Monday, December 14, 2009

礁溪老爺PK.涵碧樓

涵碧樓到大陸賣頂級的感覺
有錢人要的跟你不一樣! 離群索居的至尊享樂旅館
The Most Luxurious Foreign Hotel Chains

The Lalu Sun Moon Lake
Aman Resorts 安縵居 Aman at Summer Palace 頤和安縵 北京 Amanfayun 安縵法雲 杭州

Banyan Tree 悅榕莊, Hangzhou 杭州, Lijiang 麗江, Ringha 仁安, Sanya 三亞

Friday, December 11, 2009

Ski 2009-2010

ticket,rental                                           7,4      8,5      9,6  10,7
Tahoe Donner:      $38,$27 7-12 $18,$22 0-6 $0,$22      $94      $94      $94  $112
Holiday rate unknown 12/19-1/3; 1/16–18; 2/13–21; 3/27-4/4
Soda Springs:      $30,$38 0-12 $20,$25                $100     $100     $100  $100
$35,$25 holidays 11/26-29, 12/25-1/3, 1/16-18, 2/13-21
Donner Ski Ranch:  $42,$36 7-12 $13,$25 0-6 $5,$15     $102     $102     $102  $110
                   $22          $10 non holiday Tue, Wed, Thu 11/25-26, 12/19-1/1, 1/18, 2/12-19
Boreal:            $47,$38 5-12 $15,$25 0-4 $0         $109(78) $124(93) $124- $124-
$54 holidays 11/26–29, 12/25-1/2, 1/16–18, 2/13–15

Tahoe Donner
Soda Springs
Donner Ski Ranch
Boreal

2008-09 packages

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Outdoor Ice Skating in San Francisco Bay Area

Kiddie Koncierge: Ice Rinks
Outdoor Ice Skating in San Francisco Bay Area

Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square 11/11/2009 - 1/18/2009
90 minutes, $9 adults, $4.50 children, +$0.5 night and weekends

Holiday Ice Rink at Embarcadero Center 11/11/2009 - 1/3/2010
90 minutes, $9 adults, $5.5 children, +$0.5 nights and weekends

San Jose Downtown Ice 11/20/2009 - 1/18/2009
unlimited, $15 adults, $13 children, including skates

Downtown Walnut Creek in Ice 11/12/2009 - 1/18/2010
$11 weekdays, $15 weekends and holidays

Winter Lodge 9/29/2009 - 4/11/2010
2 hours, $8

Pleasanton Holiday Ice Rink 11/19/2009 - 1/10/2010
2 hours, $16 adults, $11 children including stake rentals

Dublin Holiday on Ice
1.5 hours, $12 adults, $7 children 

San Ramon Kristi Yamaguchi Holiday Ice Rink 

Kid Matter Weekend and Holiday Events Weekend Events, Ice Rink, Tree Lighting, Meet Santa, Exhibits, Shows

Friday, November 13, 2009

Live CDs/DVDs/USBs

Live bootable USB thumb stick from iso image

The BEST, Linux Mint with usb-creator (pen drive linux instruction), How to: Reduce Disk Writes to Prolong the Life of your Flash Drive

Ubuntu with usb-creator (pendrivelinux) including variable persistence, or with UNetbootin and Persistent space, wireless does not establish good connection after wake-up from standby

cd2usb is included in Super OS (based on Ubuntu) live DVD

Fedora with Linux Live USBliveusb-creatorFedora Live USB Creator? use 4GB with FAT32 on ThinkPad

Windows linux live usb creator

List of tools to create Live USB systems

how to create a larger casper-rw loop file for persistent storage

Live DVD

Knoppix Maxi DVD based on Debian KNOPPIX
dpkg -l
5.3.1 (4,446,816,256 bytes) 26 March 2008
- usb drive mount, NTFS read access, gcc
- no auto ethernet connection, no NTFS write access
** 6.1 (3,040,903,168 bytes) 25 February 2009, 2453 packages, use knoppix lang=en (shift-0 for '=')
- usb drive mount, NTFS read/write access, gcc, gvim, emacs, mouse pad scrolling
- no auto ethernet connection, iceweasel problem with blogger, no flash
** 6.2 (3,040,903,168 bytes) 18 November 2009, 2772 packages, use knoppix 2 and startx
- auto ethernet detection, usb drive mount, NTFS read/write access, gcc, gvim, emacs, mouse pad scrolling, with flash
- x11 display or window manager problem, cannot move windows

** Paipix based on Debian
lenny-9.6.19 21 (4,185,161,728 bytes) June 2009, 1560 packages
- auto ethernet connection, usb drive mount, flash, gcc, gvim, emacs, mouse pad scrolling, ATI/nvidia driver, default KDE
- no NTFS access

Sabayon Linux Gentoo-based Sabayon Linux
equo query list installed
4-r1 x86/x86_64 (4,151,482,368 bytes) 31 December 2008, 2240/ packages
- auto ethernet connection, usb drive mount, NTFS access, gcc
- no gvim, emacs
5.0 x86/amd64 KDE/Gnome (1,997,563,904/1,730,183,168 bytes) 2 October 2009, 1442/1359 packages
- auto ethernet connection, usb drive mount, NTFS access, gcc, mouse pad scrolling
- no gvim, emacs, kde feels inferior than gnome

** Scientific Linux compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux SL Live System
boot option: linux screen=1920x1200
rpm -qa
5.3 i386/x86_64 (2,671,439,872 bytes) 19 March 2009, 1566 packages
- auto ethernet connection, usb drive mount, flash, gcc, gvim, emacs, mouse pad scrolling, nvidia driver, default gnome
- no NTFS access, default resolution 1440x1050
5.4 not yet available as live DVD

