Fragment of Memories

Codec for Mac

2009-10-29T21:36:00.004+08:00

Was looking around for "K-lite Codec Pack" for Mac and found Perian.

"The swiss-army knife for Quick Time".
--Perian

Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats.
-- Perian.org

Files supported:

File formats: AVI, DIVX, FLV, MKV, GVI, VP6, and VFW

Video types: MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivx, H.264, Sorenson H.263, FLV/Sorenson Spark, FSV1, VP6, H263i, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video, Fraps, Snow, NuppelVideo, Techsmith Screen Capture, DosBox Capture

Audio types: Windows Media Audio v1 & v2, Flash ADPCM, Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska), and MPEG Layer I & II Audio, True Audio, DTS Coherent Acoustics, Nellymoser ASAO

AVI support for: AAC, AC3 Audio, H.264, MPEG4, and VBR MP3

Subtitle support for SSA/ASS and SRT

Download site: http://perian.org/#download

Old song, but still think that its nice :)

2009-10-28T14:23:00.000+08:00

周杰伦 - 外婆

"Enable" Blogger Flash links

2009-10-27T00:29:00.004+08:00

Was trying to solve the problem of links not working for flash in Blogger for the past few days.

Found the links that explain the security changes for Flash 8 and above.

In Flash Player 8, the default for an unspecified allowScriptAccess value remains "always" when the main SWF in Flash Player is version 7 or earlier, but changes to "sameDomain" when the main SWF is version 8 or later.

The allowScriptAccess parameter allows an HTML page to include Flash content but prevents it from executing scripts in the HTML page...

Technical details explained here http://tr.im/D79G.

SOLUTION

For <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain">, change the "sameDomain" to "always".

done!

Google Chrome Lag Solved

2009-10-25T03:50:00.005+08:00

Found out the problem with the lag for Google Chrome.

Its described in Microsoft KB Article 929868.

To work around with this issue, you can change the Windows Scaling factor to 2. The following steps explains it.

Click Start and type CMD.
Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to open the command Prompt with Administrative rights.
Type the following and press ENTER

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=highlyrestricted

This will set the autotuninglevel to "Allow the receive window to grow beyond its default value, but do so very conservatively".

Reboot.
---
To restore, just type the following:

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal

Reboot.
--
You can also disable autotuning with the following command:

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= disable

Reboot.
--

Note: This should solve other high-ping related network issue too :)

U32-to-U8 conversion

2009-10-24T17:34:00.000+08:00

/*
 * U32TO8_BIG(c, v) stores the 32-bit-value v in big-endian convention
 * into the unsigned char array pointed to by c.
 */
#define U32TO8_BIG(c, v)    do { \
  u32 x = (v); \
  u8 *d = (c); \
  d[0] = T8(x >> 24); \
  d[1] = T8(x >> 16); \
  d[2] = T8(x >> 8); \
  d[3] = T8(x); \
 } while (0)

/*
 * U32TO8_LITTLE(c, v) stores the 32-bit-value v in little-endian convention
 * into the unsigned char array pointed to by c.
 */
#define U32TO8_LITTLE(c, v)    do { \
  u32 x = (v); \
  u8 *d = (c); \
  d[0] = T8(x); \
  d[1] = T8(x >> 8); \
  d[2] = T8(x >> 16); \
  d[3] = T8(x >> 24); \
 } while (0)

Rabbids Go Home - Failed Attempts - UFO

2009-10-23T10:03:00.001+08:00

:) I like Rabbids clips. They r just so amusing. :)

Change Firefox Address Bar Search Engine

2009-10-21T12:51:00.002+08:00

If you, like me, has been the victim of Yahoo Spyware aka Yahoo IM then you may notice that in the firefox location bar if you type in a keyword, it takes you to Yahoo preferences page. Previously it used to perform a Google "I'm Lucky" Search and take you to the first page of its search results automatically.

If you want to restore the Google "I'm Lucky" search then perform this simple steps:
1. Type about:config in Firefox location bar and press Enter
2. Type keyword in Filter textbox and you will see only the preference keyword.URL.
3. Double-click on keyword.URL and change the value to:
http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=
or, if you don't wish to go to the first suggested link by Google
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&q=

That's all it takes to restore default keyword search functionality in Google.

Note: You can use this to change to any search engine for keyword search.

Syntax Highlighter 2.1.x for Blogger

2009-10-21T10:59:00.005+08:00

Found a useful script to display codes for Blogger - Syntax Highlighter.
http://code.google.com/p/syntaxhighlighter/
or the new site:
http://alexgorbatchev.com/

The setup is very easy.

Just add the following code in your Blogger HTML template, before </body> tag. (Replace the [your-hosting-url] with the URL where your downloaded scripts are hosted.
(mine is binghan.uuuq.com/js/syntaxhighlighter2.1/ in this case, feel free to use :) )

Move on to adding snipped-codes for Blooger. Add the following tag to wrap around your snipped-codes.



	// your code goes here.

Done!

烧鸡翅膀周星驰

2009-10-19T16:21:00.001+08:00

超爱周星驰的戏，非常搞笑。

Nick Vujicic

2009-10-19T16:17:00.000+08:00

How a sewing machine works

2009-10-13T00:31:00.003+08:00

I have been staring at this animated gif for the last 5 minutes. Fascinating. How a Sewing Machine Works.

