Windows PowerShell tutorial

http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/

[August 12, 2008] Go go!

Oh man, dust is covering my blog. Time to write something new!

(Ah, I write this for myself. If you feel confused with the content, it’s not my fault. But if you’re uncomfortable with my English, then feel free to blame me. )

It’s been a while, 7 months, since the last entry. Well, it’s my familiar way to start an entry. Not enough free time and energy and good mood to write something valuable or readable until tonight…

Everything goes on, and life still goes on, too. A little wonder about the sub-slogan of my blog: “If you think you can, you can.” when I came back to my page and suddenly saw it again. I used to believe that I can do something different, something that I actually expect to conquer last month, at least at the time I was facing the interviewers, and the time I was going out of that room. I believed, but I failed. Sad, but that’s the fact. And I was well-prepared to confront it. So move on!

All right, that big failure opens another route for me. I decided to stay. I felt that I owed this place, so why not be here, set up new goals, and fly high with them. I hope so, anyway…

Then new stuffs are coming. You know, I was able to attend the first lecture during my seven months being here. The feeling is so great! Now I’m studying again, after one year not taking any courses. The lecture theater is big, wide, cool, blah blah; devices for lectures are advanced; and the projector is good for movies in the dim light during the class…

I’ll take time to polish my Chinese as well. My Chinese is recovering, after some talks with the two newly-come Chinese girl lab-mates. At the same time, go and fight those Japanese for this year’s JLPT 3!

And take care of those image deblurring in the lab. It’s tough. It should be tough and will be much more tough. But I’m going to make it!

Another big day is coming. How to celebrate with her, who knows. Sleep, and carefully consider it.

See you in a beautiful day in the near near future.

My TOEFL and GRE wordlist

I took the TOEFL and GRE test in Jan and Feb of 2008. Here are the vocabulary lists that I studied for the exams:

TOEFL
GRE 1
GRE 2

Maybe some of you will find them useful.

N.B. This GRE word list (approx. 1000 words, I think) can help you reach nearly 500 in your verbal test (my verbal score is 470). If you are looking for higher scores, I think you should learn the Barron’s word list instead, which has roughly 3500 words.

Enjoy!

Opera shortcuts to speedup your web browsing

Press F9 to put focus on your page.

Press F8 to put focus on the address bar.

Use 1 to navigate one tab back. Use 2 to navigate one tab forward.

Use Z and X to go back/go next.

Use Q and A to navigate one link backward/forward.

Use , (comma) to find text in the links of your page.

Use Shift+G to switch between document/user mode.

Use Shift+I to switch among image display mode.

Press and hold Ctrl+Tab and Shift+Ctrl+Tab to navigate a list of currently opened tabs.

Press Ctrl+Shift+C to copy text into Opera notes.

Press F4 to open/close sidepane. Press F7 to put focus to sidepane (useful for bookmarks).

Gain weight

Too thin. I need to gain more weight. Eat more. Exercise more. Eat well. Sleep well.

A buffet dinner in Singapore

It was the first time here in Singapore that I had enjoyed a buffet dinner like tonight. The restaurant is located near Jurong East MRT interchange, and it cost 28SGD for a dinner there, which started at 6:00 PM.

In Singapore, I tried several food courts, but only a few of the food stalls tasted good. The others sound a bit boring. But tonight is somehow different. The food in the buffet restaurant is tasty, including Japanese, Chinese, and Western cuisines.

I love to come to Japan for study, however, I may have to get familiar with Japanese food. Sushi is no problem, since it comprises of rice and a little bit fish and vegetables. I also love Japanese fried kwayteow (I had it in Vietnam, but do not remember its Japanese name). But the Japanese fish which looks red is not fit me, and I felt it hard to eat.

So, Chinese food is always the best for me. I had a lot of dim-sum, like siew mai, bao, and bak kut teh, which must be twice as much as my daily dinner meal.

Anyway, it’s a beautiful Sunday night in Singapore. I really enjoyed it. Next week, I will be back to Vietnam for a big challenge. Go and get it!

Rotate about an arbitrary axis

An article about rotation about an arbitrary axis in 3D
http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/geometry/rotate/

A commercial engine for PC, PS3, Xbox and Wii

Gamebryo
http://www.emergent.net/en/Products/Gamebryo/Technical-Details/

Put it here, will look at it later.

Top 100 useful Irrlicht topic by doqkhanh

This linked page below is created by doqkhanh, not me

http://www15.brinkster.com/kirikudo/Top_100_useful_irrlicht_topic.htm

Thanks to him, now I got some exciting topics to read…

ShaderX2 Books

From GameDev.net: The ShaderX2 Tips and Tricks with DirectX 9 book is now available online:

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/shaderx2/Tips_and_Tricks_with_DirectX_9.pdf