Sidux based on "unstable" branch of Debian sidux.com
2009-03 i386-amd64 (2,149,613,568 bytes) 11 November 2009

Ubuntu live DVD
dpkg -l
9.10 i386/amd64 29 October 2009 (4,135,698,432 bytes) 2256 packages
- auto ethernet connection, usb drive mount, NTFS access, gcc, mouse pad scrolling
- gvim, emacs on disk only for install, not in live

Educational Systems
OpenSUSE-EDU Linux for Education, Li-F-E for school, 2.7G LiveDVD v11.3-3, scratch 1.3.1, etoys 4.0.2340, AbiWord 2.8.2, OOO 3.2.1.4, ByWater BASIC 2.50, no gvim
edubuntu 2.4G LiveDVD, 10.10 packages on top of Ubuntu, (etoys 4.0.2340), OpenOffice.org 3.2.1, no gvim, no flash
UberStudent 2.7G LiveDVD based on Ubuntu and other distributions, OpenOffice 3.2.0, no gvim, too much ads
Fedora Education Spin Ceased production, Fedora 12 2009 LiveCD, OOo 3.1.1, Etoys (Squeak) 4.0 with Sugar activity wrapper
Qimo 4 Kids 2.0 700MB LiveCD based on Ubuntu 10.04, Virtual Disk Image
OOo4Kids OpenOffice.org for Kids, package for Debian and Redhat

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

South Bay Taiwanese Association

SBTA South Bay Taiwanese Association 南灣台灣同鄉會
TAFNC Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California 北加州台灣同鄉聯合會
Taiwanese American Center of Northern California 北加州台灣會館
Northern California School Association for Languages of Taiwan NCSALT 北加州台灣語文學校聯合會

Thursday, November 05, 2009

NOAA Weather Radio

NWR receiver First Alert, Honeywell, Midland WR-300, Oregon Scientific, RadioShack, Reecom R-1650 (great reviews with AM/FM, 4AA battery)
Citizen Corps Volunteer Material Quick Start Guides for Schools, Midland, Reecom 1630, Reecom 1650\
NOAA SAME Code

CEA Public Alert
Best Weather Radio

NWS SKYWARN spotters with HAM radio
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SPOTTER PROGRAM

NWS Cooperative Observer Program Proper Siting National Weather Service Cooperative Observing Program serving the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area

CoCoRaHS Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Mini Linux, embedded tools, and free virtual machines

ttylinux 8MB ISO
Tiny Core Linux 10MB Busybox, Tiny X, Fltk, flwm, download firefox 3.5
GNU/Fiwix 20MB -> 60MB
SliTaz GNU/Linux LiveCD 30MB image -> 100MB system, BusyBox, Openbox, firefox 3.0, network problem in VirtualBox
ByzanineOS 32MB CD-ROM BusyBox, Metacity
Damn Small Linux DSL USB flash 50MB Fluxbox, freeze in VirtualBox, Firefox 2.0 in VMWare
TinyMe Linux
Puppy Linux 100MB X.Org or Xvesa, JWM, Seamonkey, network problem in VirtualBox and VMWare

ReactOS based on the design of Windows XP/2003
Syllable Desktop AmigaOS like
Haiku BeOS

Comparison of netbook oriented Linux distributions

OpenWRT
PUD xPUD Chinese

BusyBox The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux
Zile (Zile Is Lossy Emacs) lightweight Emacs clone

KDrive TinyX Xvesa freedesktop.org Xserver X.Org Server
Openbox
JWM

Dropbear SSH server and client (OpenSSH)

uClibc A C library for embedded Linux (GNU C Library)
diet libc
Red Hat newlib C library intended for use on embedded systems

uClibc++

Disk image: Virtualization: .vmdk for VMware, .vhd for Xen and Microsoft Hyper-V, .vdi for Oracle VirtualBox,
VirtualBox native VDI images, OVF image, can also use VHD and VMDK
VMWare Player, EasyVMX! creating VMDK image, can also use VHD, run vhd under vmware, not working?
VMWare Server
QEMU KQEMU accelerator
XenServer linux host only

*How To Run Ubuntu in Windows 7 with VMware Player VMPlayer, run as administrator and use iso image
*WMware: Supported Guest Operating Systems - Linux (Debian, Fedora Desktop, openSUSE, Ubuntu)

bagvapp Virtual Appliance Repository, SliTaz cooking, TinyMe, localized PUD, Hiweed (Ubuntu)
-Some VMWare images CentOS, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, Ubuntu
VMware Appliances
TuxDistro torrents sorted virtual machines
OVF Open Virtualization Format Appliances
VirtualBoxImages
VirtualBox Images DSL, Haiku, Moblin, PuppyLinux, ReactOS, SliTaz, Syllable, TinyCore

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

10 easy ways to play with Linux without leaving Windows

Moba LiveCD
Portable Ubuntu
VirtualBox and VirtualboxImages.com
VMWare Player (VMPlayer) and Appliances Marketplace
KDE for Windows
Fedora LiveUSB Creator and UNetBootIn
Lili

Hack a Day: How to crack a Master lock

Monday, October 05, 2009

3D

Wired Explains: How 3-D Television Works

3D display
3D television LCD shutter glasses
3-D film

The Illustrated 3D Movie List
Stereoscopy.com

AMC Cupertino ticket price
Ticket Pricing:
Adult: $11.00 - After 4:00 pm
Matinee: $9.00 - Before 3:55 pm
Child: $8.00 - Age 2 - 12
A.M.Cinema: $6.00 Everyday 7 days a week for shows before noon
RealD 3D Experience: $4
IMAX Experience: $5
IMAX 3D Experience: $6

