Sep 1, 2007

Lingoes Translator releases new dictionaries

Lingoes Translator is a smart and free software of translation.
The latest version is 1.53.0007beta,only 1.99MB.
It support translation among more than 60 kinds of languages,online dictionaries,capture words on screen...And today,it takes a big surprise to me-two medical dictionaries are released:Chinese-English medical dictionary and English-Chinese dictionary.
I think it will be a good asistant of our medical students.

You can download Lingoes Translator here and the medical dictionaries here.

Aug 31, 2007

Use custom domain on Tumblr

Today I strat to use my own domain on Tumblr.The new domain is http://www.xmupm.cn,of course,you can also visit http://vane.tumblr.com.
The domain was registered by Teacher Chen,a friend of mine met on blogger.In April this year,many domain-selling websites released a "one-yuan-domain" plan,Teacher Chen bought several domains and gave them to us blogger friends.So this domain is free for me:p
I used to use it on Blogger.com,however,the "Google Custom Domain" service was blocked in China,so I nearly forgot the existence of it.
Now I found Tumblr support custom domain,then I realized that I have a free domain.Why not use it?The operation is easy:
First,point the domain's A-record (IP address) to "72.32.231.8";
Second,wait until the change take effect.If the domain is set up properly, you should see the Tumblr home page when you visit your domain.
Third,log in to Tumblr and click "Change settings". Under the "URL" settings, check off "Use a custom domain name", and enter your custom domain (ie. "mywebsite.com"). Click "Save settings",and it's OK!
Then enjoy your tumblrlog with your own domain!

If the world were a village of 100 people

If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ra-tios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:
There would be:

57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both North and South
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian  
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homesexual
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read  
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth  
1(yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer

When one considers our world from such a com-presses perspective, the need for acceptance, understand-ing and education becomes glaringly apparent. 
The following is also something to ponder… 
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness…you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of bat-tle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of tor-ture, or the pangs of starvation…you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep…you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in dish someplace…you are among the top 8% of the world's wealth.  
If your parents are still alive and still married…you are very rare, even in the United Stated and Canada.
Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
So...
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.


——by David J.Smith/Shelath Armstrory

Aug 30, 2007

Try to use mail to publish articles on Blogger.com

This is a test post
test code:
body {
    margin: 40px 0;
    padding: 0;
    background: #333333;
    font: normal small Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}
<div id="header">
    <h1><a href="#">The Spring</a></h1>
</div>
test blockquote:
Sed eu diam. Vivamus nonummy elit et odio. Fusce risus quam,  scelerisque sed, pharetra ut, pharetra id, ante. Etiam posuere, elit a  blandit varius, velit sem tincidunt elit, et pulvinar pede ligula a  sapien. Donec fermentum condimentum nisi. Proin iaculis mauris id lorem  viverra molestie.
test upload pic:
failed,because I can't insert a image in gmail.

some shortcomings:
1.can't insert images
2.don't support labels

Beijing police launch Web patrols

Police in China's capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user's browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content.
Starting Sept. 1, the cartoon alerts will appear every half hour on 13 of China's top portals, including Sohu and Sina, and by the end of the year will appear on all Web sites registered with Beijing servers, the Beijing Public Security Ministry said in a statement.
China stringently polices the Internet for material and content that the ruling Communist Party finds politically or morally threatening. Despite the controls, nudity, profanity, illegal gambling and pirated music, books and film have proliferated on Chinese Internet servers.(via)

It sounds like a joke.Yes,China has the world's second-largest population of Internet users,but at the same time,China has the most freeless internet all round the world.We Chinese mainland internet user,can't visit Wikipedia,Google Page,Flickr,Blogger and many other wonderful but "sensitive" websites.Even from last night,feeds supportd by Feedburner.com were blocked.
Internet in China is really a huge net!

Aug 29, 2007

Use bloggerwave to make money

Do you have a blog?Have you thought that you can earn money with your blog?Now,Bloggerwave can help you.
Register by clicking on the “Bloggers” or “You can write. You can entertain.” or “Blog your way to money!” links. You shall be taken to a page where you need to click on the “Sign up” button,A registration form will appear, which needs to be filled.Note: Make sure that you already have a paypal id. If you do not, simply go to paypal.com and register.
Then you can add your blogs,take opportunities and start to make money by yourself.If you want to get more detailed info,click here.

Aug 26, 2007

Do you want to eat circuits?

Eat circuits?Am I mad?We can see some monsters which eat almost everything(wood,metal etc)in science fiction novels or movies,but now,you can eat circuits as a monster:p
Look at this:

Wow...Do you want to eat it?haha,the whole circuit board is made of biscuits and candies.Butteries,cables,semiconductor elements,switches...none missed,perfect work!
Made by guys from Evil Mad Scienties Laboratory,via haha.nu.

clock of 999 brand

Of course,the 999 brand is a Chinese humor(The idea comes from JianDan).Because numbers on this clock are all composed of 9,although there exist a mistake,the number 7's calculation.It should be 9-square(9)-square(9) or [square(9)]!+9/9.

via Digg.

Icons for bloggers

Here're 3 iconsets for bloggers,designed by sonia.
The first 2 set are similar(referred to content,not style or patten),including icons of youtube,del.icio.us,flickr,technorati and rss feed.I prefer the second to first...
A third one including icons of feedburner,msn,technorati and mail.Looks more three-dimensional.



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