Friday, December 30, 2016

Flash Upgrade Nexus Android Devices

 Android phone firmware

1. Install Windows portable Minimal ADB and Fastboot, Unzip and run MAF32
2. Enable Android Debug Bridge abd debugging on device,  Settings > About phone and tap Build number seven times. Return to the previous screen to find Developer options at the bottom.
3. Booting into fastboot mode fastboot oem unlock
4. download Official Android Images and unzip it, copy ADB files to it and run flash-all

XDA-developers forum
Nexus 6 shamu googleLineage OS
Nexus 9 volantis
Nexus 5 hammerheadAOKP (popular), AICPAOSP, LineageOS 
Nexus 4 occam
Nexus 7 Mobile nakasig
Le Max 2

LineageOS (CyanogenMod)

Improve battery life with Xposed, Amplify and Greenify – Android customization
Extreme Battery Life Thread (Greenify+Amplify+Power Nap)

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

High yield savings account

Bankrate best savings rate, rate post intro, minimal deposit
Magnify Money Best of Online Savings Accounts
Money Rates

GS Bank Goldman Sachs, savings, no ATM
Synchrony Bank GE financial, savings, ATM
Ally Bank savings, ATM, checking
Barclays savings, no ATM
Discover savings, ATM, checking

Tuesday, December 06, 2016

Windows DNS setting

Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections > Wi-Fi > Properties > Networking > Internet Protocol Version 4 > Properties > Use the following DNS server addresses

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Carbonated mineral water


Perrier 1898, French bought be Nestle in 1992 
Volvic 1922, Danone

San Pellegrino 1932, sanpellegrino S.Pellegrino sparkling Italian, bought by Perrier in 1997

Mineral water
Carbonated water soda
Spring springwater

Eradicated Disease

Eradication of infectious diseases
Smallpox 天花

Almost:
Polio 小兒麻痺症

Not yet:
Malaria 瘧疾
Measles 麻疹
Rubella 德國麻疹

Sunday, November 13, 2016

TPN

Total parenteral nutrition

Calculating Parenteral Feedings
30-50 cc/kg
protein, amino acids: 1.2 g/kg
calories: 15, 25-30, 35 kcal/kg
lipids dextrose ratio

TPN Macronutrient Calculator
1. protein 1.2g/kg
2. 15 kcal/kg
3. total volume 1200 ml
percent goal 100%
osmolarity
glucose infusion rate

43.5kg 96lb Basil Metabolic Rate
1. 1008 kcal, Mufflin St Jeor My fitness pal
2. 1127 kcal, Revised Harris-Benedict Global RPh
3. 1138 kcal, Harris-Benedict BMR Calculator
4. 1209 kcal, Sedentary VeryWell

15kcal/kg, amino acid, 1.2 g/kg = 51g 1250ml Clinisol, dextrose 120g = 612 cal
19kcal/kg, protein 1.5g/kg = 68g amino acid 1600ml Clinimix E, 160g dextrose = 810 cal
2000 ml Clinimix 200g (680kcal) dextrose + 85g (340kcal) amino acid = 1020 cal

Saturday, November 05, 2016

Order of Christian Funerals

Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of San Jose

Bay Area Funeral Consumers Association, Catholics and Death
Low Cost Funerals

Catholic Funeral Homes
Beddingfield Funeral Servicemap, Casketsprice
Lima & Campagna Mortuary, map,
Alameda Family Funeral & Cremationmap, price 

Trappist Caskets, Memorial Tree $2575
Abbey Caskets $2350
Mount Michael Abbey Caskets
Saint Joseph Abbey Woodwork local Louisiana

Star Legacy Wood Caskets poplar $1649, cherry $2850, Walmart Star Legacy Cherry Extraordinaire Casket $2460

The Casket Outlet solid cherry wood $2588
Santa Clara - Mountain View Funeral & Cremation Service (The Casket Store) $1888-

Hospices  UHC
Hospice of Valley  Sutter Care at Home
Pathways Home Health

歸根--天主教的生死觀與殯葬禮
頭七:耶穌面對亡
二七:十字架--苦難的奧蹟
三七:聖瑪利亞--痛苦之母、憂者之慰
四七:如果我們與基督同死,也必與祂同生
五七:我們期待著肉身的救贖
六七:你們在天上的賞報是豐厚的
七七:新天新地--基督要永遠消除死亡
百日、週年忌日、冥誕:追思感恩禮

