tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57276082012-02-01T03:15:29.654-05:00ThunderRiver's BlogThunderRivernoreply@blogger.comBlogger1541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1157333505189867862006-09-03T21:31:00.000-04:002006-09-03T21:31:45.200-04:00The End to a New BeginningIt has been over an year since I last updated this blog. Obviously, a number of things happened. There are so many...so where do I start? 1. I have moved on with a new relationship 2. I graduated from University of Michigan with B.S.E. in Industrial and Operations Engineering 3. I went back to Houston for the summer of 2006, and relocated to the state of Washington for a new job and a brand new ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1108238716047504802005-02-12T15:05:00.000-05:002005-02-12T15:05:16.046-05:00Lexus :) ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1097112320513504862004-10-06T21:25:00.000-04:002004-10-06T21:25:20.513-04:00My water dish, flavored water bottle, and me ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1097109952443372312004-10-06T20:45:00.001-04:002004-10-06T20:45:52.443-04:00*Purrrrrrr...comfy sofa...* ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1097109916995621642004-10-06T20:45:00.000-04:002004-10-06T20:45:16.996-04:00Lexus is sleeping soundly! ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1096835681271530702004-10-03T16:34:00.000-04:002004-10-03T16:34:41.270-04:00Sleepee-kitty (BTW, he covered himself with blanket) ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1096835542743373462004-10-03T16:32:00.000-04:002004-10-03T16:32:22.743-04:00What is Sunny doing? I am soo tired.. ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1096835450198608982004-10-03T16:30:00.000-04:002004-10-03T16:30:50.196-04:00Lexus' warm hiding spot under blanket ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1096835368588559982004-10-03T16:29:00.000-04:002004-10-03T16:29:28.586-04:00Purrrrrrrrrrrr soo comfy! ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1096835315683898872004-10-03T16:28:00.000-04:002004-10-03T16:28:35.683-04:00Mmm Comfy Desk ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1096835274084742192004-10-03T16:27:00.000-04:002004-10-03T16:27:54.083-04:00Lexus' Favorite Red Laundry Basket Prison :) ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1095811144688165502004-09-21T19:59:00.000-04:002004-09-21T19:59:04.686-04:00My housemate's cat, Meggie, is sitting outside on the balcony and staring at Lexus with cautions. ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1095811071606227592004-09-21T19:57:00.000-04:002004-09-21T19:57:51.606-04:00Lexus is sitting on the desk look at the camera ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1095771310033960062004-09-21T08:55:00.000-04:002004-09-21T08:55:10.033-04:00OooooOooo comfy! ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1095771267672032832004-09-21T08:54:00.000-04:002004-09-21T08:54:27.673-04:00Kitty Stretchie.. ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1095532048663236582004-09-18T14:27:00.000-04:002004-09-18T14:27:28.663-04:00Picture of Lexus and flowers. ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1095531989787728742004-09-18T14:26:00.000-04:002004-09-18T14:26:29.786-04:00Lexus is sticking out his tongue over his mouth and relaxing on the dinner table. ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1094487806669739902004-09-06T12:23:00.000-04:002004-09-06T12:23:26.670-04:00Mysterious path (scene 2) ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1094487759133650782004-09-06T12:22:00.000-04:002004-09-06T12:22:39.133-04:00Mysterious path (scene 1) ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1094487632909915772004-09-06T12:20:00.000-04:002004-09-06T12:20:32.910-04:00Wlittle kitty loves tunnels :) ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1094487530359180372004-09-06T12:18:00.000-04:002004-09-06T12:18:50.360-04:00Lexus is relaxing on the dining chair. ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1093572967207821282004-08-26T21:58:00.000-04:002004-08-26T22:16:07.206-04:00Well..Well ...WellIt has been awhile since last time I posted. A lot of things have happened over the summer. As you can probably tell from the previous post. I now own a cat named Lexus. I worked with Erin at an animal shelter in Princeton, Indiana. When we were there, we helped brushing dogs there, and playing with kittens and bigger cats. There is this one particular cat named Garfield Jr. around that time, andThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1093571827993540212004-08-26T21:57:00.000-04:002004-08-27T21:19:31.900-04:00Lexus Kitty!
