2008.12.31 New Words

grossly adv. 非常; 十足地

incompetent adj. 能力不足地; 不能勝任的

[反義] competent

ridicule v. 嘲笑; 揶揄

apologize v. 道歉

juggle v. 雜耍; 耍(球、盤子)

shadow puppet n. 用手影模擬出的動物或人物等; 皮影戲偶

venue n. (表演的) 場地; 發生地; 集合地

unsolicited adj. 未經請求的; 主動提供的; 不請自來的

go about + V-ing 開始做某事

be advised of sth 被勸告要小心某事

[主動] advise sb of sth

pretty much 差不多; 幾乎完全是

to date 到目前為止; 至今

[同義] up to date/now、so far

in the distant past 很久以前

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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...

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...

Install python-mysqldb with lampp on Ubuntu

I try to download python-mysqldb from " http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python/" and run the build/install command: python setup.py build I receive this message: EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found I set mysql_config to "/opt/lampp/bin/mysql_config" (I use lampp) and encounter this error message: cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-mpentiumpro" cc1: warning: command line option "-felide-constructors" is valid for C++/ObjC++ but not for C cc1: warning: command line option "-fno-rtti" is valid for C++/ObjC++ but not for C error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 so I type sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb and find that I can finally import MySQLdb in python

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