天主教殯葬禮
做七 頭七, 七七四十九日, 尾七, 做旬, 百日, 一年, 三年
各宗教喪禮

Thursday, October 20, 2016

SUV off-road spec

Approach and departure angles
Breakover angle

Vehicle size class


49 CFR § 523
Light Truck (SUV)
(i) Approach angle of not less than 28 degrees
(ii) Breakover angle of not less than 14 degrees
(iii) Departure angle of not less than 20 degrees
(iv) Running (ground) clearance of not less than 20 centimeters, 7.87"
(v) Front and rear axle clearances of not less than 18 centimeters each, 7.09"

Thursday, October 06, 2016

Asian American Demographics

Chinese American Demographics  population, states, counties, cities
State: California, New York, Hawaii, Texas, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois, Washington, Florida, Pennsylvania

County: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Queens NY, Honolulu, Santa Clara, Kings NY, Alameda, New York, Orange, San Mateo, King WA, Cook IL, San Diego, Harris TX, Sacramento, Middlesex MA

County percentage: San Francisco, Honolulu, Hawaii, Maui, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Queens, New York, Kings NY, Los Angeles, Montgomery MD, Middlesex MA, Norfolk MA, King WA, Suffolk MA, Sacramento, Collin TX, Orange, Middlesex MA, Fairfax

City: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, San Jose, Chicago, Oakland, Fremont, Alhambra, San Diego, Monterey Park, Houston, Seattle, Sacramento, Boston, Arcadia, Philadelphia, Rosemead, Irvine, Rowland Heights

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Highlighted text color in browsers

      browser       highlighted,     match search,             additional matched
Internet Explorer:  white over blue, white/blue,                black/yellow
Google Chrome:      white over blue, black/orange,              black/yellow
Mozilla Firefox:    white over blue, white/green,              

Firefox Select All: white over blue, white/blue,                white/magenta


recommended browser background color: red, aqua, blue, dark purple,


Thursday, September 08, 2016

Tuesday, September 06, 2016

Sunday, August 28, 2016

College Fairs

National Association for College Admission Counseling NACAC
Performing and Visual Arts College Fair 9/20/2018 Thu SF .....
National College Fair
STEM College and Career Fairs 10/7/2018 Su 1-4pm SC Convention, .....

Coast to Coast College Tour: Berkeley, Dartmouth, NWU, Princeton, Vanderbilt.  6/4/2018 Mo
NUHE Tour: Notre Dame, Virginia, JHU, Emory 5/22/2018

College Tours/Fairs:

Rice in You Town 5/20/2018
Shepherd

Rochester Off Campus NACAC 
Eastman upcoming events

Case Western Reserve local visit 5/20/2018, NACAC double degree
Cleveland Institute of Music CIM

Northwestern Comes to You C2C 6/4/2018 Mo
Bienen

Tufts in your area browse all
NEC Music College Fair no SF

Barnard in Your Area
Juilliard
MSM  NACAC

Johns Hopkins visits you 5/22/2018 Tue 7
Peabody

Oberlin on the road
Oberlin Conservatory NACAC performing and visual arts

Others:

CMU information sessions

MIT Visits You
Chicago Northshore Music College Fair 10/6/2016
Palo Alto College Fair  10/10/2016

Oberlin Conservatory of Music Performing Arts College Fair 10/10/2016
New York City Performing and Visual Arts College Fair 10/19/2016
Los Angeles County High School of the Arts LACHSA College Fair  10/21/2016
Upstate New York Music College Fair Eastman and Juilliard 10/28/2016


Saturday, August 06, 2016

Opioid Conversion

Opioid Conversion Search

ClinCalc

Hydromorphone (dilaudid), hydrocodone (norco) half-life duration

Friday, August 05, 2016

Health Statistics

Top 15 Causes of Death by County, State, USA
USA Life Expectancy Map

Leading Causes of Death
Heart disease, Cancer, Chronic lower respiratory diseases, Accidents, Stroke, Alzheimer's, Diabetes, Influenza and pneumonia, Kidney disease, Suicide

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Yellow color

1. Orpiment  雌黃 Arsenic trisulfide As2S3
 Orpiment Hue HTML #EEBD34, RGB (238, 189, 52), CMYK (7, 25, 93, 0 )


2. Cadmium pigments
color hexa fff600


3. Azo compound
Art Paints








Royal yellow Hex triplet #FADA5E, sRGB (250, 218, 94), CMYK (0, 13, 62, 2) 
Chinese yellow, Imperial yellow, Naples yellow, Jonquil

beauty color code fada5e

encycolorpedia #fada5e
spy color fada5e
rgb color code royal yellow

Huang surname黃姓, 黃國
嬴姓

Thursday, July 07, 2016

Teardown Cost

IHS iSuppli BOM Bill of Materials
iPad Air 2, iPhone 6s Plus

UBM TechInsights tear down
iPhone 6s, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air

