Screenfont

History of Western typography
Famous Names in Typography
Family Classifications of Type
Roman type
Roman square capitals, Optima, Trajan
Carolingian minuscule Pfeffer Mediæval
France Venice Jenson
Venetian Bembo, Centaur
French Garamond, Sabon
English Caslon
England Baskerville
Italy Modern Bodoni

IdentiFont Free Fonts Cardo, Sorts Mill Goudy, Hack, Cutive Mono (serif), Fira Mono (upper I, lower L, zero), Fira Sans (lower L g many weights), Droid Sans (upper I g no-italic),

Brick.IM fonts Cardo, EB Garamond, Sorts Mill Goudy, similar to Hoefler, switching from Times New Roman

Font Samples

identifont identify fonts, similar font finder
List of all available features, W shape, W serifs, J height, e slanted cross stroke (Aurelia[more modern], True Golden, Cloister, ITC Golden Type, Italian Old Style, Veronese, Parkinson)

Browser:
Serif: Sorts Mill Goudy
Sans: Fira Sans
Mono: Courier Code

Serif fonts choices:
Mac: Hoefler Text, Georgia (compatibility), Times New Roman (compatibility)
Windows & Linux: Sorts Mill Goudy (ligature, kerning, WfJfi1, no bold),
Cardo (display, ligature, kerning not in Office, WeJfi1, rbbii)
Office: Constantia (ligature, kerning, J, rbbii), Times New Roman (ligature 'Th', kerning), Garamond (WJ, no ligature), Californian FB (e, no ligature, rbi), Sylfaen (ligature, only r), Georgia (compatibility, ligature, no kerning), Source Serif Pro (x-height), Gabriola (kerning, ligature, script)

Sans-Serif fonts choices:
use Serif fonts, kerning, ligature, Candara (no J, for office online, outlook), Corbel (no J), Segoe UI (no J), Fira Sans (no fi), Noto Sans, Droid fonts, , Tahoma (compatibility, no ligature), Verdana (compatibility, no ligature)

Monospace fonts choices:
Mac: Menlo, Monaco, Courier New (compatibility)
Windows & Linux: Courier Code (serif), Source Code Pro, Andale Mono, Courier New (serif, compatibility), Consolas, Nimbus Mono L (serif), Cutive Mono (serif Google)
Office: Courier New (serif, compatibility)

Cardo is the best, large and contains ancient characters

Equivalent size: Hoefler Text 17pt (Crimson Text), Palatino 16pt (Tinos), Cardo 16pt, Times New Roman 16pt, Garamond 18pt (EB Garamond 16pt), Centaur 19pt

Times New Roman

Hoefler Text (Crimson Text)

Garamond (EB Garamond, Byington)

Goudy (Sorts Mill Goudy)

Bembo (Cardo)

Cloister (humanist Jenson) e slanted cross stroke

Centaur (1 is like I) (Coelacanth, Montaga)

Pangram
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil Queen and Jack
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs

The State of Web Type - Kerning, Ligature

Microsoft Core fonts for the Web: Font rasterization: bitmap=raster pixel, anti-aliasing, hinting, subpixel rendering
sans-serif: Verdana, Arial, Trebuchet MS, Arial Black, Impact
serif: Georgia, Time New Roman
monospace: 1. Andale Mono, Courier New (serif), Webdings
cursive: Comic Sans MS

Google WebFonts

font-size
Understanding font sizing in css-em-px-pt-percent-rem
CSS Units
Units of length: px, em, cm, etc.
Font Size Conversion Chart
Specifying fonts in Web pages: The relationship between FONT SIZE and physical type size
0 6pt xx-small
1 8pt H6 x-small
2 10pt H5 small
3 12pt H4 default medium
4 14pt H3 large
5 18pt H2 x-large
6 24pt H1 xx-large
7 36pt
Toward a standard font size interval system

Web typography

CSS font sampler and survey

CCS font stacks by classification
CCS font stack example with compatibility percentage on Windows and Mac: Hoefler Text, Garamond, Palatino, Time New Roman
Revised Font Stack for various websites Times New Roman, Palatino, Book Antiqua (on Office), Georgia (use lining features), Constantia (use lining numerals), Garamond (on Office, no bold italic), Cambria (O is too narrow), Baskerville (on Office, no bold, italic), Verdana, Tahoma (no italic), Arial (use stylistic set 3 for 'I'), Segoe UI (Windows 8 'I' change), Courier New, Consolas, Comic Sans MS
Consider capitalized I, small l, number 1, small o, number 0, capital O.  
JIl1o0Og Default
JIl1o0Og Arial

JIl1o0Og Courier

JIl1o0Og Georgia

JIl1o0Og Helvetica

JIl1o0Og Times
JIl1o0Og Trebuchet

JIl1o0Og Verdana

Microsoft: Tahoma (Segoe UI, Segoe)
Yahoo: Arial
Facebook: Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Verdana

Microsoft Typography Fonts: Office, Office, Games, Other Applications
List of Microsoft Windows fonts
List of typefaces included with Mac OS X

California Job Case: ligatures: fi, fl, ff, ffi, ffl, ae, oe, AE, OE, Teffi, Only Times New Roman has 'Th'
Letter frequency e t a o i n s h r, S A C M P R T B F

Microsoft Word OpenType Options in the Font Dialog Box
Home, Styles, Normal (right click), Modify, Formatting, Fonts, Advanced, (Times New Roman, Constantia; Verdana)
1. Ligatures: Standard, Contextual, Historical, Discretionary (will cause Palatino to use st, ct ligatures)
2. Number spacing: Proportional, Tabular
3. Number forms: Lining, Old-Style
4. Stylistic sets: Arial 3 has good 'I', Trebuchet 3 has capitalized lower alphabets
5. Use Contextual Alternates

