Running the Sahara

Ultramarathon

Charlie Eagle
Ray Zahab
Kevin Lin 林義傑 橫越撒哈拉
穿越極地﹕「臺灣囝仔」林義杰跑出人類奇跡

Mosaic - Netscape - Mozilla

Mosaic 1.0 -- April 22, 1993
Mosaic 2.0 -- December 1993
Mosaic 3.0 -- 1997
Mosaic Netscape 0.9 -- October 13, 1994
Netscape Navigator 1.0 -- December 15, 1994
Netscape Navigator 1.1 -- March, 1995
Netscape Navigator 1.22 -- August, 1995
Netscape Navigator 2.0 -- September 18, 1995
Netscape Navigator 2.01
Netscape Navigator 2.02
Netscape Navigator 3.0 -- August 19, 1996
Netscape Navigator 3.01
Netscape Navigator 3.02
Netscape Navigator 3.03
Netscape Navigator 3.04 -- October 4, 1997
Netscape Navigator 4.0 -- June 1997
Netscape Navigator 4.01
Netscape Navigator 4.02
Netscape Navigator 4.03
Netscape Navigator 4.04
Netscape Navigator 4.05
Netscape Navigator 4.06 -- August 17, 1998
Netscape Navigator 4.07
Netscape Navigator 4.08 -- November 9, 1998
Netscape Communicator 4.0 -- June 1997
Netscape Communicator 4.01
Netscape Communicator 4.02
Netscape Communicator 4.03
Netscape Communicator 4.04
Netscape Communicator 4.05
Netscape Communicator 4.06 -- August 17, 1998
Netscape Communicator 4.07
Netscape Communicator 4.08 -- November 9, 1998 (Last release for Windows 3.1x and 68k Macs)
Netscape Communicator 4.5 -- October 19, 1998
Netscape Communicator 4.61 -- June 14, 1999
Netscape Communicator 4.7 -- September 30, 1999
Netscape Communicator 4.71
Netscape Communicator 4.72
Netscape Communicator 4.73
Netscape Communicator 4.74 -- July 31, 2000
Netscape Communicator 4.75
Netscape Communicator 4.76
Netscape Communicator 4.77 -- dated March 26, 2001 (Linux version)
Netscape Communicator 4.78
Netscape Communicator 4.79 -- 2001
Netscape Communicator 4.8 -- August 22, 2002
Netscape 6.0 -- November 14, 2000 (based on Mozilla 0.6)
Netscape 6.01 -- February 9, 2001(based on Mozilla 0.6)
Netscape 6.1 -- August 8, 2001 (based on Mozilla 0.9.2.1)
Netscape 6.2 -- October 30, 2001 (based on Mozilla 0.9.4.1)
Netscape 6.2.1 (based on Mozilla 0.9.4.1)
Netscape 6.2.2 (based on Mozilla 0.9.4.1)
Netscape 6.2.3 -- May 15, 2002 (based on Mozilla 0.9.4.1)
Netscape 7.0 -- August 29, 2002 (based on Mozilla 1.0.1)
Netscape 7.01 -- December 10, 2002 (based on Mozilla 1.0.2)
Netscape 7.02 -- February 18, 2003 (based on Mozilla 1.0.2)
Netscape 7.1 -- June 30, 2003 (based on Mozilla 1.4)
Netscape 7.2 -- August 17, 2004 (based on Mozilla 1.7)
Netscape Browser 0.5.6+ -- November 30, 2004 (based on Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3)
Netscape Browser 0.6.4 -- January 7, 2005 (based on Mozilla Firefox 1.0)
Netscape Browser 0.9.4 (8.0 Pre-Beta) -- February 17, 2005 (based on Mozilla Firefox 1.0)
Netscape Browser 0.9.5 (8.0 Pre-Beta) -- February 23, 2005 (based on Mozilla Firefox 1.0)
Netscape Browser 0.9.6 (8.0 Beta) -- March 3, 2005 (based on Mozilla Firefox 1.0)
Netscape Browser 8.0 -- May 19, 2005 (based on Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3)
Netscape Browser 8.0.1 -- May 19, 2005 (based on Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4)
Netscape Browser 8.0.2 -- June 17, 2005 (based on Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4)
Netscape Browser 8.0.3.1 -- July 25, 2005 (based on Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6)
Netscape Browser 8.0.3.3 -- August 8, 2005 (based on Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6)
Netscape Browser 8.0.4 -- October 19, 2005 (based on Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7)
Netscape Browser 8.1 -- January 25, 2006 (based on Gecko 1.7.5)
Netscape Browser 8.1.2 -- September 27, 2006 (based on Gecko 1.7.5)
Netscape Browser 8.1.3 -- to be released April 2007 [3]

