August 24, 2007 • 1:10 pm 0
The news about Harry Potter’s actor Daniel Radcliffe getting admission to Princeton University majoring in magic has been widely spread through The Daily Princetonian. I’ve been also looking forward to having such an opportunity to study magic with Harry, and lots of people will have fun studying in this prestigious magic school. Don’t you think so? 
Filed under: Miscellaneous
August 22, 2007 • 1:24 am 0
My friend gave me two links to the interesting videos about making images on big advertisement boards on roads. Video: Dove Evolution; Video: Parodia. The amazing YouTube also has dozens of videos for legendary Nobel Medalist Richard Feynman giving lectures, etc. There are a series of videos of lectures and interviews, really valuable
Filed under: Miscellaneous
August 12, 2007 • 2:09 am 0
This basic instruction is only for setting up a wireless network at apartment using TRENDnet wireless router. Actually, I didn’t know what other options really mean while setting up wireless network by myself because it’s really little time consuming. Anyway, it should be enough for a beginner (hope so ).
Step1: Install the required software from the CD in the package of wireless router.
Step2: Use Internet Browser to log on http://192.168.1.1 to set up everything about router. Usually wireless can be accessible when the router is connected with cable directly. If wireless isn’t connected, then also connect the computer with the router using another cable.
Step3: The default administrator’s login name and password are: “admin”, password: “admin”. Similarly, the default user’s name is “user”.
Step4: The password for administrator who controls the wireless router’s settings can be changed at “Main –> Password”. (Remark: This password is the not for other people who can see this wireless signal to get access to internet).
Step5: The name appeared on the list of wireless signals (which is SSID) can be changed at “Wireless –> Basic”.
Step 6: The password for accessing this wireless signal you just set up can be changed at “Wireless –> Security”. Then, choose the “Authentication Type” to be “WPA”, and “Passphrase” is the the password for other people to surf Internet using the wireless network you set up. (Of course, one can also change the authentication type there)
Remark 1: If the administrator of wireless network forgets the password to all settings, then he/she can reset everything back to factory default settings. (There’s a little hole on the router for reset)
Remark 2: For a D-Link router, there are few things little different. The log in address for setting up the router is http://192.168.0.1 The default administrator’s name is “admin”, and password is empty (or nothing).
Remark 3: One can choose a channel (1 ~ 11) different from the channels of available wireless signals he/she can receive. This helps reduce the interference of wireless signals and increase the speed, because the less wireless networks share the same channel, the better wireless signal you can get. This article gives 10 good tips for improving your wireless network at home.
Remark 4: To figure out the unique MAC address (the physical address for Ethernet adapter or wireless network adapter) for your computer, one first opens the “Command Prompt” whose interface is similar to DOS from Start –> All Programs –> Accessories –> Command Prompt (or Start –> Run, then type cmd), and then type ipconfig /all . The physical address of the adapter is of the form like 00-13-58-E2-D9-2D.
Filed under: Miscellaneous
August 11, 2007 • 2:16 am 0
看样子wordpress的英文版对中文支持仍然不错, 不过Internet浏览器需要将字符encoding设成Unicode (UTF-8)。
Filed under: Miscellaneous
August 3, 2007 • 1:49 am 0
Everybody experiences the troubles more or less caused by moving to a new place or apartment, and surely one needs to change many things. This post is kind of for reminding about what to do after changing an address.
1. If you are an international graduate student, you should inform OIE (office of international education) by emailing them and change the address on your school’s online account for tax purposes. Remark: Informing OIE to change your address isn’t enough for changing the address on your profile for tax purposes. Personally I once made such a mistake before and later was informed by the clerk at Ingram Hall to also report them the change of living address.
2. Go to local banks (some banks may just require a call) to change your living address.
3. Change address on all your credit cards. It is doable online.
4. Call your car (or whatever insurance you have) insurance agent or company to change address. If you are an Auburn University’s student, you don’t need to call health insurance company to change address. But if the health insurance is independent of school (especially dental insurance), then you need to call them to change it.
5. If you currently have loans such as Auto loan, home loan, etc…. Call loaners to change your address.
6. Contact (in most cases, you just need to make a call) Electric Power Company to change address. Terminate water service if your old apartment’s rent doesn’t include water fee.
7. You can also request USPS to forward all mails that will be mailed to your old apartment address to your new address if the receiver’s name on the envelopes of mails is yours.
8. If you have accounts belonging to shopping websites such as Amazon, Buy.com……, also change the address on your profile. Change address on your cell phone plan.
Filed under: Miscellaneous
Recent Comments