DVDPatcher
DVD Patcher is a tool to change the video headers in mpg/mpeg2 video. Change aspect ratio, framerate, resolution/size and bitrate.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
OBDII scanner / gauge
Dash Display Gauge
Bull Dog Heavy Duty WatchDog Multi-function Performance Gauge $450
Edge Insight CS2 $327, CTS3 $500
PLX DM-6 2 1/16" Touch Screen Multi-Gauge $110
Banks iDash Pro/Data Pro $420
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Tire Tread Rating and Tread Wear Indicators
safecar.gov Tire Tread
Tire Rating
treadwear, traction, temperature grade
Search Tires Traction AA, Temperature A, Treadwear 400
BF-Goodrich: g- Force T/A Super Sport A/S, g- Force T/A KDWS, TRACTION T/A
Bridgestone: TURANZA LS-V, TURANZA SERENITY "V", "Z" & "W" Spd Rtd, POTENZA RE960AS PP, TURANZA LS-H
Michelin: PRIMACY MXM4, PILOT SPORT A/S PLUS, PILOT SPORT CUP
Michelin Treadwear Indicator
Narrow bands, sometimes called wear bars, that appear across the tread of the tire when only 2/32 inch of tread remains.
Bridgestone Tire Warranty
The tire must not be worn to 2/32 inch (1.6 mm) or less remaining original tread depth (i.e. worn down to the top of the built-in indicators in the tread grooves).
Goodyear Tire Maintenance
Check the Tread Wear Indicator Bar: Located at the bottoms of the tread grooves in several locations around the tire. When a tire is so worn that these bars become visibly flush with the adjacent tread ribs, it’s time to replace the tire.
Or
Take the Penny Test: Simply insert a penny into your tire’s tread groove with Lincoln’s head upside down and facing you. If you can see all of Lincoln’s head, it’s time to replace your tires.
Tire Rating
treadwear, traction, temperature grade
Search Tires Traction AA, Temperature A, Treadwear 400
BF-Goodrich: g- Force T/A Super Sport A/S, g- Force T/A KDWS, TRACTION T/A
Bridgestone: TURANZA LS-V, TURANZA SERENITY "V", "Z" & "W" Spd Rtd, POTENZA RE960AS PP, TURANZA LS-H
Michelin: PRIMACY MXM4, PILOT SPORT A/S PLUS, PILOT SPORT CUP
Michelin Treadwear Indicator
Narrow bands, sometimes called wear bars, that appear across the tread of the tire when only 2/32 inch of tread remains.
Bridgestone Tire Warranty
The tire must not be worn to 2/32 inch (1.6 mm) or less remaining original tread depth (i.e. worn down to the top of the built-in indicators in the tread grooves).
Goodyear Tire Maintenance
Check the Tread Wear Indicator Bar: Located at the bottoms of the tread grooves in several locations around the tire. When a tire is so worn that these bars become visibly flush with the adjacent tread ribs, it’s time to replace the tire.
Or
Take the Penny Test: Simply insert a penny into your tire’s tread groove with Lincoln’s head upside down and facing you. If you can see all of Lincoln’s head, it’s time to replace your tires.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Notebook Computer Noise Emissions
1920x1200 WUXGA laptops,
Apple Products Noise Emissions
MacBook Pro 17-inch, idle 15db, Hard Drive accessing 15db, CD accessing 29db
Sound power 3.0B 3.0B ??
Dell Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheet
Precision M6500, idle 19.7db, HD accessing 28.7db, CD accessing 43.3db
Sound power 2.8B, 3.8B, 4.9B
HP ECO Declarations
HP Product QuickSpecs
EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation, idle 32.2db, HD spinning 32.3db,
Sound power 3.5B 3.5B
Lenovo ECO Declarations (Environmental data sheets)
ThinkPad W700, idle 34db, HDD operating 37db
Sound power 4.3B, 4.0B
Apple Products Noise Emissions
MacBook Pro 17-inch, idle 15db, Hard Drive accessing 15db, CD accessing 29db
Sound power 3.0B 3.0B ??
