Mario!

Just found a very interesting article on Mario from digg 🙂

10 Mario Fun Facts!

Here are 10 things you may not know about our favorite video game character Mario:

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I got spams from myself!?!?

I have been experiencing some strange things happening on my blog in the last few days!

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中秋节快乐！

祝大家中秋节快乐!

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

 

有兴趣的可以来这里看看中秋节的介绍：http://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E7%A7%8B%E8%8A%82

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival

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A lap around Visual Studio 2008 – Dunedin .Net User Group

A lap around Visual Studio 2008

Dunedin 11/10/2007

Gather at 5:30pm, starting at 6:00pm (finishing 7:30pm)

Presented by Darryl Burling | Developer & Platform Strategy Group |
Microsoft New Zealand Ltd

Explore all the new Visual Studio 2008 features, from language
enhancements; improved designers; Web and smart-client development
tools; to Visual Studio Team System, a suite of software lifecycle
management tools poised to transform how you deliver software for
Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and the Web.

Catering: Pizza and drinks will be served prior to the presentation commencing.

Door Charge: Free

Venue: Centre for Innovation, University of Otago (downstairs seminar room)

87 St David Street www.otago.ac.nz/about/campuses.html

Register: http://www.dot.net.nz/Default.aspx?tabid=34
(For catering purposes, please register if you are planning to come)
NZ Dot User Group: http://www.dot.net.nz/

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Some tips on using Vyatta

In the past two days, I have spent quite some time in the G02 networking lab using Vyatta. Vyatta is a really powerful tool yet very easy to configure. Here are some of the things that I have learnt (“experienced” is probably a more suitable word) while using the Vyatta on the lab machines…hopefully history won’t repeat itself 😉

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Google拼音输入法无法同步！

Google拼音输入法的同步功能是我放弃紫光的其中一个原因， 但今天写blog的时候突然发现自己的输入法已经在9月13日停止了更新。

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寻找适合自己的拼音输入法

清华紫光输入法我从Win98的时代就开始用，也算是一款“历史悠久”的软件。 那时候我比较喜欢看一本叫《数码时代》的电脑杂志。这本杂志每一期都有附送一张CD光盘，上面有不少软件，漫画，壁纸和mp3之类的。 刚开始接触紫光输入法的时候就发现它非常“智能化”。 例如“空格键选词”，“词库备份”也算是一些比较新鲜和实用的功能。 但随着时间的推移，紫光在输入法方面好像没有下多少功夫，最新版的V6 beta 3里面的设置界面更是令人狂抓！ 所以上个月起我便开始寻找代替紫光的输入法。

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Dunedin Microsoft Student Day

The Dunedin Microsoft Student Day was held in room 2.20 in commerce building on Tuesday…and it was a huge success! The turn out rate was quite good; more than 50 people have turned up for the event…which is not bad consider this is the first time we have this in Dunedin.

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Hey Juliet – 奥林巴斯（相机）广告

不知道现在还有没有人记得奥林巴斯以前的一个相机广告，用的是LMNT的一首叫做Hey Juliet的歌。 这几天突然想重新看一下，所以上YouTube搜索了Hey Juliet这首歌，居然给我发现了这首歌的MTV和原版广告！ 个人认为这个广告拍得非常好，特别是那首歌，选得太适合了 🙂

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Photos from my birthday :)

First of all, thanks to all the people who came around for my birthday…it is really nice of you guys to come around and celebrate this very special occasion with me 🙂

Also thanks to Bevin…who bought me heaps of donuts 😉

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Microsoft Student Day 2007 @ Christchurch – Part III

Microsoft Virtual Earth!