Wednesday, July 06, 2016

Draw on iPad Pro

Wacom Pen Display - Cintiq

iPad Pro with Apple Pencil

Astropad Drawing Tablet works with Adobe Photoshop (Air Display 3 has bad reviews, Duet Display has no pressure sensitivity)

Sketch a Day

Thursday, June 23, 2016

World Marathon Majors Guaranteed Qualifying Time

World Marathon Majors 

    55-59 60-64 
3/2/2025 TokyoOne Tokyo Global 
4/24/2025 LondonInternational ToursUSA TourTaiwan KNT TourBallot 2:50 3:37 
4/21/2025 Boston 2029 qualifying window 9/1/2027 3:50 
9/21/2025 BerlinTours, Taiwan KNT Tour雄獅 2:55 3:25 
10/12/2025 Chicago, Taiwan KNT Tour, 1/1/2023 3:30 3:45 
11/2/2025 New York CityToursUSA TourTaiwan KNT TourLion 含機票, 3:23 3:34 

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Liqueurs from France

French liqueurs liquor
The Catholic Origins of 5 Alcoholic Beverages

Cointreau Drinks

Bénédictine 1863 40% abbey Benedictine

Chambord Liqueur 1982 16.5%

Chartreuse 1605 1765 55% Carthusians monks monastery

Cointreau 1849 40%

Crème de cassis 1841 15%

Grand Marnier 1880 40%


Hpnotiq 2001 17%

Parfait d'Amour 18xx 30%

Pastis 1932 40%

X-Rated Fusion 2005 17%

Chinese Bakery

Marketing research on Bakeries market in China
Holiland(好利来) and Ganso(元祖), Paris Baguette(巴黎贝甜), Tous les jours (多乐之日), Comptoirs de France and Amandine

French: 
The Best Paris Patisseries
Singapore’s New Wave of Bakeries Maison Keyser, PAUL, Angelina

Dalloyau Tokyo Seoul Hong Kong

Angelina

Ladurée : Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, LA, Miami, New York, Washington

Paul Boston, DC, Japan, Singapore, Taipei

Éric Kayser : Maison Kayser Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, NY, Singapore, Taiwan

Thursday, June 09, 2016

Muscle Cramping

Cramp nocturnal night time leg cramps
dehydration, magnesium, potassium, vitamin B12, quinine (tonic water), calcium channel blocker (anti-hypertension, high blood pressure), pickle juice

Saturday, June 04, 2016

Study Notes / Charts

CliffsNotes Cliffnote Cliffnotes CliffsNote Cliffs Cliff Note
SparkNotes SparkNote
BarCharts BarChart Bar Chart Quick Study Academic QuickStudy

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer

YouTube Chemotherapeutic agents video
Chemotherapy Types
alkylating agents, antimetabolites, microtubule targeting agents, topoisomerase, anthracyclines, monoclonal antibodies, others

Targeted therapy
Hormonal therapy (oncology)
Cancer immunotherapy

Caris

Potential benefit

paclitaxel, docetaxel, nab-paclitaxel
gemcitabine
liposomal-doxrubicin
leuprolide, megestrol acetate
doxorubicin, epirubicin

Potential lack of benefit

irinotecan, topotecan
tamoxifen, fulvestrant, letrozole (aromatase inhibitor), anastrozole (anti-aromatase)
fluorouracil, capecitabine, pemetrexed
trastuzumab, pertuzumab
temozolomide, dacarbazine

NCCN

docetaxel 22%
etoposide 27%
gemcitabine 19%
liposomal doxorubicin 26%
paclitaxel weekly 21%
topotecan 20%

altretamine 14%
capecitabine
cyclophosphamide
doxorubicin
ifosfamide 12%
irinotecan
melphalan
oxaliplatin
paclitaxel
nab-paclitaxel 64%
pemetrexed 21%
vinorelbine 20%

bevacizumab 21%

aromatase inhibitors (letrozoleanastrozole)
leuprolide acetate
megestrol acetate
tamoxifen


Platinum-resistant

nab-paclitaxel, docetaxel (anti-microtubule)
gemcitabine (antimetabolites)
doxil (anthracyclines)

megestrol acetate (Megace - Antiandrogen Antiprogestogen)


etoposide 27% (topoisomerase)?
oxaliplatin (alkylating-like)?
vinorelbine 20% (anti-microtubule)?
altretamine 14% (nonclassical alkylating agent)?
ifosfamide 12%, cyclophosphamide, melphalan (alkylating agents)?