Mederma-Skin Care for Scars Reviews and Information at Nutritional Tree

Mederma-Skin Care for Scars Reviews and Information at Nutritional Tree

Free Vitacomplete with $125 of Purchases : Vitabase

Free Vitacomplete with $125 of Purchases : Vitabase

Varieties of rice

Major California Rice Varieties
カリフォルニア米事情 California Rice
農産物のDNA分析

How Much Arsenic Is in Your Rice? Sushi rice

California Rice Research Board:
Rice Breeding Program
Public California Variety Listing
Short Grain: S-102
Medium Grain: M-103 M-104 M-202 M-204 M-205 (Calrose)
Long Grain: L-204 L-205
Premium Quality: M-401 M-402 Calhikari-201
Specialty Rice: Calmochi-101 A-201 Calmati-201

Japanese short grain variety
コシヒカリ こしひかり 越光 Koshihikari 92
ひとめぼれ ヒトメボレ Hitomebore 17
あきたこまち 秋田こまち Akitakomachi 12
ササニシキ ささにしき Sasanishiki 9
ゆめごこち 夢ごこち Yume Gokochi 2

Japanese rice quality ranking
日本の米の種類
新しい米の特性とその利用方法

medium grain variety
Calrose Premium Medium Grain "New Variety"
Rice Varietal characteristics
Short Grain: S-102, S-201
Medium Grain: M-103, M-201, M-202 (Calrose), M-203, M-204
Long Grain: L-202, L-203, L-204, L-205
Premium Quality: M-401
Specialty Rices: A-301, Calmochi 101, Calpearl, Kokuho Rose 國寶米, Valencia 87, Akitakomachi, Koshihikari

JFC
玉錦 Tamanishiki コシヒカリ + ゆめごこち $11
望 (のぞみ) Nozomi コシヒカリ
夢 (ゆめ) Yume ササニシキ
ひめ 有機栽培米 Hime Organic
健 (すこやか) Sukoyaka 有機栽培米 Organic 秋田こまち

田牧米
田牧米ゴールド Tamaki Gold コシヒカリ $11
田牧健康胚芽米 Tamaki "HIAGA" Rice $14
田牧米クラシック Tamaki Classic あきたこまち

NTC Nishimoto Trading Co. Shirakiku Brand
こしひかり 短粒米 Koshihikari
ひとめぼれ 短粒米 Hitomebore $10
あきたおとめ 秋田 短粒米 Akitaotome

雅 Miyabi 秋田こまち $9

CTC かがやき Kagayaki こしひかり

American Commodity Company rices, M202, M401, Koshihikari, Akitakomachi, Calmochi

Califronia Rice Exchange Prices Calrose, M-401, Akita, Koshi, Sweet, Short Grain, Long Grain, Organic
厳選米
USA Rice shopping with pictures
Canada Rice Shopping
kids-abroad

Kana

《稻米有那些類型》 蓬萊米 (粳米), 在來米 (秈米)
何謂在來米、蓬萊米以及糯米？
國產米外銷日本的品質優勢 台稉9號
進口米與國產米的比較 越光米, 台中秈10號, 台梗9號
水稻Q&A 台粳9號
日本水稻育种的现状和展望