My cat, Lexus! He is now 4 months old, and very very playful :)
ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1088451368932486422004-06-28T15:32:00.000-04:002004-06-28T15:36:08.933-04:00Shrek 2 Game UpdateAlright, I have been playing for quite a while now, and I have to say the gameplay is nice, but I really hate it when the game does not provide you any ways to save checkpoints mannually. They force people to restart the mission once they fail at one point. It is very aggravating, not very enjoyable.
It sucks more when you try to make Donkey or Puss-in-Boots jump. You have to click the right ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1088434172690749752004-06-28T10:48:00.000-04:002004-06-28T10:49:32.690-04:00Bill Clinton Book of My LifeWow.. what you know. Bill Clinton is blogging too :)
http://billclintonbookmylife.blogspot.com/ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1088369271205230652004-06-27T16:42:00.000-04:002004-06-27T16:47:51.206-04:00Shrek 2 PC GameI have been playing Shrek 2 the PC game since last night. The game play is not bad, but for people that wish to run it on laptop, they might run into troubles. For example, on my Compaq Evo n610c laptop, it tells me that my system does not meet the requirement when in fact, I have all the system requirements met.
In the game, you get to play all the characters such as Ogre, Donkey, Puss-in-BootsThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1088099708210917302004-06-24T13:52:00.000-04:002004-06-24T13:56:16.176-04:00WiFi cards...Without some researches, you probably think that an 802.11b router only works with 802.11b wireless card. Well, in reality, 802.11b router is compatible with 802.11 b and g cards. In fact, with 802.11g card, you get much better receptions than with a 802.11b card. I recommend anyone who is considering going wireless to buy an 802.11g card, not b.
With 802.11g router, once again, you can actuallyThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1088099492672038132004-06-24T13:50:00.000-04:002004-06-24T13:51:32.673-04:00Where is my rake?Some short flash clips :) Check it out at http://www.myshutter.com/flash/where_is_the_rakeMS_04.swfThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1087992718292989932004-06-23T07:58:00.000-04:002004-06-23T08:11:58.293-04:00Jeux d'enfantsWell, Oh yeah, I forgot to post a blog yesterday! I went to watch the movie Jeux d'enfants (aka Love me if you dare) last night. It is a good movie, but I dont' think it is ever as good as Amelie because the story of Jeux d'enfants is quite a bit foolish to say at least. Julien and Sophie are adults now, but they still play the same "dare" games that they started since they were little. At first,ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1087789631139020832004-06-20T23:41:00.000-04:002004-06-20T23:47:11.140-04:00Yawn...Alright.. I finally got something done with essay 4 today. It is truly a S.O.B. to get it done, and I expect nothing more than a C or B-. That's just how it is. Did I really give up? No, not really. I still try, but I can never reach his expectation. I tried very hard on the second one, and ended up with a B-. My heart was half cold with the third one as I am not as confident as before I saw the ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1087683257316786272004-06-19T18:09:00.000-04:002004-06-19T18:14:17.316-04:00A new layout and title field Well well, I never really digged too much into the blogger until recently. Now that I have chosen a new layout, and best of all, a title field. It makes my blog a little bit more meaningful.
I am still tweaking around inside gmail instead of working on my essay. Oh well. it is a very hard essay. You know those semi-annual report by our chairman of federal reserve, Alan Greenspan? Well, I am ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1087679050361493072004-06-19T17:01:00.000-04:002004-06-19T17:04:10.360-04:00Alright.. I just got enrolled into my new gmail account. It is kind odd though. After I sign up, I see the inbox, but I can't do anything in there. I can't even read email messages or compose. Basically, it doesn't do anything. I find it odd.
Anyway, I really need to get myself concentrated and start working on the last essay for this damn class. I have been receiving B- in that class, and no ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1087272900076860312004-06-15T00:15:00.000-04:002004-06-15T00:18:13.106-04:00How to disable Windows XP SP2 Security Center Service
Open up Command Prompt (cmd.exe)
Type the following commands
sc stop wscsvc
sc config wscsvc start= disabled
Alternatively, you can open up Services Applet by typing services.msc in Start => Run
Scroll down to the name "Security Center"
Click the stop button to stop the service.