Restore Word original template Normal.dotm delete it from C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates

LaTex fonts, Recent TeX fonts, fbb Bembo, garamondx
The Beauty of LaTex: kerning, ligatures, Teffi
Pinyin fonts

Google Fonts
Google Docs, Headings
1. Select text, change font (Garamond, Gentium Book Basic, Times New Roman), size (12)
2. Normal text, Update 'Normal text' to match
3. Options, Save as my default styles

Windows 99%: 11
sans-serif: Tahoma, Microsoft Sans Serif, Arial, Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Impact
serif: Times New Roman, Georgia
monospace: Courier New (serif), Lucida Console
cursive: Comic Sans MS

Mac 95%: 11
sans-serif: Helvetica, Lucida Grande, Geneva, Monaco, Arial, Verdana, Helvetica Neue, Trebuchet MS
serif: Times, Georgia, Times New Roman
monospace (fixed width): Courier (serif)

Width:
Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Microsoft Sans Serif, Georgia, Trebuchet MS, Times New Roman, Garamond, Calibri

Monospaced: check Illegal1=O0| '------======______'
Monospaced Fonts Graphic Samples
1. DejaVu Sans Mono
2. Andale Mono
VIM: the perfect programming font: Gohu copy files to .font and use fc-cache -f -v for linux
1. Gohufont 11, 14 px, 2. DejaVu Sans Mono, 3. Andale Mono
Font Survey: 42 of the Best Monospaced Programming Fonts: Dina 10 point too small, DejaVu Sans Mono, Andale Mono (lighter)
10 Alternative Monospace Fonts for Programmers
TOP 10 PROGRAMMING FONTS
Tiny Fonts - GoHu - ProFont

Presentations and slides:choosing fonts for presentations
Open-source Unicode typefaces: DejaVu fonts, Liberation fonts, Nimbus, SIL (Gentium, Charis, Doulos)

Serif Old Style:
Humanist (Venetian, older): Montaga (Google fonts), High Tower Text (office, 1 is like I, not tabular), Centaur (Office, 1 is like I)
Garalde: Garamond (Office b i, OSX, Google Docs), Palatino (Windows b i bi, OSX), Goudy Old Style (Office b i, Google Docs), Hoefler Text (OSX), Gentium Book Basic (Google Docs), Junicode, Tinos (Google Docs), Bookman (Google Docs), Gilliard (Byington on Windows)
Google Docs: Garamond, Goudy, Gentium Book Basic
Mac OS X (Pages): Hoefler Text, Garamond, Palatino
iWork on iCloud: Hoefler Text, Garamond
Office: Garamond, Palatino
Office 365 online: Garamond
Only Garamond is compatible across platforms except office online

Transitional:
Georgia (free, text figure numerals), Times New Roman (free)

Sans-Serif:
Humanist: Calibri, Lucida Grande, Segoe UI, Myriad, Frutiger, Trebuchet MS, Tahoma, Verdana.
All Free, all available: Arial, Tahoma (I), Trebuchet MS (MQIg169ijl$), Verdana (QJIija)
Grotesque: Franklin Gothic

GMail: Use Serif (Times New Roman) or Garamond, Verdana or Tahoma, default (Sans Serif Arial)
Sans Serif, Serif (s), Wide, Narrow, Comis Sans MS, Courier New, Garamond (s), Georgia (s), Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, Verdana
small, normal, large, huge
Old: Arial/Helvetica, Times New Roman, Arial Black, Arial Narrow, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Garamond, Georgia, Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, Verdana
base64 encode decode

Yahoo Mail: Use default Classic (Times New Roman) or Garamond, Modern (Sans-Serif) is not good
Modern, Modern Wide, Classic (s), Classic wide (s), Garamond (s), Courier New, Garamond, Lucida Console
small, medium, large, x-large
Old Yahoo eMail: Arial, Bookman Old Style, Courier New, Garamond, Lucida Console, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Verdana

Hotmail, live, outlook.com: Use Times New Roman or Garamond, Verdana or Tahoma, default Calibri
Arial, Calibri (default), Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Franklin Gothic Medium, Garamond (s), Tahoma, Times New Roman (s), Verdana
8, 10, 12 (default), 16, 20, 24, 30
Old: Default Tahoma 10pt. Arial, Garamond, Comic Sans MS, Franklin Gothic Medium, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Verdana
Blogger: Times, Verdana, default Arial, Il1o0O
Default, Arial, Courier, Georgia, Helvetica, Times, Trebuchet, Verdana

Google Docs: Times New Roman, Verdana
Default: Arial 11pt, Arial, Arial Black, Narrow, Calibri, Cambria, Comic Sans MS, Consola, Corsiva, Courier New, Droid Sans, Droid Serif, Georgia, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana

Chinese traditional font: MingLiU (細明體 fixed pitch), PMingLiU (新細明體 variable pitch)
Chinese simplified han: NSimSun (新宋體 fixed pitch), SimSun (中易宋體 variable pitch)
Bitstream Cyberbit Serif CJK unicode
Sans Microsoft JhengHei (微軟正黑體 variable pitch)
Sans Microsoft YaHei (微软雅黑 variable pitch), SimHei (中易黑体 fixed pitch)
Noto Sans CJK, Source Han Sans (light, medium, ... 7 weights)
Regular script (楷書) Arphic Technology AR PL UKai
  DFKai-SB (標楷體) BiaoKai (Mac)
  KaiTi (中易楷体)
Imitation Song (仿宋體) FangSong (中易仿宋)
Clerical script (隸書) (中易隶书)

[Justfont] 那個讓人想到台灣的字體, 文史哲出版社 劉元祥 商用字彙 楷書 行書 行書 顏體 粗體字
【下載字型前先看】為什麼會缺字？ character sets 