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Weekly Software Update (10th of Sept – 16th of Sept)

Firefox 2.0.0.7

Windows: http://ftp-mozilla.netscape.com/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.7/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%202.0.0.7.exe

Mac: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.7/mac/en-GB/Firefox%202.0.0.7.dmg

iTunes

Windows: http://content.info.apple.com/iTunes7/Win/061-3874.20070917.pQ2cG/iTunes742Setup.exe

Mac: http://www.macupdate.com/download.php/5661/iTunes7.4.2.dmg

Windows:

OpenOffice 2.3.0

FREE office suite.

http://ftp.fernuni-hagen.de/ftp-dir/pub/mirrors/www.openoffice.org/stable/2.3.0/OOo_2.3.0_Win32Intel_install_en-US.exe

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Useful links for developing Vista Gadgets

Below are some of the links that will help you to develop your own Vista Gadgets…enjoy 😉

• Gadgets for Windows Sidebar Manifest
• Developing a Gadget for Windows Sidebar Part 1: The Basics
• Developing a Gadget for Windows Sidebar Part 2: The G:BACKGROUND, G:IMAGE, G:TEXT Presentation Elements and GIMAGE Protocol
• Developing a Gadget for Windows Sidebar Part 3: Settings and Flyouts
• Gadgets for Windows Sidebar Updating and Refreshing
• Windows Vista Sidebar Security
• Gadgets for Windows Sidebar Accessibility and Localization
• Gadget API reference
• Microsoft Gadgets Website
• Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines for the Sidebar
• Gadget Corner blog
• Windows Live Gallery
• Sidebar Gadget Development forum
• Scripting in Windows Vista Creating Gadgets: Part 1

If you haven’t got a copy of Vista and you are lucky enough to be doing one or more INFO papers…then you should check out the MSDNAA: http://msdn70.e-academy.com/elms/Storefront/Home.aspx?campus=uoo_uoo

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Microsoft Student Day 2007 @ Christchurch – Part II

Group photo 🙂

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Microsoft Student Day 2007 @ Christchurch – Part I

Just came back from Christchurch (ChCh for short) yesterday…it was an awesome experience for me! The more events I go to, the more I come to realize that there are so much opportunities out there, and so many great tools to help you to archive your goals..the only limitation is our imagination 🙂

Below are some of the photos I took during the Microsoft Student Day @ Canterbury University. Since there are so many photos, I will split the post into three parts.

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Day 1 @ Christchurch

This morning I got up @ 7:10 and our bus is @ 7:45! So I quickly called a taxi and we arrived @ the bus station 5 mins beforehand.

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Off to ChCh – to the Microsoft Student Day!

Today Chaks and I will be catching a bus to Christchurch (ChCh for short) to participate in the Microsoft Student Day @ the University of Canterbury. Our bus will leave at in the morning and hopefully can arrive @ around 1 in the afternoon. The schedule for the Microsoft Student Day in ChCh can be found in here.

This will be my first time going to ChCh…and also the first time for me to travel long distances on a coach…hopefully the scenery on the way will be good 🙂

Please stay tune for pictures of ChCh Microsoft Student Day 2007 😉 I will upload my pictures as soon as I can.

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Photos of Bevin’s 21st

Below are some of the photos I took during Bevin‘s 21st “dinner party”. The food @ the Golden Harvest was great…and so was the presents he has got. Just a reminder that some of the photos are R18 😉

Bevin’s Birthday

Click on the photo above to view the whole album. 🙂

P.S. If you are on Facebook, check out a group called: Buddies of Bevin

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Weekly Software Update (3rd of Aug – 9th of Sept)

Firefox Extensions:

FlashGot 0.6.8

Lets you use your download manager in Firefox.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/19098/flashgot__45_0.6.8__45_fx__43_mz__43_tb__43_ns__43_sm__43_fl.xpi

 

Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic 7.06.00.268

FREE anti-virus software from Germany. (Highly recommended)

http://dl5.avgate.net/down/windows/antivir_workstation_win7u_en_h.exe

 

Spybot-S&D 1.5.1.15

http://www.spybotupdates.com/files/spybotsd15.exe

 

AVG Free Edition 7.5.485a1117

http://free.grisoft.com/filedir/inst/avg75free_485a1117.exe

 

Launchy 1.03

http://optusnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/launchy/LaunchySetup103.exe

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C++

It might sound strange…but its true…I didn’t know I really like C++ till I handed in my assignment last week. Right now I am spending an hour or two everyday in the lab to learn as much C++ as I could 🙂

Here are some of the things I have learned this morning @ the Linux Lab:

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