Friday, May 13, 2016

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Popular Taiwan News Sites

新聞資訊網站調查與使用概況

Yahoo News 雅虎奇摩
Apple Daily 蘋果日報
ET Today 東森
UDN 聯合
Liberty Times 自由時報
China Times 中國時報

Berkeley Computer Science

Daily Californian: Campus computer science program does not compute (Culture at UC Berkeley promotes computer science without providing adequate resources)

Berkeley Academic Guide Computer Science
Petitioning to the Computer Science Major minimum cumulative GPA of 3.30 of
CS 61A The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
CS 61B Data Structures
CS 70 Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory
A, A+ = 4, A- = 3.7, B+ = 3.3, B = 3, B- = 2.7

UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science  admits students by declared major (Computer Science, Computer Science and Engineering)

Bay Area Universities

New SAT and ACT Score Ranges for 360 Colleges and Universities sorted by ACT
 

The 22 colleges that have students with the highest SAT scores, old SAT

SAT Exact Start Time and End Time 3:00 + :50 essay.  proctor 7:45 8:00 8:30-9:00, 12:30-1:00

New SAT to Old SAT Concordance conversion table
Gagnon Composite Ranking (GCR) of the Top U.S. Colleges started 3/2016, used for 2017 admission, class of 2021

College Scorecard Data spread csv

Best Colleges in California


             Ret  4G  6G SAT 75% ACT
Northwestern             790 770 34
Stanford   5N 98  75  94 780 760 35
Tufts                    780 760 34
Case Western             780 740 33
Rochester                770 720 33
Berkeley  21N 97  76  92
760 720 34

UCLA      21N 97  74  91 760 710 33 Los Angeles
UCSD      42N 95  59  78 740 710 34 San Diego

SCU        2R 96  82  89 730 710 32 Santa Clara University 
UCSB      37N 93  72  88 720 680 33 Santa Barbara 

CalPoly   11R 94  48  83 700 680 31 San Luis Obispo

Davis     46N 93  55  85 700 660 32 University of California
UCI       41N 92  71  87 700 650 32 Irvine

Pacific  110N 85  50  68 680 650 30
UCSC      81N 90  54  79 680 660 31 Santa Cruz 

USF      110N 86  62  72 650 640 28 San Francisco 
Mills      9R 78  62  66 593 640 29
St. Mary   9R 88  60  73 610 630 27

CalPoly P 31R 90  18  69 620 610 27 Pomona
SJSU      35R 87  11  62 610 600 26 San Jose State
Dominican 30R 84  54  68 595 620 25
Maritime   3C 83  45  63            Cal State 
Menlo      9C 78  43  59 580 585 25

NDNU      41R 77  34  50 550 560 22 Notre Dame de Namur 

Pocket Notebook

Notebook

Moleskine Notebooks - Journals Pocket Cahier Volant, Diaries, Planners, Pocket (3.5x5.5, 9x14), Mini XS Extra-Small (6.5x10.5)

Field Notes Planner Calendar

Fabriano EcoQua Staple Bound 4pk

Word Notebooks, 3pkBradley Mountain Adventure Log

For fountain pens, dotted, dot grid
Clairefontaine notebooksexaclair usa, Goulet Pens My Essential Dot Grid A5
Rhodia notebookAmazon Webnotebook Dot A5, Atlas Stationers Webnotebook A5 Dot GridClassic Side Staplebound A4, A5
Tomoe RiverTomoe River Paper,

Bullet Journal
Bullet Journal, Leuchtturm 1917
Rhodia Goalbook with Clairefontaine paperWet Paint Art

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Frozen custard and steak burgers

Frozen custard
Milkshake
Steak burger
Steak sandwich
French dip
Cheesesteak
Reuben sandwich

Gilles Frozen Custard
Leon's Frozen Custard
Kopps

Culver's Fresh Frozen Custard Vanilla One Pint, 450g, 990 cal, 58g fat
Crazy for Cookie Dough Concrete Mixer regular 454g, 1130 cal, 57g fat
Bacon Deluxe Triplebutter burger ButterBurger 376g, 1090 cal, 76g fat

Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers
Brownie Delight Concrete, large 1932 cal, 75g fat
Signature Turtle Sundae, large 1912 cal, 116g fat
Triple Steakburger California Style, 848 cal, 53g fat
Triple Bacon Steakburger with Cheese, 926 cal, 52g fat

