2009.01.31 New Words

ditch v. 水上迫降

en route v. 在途中

hurl v. 猛力投擲

asylum n. 政治庇護

indigenous n. 土著的

aboriginal adj. 土著居民的

mastermind n. 才華橫溢的人; 策劃者; 智囊

interrogate v. 審問; 質問

understatement n. 不充分的陳述; 保守的陳述

padded adj. 有裝填材料的

trousers n. 褲子; 長褲

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Setting MySQL to Use UTF-8 on MAMP (MySQL 5.5.9, or 5+)

I wanted to setup MySQL to use utf-8 on the MAMP installation on my Mac. I tried the instructions from this article: http://cameronyule.com/2008/07/configuring-mysql-to-use-utf-8/ However, I kept getting error messages that are similar to this one [ERROR] /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqld: unknown variable 'default-collation=utf8_general_ci' I did some search and realized that several variables are deprecated. Reference: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/server-options.html Therefore, I added the following lines into /Applications/MAMP/conf/my.cnf [mysql] character-set-server=utf8 [client] character-set-server=utf8 [mysqld] character-set-server=utf8 collation-server=utf8_general_ci init-connect='SET NAMES utf8' I restarted the server and mysql run successfully with relevant variables being set correctly. In the "Variables" tab under phpMyAdmin interface (ex. http://localhost:8888/MAMP/?language=English) character set c...

ngrok, a service to help you get a public URL for your local webserver

If you are looking for options to test your web app hosted on your own machine (e.g., laptop) remotely with someone, I recommend using a service called ngrok. https://ngrok.com/ It has many usages, but in the context of testing an app hosted on your own machine, the most important part is giving you a public URL that will redirect all the requests to your local webserver (e.g., Apache, Nginx, or whatever server you are running). You can give this URL to a testing participant without the need to host the app on a remote server. For instance, if you are testing your app using a sever on your machine, typically you can access your app in a URL like: http://localhost:3000/?study=11 Using ngrok, you will have a dynamically generated URL like the following: https://3ebe3c019867.ngrok.io/ The service will redirect requests to https://3ebe3c019867.ngrok.io to http://localhost:3000 You can then share the following link with your testing participant for the participant to use your app. http...

線上筆記本、便利貼整理 Online Note Taking Service (Especially Sticky Note) List

Some of the note taking service I have tried! Sticky Note lino it Comment: 精美、除了沒有辦法 download as file + print 之外，應該是這個 list 中的 best choice 中文資料儲存沒有問題，不會變亂碼無法 double click create note, 但是可以用拖拉方式產生可以 share, send link, embed, rss, 可用 email post, 無法存檔無法 double click to edit，但是跳出視窗的速度還 OK、可直接 drag & drop 有 public(group) vs. private 的設定不能 print(應該說 print 的時候內容不會出現) 有 Task 功能無法download as file (應該沒有可以的) squareleaf Comment: 比較不 fancy ，但是簡單可愛中文資料儲存沒有問題，不會變亂碼可用 browser print, 但是排版沒有很好可直接點選編輯(不用等跳出小視窗後再 input) 無法在空白地方 double click 產生新 Note 無法 share, 無法download as file postica Comment: 精簡，稍微制式中文資料儲存沒有問題，不會變亂碼點選編輯的時候很慢，反應遲鈍可以 Print, 但是中文編碼要選 UTF-8 可以 drag & drop 無法 download as file, 無法 share wall wisher Comment: 精美中文儲存有問題雙擊 create note, 可以拖拉每個 note 有 160 character 的限制文字沒有 Format，無法調整大小, 顏色可 share, send link, rss fee...

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