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  1. Make the Most of Taking Lecture Notes

    In many of your classes, your instructor lectures on or makes a presentation about a topic, usually one that’s related to the current subject you’re studying. During a class lecture, your job is to listen actively and to take notes to reinforce what you’ve heard and jog your memory about the key points being presented. Continue reading...

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  3. Upgraded to WordPress 2.3

    Finally, I upgraded my WordPress to 2.3. There is an error with Google XML Sitemaps 3.0b4 or below. WordPress database error: [Table ‘yourdatabasetable.wp_categories’ doesn’t exist] SELECT cat_id, cat_name FROM wp_categories WHERE link_count >= 1 For details, see here. At this stage, I wish myself upgraded as well. Continue reading...

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  6. Australian English

    Whilst Australians speak English, there are some words and expressions used that are unique to Australia. Here are some of them: A ANZAC — Australia and New Zealand Army Corps B barbie(BBQ) — barbecue bathers — word used in South Australia to refer to a swimming garment battler — someone who works hard but stills Continue reading...

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  7. Watch BBC World online

    Because I haven’t gotten a TV set in my house, I was trying to watch BBC World via Internet. Without luck, the official site of BBC World didn’t put the video stream as a free service, and I also tried lots of online TV sites, all of them has a invalid stream feed for BBC Continue reading...

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  9. Java simulation for Brownian motion

    Here is the Java program written by me to simulate the Brownian motion. In this prac, I tried to use double buffering to improve the performances, but actually it is triple buffering. That’s because the JPane has already implemented the double buffering, so plus mine own copy of buffer to store the background coordinate system Continue reading...

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  10. repaint(), paint() and update()

    Many Java programmers are befuddled by the three methods repaint(), paint(Graphics), and update(Graphics). This is because they are designed to work in a wide variety of circumstances, and they interact in a non-obvious fashion. This happens in several contexts in Java, but GUIs are the most obvious. The designers of Java wanted Java programs to Continue reading...

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