珍珠奶茶（タピオカミルクティー）約於一九八〇年代誕生於台灣，近年在全世界頗夯。配料還有「双 Q」、「芋圓」等許多變種，加一種配料加 10 元，你嚐過哪些ㄋ？珍珠奶茶（タピオカミルクティー）約於一九八〇年代誕生於台灣，近年在全世界頗夯。配料還有「双 Q」、「芋圓」等許多變種，加一種配料加 10 元，你嚐過哪些ㄋ？

Microsoft ClearType Fonts Collection
Constantia - serif - need to use OpenType, Number forms, "Lining" instead of "Old-styles", saved html does not have lining (constant-height) numbers to distinguish between small o and 0 (zero)
Corbel - sans-serif
Calibri - sans-serif
Cambria - serif
Candara - sans-serif
Consolas - monospace

Guide to X11/Fonts use fc-cache to create fonts.cache in ~/.fonts directory. linux fontconfig should find it through /dev/fonts/fonts.conf
Use MiscFixed 10pt (or gothic, or Lucida Typewriter) for VIM in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x
linux fonts information
X11 Font Configuration
CJK Fonts Howto

Apple iPhone Helvetica Neue light, ultralight
Google Android Roboto Droid fonts
Windows Phone 7 Segoe WP

Antiqua-Fraktur dispute Blackletter vs Antiqua
Evolution of minuscule script

How Dyslexic Can Read Better ? Via Dyslexic Fonts?  Monospaced, Sans-Sarif, Roman
Typefaces for dyslexics
Dyslexie
OpenDyslexic DejaVu Sans
Lexia Readable Comic Sans

Credit Cards without Foreign Transaction Fee

Schwab, Chase Sapphire Banking (75,000), CitiGold (200,000)
No ATM fee Schwab vs Fidelity, Fidelity Cash Management Account ATM/Debit Card (1% FTF), Charles Schwab Debit Card

Credit/Debit/ATM Cards and Foreign Exchange
International and Foreign Conversion Fees: Credit Card Company Comparisons

Best Credit Cards for International Travel: Transaction Fee Survey Results
Citibank and Chase drop foreign exchange fees on some cards

What are the best debit cards for ATM withdrawals overseas? Charles Schwab, E-Trade
debit cards with no foreign transaction fee, no atm fees, no monthly fee  Charles Schwab, Capital One 360 in USA

* Capital One, including Venture Rewards
* American Express Platinum and Centurion
* Citi ThankYou Premier and Citi ThankYou Prestige
* Chase British Airways Card, Chase Priority Club Rewards Signature, and Chase Hyatt Card
* State Farm Bank Debit ATM
* Schwab bank Debit
* HSBC Premier Debit, Premier World Cards

Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage vs Nvidia ION2 platform + Intel Atom

Compison of low power CPUs
Intel GMA Graphics Media Accelerator
List of Intel chipsets
Nvidia Next Generation ION with Optimus

Atom System 27.1W
Intel Atom Processor with Intel NM10 Express Chipset (Pine Trail)
+Intel Atom D525 (Pineview) 13W
.GMA 3150, DirectX 9.0c, OpenGL 1.5, Benchmark
+Intel NM10 Express Chipset (Tiger Point) (CG82NM10 PCH Platform Controller Hub) 2.1W
+Nvidia Ion2 GeForce 9400M G GPU, 512 DDR2 DDR3, DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.2, 16 Core GT218 12W Benchmark

CULV System 24.5W
Intel Duo Core Low Power CPUs
Intel Core Duo Mobile Processor with Mobile Intel GS45 Express Chipset 24.5W
+SU9600 SU9400 SU9300 SU7300 (Arrandale) 10W
+GS45 Express Chipset (Cantiga) (Intel 82GS45 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub) Overview with 4500MHD 12W
.GMA X4500MHD, DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.1, Benchmark
+Intel 82801IUX-SFF I/O Controller 2.5W

Zotac ZBOXHD-ND22-U SU2300 + ION
Quick test:GeForce 9400M against GMA 4500MHD about 2X

AMD Fusion comparison
C-50 HD6250 Benchmark 9W
E-350 HD6310 Benchmark 18W

Comparison of AMD E-350, D525, SU2300 with ION2...
Atom/ION靠邊站 AMD E350 APU深度評測

New Second Generation Core 21.4W
Intel CPU with Integrated Graphics Arrandale 18W, Sandy Bridge 17W
Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor with Mobile Intel QS57 Express Chipset 21.4W
+Platform Control Hub
+QS57 Ibes Peak BD82QS57 PCH 3.4W
+QS67 Cougar Point BD82QS67 PCH
.Intel HD Graphics HD Graphics 2000, 3000, DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.0, Benchmark

3DMark 06
HD Graphics 3000 (20.4W/5053) > HD Graphics 2000 (20.4W/3162) > AMD C-50/6310 (18W/2136) > ION2 (27.1W/2042) > AMD E-350/6250 (9W/1740) > Intel HD Graphics (21.4W/1508) > GMA X4500MHD (24.5W/740) > GMA 3150 (15.1W/152)

Scientific Evidence Supports Effectiveness of Chinese Drug for Cataracts

CATARACTS: Prevention and Treatment-with Reference to Chinese Medicine
吡諾克辛 Pirenoxine

Pirenoxine Sodium

比麗明點眼液 PIRENOXINE FOR OPHTHALMIC 0.005%, NITTO Medic 日東
柯寧優尼點眼懸液 KARY UNI OPHTHALMIC SUSPENSION, SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL 參天
克泰寧─凱點眼液 CATALIN-K FOR OPHTHALMIC, SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL 天壽 by TAKEDA 武田

