Sunday, July 27, 2008
3 ways to get skype status
1. http://mystatus.skype.com/echo123.num
2. http://mystatus.skype.com/echo123.txt
3. http://mystatus.skype.com/echo123.xml
they will show the skype status in 3 methods: number, text, and xml.
Replace 'echo123' with your own skypename to see your skype status.
Do remember to tick the "Allow my status to be shown on the web” checkbox and “Save”.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
what shall I do? mind mapping tool under linux
Then, I thought of a mind mapping software called Freemind on my Acer Note Book. Yes, it must be helpful with finding the answer!
I remembered of the bad route table after start my Ubuntu, so I run the command 'ip link set eth0 down' to mend it and 'ip r' to make sure that it worked.
yang@acer:~$ freemind
okay, it started. But I can't inert a second node after the first one 'What shall I do?'
It took me about 10 minutes to find out the reason: the Java program just stopped responding to my keyboard.
^C, freemind
Restart the program to try my luck, yet failed again.
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
update the packages on my system to see if there is a solution. none.
search on the Internet for an alternate, failed.
Decided to write a blog to record the bad experience, and thought of the blog posting client. Tried all 3 installed on my system, and count the start time to choose the quickest, of which I can't find the name.
7:10, 1 hour had past. Quit a long time, huh? Not really, compared with the routine time I spend on PC and Internet, this time is short enough for I didn't go on searching about how to write a freemind-like software.
At last, there is still the question: WHAT SHALL I DO?
Saturday, July 12, 2008
why GRE?
it's not that important whether I would be admitted or not by a school(or college or university or whatever it is called). Just do something, just take GRE!
by the way, the Computer-BasedAnalytical Writing Test in 2008 is from July 1 to September 20. So it is just started.