Double Click on "Security Center" and set the start up optionThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1087185658350261572004-06-14T00:00:00.000-04:002004-06-14T00:00:58.350-04:00Detroit Piston won the game! 8 points leading LakersThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1087184870997278522004-06-13T23:47:00.000-04:002004-06-13T23:47:50.996-04:00Wow.. the game is about to end in less than 4 min, and Detroit has been able to keep 10 points ahead of Lakers.. good job! I guess Laker is going to lose again this time :)ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1087183140196508052004-06-13T23:19:00.000-04:002004-06-13T23:19:00.196-04:00I have been watching the MBA Final Game 4, and at the end of 2nd quarter, Detroit was leading Laker by 5. At the end of 3rd quarter, Detrot Pistion is tied with Lakers at 56. Now at the beginning of 4th quarter, Detroit already advanced to 60, leading Lakers by 4. It was soo scary that Laker called time off hahah. That's wonderful. I hope Piston will continue to ace and win the game 4!ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1087067127698591722004-06-12T15:04:00.000-04:002004-06-12T15:05:27.696-04:00Tips for people that want to have a giant constrictor as pets:
When you are getting constricted by the snake,
Bend the tail backward of big constrictor will cause the snake to release you.
Hot water can also cause the snake to release you as well.
Do NOT let the giant constrictor crawl around your neck, and do NOT underestimate the power of these snakes.
However, the best solution is not to ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1087007020786849652004-06-11T22:16:00.000-04:002004-06-11T22:23:40.786-04:00Wow! I just got my Microsoft Network Adapter MN-520 today for $10.87 (after $10 amazon.com certificate..).
It was a nice product actually, and it fits in all older laptop with ISA-ish 16-bit PCMCIA slot. Setting it up was easy under Windows XP, not so true with Windows 98 though.
-------------Technical Detail Begin-----------------
In both Windows 98/Xp, the Microsoft Broadband Network Utility ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1086931013446484032004-06-11T01:16:00.000-04:002004-06-11T01:16:53.446-04:00'Exorcist: The Beginning' — An Exclusive First Look
Check out the new trailer there! It seems to me that it may be a good prequel, considering there are so many questions left unanswered. The fact that the construction in Iraq didn't seem to have anything to do with what happened with that little girl. Nonetheless, we were forced to assume so.
"Two weeks into the shot" director Renny Harlin wasThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1086662379493021512004-06-07T22:37:00.000-04:002004-06-07T22:42:43.430-04:00Last Friday, I made a purchase at Buy.com for Microsoft MN-520 802.11b adapters (16-bit PCMCIA, not 32-bit PCI Cardbus). It cost me about $22; however, they havne't shipped it out yet! I wonder why. Do they always take that long to get item shipped? I don't really think that's too acceptable.
Maybe next time, I won't buy anything from buy.com
ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1086662192812946132004-06-07T22:28:00.000-04:002004-06-07T22:36:32.813-04:00My second economics 310 assignment is due tomorrow, and I am glad that I got it done today with the reviewing by my gf and my gf's dad :) I hope I can get some nice grade out it.
I got start on the third assignment today, but it hasn't been very successful because I am not sure what to write about. The textbook briefly mentioned about the effects of increaseing currency ratio causes the money ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1086324078003759652004-06-04T00:29:00.000-04:002004-06-04T00:41:18.003-04:00Alright, I am making a post before I go to bed. By the way, did I mention that I am typing this blog on a Pentium 200 Mhz, 32 Mb laptop running Windows 98? It is an awesome machine that I spoted in the campus building hallways. It doesn't come with the hard drive, so I actually paid about $33 bucks for a 4.3 Gb hard drive, and then another 45 bucks for a 802.11g wireless PCMCIA card. Anyway, I amThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1086052709611773022004-05-31T21:17:00.000-04:002004-05-31T21:18:29.610-04:00There is a very beautiful scene in "The Last Samurai" at 1:48:04
If you own the DVD, just put it in the computer and fast-forward to the exact time frame, you shall see something really beautiful :)
ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1086015162420674552004-05-31T10:52:00.000-04:002004-05-31T21:23:04.310-04:00I don't understand why Fedex doesn't deliver the package today when it has arrived in Detroit? Do they just have to hold onto their package and not deliver it until their "estimated" deliver date? That's soo lame of them!ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1086014895074655842004-05-31T10:19:00.000-04:002004-05-31T10:49:43.770-04:00Outlook Express vs Outlook 2003 vs Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6
First of all, I have to say that I have been switching around between these three clients for various number of reasons, such as better capabilities, spam control, and memory usage, and unique features. Alright lets start with Outlook 2003
Microsoft Outlook 2003
As you know, Outlook 2003 is the full-featured version of email client ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085979057315896002004-05-31T00:50:00.000-04:002004-05-31T10:50:21.510-04:00Check out this great utility for all Outlook Express users out there!