Stainless steel

SAE steel grades
Stainless Steel
Austenitic - non-magnetic
300 series, type 304 18/8 Chromium/Nickel (ISO 3506 A2), slightly magnetic
300 series, type 316 18/10 (ISO 3506 A4) (Marine grade stainless) corrosion resistant
300 series, type 316L low carbon
Ferritic - magnetic
400 series, type 430 (less corrosion resistance)
Martensitic - magnetic, carbon, hardness
400 series, type 410 (less chromium, high-strength iron), 420 (Cutlery Grade, rustless steel), 440 (higher grade of cutlery steel, Cutlery Knife steel, more carbon, hardened)

Surgical stainless steel 316, 410, 420

How to choose Stainless steel flatware and cookware?
Types of Stainless Steel
Frequently Asked Questions about Stainless Steel

Shun knives SG2 vs VG10 powered Damascus steel 

SG2 vs VG10 Comparison 

Steel Charts & Guide by a Marine ZDP-189 M390 

Japan 真久作 MAC MTH-80 Chef's knife, MAC Knife Professional series 8" Chef's knife w/dimples MTH-80 

Bone Cleaver

Effects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation in the United States

El Nino Impacts on California Central Coast Rain
Nov-Dec, 6.04 -> 6.43 (106%) max 9.18, 6 wetter 5 middle 2 dryer
Jan-Mar, 11.49 -> 16.12 (140%) max 23.88, 7 wetter 2 middle 1 dryer

La Nina Regional Statistics Maps West Coast, Southwest, a little bit below average

ENSO Impact on United States, Winter Precipitation and Temperature

Getting to Know El Niño: Five Things to Understand

El Nino Will Big Probably Won't Kill Drought
Strong 1982-1983 (rain in California)
Strongest 1997-1998

Atmospheric River Information Page
What are atmospheric rivers?

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ski 2010-2011

ticket,rental                                           7,4      8,5      9,6    10,7
Tahoe Donner 236Mi $39,$30 7-12 $19,$25 0-6 $0,$25      $97      $97      $97    $116
Holiday rate unknown 12/18-1/2; 1/15-17; 2/19–27; 3/19-3/27
Soda Springs 222Mi $35,$39 0-12 $22,$28                $112     $112     $112    $112
Donner Ski Ranch:  $42,$36 7-12 $13,$25 0-6 $5,$15     $102     $102     $102    $110
(224Mi)            $25          $10 non holiday Tue, Wed, Thu 11/25-26, 12/20-1/2, 1/17, 2/21-25
Boreal (223Mi)     $49,$38 5-12 $15,$25 0-4 $0         $113(81) $128(96) $128(96) $128(96)
$56 holidays 11/25–28, 12/25-1/2, 1/15–17, 2/19–21
Dodge Ridge 167Mi  $59,$38 6-12 $16,$28                $118(98) $118(98) $150(122) $150(122)
Lucky Savemart discount tickets $49 $12 black out dates, 1/15-16 2/19-20
Bear Valley 186Mi  $62,$42 6-12 $19,$31 1-5 $5         $148(125)$148(125)$162(136) $162(136)
SportsBasement, REI discount tickets $52 $16

Tahoe Donner
Soda Springs
Donner Ski Ranch
Boreal

2009-10 Lake Tahoe
2008-09 packages

wide shoes

Running Warehouse Wide Shoes
endless 2E 4E 8 8.5
6pm EE
6pm 4E
Eastbay 2E
Eastbay 4E
The Finish Line

Road Runner Sports Wide
Road Runner Sports Extra Wide

Apple Mac OS X Softwares

QuickTime Components

*Perian is an open source QuickTime component that enables Apple Inc.’s QuickTime to play several popular video formats not supported natively by QuickTime on Mac OS X. The swiss-army knife for QuickTime

*Windows Media Components for QuickTime Microsoft WMA/WMV Compoments by Flip4Mac

Xiph QuickTime Components XiphQT for ogg container with Theora (video), FLAC (loseless), and Vorbis (audio) codecs

Apple Downloads of Unix and Open Source Softwares, OSX installer, download
Install Xcode first for Homebrew and MacPorts/Fink source install

Fink uses Debian dpkg and APT, Fink Project 12048 packages in 25 sections. has newer ffmpeg, but many very old and most with binary packages, apt-get to get binary distribution

*MacPorts 12143 ports, Uninstalling, direct binary packages - python3.4.3
*MacPorts GUI: Pallet (sudo port install Pallet), Porticus 1.8.1 2009/12/31

*? HomeBrew Build from source, The missing package manager for OS X, 1258 packages formulas

Rudix Unix ports and packages for Mac OS X delivered the Right Way - 145 dmg packages available

Bitnami Free, easy to setup wikis, blogs, forums and many other web applications that you can run locally or in the cloud

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion

*FFmpeg
*1. MacPorts 0.7.8, Fink 0.8.9, Homebrew 0.10
2. Apple Downloads - x264Encoder 1.2.17 QuickTime component 2010/10/21 x264 git-1745 ffmpeg SVN-25512
... Datura-0.3.8 2010-02-20
3. FFmpeg on Mac OS X HOWTO - 2006, ffmpegX shareware 0.0.9y 1/26/2008

FFmpeg information on Apple.com

> ffmpeg -i input-file.mts -vcodec copy -deinterlace -acodec libaac -ab 256k output-file.mp4
> ffmpeg -i input-file.mts -vcodec copy -acodec copy output-file.m4v

MEncoder
Using MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible file
> mencoder input.mts -oac faac -faacopts mpeg=4:object=2:raw:br=256 -channels 2 -srate 48000 -ovc copy -o output.mp4