RealD Cinema, RealD, Circular polarization $3
IMAX 3D linear polarization $4
Dolby 3D Digital Cinema, location, CineLux Plaza Theatres Campbell $2
XPAND Cinema World Map
MasterImage 3D circular polarized

Stereoscopy Stereo camera Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W1
Autostereoscopy Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D V1

Nvidia 3D Vision Requirements

Minimum system requirements
  • Microsoft® Windows® Vista 32/64-bit or Windows 7 32/64-bit
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ X2 CPU or higher
  • 1GB of system memory. (2GB is recommended)
  • 100 MB free disk space

NVIDIA 3D Vision-Ready displays devices

NVIDIA GeForce Desktop GPUs

 

GeForce 200/100 Series

GeForce 9 Series

GeForce 8 Series

3D Gaming GeForce GTX 295

GeForce GTX 285

GeForce GTX 280

GeForce GTX 275

GeForce GTX 260

GeForce GTS 250

GeForce GTS 240


GeForce GT 140
GeForce 9800 GX2

GeForce 9800 GTX+

GeForce 9800 GTX

GeForce 9800 GT

GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 8800 Ultra

GeForce 8800 GTX

GeForce 8800 GTS

GeForce 8800 GT
3D Applications (Cooliris) GeForce GTX 295

GeForce GTX 285

GeForce GTX 280

GeForce GTX 275

GeForce GTX 260

GeForce GTS 250

GeForce GTS 240

GeForce GT 140
GeForce 9800 GX2

GeForce 9800 GTX+

GeForce 9800 GTX

GeForce 9800 GT

GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 8800 Ultra

GeForce 8800 GTX

GeForce 8800 GTS

GeForce 8800 GT
3D Pictures All GeForce 200/100 Series All GeForce 9 Series All GeForce 8 Series
3D Movies All GeForce 200/100 Series All GeForce 9 Series All GeForce 8 Series

NVIDIA 3D Vision for Quadro

Learn more about NVIDIA® Quadro® professional graphics boards including support for Quad Buffered OpenGL applications

Friday, October 02, 2009

Wallet

Big Skinny the world's thinnest, smallest, and lightest wallets Sport Big Skinny $10
ALL-ETT The World's Thinnest Wallet The World's Thinnest Inside I.D. Wallet $19.95
Civilian Lab Clip Kevlar lossless wallet $22
Koyono Slim Wallets Slimmy Jimi
Ragged edge gear Sailcloth Bifold ID Wallet, aramid and carbon fiber $35
Stewart/Stand Stainless Steel Wallets

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

台灣海外高峰攀登活動一覽表

Mt. McKinley, Mt. Blanc, Mt. Aconcagua, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Everest, Mt. Elbrus, Mt. Vinson, Carstensz Pyramid

Extremes on Earch

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Balanced Armature Headphones

Multi-IEM Review In-Ear Monitor

Audio-Technica ATH-CKM90, ATH-CK9 $249.95, ATH-CK10 $399.95

Shure SE Models SE210 $179.99 - SE310 - SE420 - SE530 $499.99, SCL SCL4 $299 - SCL5 $399

Etymotic Earphone Comparison 6i isolator $100 ($50), hf5 $150 ($80), er4 microPro $299, Headsets comparison ETYCOM $39

Klipsch Custom 1 $130 ($40), Custom 2 $200, Custom 3 $300, Image X5 $250, Image X10 $350

MEElectronics A151 $75 ($50)

Creative Aurvana In-Ear 2 ($55)

Samsung Level In Headphones ($30) 2 Balanced Armature + 1 Dynamic Speaker (10mm)

Xiaomi Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro Hybrid ($20)

Ultimate Ears SuperFi 4 $50, SuperFi 3 Studio $99 ($80), 600 $100 ($85), - TripleFi 10 $399

Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic $79

Altec Lansing Muzx Ultra MZX606 with inline control and microphone $100 ($15 ebay, $20 1saleaday), UHP336 vented armature $129.95 ($35) same as UE SuperFi 3 Studio, Backbeat Pro UHP606 $99.95 ($25) same as UE SuperFi 4 $100 ($80)

Sony Balanced Armature XBA-1, XBA-1IP $40 $30 ebay
Sony Headphone Support

Lenntek Pro Series in Ear Monitor $90 $50 at Costco

Symphonized MTL Dual Driver In-ear Noise-isolating Earphones with Mic

Friday, August 14, 2009

San Jose Climate

San Jose Climate Graph - Water Year Chart temperature - precipitation
Reno Climate Graph - Rain and Snow
Needle, CA - close to Furnace Creek (Death Valley Badwater)
*Furnace Creek Mesowest Observation DEVC1 HADS Decoded Data and Graph
Stovepipe Wells 1WS - Death Valley Observations Data, Climate Reference Network CRN
Furnace Creek GHCND:USC00042319 NCDC National Climate Data Center
Badwater forecast weather
Grand Canyon National Park Weather, Phantom Ranch Forecast
*Phantom Ranch Mesowest Observation WX7FGZ-1 AT680
Phantom Ranch GHCND:USC00026471 Grand Canyon

CLIMATE STATION PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation
Northern California Average Yearly Rainfall Maps
Probability of Precipitation for a day, week, or month

Climate Map Project:
Climate Maps, Min (low), Max (high) temperature, precipitation in a month
Detailed 30-year normals
Best (warmer in winter, cool in summer, trails): Santa Monica south, Redondo Beach

Seattle, San Francisco, Coastal California, Oxnard, Malibu (90265), Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades (90272) (Los Leones, Temescal, Will Rogers)Santa Monica - Manhattan Beach - Redondo - Palos Verdes (90274, 90275 Filiorum Preserve), Huntington - Newport Beach 92660 - Corona Del Mar 92625,  Newport Coast 92657 - Laguna 92651 (Crystal Cove), Carlsbad - Del Mar, San Diego for lower summer temp
San Francisco, Oxnard - Santa Monica - Newport, San Diego, for higher winter temp

Berkeley Earch Long Term Temperature Trends
Los Gatos
San Jose Reid Hillview

Manhattan Beach has a minimal temperature difference between summer and winter, Oxnard, Huntington - Newport, La Jolla, San Diego is also good.