Hide Outlook Express
It is the freeware that would hide Outlook Express into the tray. Very very good program :)
Damn it, I am always staying up soo late before I get to bed :(
I am off to bed now.. finallyThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085965135855984382004-05-30T20:58:00.000-04:002004-05-30T20:58:55.856-04:00You are a HedgehogYou are a hedgehog. While to most you look like the sort of cute animal that itself might get eaten to others you are a voracious predator. You need to munch your way through a few more subjects of the animal kingdom before you can truly call yourself an omnivore.You have eaten: cow pigWhich Cute Animals Have You Eaten?ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085963814952343522004-05-30T20:36:00.000-04:002004-05-30T20:36:54.953-04:00Austrailian Kiss *or so I have heard ;)*
Boy: Hey Would You Like an Autrailian Kiss?
Girl:Uh, Whats that?
Boy: Well It's Kinda Like a French Kiss...
Girl:...Yeah...
Boy: Except Down Under.
ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085951176368814332004-05-30T17:03:00.000-04:002004-05-30T17:06:16.370-04:00I am not sure why, but I have been drawn to the newest album by The Corrs.
Check it out! The album is called "Borrowed Heaven" The way they sing is just novel to me or maybe it is the style that I have been craving for? :)
ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085939002050159402004-05-30T13:39:00.000-04:002004-05-30T13:43:22.050-04:00Lately, my Microsoft Intellimouse Optical has been very sensitive with left button. At times, when I do single click, it actually does double-clicks.
I did some research and found this article from Microsoft KnowledgeBase
Well, I didn't even know there is a Diagnostic program for Microsoft mouse until now. It is called mousinfo.
Anyway, after all the testing in safe mode, and diagnostic tests,ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085887135760676472004-05-29T23:14:00.000-04:002004-05-29T23:19:53.083-04:00I am doing the same stupid thing that everyone else is doing too lol
I am testing PearPC, and yes, I am installing Mac OS X 10.3 on my desktop X86 PC as I am typing. It is soo slow! It is like installing Windows XP Professional on a 386 with 16 Mb of RAM.
Some guides that I have found so far...
Guide to install OS X 10.2
Guide to install OS X 10.3ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085810969133708032004-05-29T02:08:00.000-04:002004-05-29T02:09:29.133-04:00I got a C on my very first econ 310 essay . what a crap and dumb luck eh?
Check out the newest album from The Corrs! It is awesome :)ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085525713600676352004-05-25T18:51:00.000-04:002004-05-25T18:55:13.600-04:00Univeristy of New Hampshire recently published a study on Biodiesel as an alternative choice to gasoline, diesel or hydrogen fuel.
Their paper sounds quite promising; however, it seems to me that the cost to build up an algae plant is quite high, and I wonder if it is truly a plausible solution.
Anyway, it is interesting to read, and check it out at hereThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085498575071115042004-05-25T11:22:00.000-04:002004-05-25T11:23:09.606-04:00Threat rating: zero. Excellent work - youdemonstrate all the qualities of patriotismthat will make America even greater under Bush.USA no.1!!!
What threat to the Bush administration are you? brought to you by Quizilla
ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085187629751802332004-05-21T20:58:00.000-04:002004-05-21T21:00:29.750-04:00Shrek 2 shrek 2!!! I am soo glad that I watched it tonight. It makes me soo happy and relaxed haha. It is the rare sequel that's even better than the original! :)
If you are cat lovers, you surely will want to watch it! What an awesome movie :) I recommend people to go watch it!
Rating 10 out of 10!ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085177640760938652004-05-21T18:10:00.000-04:002004-05-21T18:14:00.760-04:00Angie called earlier today, and she is shipping me a new replaced ac compressor today! I hope I will see the UPS tracking number soemtime tonight or tomorrow morning :)
Erin is going to watch movie Troy with her friend, Jacqi today. Sounds good to me.