Other softwares
LyX WYSIWYM GUI for Tex/LaTex
Celestia
Stellarium

San Francisco Parking

SFMTA Parking
Garage and Lots, location, spaces, hours, metered lots, rates

Downtown Garages

Meters: Meter Hours/Rates, Holiday Enforcement Schedule, Parking Meter Locations

Nike Women's Marathon Parking
Sutter Stockton Garage $1,$3,$4,$18
Ellis O'Farrell Parking $2,$3,$3.5,$32
Mason O'Farrell
Fifth and Mission $2,$3,$3.5,$32

El Niño-Southern Oscillation

El Nino

NOAA La Nina Page

IRI Net Assessment Forecasts

Climate Prediction Center, Seasonal Outlooks

ENSO Impacts > Previous Events (1951-present)

Long Term/Range Weather Forecast/Climate Forecasting 

Jua, Atmo, Google DeepMind GraphCast, Nvidia Earth-2 FourCastNet, Huawei Pangu-Weather
Should we trust AI to predict natural disasters? 
Jua raises $16M to build a foundational AI model for the natural world, starting with the weather 
AI’s First Big Test; Predicting the Path of a Major Hurricane 

Trekking Poles

** Black Diamond Trekking Poles Distance Carbon Z-Pole, 120cm 290g
** Fizan Compact, superlight 316g, adjustable length 58-132cm good review
* CAMP Xenon 120cm 47" 9.2oz 260g lightest, 3 folding sections, not suitable for skiing, weak, Trekking 135cm 53" 17.6oz 500g
* LEKI Micro Vario Carbon with aluminum insert for strength, 110-130cm, 15", 13.6oz 414g, Carbonlite AERGON 135cm 53" 12.8oz 362g, Thermolite AERGON 135cm 53" 14.8oz 420g
Grivel 125cm 49" three sections adjustable pole 16.84oz 478g

crop/resize pdf/postscript page in linux

pdftops -paper letter orig.pdf new.ps

edit new.ps file

BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792

90 rotate
-116 -675.28 translate
0.57 0.57 scale

ps2pdf new.ps new.pdf

Blender

Blendtec Total Blender 13 Amp 1560 W WideSide Pitcher 3 quart, 96 oz
WARING Pro 3 HP MX1000R 120 V, 12.0 Amps, 3 HP motor, 30,000 RPMs Hi, 26,000 RPMs Low, 64 oz capacity
Vita-Mix 5200 120v 11.5 amps 1380 Watts 2HP motor, 64 oz container

Comparing Vita Mix, Blendtec, Waring, and the Health Master Blender

Large zoom spotting scopes

Spotting scope telescope

Barska 30-90x100mm WP Gladiator Spotter USA straight with table top tripod and soft carrying case 77oz 19" $250
Barska Benchmark DFS Spotter 8-24x58 WP wide angle, field of view
Celestron Ultima 100 - 45° Straight USA 22-66x waterproof with soft carrying case 72oz 19"/22" $280, digital camera adapter
Konus KONUSPOT-100 20-60x100mm Italy 45° angle photo adapter 84.7oz 19.2" $300
Yukon Advanced Optics 6-100x100 Russia 6-25x25 25-100x100 rotating eye piece with table top tripod and carrying case 53oz 16.7" $350, camera adapter

GPU accelerated web browsers

Firefox Web Browser Grand Prix : memory usage
Tom's Hardware: Web Browser Grand Prix
FavBrowser
Browser Wars: Chrome vs. IE9 vs. Firefox

Firefox:
about:support
about:config to enable WebGL and acceleration
Mozilla Firefox 4 with Direct2D and DirectWrite, Hardware Acceleration on Windows 7, Windows Vista with Platform Update, and DirectX 10 graphic cards (check with dxdiag command)

Operation	Linux	Windows XP	Windows Vista/7	Mac OS X
Content	XRender	None	Direct2D	Quartz
Compositing	OpenGL	Direct 3D	Direct 3D	OpenGL

Blocked Graphics Drivers

IE9:
IE9 -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced tab -> accelerated graphics -> use software rendering instead of GPU rendering
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, ie9 uses Direct2D DirectWrite on Windows Vista, Windows 7, The Architecture of Full Hardware Acceleration of All Web Page Content
Force Enable GPU Hardware Acceleration Graphics Rendering on Old GPU in IE9

Google Chrome: statistics
chrome://memory shows memory usage of all running browsers
chrome://gpu graphics feature status
chrome://flags to enable hidden features and experiments, GPU compositing on all pages failed windows XP
GPU accelerated compositing in Chromium (Google Chrome), Web Graphics – Past, Present and Future, WebGL, OpenGL ES 2.0 API, to DirectX 9 (Direct3D) (through ANGLE)
Chromium switches/options, --enalbe-gpu-plugin --enable-gpu-rendering --enable-accelerated-compositing --enable-accelerated-2d-canvas

Opera Next: uses Blink layout engine
opera://gpu
opera://flags

Opera:
opera://gpu
Opera 12 Alpha with Hardware Acceleration


Safari:
how can I disable hardware acceleration in Safari 5.1 ?
Enabling the debug menu on Safari for Windows
 
Internet Explorer 9 Test Drive Psychedelic Wheel

Opera Blogs desktop
Chromium Blog
Mozilla Firefox Blog
Chromium iOS
Chrome Multi-Device iOS Blink/WebKit UIWebView, no Nitro for JavaScript

Consumer Reports Car Reliability Charts

A snapshot of long-term reliability


Automaker Report Cards test scores vs. reliability

iPod iPhone iPad lithium-ion polymer battery

iPod touch 3G 3.7V 2.92Whr, ARM Cortex-A8 833 MHz (underclocked to 600 MHz), video 6hr, audio 30 hr
iPhone 4 3.7V 5.25Whr, 1 Ghz Apple A4, video 10hr, audio 40hr, talk 7hr 3G, 14hr 2G, standby 300hr, internet 6hr 3G, 10hr Wi-Fi
iPad 3.75V 24.8Whr, 1 GHz Apple A4, internet 9hr 3G, 10hr Wi-Fi, video 10hr, audio 140 hr

convert web page to online document sharing

Print...
Microsoft Office Document Image Writer - Preferences - Advanced - MDI
Page Range - 1 page at a time
File name - file.mdi
Save as type - Microsoft Document Imaging Format (*.tif)
View Document Image

Microsoft Office Document Imaging
File - Save As...
File name - file.tif
Save as type - Tagged Image File Format (*.tif)
Options... MDI compression - Optimize compression in favor of Better image quality

repeat for all pages

Microsoft Word
Insert - Picture - From File...

