<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:54:08.754-08:00</updated><category term='Ariel'/><category term='hack'/><category term='Picasa'/><category term='idea'/><category term='photo'/><category term='Seattle'/><category term='web album'/><category term='Research'/><category term='Internet'/><category term='personal'/><category term='web'/><category term='Family'/><category term='Eric'/><category term='play'/><category term='class'/><category term='Mac'/><category term='Friends'/><category term='program'/><category term='gadget'/><category term='open source'/><category term='Blogger'/><category term='UW'/><category term='blog'/><category term='Google'/><title type='text'>Niner's PhD Diary</title><subtitle type='html'>A graduate student of Geotechnical Engineering in UW, Seattle.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>88</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-7199356424374554608</id><published>2010-03-29T07:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-29T07:12:12.875-07:00</updated><title type='text'>暫時休站</title><summary type='text'>各位親朋好友，謝謝大家這些年來對此 blog 的愛護，我因為種種原因，加上天性懶散，目前暫無餘力繼續更新，因此決定暫時休站，至於何時復站，目前不得而知。不過，留言版的功能仍會運作，我也會不定期上來看看。在此祝大家心想事成，有緣再見囉～[posted with ecto]</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/7199356424374554608/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=7199356424374554608' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/7199356424374554608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/7199356424374554608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post.html' title='暫時休站'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-8643206359156670593</id><published>2008-10-30T20:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-30T20:42:36.695-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Halloween 2008</title><summary type='text'>又到了一年一度的 Halloween，依往例，我前往 QFC 選了三顆大小不一的南瓜，打算刻不一樣圖案，來應祝 Halloween。今年我選了 Apple Logo，Huskies，跟海盜船為今年南瓜造型圖案，拿出去年買的刻南瓜專用工具，用了一個禮拜天的早上，完成今年的 Halloween Pumpkin。先來個大合照Apple Rules!!Go Huskies!!Apple + Huskies海盜船主角現身～謝謝觀賞！PS. 照相時忘了用腳架，照片晃得很，Sorry...下次改進。[posted with ecto]</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/8643206359156670593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=8643206359156670593' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/8643206359156670593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/8643206359156670593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-halloween-2008.html' title='Happy Halloween 2008'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2983392988_b6ed9309db_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-349627735982810368</id><published>2008-10-25T13:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-25T13:57:17.507-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nice Weekend</title><summary type='text'>好不容易這個週末太陽露出了笑容，趁著出門買菜之便，到 U. Village 的 Apple Store 的 Re-open event，去領襯衫，並去了趟相當可口的 Trophy Cupcake 買了六個 cupcake 回家當點心。U. Village 的 Apple Store 前陣子因為 remodel 而致門市面積縮小，二天前收到 email 得知 remodel 結束了，要重新開張，開張當天的前 500 名顧客還有一件 T-shirt 可以拿。以一位 Mac fan 來說，怎麼可以錯過拿 Apple T-shirt 的機會。由於沒有帶相機，我只好用 iPhone 的內建相機照個幾張現場盛況。由於我對新款 MacBook Pro 跟 iPod Nano 太興奮了，店內就忘了照像，下次有機會再拍囉～買完菜之後，跑去一間電視上有介紹的 cupcake store : Trophy. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/349627735982810368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=349627735982810368' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/349627735982810368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/349627735982810368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2008/10/nice-weekend.html' title='Nice Weekend'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2972587926_3cd77121ab_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-8270721456834581760</id><published>2008-07-18T14:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T14:28:46.959-07:00</updated><title type='text'>終於等到這一天</title><summary type='text'>今天是我人生中重要的一個日子：博士論文口試，在經過了快三個小時之後，我終於等到我期待很久的那句 "Congratulation" ，當指導教授從會議室走出來向我握手致賀時，我知道我拿到了我努力很久的博士學位。Oh Yeah～～ I am a doctor now.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/8270721456834581760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=8270721456834581760' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/8270721456834581760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/8270721456834581760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post.html' title='終於等到這一天'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-4732631011932361194</id><published>2007-11-25T16:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-25T16:27:28.452-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Apple Cup 2007</title><summary type='text'> 在感恩節連假的週末，有一項很重要的球賽將要舉行，那就是萬眾矚目的第一百屆 Apple Cup： UW Huskies vs WSU Cougars。這二間已經打了99 年的 Apple Cup 學校，今年要邁入第 100 年，世仇之戰，身為 Huskies Fan 的我，怎麼可以錯過這難得的機會，約了幾位好朋友，趕在票要賣光之前，搶到位子，我還在比賽前特到去 shopping 了Husky Spirit 的用品：衣服、帽子加毛毯，而且都要是「紫」色的才行（別問我，我也不知道為何 UW 是紫色），到比賽當天，準備好所有「機絲」，向 Husky Stadium 前進～在我趕到跟朋友集合地點的路上，體育場旁邊的停車場已經滿滿是人了，他們可是從早上十點就在這裏群聚（球賽下午四點才開始），BBQ＋Bear，RV 車也是隨處可見，這些都是沒有票的球迷，駐紮在球場邊，只為能更接近比賽，體驗即將而來 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/4732631011932361194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=4732631011932361194' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/4732631011932361194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/4732631011932361194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/11/apple-cup-2007.html' title='Apple Cup 2007'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2004/2063150733_0442e60a13_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-8859430390932600484</id><published>2007-10-30T20:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-30T20:39:30.597-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Halloween !!