder :

2. a. Click on "Start"; double click on "My computer"
2. b. Browse to the location

Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\\Local settings\Application Data\Microsoft

2. c. Delete "Windows live contacts folder" completely.

Note: Ensure to exit Windows live Messenger from the task manager before deleting Windows live contacts cache folder, otherwise you will get an error prompting that you can't delete the folder .

2. d. Try signing into Windows Live Messenger.

Today, I upgrade O!Play firmware from 1.17N to 1.21N. There are so many new features I would like to show.

On v1.18
Update Item:
1.Improve subtitle font support for the missing characters
2.Add in txt subtitle format support
3.Add in file and folder management function. Press left key to delete or rename it.
4.Add in 0.9x zoom out option
5.Add in sleep timer function

On v1.21
Internet service:
1. Over 20,000 internet radio stations
2. Over 100 internet TV channels
3. Flickr
4. Picasa
5. Weather
New functions:
1. Add BD iso navigation and subtitle identification
2. Add BD/DVD direct play by folder
3. Add hue and saturation tuning in video setup menu
4. Add Brazil language support
5. Add power saving function in system setup menu
6. Add My shortcut edit function
Fixed bugs:
1. Fix UPnP bug: wrong data information
2. Fix Timezone setting bug: can't stop issue
3. Fix Clear key does not work when key in encrypted string
4. Improve JiPin 8042 HDMI compatibility

I have iPod Touch G3, 32GB. It is OK when use Skype. But I want to try call free, so use Google Voice.

To make iPod Touch works with Google Voice.
1) Have an earphone with microphone connected with iPod Touch
2) Create a TruPhone account and install the software: http://www.truphone.com/ipod/
3) Create a Gizmo5 account: http://gizmo5.com/pc/
4) Sign into your Gizmo5 account
4a) Note your Gizmo5 phone number
4b) Configure Gizmo5 to forward all calls to SIP using "YourTruPhoneUsername@truphone.com" as the address
5) Sign into your GoogleVoice account
5a) Create a new phone called Gizmo5. (Settings \ Phones)
5b) Enter your Gizmo5 number like this example: +17475551212
5c) Under Phone Type choose Gizmo5

You can now recieve calls from GoogleVoice
You can make Google Voice calls using mobile web page: www.google.com/voice/m

The call is looks like from GV ? Gizmo5 ?TruPhone at Ipod Touch. Then GV connect you and the other one.

I have a VPS which has 600MB memory. Let me do the bench test. Result shown as below.

BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.1-wht.2)
System -- Linux serv.fromchinatousa.net 2.6.9-023stab046.2-smp #1 SMP Mon Dec 10 16:48:24 MSK 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
/dev/simfs 20725760 9441792 11283968 46% /

Start Benchmark Run: Tue Mar 2 10:05:45 PST 2010
10:05:45 up 10:05, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.11, 0.09

End Benchmark Run: Tue Mar 2 10:18:26 PST 2010
10:18:26 up 10:17, 1 user, load average: 15.61, 6.93, 3.32

INDEX VALUES
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX

Dhrystone 2 using register variables 376783.7 2971759.3 78.9
Double-Precision Whetstone 83.1 585.8 70.5
Execl Throughput 188.3 1686.0 89.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2672.0 42993.0 160.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1077.0 12776.0 118.6
File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 15382.0 325899.0 211.9
Pipe Throughput 111814.6 485121.4 43.4
Pipe-based Context Switching 15448.6 107953.0 69.9
Process Creation 569.3 5127.6 90.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 44.8 393.7 87.9
System Call Overhead 114433.5 520220.7 45.5
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FINAL SCORE 87.1