Google Docs - good image quality
Adobe Acrobat.com - image quality is low
Docs for Facebook - image quality is very low

Shin-Biofermin S vs. Strong Wakamoto

新ビオフェルミンS

Shin-Biofermin S information
Shin-Biofermin S [tab]
欣表飛鳴 錠 [Shin Biofermin S tab]

欣表飛鳴
3 x 3/day
Bifidobacterium bifidum 2mg per tablet
Lactobacillus acidophilus 2mg
Streptococcus faecalis (Enterococcus faecalis) 2mg

強力わかもと
Strong Wakamoto
若元錠
Aspergillus oryzae NK (microorganism producing digestive enzymes)
Lactobacilli
Dried Yeast

Nature's Plus Tri-Dophilus Probiotics Bacterials
Lactobacillus Acidophilus 143mg
Bifidobacterium Longum & Bifidobacterium Bifidum 44mg
Streptococcus Faecalis 38mg

硼砂 明礬 油條 吊白塊 麵條 豆腐

硼砂 Borax

明礬 Potassium alum

吊白塊 Rongalite

Convenience store

便利商店 Taiwan
7-11：4718家
FamilyMart：2488家
萊爾富：1311家 Hi-Life
OK：835家

コンビニエンスストア Japan
セブン-イレブン - 約1万2100店 7-Eleven
ローソン - 約8600店 Lawson
ファミリーマート - 約7300店 FamilyMart
サークルKサンクス - 約6100店 Circle K Sunkus
ミニストップ - 約1900店 Ministop
デイリーヤマザキ - 約1600店 Daily Yamazaki

Google Chrome Browser Extensions

The Best Browser Extensions that Protect Your Privacy
uBlock Origin or AdBlock Plus
Privacy Badger or Disconnect
Forecastfox Weather
Google Checkout Promo Notifier (by Google)
Google Dictionary (by Google)
Google Quick Scroll
Google Similar Pages beta (by Google)
Google Translate
Google Voice (by Google)
News Reader (by Google)
Readability Redux
Secbrowsing Plug-in Version Checker
Select To Get Maps
Ultimate Google Docs Viewer

Major Sports TV Programming

AT&T U-verse TV Web Remote Access

NBC Sports, TV Listing This week on NBC Sports
ESPN on ABC, ABC schedule, ESPN On Air
CBS Sports, CBS Sports TV Schedule
Fox Sports (USA), FOX Network Schedule, FOXSports TV Schedule
ESPN, TV Listings

NBC The World of Adventure Sports

trail gps

Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx 62s 62st

Bicycle pedal

PChome > 線上購物 > 生活 > 自 行 車 > 踏板

各自行車廠及零組件廠牌網址

xpedo
wellgo
exustar

HomePNA

HPNA 3.1 320Mbps

HomePNA member products

ZyXEL HLA3105 HomePNA 3.1 Coax Ethernet Bridge TV pass-through 320Mbps HCNA, 100Mbps x 1
Motorola HomePNA 3.1 Adapter TER-HPNA2 320Mbps, 100Mbps x 1

Suttle HomePNA Coax Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CES-2CUA with TV pass-through 256Mbps HCNA, 1Gbps x 2
CAMEO HPNA-3210 HomePNA 3.1 over Coax Ethernet Bridge TV pass-through 256Mbps, 100Mbps fast ethernet x 2
* Actiontec Ethernet over Coax HPNA Network Adapter HCB1000 with TV pass-through 144Mbps, 100Mbps x 2 $70
SendTek CET-330 Coax Ethernet Bridge with TV pass-through 128Mbps 100Mbps x 2

Multimedia over Coax Alliance MoCA
MoCA 1.1: net rate 175 Mbit/s,
MoCA 2.0: 400, 800, 1Gbit/s

ARM architecture

ARM Architectural License 64-bit architectural licensees: Applied Micro, Broadcom, Cavium, Apple, Huawei (HiSilicon), Nvidia, AMD and Samsung. 7 32-bit architectural licensees, of which five – Marvell, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Intel and Faraday – do not have a 64-bit licence.  Spreadtrum (Tsinghua Unigroup)
Comparison of ARMv8-A cores, AArch64, 64bit, Cortex A53, A57, A72, Apple Cyclone, Nvidia Tegra K1 Denver, Cavium, AppliedMicro, Broadcom
Will the Snapdragon 820 Overheat? A53 (little), A57 (big), A72 (new big)
Samsung Mongoose, Qualcomm Kryo, Apple Cyclone HiSilicon Kirin 950 A72
中國 CPU 暗潮洶湧，龍芯、飛騰他們都在走什麼樣的路？

Benchmark single core: Nvidia K1 (Nexus 9), Apple A8 (iPhone 6), Samsung Exynos 7420 (Galaxy S6), Snapdragon 810, Snapdragon 805 (Nexus 6)

