I found a web service called Cool Text, which can generate logos online. I chose a style without thinking too much, and then the logo of my userid had been generated. It looks fine, isn’t it? But it may be a little mismatch with my current theme. :p
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A Little Trick
I wanted to find a photo about monkeys in a hot spring for the previous post. I searched in Flickr and found only one. Originally I’d like to crop the center of it and adjust the color balance, but I found it was released with a CC-by-nc-nd license. So I sent a mail to ask for the author’s permission.
Displaying Wretch’s Photos in Bloglines
Wretch sets a referer policy in order to deny connection from other sites. That really diminishes unnecessary traffic for them, but it’ll make us inconvenient to use a blog aggregator, such as Bloglines, to browse the blogs powered by Wretch.
Someone supplied a method: use a firefox extension called RefControl and set a customized referer with the Bloglines site.
It really works. Haha… since now, I don’t need to click the link of the Wretch blogs additionally. ^^
Tags: Wretch
, Bloglines, RefControl, Firefox Extension
Going Mad With Voip Phone
Since I found VoipStunt, which can make free regular landline calls, I always used it. But just now, I was going mad with it. I called the Payroll Section of NCKU for checking the record of my brother‘s tuition. Firstly, I cautiously used Skype to avoid the delay problem, but it always told me it couldn’t switch to the extension. After several tries, I gave it up and used the VoipStunt. That’s when nightmare began.
It switched to the extension correctly, but the other side seemed unable to hear my voice. I tried to shout more loudly, and then she found the delay problem and was very confused. Finally, we finished the conversation with impatience.
How can these voip softwares suck like that!? Skype can’t make a switch, and VoipStunt has delays. Hu… they almostly spoilt my good mood even when today just began. =.=凸
FindBook.tw
What a wonderful service it supplies!
This morning, I read the China Times and found out a book Taiwan, During Japan Colonization (日本統治下的台灣; ISBN: 9867375548). I’m interested in it and decided to buy one in the upcoming book exhibition. In fact, going to visit the exhibition to buy one will take me more time and more money, so I search it online first. What amazed me was that there’s a large gap of the price between each bookstores. The price gap between the cheapest and the most expensive is 60 NTD. Wow!!
If I buy one online, I may spend the transportation charges. So, I went on the web site of the cheapest for details. I found I have not to pay the transportation charges if I choose a convenience-store transportation. How wonderful it is. So I bought one at once.
Another book I’d like to buy is Brokeback Mountain (ISBD: 1857029402), but there’s no stock of the older version, which is cheaper than the latest one. So I gave up. Maybe I’ll accidentally find one in one of the Eslite Bookstore someday.
Haha … It’s so happy to buy something cheaper. :p
A Patch For WordPress
After I posted last article, I found it’s not validated and the HTML Validator showed me where the error is. I traced the source code of WordPress, made a little modification, and then solved the problem. That’s not the point. The point is, I decided to report the bug to the development team. I went on the official web site, simply searched the forum and the tickets system to make sure that no one had reported this, registered an account (although it’s not necessary… XD), filled the ticket form, and then submitted it.
I don’t know if this patch will be received or not, and the problem is not critical, but for me, it’s worthy to write it down. I’ve used WordPress for such a long time, and this is the first time I do something for it. ^^a
Free Calls With VoipStunt
Several weeks ago, I read an article introducing VoipStunt, which can make phone calls without charge, but just the regular landlines. It’s lucky that Taiwan is in their list. So I registered an ID and tried to phone home. That’s really free, and the connection quality was acceptable. So, since then, when I needed to call any regular landline, I always used it.
But there’s a little weakness. I can feel a little delay, about 0.5-1 second. If the call is short and not very important, this can be ignored. On the contrary, I’ll choose Skype as the first priority.
Portable Firefox
I’ve heard Portable Firefox for a while, but it’s not necessary for me to use it, because I have a laptop. But this time I went back home without my laptop (I purposely didn’t take it home, because I thought I should spend more time reading books rather than the internet, and there’s a computer at home for me to do some simple things.), I found that I was restricted without Firefox. I couldn’t get accustomed to the suck IE. So, I downloaded Portable Firefox and set it up with all the extensions I use on my desktop. It worked well except it always tried to download a strange file which I didn’t know what it’s for. And the forum seemed not to mention the problem. Anyway, although I don’t install it on my USB drive, it’s still very useful for me. ^_^
Tags: Software, Portable Firefox, Portable, Firefox
Back To Taipei For Fancy
The day before yesterday, I tried to upgrade the OS on Fancy remotely, and ordered to reboot at 4:00 A.M.. I thought it’ll be ok because I’d done that several times before. But when Kilo told me that she couldn’t connect to Fancy, I found what I scared most happened.
I wondered what the problem was and asked Cyanine to check for me on the next day. The problem was still existed even after trying to solve the problem on the phone, Cyanine told me the messages on the console and I ordered him to execute some commands. After all, I decided to go back to the school as quickly as I could, so I took the bus this afternoon.
When I arrived at the office, the power of the machine was on. I don’t know why. I remembered that I asked Cyanine to turn it off on the phone. Anyway, I tried some commands to check the internet connection. Mysteriously, the connection was well. Why would I need to come back for it?! What’s the problem? I even didn’t do anything, and why it’s broken in the morning?
But if I didn’t want to upgrade it remotely, there would be no problem at all. One way or another, I still have things to do here, and maybe I can get my laptop back from Kilo and take it home this time.