NOw I am thinking about going out by myself to watch the movie Shrek 2. But for some reasons, I feel like that type of movie is only good enough ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085177331817727032004-05-21T18:07:00.000-04:002004-05-21T18:08:51.816-04:00Two Atom flash film animations
http://www.shockwave.com/af/content/atom_260
http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/madness_avengerThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085086395484588882004-05-20T16:52:00.000-04:002004-05-20T16:53:15.483-04:00Picture of the week or next week or the week after the next....
ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1085085636693583062004-05-20T16:29:00.000-04:002004-05-20T16:42:30.616-04:00Oh boy, it is 83 degree right now, and it is burning hot! Sadly, UPS hasn't called yet, and Angie hasn't told me if she shipped out the new replaced ac compressor yet. The longer it takes, the longer I would have to drive without ac on :(
Check out my future-planned eBay listing for my Compaq Wireless LAN W200 modules I worked on it for about an hour today, and I plan to post it after my car is ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1084935917883050792004-05-18T22:58:00.000-04:002004-05-18T23:05:17.883-04:00Angie called sometime this afternoon, and informed me that UPS should give me a call sometime and schedule an appointment so that they will dispatch people over here to my place and then examine the box that they dropped, and consequently damanged my AC Compressor. The whole replacement is a little bit more complicated than I wish it to be. Nonetheless, Angie told me that she has already placed ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1084829143669155042004-05-17T17:22:00.000-04:002004-05-17T17:26:46.020-04:00I just started my first day at DeviantART! :) Check out my page at here :)
I haven't put up much stuff on there yet, but for now, I am posting my very first Xp logon screen based on Lexus RX 330. It didn't take me too long to make it, but I basically used ResHack, and modified the main image. That's pretty much about it
I gave Angie another call today about the oil leak in AC Compressor. I need ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1084729123400306482004-05-16T13:31:00.000-04:002004-05-16T13:38:53.336-04:00Alright, my sweetie is on her way home, and I miss her a buncha
Today, I also noticed that my new AC Compressor is actually dripping oil, so I need a replacement quick!
Finally, I watched the movie Troy last night. Quite an awesome action movie indeed, not as great as LOTR Return of the King, but hey what the heck. we have Brad Pitt as Achilles, Orlando Bloom as Paris, and some German model as ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1084587335699409212004-05-14T22:02:00.000-04:002004-05-14T22:15:35.700-04:00Alright it has been a long week, and I just got the very first essay assignment from my economics 310 class. The essay contains 3 sub questions, and they are listed as follows. The first question is about a country that utilitzes "Smart Cash Card" as cash that its citizens can exchange among themselves, and do just about anything they can with real money. Well, the question would be "Is Smart ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1084209606938904082004-05-10T13:17:00.000-04:002004-05-10T13:22:22.713-04:00Alright I am downloading the two movies, Starsky and Hutch, and Spartan.
I don't think they are too great movies, so I am just going to download and store them in my digital vault :)
I just shipped a package to my parents today, and it contains a few CDs, a clean t-shirt, 32 Mb USB memory key as well as a free journal from Microsoft Office 2003 team.
Encarta Reference Library 2005 Beta is ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1084159723997779762004-05-09T23:21:00.000-04:002004-05-09T23:28:43.996-04:00Boy I have been wasted a lot of time doing nothing since last Friday. I mean time just slips away from me for no meaningful reasons. I wish I could focus and study some more, but I couldn't because I get distracted very very easily. What can I do?
I just took off my Compaq Wireless LAN W200 tonight. It is such an useless piece of crap. How can Compaq design something that's not even truly ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1084060995218799072004-05-08T20:03:00.000-04:002004-05-08T20:06:30.843-04:00I have been thinknig about different number of ways to safely install Windows Longhorn WinHEC #4074 without killing my Windows Server 2003. I have two hard drive, so technically, I should not run into too much problems, but the problem is that I wonder how much Windows Longhorn will try to take control over the boot loading files and so on. Namely, the boot.ini, ntldr, and ntdetect.com
Without ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1083877977483815582004-05-06T17:12:00.000-04:002004-05-06T17:16:29.623-04:00There are some really nice video footage on the recent Windows Longhorn demo at WinHEC2004.