Zipatlas income,
zip atlas Cities with the Highest Median Household Income
Cities with the Highest Average Income per Person in California
Cities with the Highest Percentage of Households with Income Over $200,000 in California

City Data, statistics, boundary, census, population, income, house value, price
Manhattan Beach 
Huntington Beach 
Newport Beach has higher ground
San Diego  

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

compact camera with wide zoom, IS, large aperture, HD movie, orientation sensor, light weight

* Canon PowerShot SD960 IS HDMI, H.264, 2,955 KB/s
* Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 Optical Zoom in Motion Picture, waterproof, HDMI, AVCHD Lite, 17 Mbps
* Panssonic Lumix DMC-FX580 Motion JPEG, 3,940 KB/s, Aperture priority, Shutter priority
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX37
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 Aperture priority, Shutter priority

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

High Speed Internet Comparison

Broadband provider, download/upload speed, price per month

Verizon FIOS
Fast: 15 Mbps/ 5 Mbps $70
Faster 50 Mbps/ 25 MBps $80
Fastest 75 Mbps / 35 Mbps $90
150 Mbps / 65 Mbps $100
300 Mbps / 65 Mbps $210 

Cable Modem Buying Guide approved modem list, avoid Intel Puma Chipset 
Comcast High Speed Internet xfinity, DOCSIS 3.0 for Blast! and higher speed, DOCSIS 2.0 for Performance, DOCSIS Device Information Center
xfinity services pricing rate card
xfinity speed tiers and provisioned upload/download speeds
xfinity offers, reseller plans
nofficial network speed
Performance Starter 15/2
Performance Starter+ 25 $40-50
Performance Plus 75/5 $45-70 CMD31T 4x4 $20
Performance Select 100/5 $45-55
Performance Pro 175/5 +$15  CM400 8x4 $35, CM500 16x4 $45
Performance Pro+ 200 $60-70
Blast! Pro 275/10 +$30 CM400 8x4
Blast! Pro+ 300/10 $70-80
Extreme Pro 500/10 +$45 CM600 24x4 or 24x8
Extreme Pro+ 600/10 $80-90
Gigabit 1000/35 CM1000 3.1 $90-$100
Gigabit Pro 2000/2000
Economy Plus: 3 Mbps/  Kbps $40
Performance Starter: 6 Mbps/ 1 Mbps $50
Performance 25: 25 Mbps/5 Mbps $62
Performance: 75 Mbps/5 Mbps $65-67
Blast!: 150 Mbps/ 10 Mbps $75-79
Extreme 250: 250 Mbps/ 20 Mbps $150

Using Approved Third-Party Equipment for Xfinity Internet and Xfinity Voice
Comcast xfinity upported cable modem Netgear CM500 for 200Mbps
*** Netgear CM500-100NAS Docsis 3.0 16x4 cc

Netgear Cable Modems DOCSIS 3.1 2g, DOCSIS 3.0 32x8 1400, 24x8 960, 16x4 680, 8x4 340, 4x4 150mbps

AT&T U-verse High Speed InternetUverse Offer Detailsinternet speeds
+$5 without bundling (U-verse TV, U-verse Voice, or combined with DIRECTV/Wireless) $7 equipment fee for wi-fi router gateway
Uverse speed tiers IPBB/fiber/DSL
Internet 100/20 $50 + modem fee

Basic - Download Speed: Up to Kbps; Upstream Speed: Up to Kbps $37
Express - Download Speed: Up to 1.5 Mbps; Upstream Speed: Up to 1.0 Mbps $42
Pro - Download Speed: Up to 3.0 Mbps; Upstream Speed: Up to 1.0 Mbps $47
Elite - Download Speed: Up to 6.0 Mbps; Upstream Speed: Up to 1.0 Mbps $52
Max - Download Speed: Up to 12.0 Mbps; Upstream Speed: Up to 1.5 Mbps $57
Max Plus - Download Speed: Up to 18.0 Mbps; Upstream Speed: Up to 1.5 Mbps $62
Max Turbo - Download Speed: Up to 24.0 Mbps; Upstream Speed: Up to 3.0 Mbps $72
Power - Download Speed: Up to 45.0 Mbps; Upstream Speed: Up to 6.0Mbps $82
Power Plus 75/8 $92
25/2M, 32/5M, 55M (32Mx2 pair bonding) profiles
HD = 6Mbps

AT&T High Speed Internet DSL
Basic - 768 kBps/384 Kbps $28
Express - 1.5 Mbps/384 Kbps $36
Elite - 3.0 Mbps/512 Kbps $41
Pro - 6.0 Mbps/768 Kbps $46

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賽事組別英文名稱參賽年齡級別本站賽事連結備註
國際棒球總會(International Baseball Federation)分為兩級,以每年的一月一日為年齡基準日:
AAAA World Youth Baseball Championship16歲以下青少棒IBA世界青少棒錦標賽 
AAAAAA World Junior Baseball Championship18歲以下青 棒IBA世界青棒錦標賽 
美國小馬聯盟(PONY Baseball League)分為五級,以每年的七月三十一日為年齡基準日:

幼馬級Mustang9~10歲次少棒尚無台灣不曾參賽
野馬級Bronco11~12歲少 棒BRONCO野馬級世界少棒錦標賽 
小馬級PONY13~14歲青少棒PONY小馬級世界青少棒錦標賽 
公馬級Colt15~16歲次青棒尚無台灣不曾參賽
帕馬級Palomino17~18歲青 棒PALOMINO帕馬級世界青棒錦標賽 
世界少棒聯盟(Little League Baseball)分為四級,以每年的八月三十一日為年齡基準日:
基本組Little League11~12歲少 棒LLB世界少棒錦標賽 

進階組Junior League12~14歲次青少棒尚無台灣不曾參賽
中級組Senior League14~16歲青少棒LLB世界青少棒錦標賽 
高級組Big League16~18歲青 棒LLB世界青棒錦標賽 

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Backpacking Camping tools

Backpack tent Search Tool floor+vestibule area, floor dimensions+peak height, average packed weight, packed size

4 person backpacking tent
Sierra Designs Lightning XT 4 3-season 4-person 57.5+17.5+10ft^2 95"x92"x49" 7lb 6oz 6"x21" 2-door $449
Kelty Teton 4 3-season 4-person 54.4+12.3ft^2 98"x80"x58" 7lb 8oz 8"x26" 1-door $210
REI Half Dome 4 HC 3-season 4-person 57+11+11sq ft 94"x86"x51" 8lb 3oz 8"x22" 2-door $249
Black Diamond Guiding Light 4-season 4-people 50ft^2 90"x80"x42" 6lb 4oz 7"x12" 2-door $630

Sleeping Pad Search Tool
Cascade Designs Therm-A-Rest NeoAir

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Media Center for TV

10-foot user interface

XBMC Media Center
MediaPortal
Boxee

Flash streaming from Hulu, YouTube

Hulu: NBC, Fox, ABC
tv.com: CNet, CBS
fancast: Comcast

Comcast On Demand Online Time Warner (HBO, Cinemax), Showtime (CBS), Starz

Monday, July 06, 2009

Hitch-Mounted Bicycle Racks for 4 Bikes

Roof racks with crossbars cross bars crossbar

Hitch Bike Rack Comparison Chart 

954 Ridgeline 4 Bike Hitch Rack T3 Cradles, Hitch Switch, No-Sway Cages, Snug-Tite receiver lock $360 
914 Roadway 4 Bike Hitch Rack T3 Cradles, Hitch Switch $240 

Yakima 
FlipSide TriggerFinger release, Security, Premium SwitchBlade cradles $359 
DoubleDown 4 TriggerFinger release $245 
KingPin 4 $156 BigHorn 4 $180 Softride parallelogram 

Saris 
T-Rax Pro $310 

Allen Racks 
Premium 4 bike hitch carrier 545RR Quick Carry Arm Release 
Deluxe 4 bike hitch carrier 542RR carry arm drop out $97 

Swagman 

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Taiwan / Taipei High Schools

台北市公立高中排名起落:從民國70年代聯招變化看起 Taipei Public Senior High School Rankings / Entrance Exam Results
全台明星高中 Top Taiwan High Schools

1、295分-台北市立建國中學。
2、293分-台北市立北一女中。
3、293分(男)-291分(女)-台北市國立師大附中。
4、289分-台中市國立台中一中。
5、288分-台中市國立台中女中
6、287分-台北市立成功高中、高雄市立高雄中學、桃園國立武陵高中、新竹國立新竹實驗中學。
10、286分-台北市立中山女中。
11、285分(男)-283分(女)-台北市立松山高中。
12、285分(男)-280分(女)-台中市國立文華高中。
13、284分-台北市國立政大附中。
14、283分-台中縣國立大里高中。
15、282分-高雄市立高雄女中。
16、282分(男)-280分(女)-台北市立大同高中。
17、280分-台南市國立台南一中。
18、280分(男)-277分(女)-台北市立中崙高中。
19、279分(男)-278分(女)-台北市立麗山高中。
20、278分-國立高雄師大附中
21、277分(女)-274分(男)-台中市國立台中二中。
22、276分-台北縣國立板橋高中、高雄縣國立鳳山高中。
23、275分-台南市國立台南女中。
24、274分-台北市立大直高中。
25、271分-高雄市立瑞祥高中
26、270分-台北市立景美女中。

98學年度北市公私立高中錄取台大新生統計表

Junior High Schools
師大附中;中正;金華,龍門,敦化;五常,介壽,仁愛,政大附中,弘道,天母 

Monday, June 01, 2009

Waterproof Camera

Waterproof Camera Group Test Canon Powershot D10, Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1, Pentax Optio W60, Olympus Tough 6000, Olympus Tough 8000, FujiFilm Z33 WP