DIgital VTR Format

Unit NTSC HDTV D-1 D-2 D-3 D-5 Digital BETACAM BETACAM SX D-7 (DVCPRO) DVCPRO 50 DVCPRO P DVCAM D-9 (Digital S) MPEG IMX 1 inch Digital D-6 HDD5 HDCAM HDCAM SR DVCPRO HD DVCPRO HD EX HDV 1080i 720p Tape width mm 19.01 19.01 12.65 12.65 12.65 12.65 6.35 6.35 6.35 6.35 12.65 12.65 25.4 19.01 12.65 12.65 12.65 6.35 6.35 6.35 Tape thickness µm 12.5 12.5 11.0/14.0 11.0/14.0 14.0 14.0 8.5 8.5 8.5 7.0 14.4 13.5 18.0 11.0 11.0 14.0 11.0 6.5/8.5 6.5/8.5 7.0 Tape material - oxidant metal metal metal metal metal metal metal metal vapor deposition metal metal metal metal metal metal metal metal metal vapor deposition Track pitch µm 45.0 39.1 20.0 20.0 21.7 32.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 15.0 20.0 21.7 37.3 22.0 20.0 21.7 13.2 18.0 9.0 10.0 Shortest recording wavelength µm 0.89 0.85 0.77 0.63 0.69 0.74 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.59 0.56 0.69 0.81 0.63 0.49 0.29 0.49 0.43 0.49 Video input signal - 4:2:2 Component Composite Composite 4:2:2 Component 4:2:2 Component 4:2:2 Component 4:1:1 Component 4:2:2 Component 4:2:0 Component 4:1:1 Component 4:2:2 Component 4:2:2 Component 4:2:2 Component 4:2:2 Component 4:2:2 Component 4:2:2 Component 4:2:2 Component 4:4:4 RGB 4:2:2 Component 4:2:2 Component 4:2:0 Sampling frequency Video MHz 13.5 14.3 14.3 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 27.0 13.5 13.5 13.5 74.25 74.25 74.25 74.25 74.25 74.25 74.26 55.69 74.25 Audio KHz 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48/28 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 Quantization Video bit 8 8 8 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8/10 8/10 10 8 8 8 Audio bit 16-20 20 16-20 20 20 16 16 16 16 16/12 16 16/24 20 20/24 20 20 24 16 16 16 Audio channels - 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 2/4 4 8/4 8/D+1/A 10 4 4 12 8 8 2 Compression - - - - - Intrafield DCT compression MPEG2 422P @ML Intraframe DCT compression Intraframe DCT compression Intraframe DCT compression Intraframe DCT compression Intraframe DCT compression MPEG2 422P @ML - - Intrafield DCT compression Intrafield DCT compression MPEG-4 studio profile Intraframe DCT compression Intraframe DCT compression MPEG-2 Video (MP @H-14) Compression ratio - - - - - 1/2 1/10 1/5 1/3.3 1/5 1/5 1/3.3 1/3.3 - - 1/4 1/7 1/2.7 1/6.7 1/6.7 1/22.4 (60i) 1/18.7 (50i) 1/17.4 (30p) 1/34.9 (60p) 1/14.6 (25p) 1/29.1 (50p) Video recording rate Mbps 173.0 94.0 94.0 250.0 88.0 18.0 25.0 50.0 50.0 25.0 50.0 50.0 958.5 958.5 235.0 140.0 440.0 100.0 100.0 25.0 19 Tape transfer mm/s 286.6 131.7 83.9 167.2 96.7 59.6 33.8 67.6 67.6 28.2 57.7 64.5 805.2 497.0 167.2 96.7 117.7 135.3 67.6 18.81 18.81 (SP) 12.56 (LP) Relativity m/s 35.6 27.4 21.4 21.4 22.9 19.1 10.2 10.2 10.2 10.2 14.5 15.3 51.5 46.0 21.4 22.9 22.9 20.4 20.4 10.2 Drum rotation rps 150 90 90 90 90 75 150 150 150 150 75 60 120 150 90 90 90 300 300 150 Drum diameter mm 75.0 96.4 76.0 76.0 81.4 81.4 21.7 21.7 21.7 21.7 62.0 81.4 134.6 96.5 76.0 81.4 81.4 21.7 21.7 21.7 Track/Field units 10 6 6 12 6 10/2frame 10/1frame 20/1frame 20/1frame 10/1frame 10/1frame 8/1frame 16 40 12 6 12 40/1frame 40/1frame 5 (60i) 6 (50i) [track/field] 10 (30p) 5 (60p) 12 (25p) 6 (50p) [track/frame Maximum recording time min. 94 (L) 34 (M) 6 (S) 208 (L) 94 (M) 32 (S) 185 (L) 94 (M) 50 (S) 124 (L) 63 (M) 23 (S) 124 (L) 40 (S) 194 (L) 62 (S) 184 (L) 66 (M) 92 (L) 33 (M) 92 (L) 33 (M) 184 (L) 40 (S) 124 184 (L) 60 (S) 64 64 (L) 28 (M) 8 (S) 124 (L) 63 (M) - 124 (L) - 40(S) 124(L) - 40(S) - 46 (L) 16 (M) 126 (XL) 92 (L) 33 (M) 63(SP) 63(SP) 94.5(LP) Maximum tape length m 1640 (L) 604 (M) 121 (S) 1653 (L) 751 (M) 260 (S) 935 (L) 481 (M) 254 (S) 1249 (L) 635 (M) 233 (S) 732 (L) 241 (S) 707 (L) 231 (S) 377 (L) 137 (M) 377 (L) 137 (M) 377 (L) 137 (M) 315 (L) 71 (S) 437 725 (L) 239 (S) 3120 1920 (L) 850 (M) 285 (S) 1249 (L) 635 (M) 732 (L) - 241 (S) 893(L) - 293(S) 377 (L) 137 (M) 515 (XL) 377 (L) 137 (M) 73 Maxell tape lineup - - - - - - - - *1 *2 -