WinHec Blog
One of the most important footage is the keynotes given by Jim Allchin. From the video, you can clearly tell that Windows Longhorn graphics composition engine (now known as Desktop Window Manager) is doing pretty darn good. If you compare the video with the demo from OS X Quartz Extreme and ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1083643783714145092004-05-04T00:09:00.000-04:002004-05-04T00:12:33.153-04:00I notice that I have been doing things on a whim. For example tonight, out of no where, I was thinking about installing Windows Xp on the second hard drive, right after I installed Windows Server 2003 on the first master hard drive a few days ago. Well, the end result is a system with no working OS. Why why why I always make stupid decisions like this? I want to go to bed early! damn it!ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1083626774111161082004-05-03T19:26:00.000-04:002004-05-03T19:33:12.810-04:00Class schedule for Spring 2004
Econ 310 - Wednesday & Thursday 10 to 1 at G115 Angell Hall
And the textbook we use is The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1083626507042270402004-05-03T19:21:00.000-04:002004-05-03T19:36:20.140-04:00Encarta Reference Library 2005 Testing starts now! :)
So far so good. I haven't found any significant numbers of bugs yet, except the fact that it took over 5 hours to install on my crappy CDRW drive.
On the side note for Windows XP Service Pack 1 beta testers out there, VLK editions will require a new key, and this is quite harsh considering I would have to change my key again :(ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-108353410003904702004-05-02T17:41:00.000-04:002004-05-02T17:48:13.060-04:00Alright, I recently, watched two movies on DVD format, here is a little bit review for Miracle and Mystic River
Miracle is about the hockey team that won the 1980 Olympic and beat the crap out of Soviet Union team. Great movie, and truly inspirational. The movie does bring hockey fan into the mood, and as you watch the movie, you get involved with the game excitement. Of course, you want USA toThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1083285549464194602004-04-29T20:39:00.000-04:002004-04-29T20:42:46.186-04:00For those Microsoft Beta Testers out there, be care with Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 1 Interim Build 1184!
It is very likely that there is fatal bug within NTFS.sys and result in sudden BSOD.
The obviously solution is to uninstall Service Pack 1; however, if system crashes during uninstallation, you are looking at a few hours of reinstallation from ground up again. Not exactly a pain in theThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1083123383981204572004-04-27T23:36:00.000-04:002004-04-27T23:39:28.483-04:00For the past year, I have been receiving the following errors in event log when I boot up my laptop from suspend mode:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: wlcom51b
Event Category: None
Event ID: 5001
Description:
Compaq WLAN MultiPort W200 : Could not allocate the resources necessary for operation.
Nonetheless, my Wireless card still runs like charm, so I didn't care too much about it. After some ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1083119084499281412004-04-27T22:22:00.000-04:002004-04-27T22:27:49.013-04:00I took my ME211 final exam today. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, it is the first time I finished the exam 13 minutes before time is up for that class! Normally, for the first two midterms, my professor James Barber would give us more questions than time is allowed for us to answer. So I had to rush, and get bad grades :(
Hopefully, I truly did better in Final this time!
I ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1083118896577289492004-04-27T22:18:00.000-04:002004-04-27T22:24:41.076-04:00Man, right now, I just find Asian people very very annoying. They are probably the most annoying yet sorta united group on this campus. It is especially more annoying if they speak in languges other than Mandarin or Chinese or whatever. They speak in such tonque that puzzles me about their true nationality. They could be Korean, Vietnamese, Malaysians, Indonesians...
The problem is that they ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1082953714813841582004-04-26T00:28:00.000-04:002004-04-26T00:31:37.310-04:00A couple days ago, I received CDs from Microsoft for beta testing Encarta Reference Library 2005. The problem is that it installs quite slow on my machine, and it comes with 5 CDs, so it is truly a pain in the butt to get it to work. One of the major features is targeting kids over 7 years, and it is called Encarta Kids. I am not sure what kind of feature it contains, but it surely will interest ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1082941882396706392004-04-25T21:04:00.000-04:002004-04-25T21:14:24.983-04:00For months, I have always wonder why University of Michigan Computer Aided Engineering Network refuses to answer me any questions related to Mac OS X hosted in Media Union.
First of all, Microsoft Excel X doesn't come with those nice Data Analysis Pack or Solver for that matter. I emailed CAEN support about it, and they basically turned mute and never replied.