review of the best waterproof compact cameras

Canon PowerShot D10 waterproof 33 feet, shockproof 4 feet, cold proof 14-104F, 1/2.3" 12.1MP, 35-105mm, f/2.8-4.9, optical image stabilization, 2.5" LCD, VGA 1,368 KB/s, 6.7oz, 4.08x2.63x1.92
8010
6020
Olympus Stylus Touch-3000 waterproof 10ft, shockproof 5ft, -10oC/14oF, 1/2.33" 12MP, 28-102mm, f3.5-5.1, 2.7" LCD, 720p MP4, sensor IS, 4.4oz, 3.8x2.6x0.9
Olympus Stylus 1050 SW waterproof 10ft, shockproof 5ft, 14-...F, 1/2.33" 10.1MP, 38-114mm, f3.5-5.0, 2.7" LCD, VGA, 5.4oz, 3.7"x2.4"x0.9"
Olympus Stylus 1030 SW waterproof 33ft, shockproof 6.6ft, 14-...F, 1/2.35" 10.1MP, 28-102mm, f3.5-5.1, 2.7" LCD, VGA, 6.3oz, 3.7"x2.4"x0.84"
Olympus Stylus 850 SW waterproof 10ft, shockproof 5ft, 14-...F, 1/2.35" 8MP, 38-114mm, f3.5-5.0, 2.5" LCD, VGA, 4.8oz, 3.7"x2.4"x0.84"
Olympus Stylus 790 SW waterproof 10ft, shockproof 5ft, 14-...F, 1/2.33" 7.1MP, 38-114mm, f3.5-5.0, 2.5" LCD, VGA, 4.8oz, 3.7"x2.4"x0.84"

Pentax Optio W80 waterproof 5m, 16ft, shockproof 3.3ft, coldproof 14-...F, 1/2.3" 12.1MP, 28-140mm, f/3.5-5.5, IS, 2.5" LCD, 720p Mjpg, 5.3oz, 3.9x2.2x1.0"
Pentax Optio W60 waterproof 4m, 13ft, coldproof, 1/2.3" 10MP, 28-140mm, f3.5-5.5, IS, 2.5" LCD Mjpg, 720p, 5.1oz, 3.9x2.2x1.0"
Pentax Optio WS80 waterproof 5ft, 1/2.3" 10MP, 35-175mm, f3.5-5.5, 2.7" LCD Mjpg, 720p, 4.4oz, 3.6x2.3x0.9"

Casio G EX-G1 water proof 10ft, shock proof 7ft, cold proof 14F, 1/2.3" 12MP, 38-114mm, f3.9-5.4, 2.5" LCD, Mjpeg, Wide VGA 848x480, 5.4oz, 4.01"x2.53"x0.78"

Panasonic DMC-TS1S TS1 water proof 3m, shock proof 1.5m, 28-128mm, 1/2.33" 12.1MP, f/3.3-5.9, optical IS, optical zoom in movie, 2.7" LCD, 720p AVCHD Lite 17Mbps, 5.76oz, 2.48x3.87x0.89
Panasonic DMC-TS2S, TS2 water proof 33ft 10m, shock proof 6.6ft 2m, 14°F (-10°C), dustproof 14.1MP

Fujifilm Z33WP waterproof 3m, 35-105mm, 1/2.3" 10MP, f/3.7-4.2, 2.7" LCD, VGA MJPEG 7.5Mbps, 3.9oz, 3.6x2.3x0.8

GE G3WP waterproof 10ft, 12MP, 38-152mm, f/3.3-5.15, 2.7" LCD, 4.2oz, 3.7x2.4x0.9

Sanyo Xacti VPC-WH1 HD Video waterproof 3m, 43-1290mm, 1/6" 1184x888 2MP CMOS, f/1.8-4.3, 2.5" LCD, 1280x720 H.264 9Mbps stereo, 12.48oz, 2.1”x 4.13”x2.25”
Sanyo Xacti VPC-E2 waterproof 5ft, 38-190mm, 1/2.5" 8M CMOS, f/3.5-4.7, 2.5" LCD, VGA 6Mbps stereo, 9.1oz, 2.77x4.39"x1.59"
Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 waterproof 5ft, 38-190mm, 1/2.5" 6M CCD, f/3.5-4.7, 2.5" LCD, VGA 6Mbps stereo, 8.3oz, 2.8x1.6x4.4

Open Water Swimming: Bay Area

East Bay Regional Park District Swim Facilities
Almaden Lake Park

Friday, May 15, 2009

Fixed-gear bicycle

Fixie!

Giant Bowery $650 46t/17t 700x25 fixies
Giant Bowery '84 $1100 46t/17t 700x23
KHS flite 100 $659 CrMo, no brake 48t/16t 700x23c
Specialized Langster $830 42t/16t 700/23c
Specialized Tricross Singlecross $910 42t/18t 700x32c
Specialized Rockhopper Expert Disc 29 Single-Speed $1100 32t/20t 26x2.0"

Fitting a Bike

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Anti-Inflammatory

Arnica
Bromelain
Turmeric

Traumeel arnica ointment. For the temporary relief of muscular pain, joint pain, sports injuries and bruising.
Zyflamend turmeric

NSAIDs aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen

Saturday, May 02, 2009

Prepaid Internation Long Distance Phone Card Rates to Taiwan

AT&T International for Prepaid Taiwan $1.19 for landline and mobile
Phone Card Taipei Taiwan Mob TX TW to US Text 
Xfinity    0.15   0.15   0.15 0  0.30    0.10 
RedPocket  0      0      0    0 
* Ooma mobile app calling
           0.029         0.11

* OneSuite 6-month expiration, $10/6 month, 15% bonus cards
           0.019  0.019  0.105   0.029 
1-408-689-9907 
1-800-315-9339 
02-4066-2222 
* Rebtel unlimited $5 a month
PinCity 180-day de-activation 0.029 0.033 0.110 0.029 (25% off recharge $45) 0.0232 0.0264 0.088 0.0232 1-408-380-0001 1-877-335-1544 1-866-287-8715 - pay phone 02-4066-0770 ATHENS 21-11980076 THESSALONIKI 23-11768261 Net2Asia 6-month expiration, 10% recharge bonus 0.02 0.02 0.1333 0.27 1-408-380-0655 1-866-988-5898 008-0168-0168 Talkloop 6-month expiration, 20% recharge bonus 0.021 0.022 0.07096 None 1-408-648-4109 1-800-836-6303
PokeTALK free