*1 Available soon. 2 L/M size will be available soon.

Short URL

Twitter To Begin Wrapping All Links With Official t.co Link Shortener
What Happened To bit.ly's Market Share?
URL Shorteners: Which Shortening Service Should You Use?
Social Media Marketing Tools: 11 Best URL Shorteners

The Curse of the URL Shorteners: How Safe Are They?
Most Used URLs Shortener on Twitter, January 2010
Using Bit.ly for Spying, Link Building and Happiness

Five Best URL Shrinkers

URL shortening services on Twitter
Shortening URLs

TinyURL custom alias
* bit.ly custom name, login, subdomain, Twitter
* zi.ma custom, login, going down?
* Snipurl nickname, login, private key Snurl sn.im
ow.ly has its own frame
is.gd
Sniply account, no free custom name, redirect page

10 Online Clipboards for Easy Text Sharing 2009
5 Tools To Escape The 140 Character Limit Anywhere 2011
fast online note notepad clipboard
Free Text Host too small, anonymous, no login
Short Text can have a private key
* Friend Paste large area, can have a password to edit or view
textsnip account
* cl1p.net URL, large writing area, create text, read once and gone
* kl1p.com more features
JustPaste.it HTML, not fix-width font, account, premium

budurl not free
URLcut url name, password
Metamark nickname, secret
doiop keyword
6url alias
myurl.in custom alias
HyperURL private service, shortcut
notlong sub domain
dwarfURL password
shorl password
digbig login required
RURL research
url(x)
kurl.nl not English
SHurl.net login required
shortText

dead:
Cligs cli.gs login problem?, rename clig (custom name)
Link Gateway System link.gs login
tr.im
url123
URLCutter custom, login, ADs
301url alias, password
* short.ie custom, tracking

unavailable:
urlTea
Tweet'l
link.toolbot

Defeating Firewalls : Sneaking Into Office Computers From Home

Enron The Incredible, revenue per employee

Revenue per Employee, out nation's most critical number

Online Storage

Online backup solutions compared
A List of Amazon S3 Backup Tools
Amazon Web Services: S3
Cloud Storage
EMC:
Mozy
Amazon S3:
Jungle Disk
SMEStorage
CloudBerry Explorer

Streamload MediaMax 25GB Free
Xdrive 5GB Free
mozy 2GB Free
fabrik myfabrik 1GB Free
esnips 1GB Free
box.net 1GB Free
omnidrive 1GB Free
Allmydata 10:1 Free

The Best Free Online File Storage
googld trends xdrive > mediamax > esnips > box.net > mozy > omnidrive > myfabrik

alexa traffic esnips.com > box.net > mediamax.com > xdrive.com > myfabrik.com

The Web Photo Sharing Site Faceoff

Streamload MediaMax most file type. 25GB, 1GB/month download. $44.95/year for high resolution download, original?
Fabrik free 1GB $0.49/GB/month
Joggle
Sharpcast Photo photo synchronizing in Windows XP originals last for 30 days only, then 1600x1200 $64.99 to keep originals
SugarSync sync, backup 60GB $99.99