South Sumatra Earthquake felt in Sg (30th Sept)

2009-10-13T00:15:00.003+08:00

Got this video from Engseng's blog.

The impact of South Sumatra 7.6 earthquake, which I didn't notice at all... =.='

more video here http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=singapore+earthquake#

Patrick Hughes - Sign

2009-10-12T23:50:00.003+08:00

Find this interesting... :)

One of the 2009 Cannes Lions winners! More info: http://work.canneslions.com/cyber/ent...

A simple short film about communication. Created by Publicis Mojo and @RadicalMediaDirector: Patrick Hugheshttp://www.patrickhughes.com.au/

Watch in High Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy0HNW...

Join the Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/SignsShortFilm

If you like the soundtrack, you can check out @ http://www.internetdj.com/signs-music

the Schweppes online film festival: http://www.schhh.eu/shortfilms/

Category: Film & Animation

Raggers MAF

2009-10-06T15:10:00.002+08:00

Photographed by SongHan

Weblinks

http://tr.im/20090903_ragger_maf

Download Links

20091003 Raggers MAF.zip Part 1
20091003 Raggers MAF.zip Part 2
20091003 Raggers MAF.zip Part 3
20091003 Raggers MAF.zip Part 4
20091003 Raggers MAF (resized).zip

speed test

2009-10-05T13:07:00.002+08:00

NUS VPN

2009-10-03T14:39:00.003+08:00

Disclaimer: I haven't try this yet. :)

Found a note on how to connect to NUS VPN from outside NUS.

Go to Control Panel --> Network and Internet --> Internet Options
Click on Connections tab.
Choose "Add VPN"
Enter the following settings:

Internet Address: 137.132.3.181
Destination name: NUS VPN /* This is just the name

Click Next

Account: u0XXXXXX /* Your NUSNET ID
Password: Leave blank /* You will be prompted when you connect
Domain (optional): NUSSTU

Click create.
Connect to VPN.
That should be it, you should now be prompted to enter you credentials and then get a message welcoming you to NUS VPN!

* For the server address: vpn.nus.edu.sg should work as well, but I've not tried it.

Modified from source: http://technosluts.blogspot.com/2009/03/connecting-to-nus-vpn-via-iphone.html

Windows 7 Wallpapers

2009-10-02T10:16:00.001+08:00

Some wallpapers for Windows 7

Download

Quake Measured 7.6 at Southern Sumatra

2009-09-30T21:12:00.002+08:00

Just heard the news after come back for dinner just now. Gosh, everyone says the felt the quake, but I don't even feel a thing when I was in Lab.

This shows how concentrated I was during Lab session just now. TA-ing. *hur hur hur*

Anyway, here are some stats and news.

Quad Breakdown

2009-09-29T11:10:00.001+08:00

(from CollegeHumor)

Calvin and Hobbes for September 24, 2009

2009-09-25T13:41:00.001+08:00

Intel Atom 32nm Chip in Q4

2009-09-21T17:46:00.003+08:00

Really surprise me when saw the articles. I thought my semicon lecturer told us that its very hard to shrink the Gate Length of MOSFET beyond 45nm. Imagine the technical challenges that one will face, how they going to fabricate the chip in terms of photolithography. The wavelength of shortest visible light source (violet - 380nm) which is used in the process is way bigger than the gate length of the MOSFET.

Anyway, more readings here.

Imperial Restaurant

2009-09-19T11:48:00.000+08:00

Had our lunch at Imperial Restaurant, Vivo City - The shop that Jiawei keep on recommend us to go. Haha.

The food there is indeed good, and its not expensive either. What I like most is the prawn noodle and the egg tart.

Just one thing that I must comment about - The collocation of items in the restaurant. The restaurant name suggested its Chinese cuisine. Nothing wrong with that. But the chairs inside... its so state-of-the-art/modern cushion design. And the menu - its angmoh-model-wearing-cheongsam-eating-chinese-food. Well, just feel the whole atmosphere is weird. =)

vicious cycle

2009-09-15T22:13:00.003+08:00

Been telling myself to keep myself out of any infinite cycle.

Similar problems will just keep on repeating itself if you just try to amend it, without rectifying from the root/source.

*puff*

So, 자신의 마 열쇠입니다!

Alison's house

2009-09-13T11:06:00.003+08:00

Went Alison's house for a visit. Wanted to see her bungalow for quite sometime already. Its near Geylang Serai Malay Village.

Then we went to the temporary market for Ramadan to get Malay food for dinner. The market reminds me of the Malay food back in Malaysia. Frankly, I still prefer the Malay food back at hometowen, especially for Rendang. :)

Yuling & Aloysius Bday

2009-09-12T11:15:00.000+08:00

Helped Yuling and Aloysius celebrate their birthday at a Haebok Korean Restaurant at Furama City Center, Chinatown. The service there is good. But the food there is just average in terms of taste and value.

The birthday cake and other photos.

After that we went to Mei Heong Yuen Dessert (味香园甜品) which situated just a few stone throw away for dessert. Wah, the ice-cream dessert there very nice, especially durian flavour. I like durian! =)

Heard about the shop before this, especially reviews from blogs - a must-try shop for Chinatown area. But, I haven't been to this shop until now. The signature dishes there are "Mango Sago with Pomelo" (杨枝甘露), "Peanut Paste" (花生糊).

甜品s!!!

The address: 65 Temple Street, 058610 Sg.