Friday, May 01, 2009

gsm phone with high resolution display

* have GSM 850
* do not have Text Keyboard
* have Wi-Fi
camera 2mp+

Sunday, April 26, 2009

San Francisco Bay Area Local Weather Channels

KTVU Fox 2 5 Day Forecast (WUnderground)
KRON 4 7 Day Forecase (HAMweather)
KPIX CBS 5 7 Day Forecast (WUnderground)
KGO ABC 7 AccuWeather 7 Day Forecast
KNTV NBC 11 Weather Channel 5, 10 Day Forecast

Ocean Prediction Center Unified Surface Analysis Loops, Forecasts
Northeastern Pacific Water Vapor (GOES West) loop
Western U.S. Water Vapor (GOES West) loop
Western U. S. Imagery WV loop
Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts
WPC 24-Hour QPF Percentile Guidance for Days 1-3 Probability of Precipitation of at Least a Specific Amount, Precipitation Amount by Percentile

Santa Clara Valley Water District ALERT system real-time data (TABLE, map) Stream, Reservoir, Precipitation Gauges
ALERT Precipitation Gauge Information 15 min Stevens Creek Maryknoll Rainfall intensity
ALERT Precipitation Gauge Historic Data Request

MesoWest Surface Observations Map LOAC1 Los Altos Weather Conditions 1 week hourly precipitation, temperature, (check Decoded Data LOAC1CA41F5F8 and get table, and precipitation)
Weather Underground wunderground weather stations

Santa Clara County Precipitation Data Marykoll (SCVWD), Stevens Creek (SCVWD)
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network CoCoRaHS Daily Precipitation
San Francisco Bay Area 6 Hour Precipitation Forecast

Hydrometerorological Automated Data System Coyote Creek at 237 (SCVWD)

California Department of Water Resources Historical Data Station ID in Santa Clara County Los Altos Hills LSA RAIN 1 year ending 7/1/2010 27, 23,
La Honda LAH sensor 842
37.08, 30.13, 27.35, 22.57, 30.5

California Neveda River Forecast Center

Mount Whitney
Mesowest Cottonwood Lakes CWDC1 12SW of Lone Pine 12SW 10150ft
CWD Cottonwood Lakes Snow Depth plot, Temp plot,
24 hour Temperature
WU MCWDC1 not real time Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS)

San Francisco Bay Wind Patterns

AccuWeather 15 day, Central California Precipitation Amount for Today - 10 day, High-Res Fronts & Pressure Map 12-48 hours

The Weather Channel Companies WSI (Weather Services International) Media Weather Solutions Intellicast 10 day, Raincast 6-48 hour, Surface Analysis and Forecast 12-48 hour

weather.com 10 day, Weekend Weather Map

Custom Weather MyForecast 7 day 15 day forecast, 24hr Precip Total, Accuracy 2003 study

ForecastAdvisor  accuracy analysis (AccuWeather, TWC, WU)
Accuracy of three major weather forecasting services NWS > TWC > Local TV

National Weather Service 7 day (HAMweather Weather For You 7 day)
Weather Underground 5 day NWS
WeatherBug 7 day
US Air Sports Net 7 day
Unisys 7 day SFO

USDA National Resources Conservation Service, Water and Climate Center, Snow Depth

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks

Deposit Hold examples

$100, electronic payments, in person cash, government/cashier's checks on next day
local on 2nd business/banking day
non-local on 5th day
large amounts on-us additional 1 day
large amounts local additional 5 days
large amounts non-local additional 6 days

$5000 local 1st Mon, $100 on 2nd Tue, $4900 on 3rd Wed
$10000 local 1st Mon, $100 on 2nd Tue, $4900 on 3rd Wed, $5000 on 10th Wed
$5000 non-local 1st Mon, $100 on 2nd Tue, $4900 on 8th Mon
$10000 non-local 1st Mon, $100 on 2nd Tue, $4900 on 8th Mon, $5000 on 16th Tue

Consumer Checking Account Fairness Act

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Museum Ship

List of museum ships
The Navy’s Ship Donation Program

List of U.S. National Historic Landmark ships, shipwrecks, and shipyards

NS Savannah 1959 nuclear merchant ship, Newport News, Virginia
Nautilus 1954 Nautilus-class, Groton, Connecticut
Pampanito 1943 Balao-class, San Francisco Maritime National Park Association
Balclutha 1886 steel-hulled full rigged ship, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Aircraft Carriers
Midway 1943 Midway-class, San Diego, California
Lexington 1943 Essex-class, Corpus Christi, Texas
Hornet 1943 Essex-class, Alameda, California
Intrepid 1943 Essex-class, New York City, New York
Yorktown 1943 Essex-class, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

List of submarine museums
USS Nautilus 1954 nuclear at Submarine Force Library and Museum Groton, Connecticut
USS Blueback 1959 last non-nuclear at OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) Portland, OR
USS Pampanito 1943 San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, San Francisco, California

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

South Bay Swimming Schools

California Sports Center CSC Swim/Aquatics Adult Beginner Semi-Private 3:1 $74/month
Maki Swim School Adult Group Class Cost: $180 / 10 lessons, Ratio: 3 students per teacher
DACA DeAnza Cupertino Aquatics
Group (4 students/class): $75.00 per month
Semi-Private (2 students/class): $150.00 per month
Private Class: $300.00 per month
Sutton Swim School 4:1 $17 per lesson