GSMArena phone finder: high end, CPU 2.45Ghz+, 8 core, €360+
GSM Arena search snapdragon 835 sorted by price

DXOmark best mobile camera
Sony Exmor and camera usage
List of Sony Mobile/Camera Sensor Products  
phonescoop 13MP+ 5.7"+
*Moto X Style XT1572, 20+ MP (Sony Exmor RS IMX230) 1/2.4" 1.12μm Camera with QHD, 5MP f/2 front, 5.7" 2560x1440, 808 LTE 3,8,28 $450
*LG G4 16MP f/1.8 1/2.6" IMX234 5312x2988 6.828mm 1/2.6" O.I.S. H815 3GB 8MP front, 5.5" 2560x1440, 808, LTE 3,8,28 $400
*Samsung S6, Note 4, 16MP f/1.9, OIS, 3.7MP f/1.9, Note 5 16MP f/1.9, OIS, front 5MP f/1.9
*Nexus 6P 5.7" 810, 5X LG H790 (H791 international) 5.2" 808, 12.3MP (IMX377 f/2.0 with LG module), 1.55um, 7.843mm 1/2.3" no OIS, front 8MP 1.4um f/2.4, 5MP 1.4um f/2.0
Samsung S7, S7 Edge, 12MP 1/2.6" f/1.7, 1.4um IMX260 Smart OIS, front 5MP f/1.7

ARMv7-A Cortex-A

Cortex-A8 2.0 DMIPS/Mhz, 600Mhz-1Ghz, 4 DMIPS/mW (600Mhz/300mW)

TI OMAP OMAP3 OMAP3440 (720p), OMAP3640 (720p) PowerVR - Nokia, Motorola, Palm

Qualcomm Snapdragon (Scorpion core) home 3 generations
Gen 1: QSD8x50, QSD8250 (720p decode) QSD8650 (1 Ghz, 720p codec)
Gen 2: MSM8x55 1Ghz and QSD8x50A 1.3GHz
Gen 3: MSM8260, MSM8660 (dual core 1.2Ghz) and QSD8672 (dual core 1.5Ghz, 1080p codec, 1440x900 display)
Adreno (ATI Imageon) - HTC, LG, Dell, Acer, Sony-Ericsson, ...

Apple A4 Samsung Intrinsity FastCore Hummingbird PowerVR

Samsung S5PC100 (833Mhz, 720p), S5PC110 (1Ghz, 1080p) Hummingbird 1Ghz

Marvell ARMADA (Sheeva core) ARMADA 610 (1080p) 1GHz, 628 dual 1.5GHz, tri-core - RIM

Freescale i.MX i.MX535 (1080p decoder, 720p encoder) - Amazon Kindle

ZiiLABS ZMS08 (1080p codec)

Cortex-A9 2.5 DMIPS/Mhz
single 65nm performance, 830Mhz, 5.2 DMIPS/mW, 0.4W
dual core 40nm performance, 2Ghz, 5.26 DMIPS/mW, 1.9W
dual core 40nm power, 800Mhz, 8 DMIPS/mW, 0.5W

Samsung Orion with Mali-400

TI OMAP OMAP4 OMAP 4430 4440 1+Ghz Dual MPCore 1080p codec

Qualcomm Snapdragon 3rd generation MSM8260, MSM8660 (dual core 1.2Ghz) and QSD8672 (dual core 1.5Ghz, 1080p codec, 1280x800 1440x900? display) - ....

nVidia Tegra 2 250 1Ghz Dual MPCore 1080p codec - LG

ST-Ericsson U8500 1.0-1.2Ghz Dual Core (U5500 600-800Mhz A9 Dual-core, 1080p codec with Mali - Nokia

Nufront NuSmart 2816 TSMC 40g 2GHz 10,000 Mips with Mali 400 MP

VIA Wondermedia SOC Cortex-A9

Android 2 (Qualcomm), 3 (Nvidia Tegra 2), 4 (TI OMAP), ...
RIM PlayBook (Qualcomm), BlackBerry (Qualcomm, Marvell)
HP webOS (Qualcomm)
Windows Phone 7 (Qualcomm)

2011 The Year of NVIDIA dominating Android Superphones and tablets
ARM Mobile processor 2H 2011
The mobile chip war is just getting started future OMAP, Snapdragon, Apple, nVidia, ....
Aros (Amiga Research OS) ARM support
Samsung Galaxy S II vs. HTC Sensation vs. LG Optimus 3D vs. Motorola Atrix

   Galaxy S II    Sensation    Optimus 3D   Atrix
CPU  Samsung Exynos 4210 @ 1.2GHz  Qualcomm MSM 8260 @ 1.2GHz  TI OMAP 4430 @ 1GHz  NVIDIA Tegra 2 @ 1GHz
GPU  Mali-400MP    Adreno 220    PowerVR SGX540   ULP GeForce

Motorola Droid 3 Pops up in GLBenchmark - A Verizon XT883 with OMAP4
Snapdragon vs. Hummingbird vs. OMAP - the mobile CPU war beyond 1GHz
Smartphone Processor Guide
Smartphone Processors Getting Smarter
Hummingbird vs. Snapdragon: The 1 GHz Smartphone Showdown
Analyst Angle: The Qualcomm Snapdragon platform and its dramatic impact on the competitive landscape
database

Cortex-A15 Samsung, ST-Ericsson, TI

Bay Area Fourth of July Fireworks and Events

TV shoes
NBC Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular 8-10
PBS A Capitol Fourth 8-9:30
CBS Bloomberg Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular 8-11

July 4th 2010 Bay Area Events Map
Zoom in South Bay

Cupertino
4th of July Fireworks Display 9:30pm Cupertino High

Santa Clara
July 4th All City Picnic 9:30pm Central Park

San Jose
July 4th Fireworks Celebration 9:30pm San Jose Giant Municipal Stadium

Mountain View
The 24th Annual 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular, San Francisco Symphony 4-pack of Reserved Seats $79 9:30pm Shoreline Amphitheatre