Dell Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheet
Precision M6500, idle 19.7db, HD accessing 28.7db, CD accessing 43.3db
Sound power 2.8B, 3.8B, 4.9B
HP ECO Declarations
HP Product QuickSpecs
EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation, idle 32.2db, HD spinning 32.3db,
Sound power 3.5B 3.5B
Lenovo ECO Declarations (Environmental data sheets)
ThinkPad W700, idle 34db, HDD operating 37db
Sound power 4.3B, 4.0B
Monday, April 18, 2011
Tsunami
National Geographic 1896 Japan Tsunami
The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Hokusai 冨嶽三十六景 神奈川沖浪裏 葛飾北斎
三陸沖地震 Seismicity of the Sanriku coast
Historic tsunamis
Tsunami Events where Deaths >= 1
Tsunami Runups where Deaths >= 1
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) -> National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) -> Marine Geology & Geophysics Division (MGGD) -> Natural Hazards Databases (Data, Images and Education)
The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Hokusai 冨嶽三十六景 神奈川沖浪裏 葛飾北斎
三陸沖地震 Seismicity of the Sanriku coast
Historic tsunamis
Tsunami Events where Deaths >= 1
Tsunami Runups where Deaths >= 1
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) -> National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) -> Marine Geology & Geophysics Division (MGGD) -> Natural Hazards Databases (Data, Images and Education)
Thursday, April 14, 2011
WUXGA 1920x1200 notebooks
HP EliteBook 17" 8730w 8740w 8760w Mobile Workstation with TrackPoint
Dell Precision M6400 M6500 with Track Stick
Lenovo ThinkPad 15.6" W510 T510p T410p Workstation with PointStick
Pointing Stick
Dell Precision M6400 M6500 with Track Stick
Lenovo ThinkPad 15.6" W510 T510p T410p Workstation with PointStick
Pointing Stick
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Music Theory Software
Monday, April 04, 2011
USB Audio Interface
*Balanced input/output
*Phantom powered microphone XLR input
*Voice compressor / limiter
--Edirol Cakewalk UA-25EX
--Roland Cakewalk UA-4FX
--Yamaha Audiogram 6
*MIDI
*S/PDIF optical toslink
24bit 96khz
*Phantom powered microphone XLR input
*Voice compressor / limiter
--Edirol Cakewalk UA-25EX
--Roland Cakewalk UA-4FX
--Yamaha Audiogram 6
*MIDI
*S/PDIF optical toslink
24bit 96khz
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
ARM development platforms
ARM Cortex A development platforms
TI OMAP development tools: PandaBoard OMAP 4 Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore, Imagination Technologies POWERVR SGX540, 1080p $174
ST-Ericsson U8500 Calao Systems SKY-S9500-ULP-C01 A9500 ARM Cortex-A9 1GHz, Mali-400, 1080p $325
Nvidia Tegra 250 development kit Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore $399
Qualcomm Snapdragon: Snapdragon Mobile Development Platform (MDP) MSM8655 1 GHz Central Processing Unit (CPU), Adreno 205 graphics processing unit (GPU) 720p, $995 with touch screen
Freescale i.MX51 Evaluation Kit ARM Cortex-A8, ARM NEON SIMD media accelerator 720p $699+...
BeagleBoard ARM Cortex-A8, C4: 3530 720GHz, -xM: DM 3730 1Ghz, ARM NEON codecs XGA 1024x768 $149
ARM Mali development platforms
ST-Ericsson MOP500 ST-U8500 with touch screen SMP dual core ARM cortex-A9, Mali-400 GPU (single core) 1080p $... with touch screen
TI OMAP development tools: PandaBoard OMAP 4 Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore, Imagination Technologies POWERVR SGX540, 1080p $174
ST-Ericsson U8500 Calao Systems SKY-S9500-ULP-C01 A9500 ARM Cortex-A9 1GHz, Mali-400, 1080p $325
Nvidia Tegra 250 development kit Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore $399
Qualcomm Snapdragon: Snapdragon Mobile Development Platform (MDP) MSM8655 1 GHz Central Processing Unit (CPU), Adreno 205 graphics processing unit (GPU) 720p, $995 with touch screen
Freescale i.MX51 Evaluation Kit ARM Cortex-A8, ARM NEON SIMD media accelerator 720p $699+...
BeagleBoard ARM Cortex-A8, C4: 3530 720GHz, -xM: DM 3730 1Ghz, ARM NEON codecs XGA 1024x768 $149
ARM Mali development platforms
ST-Ericsson MOP500 ST-U8500 with touch screen SMP dual core ARM cortex-A9, Mali-400 GPU (single core) 1080p $... with touch screen
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Sling Media Slingbox
Singbox Guide
Which Slingbox do I have?
SB100 Classic
SB220 Tuner
SB240 AV
SB200 PRO
SB260 SOLO
SB300 PRO-HD
Which Slingbox do I have?
SB100 Classic
SB220 Tuner
SB240 AV
SB200 PRO
SB260 SOLO
SB300 PRO-HD
Thursday, February 10, 2011
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
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
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
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 |
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| Hoefler Text (Crimson Text) |
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| Garamond (EB Garamond, Byington) |
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| Goudy (Sorts Mill Goudy) |
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| Bembo (Cardo) |
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| 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 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\
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
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
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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
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
Friday, January 21, 2011
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)
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)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Scientific Evidence Supports Effectiveness of Chinese Drug for Cataracts
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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
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)
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
Steel Charts & Guide by a Marine ZDP-189 M390
Bone Cleaver
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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?
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?
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Thursday, December 02, 2010
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
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