Friday, April 17, 2009

Open Source E-Commerce: Survey Rates the Best in OSC

CRE Loaded Chain Reacion ECommerce, branch of osCommerce, commercial no free
PrestaShop 2008 simpler but faster alternative to Magento, making use of an Ajax interface
New osCommerce Project
Magento 2009 (paid version in 2009)
Zen Cart branch of osCommerce
osCommerce 2003

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Gift Card

Discover eGift Card $3.95 service fee Gift Card $3.95 free shipping, $2.5 inactivity fee after 12 months
American Express Gift Card load fee $3.95, $2 monthly service fee waived first 12 months

MasterCard Gift, Travel and General Purpose Prepaid cards
WaMu MasterCard Gift Cards $5.45 issuance fee (includes Shipping & Handling), $2.5 monthly after 12 months
Natalie Gulbis Gift MasterCard $5.95 Card Issuance Fee, $2.5 beginning in th 6th month

Visa Gift Cards Online
Gift2Go $3.95 service fee, $2.5 monthly fee after 12 months
Chase $3.5 at branch, $4.95 online, $2.5 after 1 year
Comerica $5.95, $2.5 after 6 months
Simon Gift Visa $5.95 handling fee, $2.5 monthly after 12 months
$5.95 purchase fee, $2.5 monthly after 6 months
BCU $5.95 processing fee, $2.5 monthly maintenance fee after 6 months
Gift Card Lab $5.95 enrollment fee, $15 account closure after expiration
WishCardCollection $6.45 fee, $5 after 6 months
GiftCards.com Visa $4.95+ card fee, $0.35 POS transcation fee, $2.5 monthly administrative fee after 6 months
iCard Gift Card $7.95 fee, $25 for 6 months

Screwdriver

Screw Drive Types
Slotted (flat or straight)
Phillips ("crosshead") PH
Pozidriv (SupaDriv) PZ Pozi
Square
Robertson (square)
Hex
Hex socket (Allen)
Torx T, TS, TX

Wrench for bolts and nuts

Shopping Malls

Westfield Valley Fair (Santa Clara), Oakridge (San Jose), San Francisco Centre, Metreon
Simon Property Group Stanford Shopping Center (Palo Alto), Great Mall (Milpitas), Gilroy Premium Outlet, Stoneridge Shopping Center (Pleasanton)
General Growth Properties Eastridge (San Jose), NewPark Mall (Newark), Southland Mall (Hayward), Stonestown Galleria (San Francisco)

anemia

Advanced Sports Nutrition by Dan Benardot: Efficient Delivery of Oxygen: The Oxygen-Nutrient Performance Relationship
Clinical sports medicine anemia
CYCLING PERFORMANCE TIPS: anemia Dilutional Anemia, Exertional Hemolysis "march anemia" or "footstrike" anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia
Runner's Anemia dilutional pseudoanemia, iron deficiency, footstrike hemolysis

Footstrike is the major cause of hemolysis during running
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in endurance runners

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Cruise Ship

1. Carnival Corporation: Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Cunard LineSeabourn

2. Royal Caribbean Cruises: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises

3. Norwegian Cruise LineNorwegian Cruise Line Freestyle Cruising, Oceania, Regent Seven Seas

GentingCrystal Cruises

Disney Cruise Line

List of world's longest ships: Passenger ships

Rock Bottom Cruises: Cheapest Cruise
Cruise Direct deals

The Catholic Travel Guide  Will there be a Catholic priest on my cruise.  mass
Catholic Cruises and Tours

Apostleship of the Sea of the United States of America (AOS-USA)
All Holland America Line, World Cruise of Seabourn

Compass Speakers and Entertainment Inc.
All Crystal Cruises

World Cruises
Cruise Specialists: Azamara, Crystal, Cunard, Holland America, Oceania, Princess, Regent Seven Seas, Silversea, Viking Ocean
Cruise.com World Cruises: Crystal, Cunard, Holland America, MSC Cruises, Oceania Cruises, Princess Cruises, Regent, Seabourn, Viking
CruiseWeb: Princess, Regent, Cunard, MSC, Oceania, Holland America
Peace Boat World Cruise Japan, Upcoming Voyages
Viking Ultimate World Cruise: longest 245 days


Monday, March 23, 2009

Motor Oil Grades

Using The Correct Motor Oil Weight in your Acura and Honda Automobiles

Synthetic Oil
Base Oil Categories

AMSOIL 100% Synthetic Engine Oil Group IV PAO 0W-20 5W-30 10W-30
Red Line Oil polyalphaolefin Group V Polyol Ester 0W20 5W20 5W30 10W30
Royal Purple Motor Oil Poly-Alpha-Olefin 5W-20 5W-30 10W-30
Mobil1 Expended Performance PAOs, esters 5W-20 5W-30 10W-30
Mobil 1 0W-20 Advanced Fuel Economy, 0W-30 Advanced Fuel Economy, 0W-40, 5W-20, 5W-30, 10W-30, 15W-50, High Mileage 10W-30, High Mileage 10W-40, Truck and SUV 5W-30 for Gasoline Engines

Valvoline SynPower Full Synthetic Motor Oil SAE 0W-20 5W-20 5W-30 10W-30
Penzoil Platinum Full Synthetic Motor Oil 0W-20 5W-20 5W-30 10W-30
Quaker State Ultimate Durability Full Synthetic 0W-20 5W-20 5W-30 10W-39
Motorcraft Full Synthetic Motor Oil 5W-20 5W-30

Castrol SYNTEC grade SAE 0W-20 0W-30 5W-20 5W-30 5W-40 5W-50 10W-30 10W-40 20W-50
Lucas Synthetic High Performance Motor Oil 5W20 5W30 10W30