AOL Pictures Free Unlimited Storage. Keep photos in their original high resolution format. Techcrunch review
Sony ImageStation Unlimited picture storage capacity. Access to full-size original images, Silver Membership, $4.99/year. video (format: MPEG, MP4, 3GP) has a 40MB limit per clip. provides online storage for up to 15 minutes of video clips
Flickr If you upgrade to a pro account for $24.95, your original files are available for download. Video 90 seconds 150MB free, 500MB pro 720p
Kodak EasyShare Gallery KodakGallery Premier subscription for $24.99 per year, you can have a unique kodakgallery.com/your name Web address, one-click publishing, and free high-resolution downloads of all your images. video has limit of 15 megabytes per file, with a maximum of 150 megabytes of video files per member account. The Gallery will store each video file for 30 days
CNET Webshots only have 1600x1200 pixel, video 150 MB 10 minutes 432x324 $2.49 per month, free account has 75mb/5min/352x240 AVI MPEG4 DV
PhotoSite Unlimited $35.88
* SmugMug unlimited Standard account, $39.95 per year, 8MB 48MP. video 600MB 10 min DVD for power users $59.95, 10 min 1280x720 for pro users $149.95
* Phanfare unlimited photo video synchronization $6.95/month $54.95/year $299.95 Lifetime, 20MB image, 10 min video 2GB 26.6 Mbps archived at 4 Mbps MPEG-4, AVI, MPEG, WMV and QuickTime, streaming at h.264 1.3Mbps, .., 512kbps, and flash 7 .., .. 640x480 If an uploaded video's bitrate is greater than 4 megabits per second, and the video's width is greater than 640 pixels or its height is greater than 480 pixels, the video will be converted to a 5 mbps H.264 video. Otherwise it will be converted to an archival 3 mbps H.264 video.

Comparison of video services
* YouTube 10 minutes 2GB 26.6Mbps Windows Media Video(.avi) .3GP (cell phones) .AVI (windows) .MOV (mac) .MP4 (ipod/psp) .MPEG .FLV (adobe flash) .SWF (shockwave flash) .MKV (h.264) 2Mbps 1280x720 H.264 232kbps 44.1K stereo AAC
* Vimeo 720/24p 1.6Mbps VBR 512M/week 1HD/week, Plus $59.95 1GB/file (5GB/week)
Daily Motion HD 1280x720 1GB
HD Share 4GB 1280x720
VReel 2GB HD

Google Picasa Web Albums 10GB $20 per year, 40GB $75. video size should be no larger than 100MB in various formats to Picassa Web, 1GB to YouTube Free 250MB
HP Snapfish high resolution original download 25c per photo Snapfish Home Movie Videos $24.99 a year. MOV, AVI, 3gp or MPG (motion jpeg), 10 minutes

Yahoo Photos Only customers of Rogers Yahoo!, AT&T Yahoo!, Verizon Yahoo!, and BT Yahoo! can download full-resolution versions of their photos.
Shutterfly we do not have high-resolution downloading available. However, we do have an Archive CD

How to suspend and hibernate (suspend to disk) a laptop under Linux

/etc/acpi/events/lid:

event=button[ /]lid.*
action=/etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh


/etc/acpi/events/pwrbtn:

event=button[ /]power
action=/etc/acpi/actions/pwrbtn.sh


/etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/sbin/suspend.sh


/etc/acpi/actions/pwrbtn.sh:

#!/bin/sh
hibernate

Rechargeable batteries and battery chargers

Robert's Photography Blog
Steve's Digicam NiMH batteries
Steve's Forum
DP Review
Candle Power Forums

La Crosse Technology BC-900 Alpha Power Battery Charger
Maha MH-C9000 WizardOne Charger-Analyzer
GP PowerBank Premium V800C V600D
iPower GC-60

Thomas Distributing

Alkaline Battery Shoot Out

NewsForge | dmidecode: What's it good for?

NewsForge | dmidecode: What's it good for?
Finding Hardware Details of your Linux Machine without Using Screw Driver

linux system hardware information

dmidecode
lm_sensors
lshw

On Windows, use PC Wizard or CPU-Z, CPUZ, GPU-Z, GPUZ, HWMonitor

Auto Safety - Electronic Stability Control, Airbags, AWD

2009 ESC Equipped Vehicles Safer car
ESC wikipedia

Electronic Stability Control ESC
Vehicle Stability Assist VSA
Vehicle Stability Control VSC
Vehicle Dynamic Control VDC
Electronic Stabilization Program ESP
Dynamic Stability Control DSC

Frontal Airbag
Side-Impact Air Bags - Chest (torso) SAB, Head Side Air Bag (curtain, tubular)

AWD All-Wheel-Drive
4WD 4-Wheel-Drive