Milpitas
"Red, White & Boom" Fireworks Display 9:30pm Milpitas Sports Center

New Year's Eve Fireworks

New Year's Eve Events in the Bay Area
Where to see New Year’s Eve fireworks in the Bay Area
CA Great America New Years Eve Celebration
San Francisco New Year's Eve Cruises

Climbing Helmet

CAMP Rock Star $50, $40
Black Diamond Half Dome $60 -> $45
Petzl Elios $66 -> $53
Grivel Salamander $82.5 -> $79
Stubai

CAMP Pulse with winter kit for skiing $100 + $28

Input method

Google Online Input Tools

List of input methods for UNIX platforms
**IBus > SCIM
Chinese input methods for computers

Pinyin input method, 拼音輸入法, 雙拼
簡體中文輸入法錄入繁體字所存在的問題: jingbu (進(jin)步)
* QQ拼音輸入法 v6.5 by Sogou Windows, iPhone, Android, 後 裏 哪裡 太高 裏面 發表 內建2 薄的3 只是 刮胡刀 酵母
* 搜狗拼音輸入法 v9.7 Sogou, Windows, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, Ubuntu linux 輸入法管理 后 里 李章 哪裡 泰國 裡面 發佈 省電 內建4 薄的 只是 刮鬍刀 酵母
* 百度輸入法 Baidu account need phone number v5.4 stopped updating Windows,  Mac OS X 後 裏 哪裏 taig 泰國 了嗎 發表 內建3 薄的2 只是 刮鬍刀

* 华宇拼音输入法 6.9, 後 裏 裡面 哪裡 泰國 裏面 發佈 內建 薄的 只是 刮鬍刀 

微軟必應輸入法 Bing Input Method (Engkoo 英庫) Windows, Android 4/2015 [過橋米綫 jingbu] 后 里 里長 哪裏 太高 裏面 發表 内建2 薄的 祗是 刮鬍刀
Google Pinyin 谷歌拼音输入 Windows, Android 12/2013 [jingbu] 後 裡 那裡 太高 裡面 發布  內建 薄的 只是 刮鬍刀FIT输入法（Fun Input Toy） Mac OS X 7/2011
* MacOS Pinyin 後 裡面 哪裏 泰國 裡面 發表 內建 薄的

搜狗輸入法雲計算關閉方法
如何彻底禁止搜狗输入法的云计算(sogoucloud.exe)？

注音輸入法
新自然輸入法 Windows, Mac OS X NT, $1500
新酷音輸入法 Chewing win32, linux 7/2013, OpenVanilla (no Pinyin) Mac OS X 10/2014, McBopomofo 小麥注音輸入法 Mac OS X 11/2014, SpaceChewingOSX 6/2011
gcin詞音輸入法 Windows 64bit, linux, Android slow and buggy 9/2014
Microsoft Office 輸入法 2010 - 新注音輸入法 2010, IME2010_zh-tw.exe no fuzzy 模糊
[免費下載]微軟新注音輸入法2010
中州韻輸入法引擎 RIME no fuzzy
微軟新注音輸入法 (Microsoft New Phonetic IME) 2003

Yahoo!奇摩輸入法, 好打注音 become open sourced keykey in 1/2013 and not maintained

Microsoft Pinyin IME Microsoft Office Pinyin IME 2010, 微软拼音输入法 2010, MSPY2010.exe
新体验, 简捷

Chewing 新酷音 old 2008-12, SCIM for Linux

注音與拼音對照表 Zhuyin to Pinyin Table

Web Online Input in browser
Online Pinyin
Google Input Tools

Crampons

Petzl Irvis crampon steel 10-point $135 -> $100
BlackDiamond Contact stainless steel with ABS plates 10-point $130 -> $110
Camp Stalker Universal chromoly steel 12-point anti-balling plates included $120 -> $100
Grivel G10 chromolly steel with Antiball Plates $140 -> $115
Stubai Trekking tampered steel 10-point

Black Diamond Neve Aluminum 10-point $150
Stubai Light aluminum 10-point

The Best Nonslip Traction Devices 
ICEtrekkers Diamond Grip 
Hillsound Trail Crampon Ultra 

Winter Traction Devices
Kahtoola NANOspikes (road running), EXOspikes (trail/road running/hiking), MICROspikes (hiking)
Yaktrax Spikes, Pro, Diamond Grip 

 Running: Run 

 Walking: Walk, Spikes, Pro, Diamond Go, Chain, Run, Diamond Grip 

 Hiking: Spikes, Pro Chains, Traverse, Diamond Grip, Ascent, Summit 

 Pavement: Walk, Spikes, Pro, Diamond Grip 

 Ice: Spikes, Diamond Go, Chains, Run, Traverse, Diamond Grip, Ascent, Summit 

 Packed Snow: Walk, Pro, Chains, Run, Traverse, Diamond Grip, Ascent, Summit 

Ice Axe

Petzl Snowalker 60cm 415g with leash $90->$80
Stubai Tour Lite with Gripper 55cm 420g with leash $100 -> $75
Camp USA Neve 50cm 425g with leash $80 -> $56
Black Diamond Raven 55cm 435g no leash $80 -> $64

No Spike, no leash
Petzl Snowracer 50cm 340g $95 -> $80
Black Diamond Raven Ultra 50cm 348g $110 -> $80
Stubai Tour Ultralight Aluminium head 55cm 320g/340g with/without wrist loop $.. -> $68
Camp USA Cosa Forged aluminum pick and adze, 50cm 205g $120 -> $96