Shake Shack frozen custard
Concretes 310-1240 cals
Cups and Cones 280-540 cals

Steak 'n Shake 7x7, 1330 cal, 95g fat
All American Melt 900 cal, 65g fat
Cajun Steakburger 870 cal, 63g fat
Speculoos Cookie Butter Milkshake, 1030 cal, 45g fat

Dairy Queen Blizzard Treats
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Smash - Large, 610g, 1510 cal, 70g fat
Brownie Cookie Dough - Large, 624g, 1500 cal, 63g fat
1/2 lb. FlameThrower GrillBurger, 970 cal, 68g fat
Chicken Strip Basket - 6pc, 1250 cal, 61g fat

Arby's Roast beef
Jamocha Shake 680g, 820 cal, 22g fat
Reuben 308g, 680 cal, 31g fat

Carl's Jr.
Oreo Cookie Hand Scooped Ice Cream Shake 397g, 720 cal, 40g fat
1/2lb. Thickburger El Diablo 431g, 1290 cal, 85g fat

Wendy's Frosty large Classic Chocolate, 580 cal, 15g fat

In-N-Out Burger Chocolate Shake, 15oz, 590 cal, 29g fat

McDonalds Desserts and Shakes McFlurry with M&M'S 650 cal, 23g fat, McCafé Chocolate Shake 560 cal, 16g fat

Iconic ice cream brand files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 
Baskin Robbins, Cold Stone Creamery, Haagen-Dazs, Marble Slab Creamery, Ben & Jerry's 
Dairy Queen, Sonic, Culver's 

Five Guys 1986 Alexandra Virginia 
Shake Shack 2004 New York 
Smashburger 2007 Denver 

Thursday, March 03, 2016

Blog services

Blog web publishing platform

Neocities 2013, no Ads
Medium 2012, blocked in China
Tumblr 2007, blocked in China
Wix 2006 
Weebly 2006, some blocked in China
WordPress.com 2005, mostly blocked in China
TypePad 2003, no longer free
Webs 2001
Blogger 1999, Blogspot blocked in China
LiveJournal 1999
Xanga 1998
Lycos Angelfire  1996, some blocked
Lycos Tripod 1995

Blogger linked with Google, LiveJournal, WordPress, TypePad, AIM, OpenID

Comparison of free blog hosting services
Comparison of free web hosting services

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Read It Later

For Archiving and searching
Microsoft OneNote 2003 not easy to share publicly
Evernote Web Clipper 2007 no free feedly
Pocket 2007
Instapaper 2008 bought by Pinterest, free premium, no free feedly
Readability 2009 no free feedly, shutdown in 2016
Feedly Boards Archive - Twitter, Facebook, no easy search

Instapaper is for Reading, Pocket is for Sharing archives, searches
The Best Apps for Reading This Article…Later Instapaper, Pocket
The best read-it-later service Instapaper, Pocket

Free Social Media Management System

Everypost VS. Buffer VS. Hootsuite

Hootsuite 2008
Buffer 2010
everypost 2012

Saturday, February 20, 2016

Privacy Browser / Search Engine

DuckDuckGo, Startpage and Ixquick search engines are doing well

DuckDuckGo Wikipedia, Yandex, Yahoo!, Bing, Yummly
Startpage.com Google
ixquick meta searches
Disconnect Search select Google Bing Yahoo DuckDuckGo
Qwant

Epic Privacy Browser Mac/PC with Epic Search (used to be Google), proxy
Chromodo Private Internet Browser Windows
Tor Browser Firefox based Windows / Linux / OS X

Tails (operating system) The Amnesic Incognito Live System, Tor Project
Whonix a "Workstation" and a Tor "Gateway", running Debian GNU/Linux

Friday, February 19, 2016

Soft drink

Soft drink

Root beer

1. sassafras (Sassafras albidum) tree
1876 Hires Root Beer
1919 A&W Root Beer, Dr Pepper Snapple
1923 A&W Restaurantsmenu, original store website: Lodi, CA, Root beer float
1947 Mug Root Beer foam, San Francisco PepsiCo

2. Smilax ornata Sarsaparilla (soft drink)
1898 Barq's less sugar, had a higher carbonation, and less of a foamy head, with caffeine, French Quarter New Orleans, Coca-Cola
1920s Sarsi
1945 黑松沙士 HeySong

1885 Dr Pepper
1919 IBC Root Beer Independent Breweries Company, Dr Pepper Snapple

* Carbonated water Club Soda
1783 Schweppes Dr Pepper Snapple
Seagram's

* Ginger ale
1904 Canada Dry Dr Pepper Snapple

Tonic water quinine for muscle cramp