Oh yeah, in Mac platform, there is ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1082921858503745522004-04-25T15:34:00.000-04:002004-04-25T15:40:40.500-04:00I have been studying for ME211 and IOE 265 final exams since Friday. I should have started much earlier, but I have been slacking off a lot. I started ME211 on Wednesday, but I think I wasted more time in group meeting than if I work by myself. Nonetheless, it is good to meet people and if they think I am nice, they would help me out a bit on studying. I guess it is just some sort of trade off, ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1082921614286636172004-04-25T15:27:00.000-04:002004-04-25T15:36:36.343-04:00I tend to think that engineers up in north campus tend to be lacking more security senses than people from LS&A (Literature Science & Art).
Why? Because I have seen too many people in Duderstadt Center (aka Media Union) left their laptop unattended for more than enough time for others to steal or snatch.
It is odd isn't it? Maybe people up in north campus are just too innocent, so they don't ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1082853714692116442004-04-24T20:41:00.000-04:002004-04-24T20:44:55.826-04:00Boy .. the news has spread out! Apparently, active Bloggers have been invited to beta test GMail.. boy I wish I am more active than usual lol.
ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1076170197489979572004-02-07T11:09:00.000-05:002004-04-24T20:45:30.500-04:00Food of the day..
Note: Image removed for lousy image hostnig services..ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1076126579427535432004-02-06T23:02:00.000-05:002004-02-06T23:04:43.060-05:00Wow, it has been almost a month since last time I posted. I have been very busy with school, and honestly, there is nothing to post anyway.
Two things I want to mention in this blog: One is about Microsoft Office, and another one is about the presidential election.
Alright.. first thing first.
Microsoft released a great utility awhile back, and it is called Office 2003/XP Add-in: Remove Hidden ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1073788411441966982004-01-10T21:33:00.000-05:002004-01-10T21:34:47.920-05:00Just bought this mint condition Motorola T720 on ebay for $147.5 bucks. I am not sure if it is a bad deal, but it comes with the phone (duh!), an extra slim lithium-ion battery (sealed), user manual, wall charger, hand free package, and USB data transfer cable.
Another news! Adobe has finally confirmed that their newest Photoshop CS contains core software that blocks users from view/edit/scan USThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1073706215494814302004-01-09T22:43:00.000-05:002004-01-09T22:44:51.826-05:00Well, today I had to pick up Travis from airport..and I didn't do much really today.. not even homework.. I have been procrastinating on it.. mm..
Travis said that he is willing to help me with my ME211 stuff whenever it is necessary.. sounds like a good deal to me :)
I have been browsing ebay for a like new or mint Motorola T720 flip-on phone for my VerizonWireless. I thought about switching ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1073605113444252082004-01-08T18:38:00.000-05:002004-01-08T18:39:47.590-05:00Alright, school has started again.. and this time, I am sorta busier than ever. School started on Tuesday, and I already finished 2 homework assignments. I still have one more to go though, and that is for my mechanical engineering 211 class.
I thought that homework should be easy, but apparently, I got stuck on the very first homework problem.. mm. darn.ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1073604962399086142004-01-08T18:36:00.000-05:002004-01-08T18:37:16.590-05:00Apparently, in the latest version of Adobe Photoshop CS, it has built-in algorithm to detect bank notes from American and European bills.
It means that you can't open, view, edit, or scan any currency bills.
You can check out the result by downloading European sample bank note. Just download the zip file and extrect the jpeg file. Open it up with Photoshop CS, and you shall see an error that ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1071545469472590282003-12-15T22:31:00.000-05:002003-12-15T22:34:04.716-05:00Got another letter from Microsoft today :)
======Letter Begins=======
Dear "ThunderRiver" (Real Name hidden)
This year, more than any other, I've seen superior works from the Windows Update Beta test team, especially from you. =)
The WU beta testers are like detectives, working throughout the day, searching for hidden clues. Because of your fine work, people in many countries, doing thousands ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1071545024235980092003-12-15T22:23:00.000-05:002003-12-15T22:24:35.076-05:00
My 8 months of moderating role at Scot's Newsletter Forum has come an end. For the most part, I feel the forum is overly biased with Linux, and even though I have experience with Linux, I don't feel it is justifiable for people to bash Microsoft like a hawk. Some disagreement with the top administrator in the forum, and his true arrogance has finally surfaced, and I am sorta coming to the ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1071465438538285982003-12-15T00:17:00.000-05:002003-12-15T00:18:22.810-05:00Slingshot Santa game.. check it out
http://www.gloeckner-nbg.de/spiel/weihnachtsmann.htm
Well, my sweetie has a flu, so I really hope Erin will get better soon! ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1071377542479482892003-12-13T23:52:00.000-05:002003-12-13T23:53:11.733-05:00Just spent some time change the color of my title bar to blue theme based on Microsoft web site.
