[Personal Reflections] Chang Carey

Carey was a dog that my fiancée used to own. She passed away shortly after Dragon Boat Festival… The first time I met her, she bit me! In my entire life, I’ve been bitten by two dogs. The first was named Lucky — I forget if it was middle school or elementary school — but it wasn’t particularly lucky for me. I just wanted to pet her, and she bit me. With Carey, I also just wanted to pet her, and she bit me too… though not as badly as the first time. ...

September 16, 2007 · 2 min · 288 words · Fran Kuo

[Financial Perspective] My Thoughts on BusinessWeek

Since high school, I used to buy computing magazines like PC DIY or gaming magazines — always chasing the latest trends: building a PC, playing games. Then, in my fourth year of university, a younger student was reading BusinessWeek, and I curiously asked why. He said he’d been reading it since high school, just out of interest, and that it offered many diverse perspectives. After that, I started buying a copy here and there — partly still following trends, I suppose. ...

September 15, 2007 · 2 min · 396 words · Fran Kuo

[Personal Reflections] Tension

I haven’t felt this way in a long time… I want to go home. Hide away at home… And be a willful, rebellious child again…

September 15, 2007 · 1 min · 25 words · Fran Kuo

[Reprinted] Our Work and Responsibility in This World

I happened to come across this article and wanted to share it with everyone. Source: http://www.drbataipei.org/wisdom/213/wisdom213_4.htm What is a person’s responsibility? It is to contribute and be of service to the entire world — to benefit all people everywhere. This is our true responsibility as human beings. Today we come together to discuss: “What does a person truly need?” and “Why do we come into this world? Is it merely to eat, dress, sleep, and enjoy ourselves?” ...

September 15, 2007 · 3 min · 595 words · Fran Kuo

[Work Notes] Patch Files in Linux

Creating a Patch File diff -Naur old-dir-or-file new-dir-or-file > patchfile.patch How to Apply a Patch There are two common ways to apply a patch: # Method 1 cat new-patch | patch -p0 # Method 2 patch -p0 < new-patch Understanding the -p (strip) Parameter The -p parameter specifies how many leading directory components to strip from paths in the patch file. For example, if a patch file begins with: ...

September 14, 2007 · 1 min · 205 words · Fran Kuo

[Work Notes] Registering ActiveX Components on Windows

Registering an ActiveX Component regsvr32 mcscal.ocx Unregistering an ActiveX Component regsvr32 /u mcscal.ocx

September 13, 2007 · 1 min · 13 words · Fran Kuo

[Personal Reflections] The Odd One Out

When I see that phrase, I think of the department backpack and T-shirt from university… “Wings”… Sometimes I wonder if I’m the odd one out — Not in a remarkable way, but in a quietly peculiar way… In my long search for certain answers about life, I’ve slowly drawn a few conclusions. The outline is still blurry, But a direction is taking shape. Since leaving the military, Coming to Taipei to work and to love, life is no longer as carefree as school days. On the surface, I seem composed, But beneath my behavior there’s a quiet uncertainty about the future — an unease I can’t quite name. ...

September 12, 2007 · 1 min · 188 words · Fran Kuo

[Work Notes] Embedding an OCX Component in a Webpage

An .ocx component is provided by a third party and can be embedded in a webpage. This particular component has limited built-in functionality, so to extend its capabilities, the .ocx file needs to be wrapped in a wrapper function before adding the extra features we need. It’s always a bit challenging the first time you do something new. While I have a clear concept of what needs to be done, the tools themselves are quite unfamiliar — Windows application development is an area where I have very little experience. ...

September 12, 2007 · 1 min · 104 words · Fran Kuo

[Personal Reflections] Memories at Thirty

At thirty, Looking back feels like a dream… I’ve left so little trace. I used to try writing things down, But the enthusiasm lasted only three minutes, And the blog was soon deleted, Everything… forgotten… Memories at thirty — Only work remains.

September 9, 2007 · 1 min · 42 words · Fran Kuo