Didnt' know which value to change in the template, so I had to bust out photoshop and manually identify the color.. it is cool though. I like the new color.. don't you?
I am still in the process of considering paying 5 bucks and move the site to LiveJournal. I wonder if it is such a good idea. I ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1071352823478568272003-12-13T17:00:00.000-05:002003-12-13T17:02:09.606-05:00One shocking news in our nation..
Jelly bracelets are making a comeback. But instead of a fashion statement, they may be an indicator of your kid's sex life.
"One variation of the game has a yellow bracelet symbolizing hugging; purple means kissing; blue means oral sex; and red means a lap dance.
If someone breaks a bracelet, he or she is entitled to a sexual favor."
Source: MSNBC
That's ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1071352541720415012003-12-13T16:55:00.000-05:002003-12-13T16:56:30.653-05:00Keiko the killer whale dies
OSLO, Norway - Keiko, the killer whale made famous by the “Free Willy” movies, has died in Norwegian coastal waters where he remained after millions of dollars and a decade of work failed to coax him back to the open sea, his caretakers said early Saturday.
Source: MSNBC
RIP Keiko!ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1071288707986534532003-12-12T23:11:00.000-05:002003-12-12T23:12:35.996-05:00Another registry tip that I always forget...
Show Administrator on the Welcome Screen (Windows XP Professional)
When logging into Windows the Administrator account is not normally available on the Welcome screen. This tweak adds it to the Welcome screen and allows you to login like a normal account.
Registry Settings
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1071285405855522782003-12-12T22:16:00.000-05:002003-12-12T22:17:33.746-05:00
New York Times recently has a news that a company (Motion Research), based in Seattle, has developed a technology so that motorist can view all the data (such as speedometer.. GPS and so on) right inside their Helmet. Isn't that awesome?
For car owners out there.. fear not. Many top notch car manufacturers such as Mercedes and Lexus are gearing up cars with on-display screen right on your car ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1071245454761449782003-12-12T11:10:00.000-05:002003-12-12T11:11:49.950-05:00Picture of the week
Light festival in Kobe city, Japan. Isnt' that pretty?
The annual lights festival began in 1995 to boost the spirits of locals who experienced the Kobe earthquake in January, 1995.ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1071156460355729532003-12-11T10:27:00.000-05:002003-12-11T11:47:23.793-05:00Recently, Travis' computer was attacked by virus through Kazaa. Even though we didn't find out what exactly the virus was, we later on made a serious mistake and rendered the machine almost useless during the repair process. We disabled Remote Procedure Call (RPC) under Hardware Profile inside the Windows Service setting.
In Windows Xp Professional, you cannot terminate the Remote Procedure CallThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1071104074760720362003-12-10T19:54:00.000-05:002003-12-10T19:55:20.840-05:00Alright, I finally got done with my very first final exam for my EECS 206 class. It wasn't bad at all. In fact, 95% of the stuff is quite easy, and I just hope I don't make any stupid mistakes by not reading questions correctly.
It was a 2 hours long exam, and I finished it within 1 hour and 10 minutes, and it leaves me almost 50 min of free time :-p
Overally, EECS 206 (Digital Signal ProcessingThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1070633391874702632003-12-05T09:09:00.000-05:002003-12-05T09:10:32.420-05:00Poor dog walking in the flooded street in the French City of Marseille
ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1070510486072490402003-12-03T23:01:00.000-05:002003-12-03T23:02:05.340-05:00Flash video of the stupid dayThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727608.post-1070413366539487902003-12-02T20:02:00.000-05:002003-12-02T20:03:37.546-05:00
mmm.. yummy.. I want one.. and I will be a happy boy ;)ThunderRivernoreply@blogger.com0