</title><summary type='text'>又到了一年一度的萬聖節，今年又是我一個人過。趁著週末的空檔，特地跑到 QFC 去選了三顆南瓜，尺寸剛好是大中小各一顆，挑來挑去才挑到滿意的。買完了南瓜，又跑到 Bartell 去買刻南瓜專用工具組，今年不想像以往一樣用水果刀或菜刀來刻，想玩點不同的，所以「機絲」要備齊。刻南瓜除了工具之外，還有圖案也很重要。今年呢，就利用工具組附的圖案書，挑幾個看來不錯的圖案試試。沒想到書上寫得簡單，做起來可不容易，除了描圖到南瓜表皮上是一項技術之外，複雜的圖案還得小心別弄斷了線條。在努力奮戰了數小時之後，在我的雙腳雙手都快宣告投降之際，終於完成了今年的萬聖節南瓜。成果發表囉～首先是大南瓜，送給我心愛的老婆，刻的是 " Charming Witch" 。  再來是送給我的寶貝兒子叡叡的「可愛小精靈」。 送我的小女兒芸芸的是「古錐小蝙蝠」，這個南瓜很小，要小心刻～ 大合照～以上照片是在家中拍的，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/8859430390932600484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=8859430390932600484' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/8859430390932600484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/8859430390932600484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/10/happy-halloween.html' title='Happy Halloween !!'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2052/1806335621_61de84a956_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-1350962482136128842</id><published>2007-09-11T20:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-11T21:55:01.543-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='play'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument</title><summary type='text'>上個星期六（九月八日），跟一群好朋友前往著名的火山景點：Mount St. Helens，來個大自然一日遊，寫到 blog 分享一下。當天早上從集合出發就開始了不尋常的一天，在約定時間到達時，大家都到齊了，卻獨缺原本要當司機的「某仁兄」，原來他還在睡覺，OMG!! 約在他家還可以遲到，果真「非人也」～就因為這樣的插曲，大家出發晚了一點，等到達 Mount St. Helens 時，已經差不多下午一點多了。我們這次直接殺到最靠近火山口的遊客中心：Johnston Ridge Visitor Center。這是中心外牆上的標誌。到的時候，剛好有人在解說聖海倫火山的歷史，包括了著名的 1980 年大爆炸。當天人還不少，大家都很有興緻的在聽解說員講故事。照片中的那條步道，就是等會我們要走走的 trail 。天氣很棒，天空很藍～除了在外面照相並補充一下食物（祭五臟廟）外，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/1350962482136128842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=1350962482136128842' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/1350962482136128842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/1350962482136128842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/09/mount-st-helens-national-volcanic.html' title='Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1210/1349434864_cd96076f31_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-8131378342920348606</id><published>2007-09-07T20:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-11T21:59:45.377-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>第一張腳踏車罰單 @_@</title><summary type='text'>天哪~生平第一次收到騎腳踏車的罰單就在今天早上發生了~~跟往常一樣，當我騎著腳踏車，沿著 trail 到 UW 時，遇到一個有 STOP sign 的路口（就是 trail 跟 Pend Oreille Rd 的交乂口），我開始減速，同時左看右看，看沒有來車跟行人，我就一口氣加速通過，沒想到過到了對面，被二位身穿制服的警察大哥攔下，當下我是駡在心理，心想不妙，大概是違規闖越 STOP sign，果然如我所料，在我交出證件後，其中一位就到旁邊去開單了，我當時實在不知道要怎麼說才好，還問了會被開單嗎？另一位跟我說：could be 。哇哩咧～～單子開好之後拿給我看，我一看就嚇到，不會吧，要罰美金 103 元耶！我騎腳踏車耶，我不信邪，就再問了一次一定要開單嗎？那位開單大哥很乾脆的說:Yes, 還問我二次我要不要 sign my name, 我還遲疑一下，想說可以不簽嗎，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/8131378342920348606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=8131378342920348606' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/8131378342920348606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/8131378342920348606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post.html' title='第一張腳踏車罰單 @_@'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1355/1343413475_00f24ca823_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-8587533973701587190</id><published>2007-09-05T13:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-11T21:59:19.459-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='play'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mac'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>新的 iPod, 新的 iPod Touch</title><summary type='text'>今天是 Apple Special Event Announcement 的大日子，從早上十點開始，就一直在注意線上文字轉播，果然如大家事前所料，有新版的 iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, 還有「觸控瑩幕」的 iPod Touch, 哇哇～～ 太銷魂了～～看來要多加看緊荷包，免得又要大失血了。不知道我能忍多久，我很中意 iPod Touch, 簡直是 iPhone 的翻版，除了沒電話功能外，其他都有，還多了個 WiFi 功能，真是太棒了，可以取代我的 Palm TX PDA 了....哎唷～要忍住啊!!@_@(picture from Apple.com)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/8587533973701587190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=8587533973701587190' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/8587533973701587190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/8587533973701587190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/09/ipod-ipod-touch.html' title='新的 iPod, 新的 iPod Touch'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-6188741910495033146</id><published>2007-09-01T22:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-11T21:58:49.055-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='play'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>後院的小嬌客：Hummingbird</title><summary type='text'>哈哈，在星期五的早上，由於比平常晚了一點起床，在出門前看到這位時常出沒在我家院院的嬌客，小蜂鳥，其實也不能叫她小蜂鳥（"她"? 怎麼知道是女的呢？），蜂鳥本來就小，這位訪客說不定是家族裏的大姊姊了，或是已經當媽了呢～我坐在客廳看她了半晌，她吸了給口糖水後就停在曬衣繩上休息，原本以為她會一下子就飛走了，沒想到停了片刻，這時我才想到要去拿相機照下來。原本想給她來個大特寫，但一方面相機功能有限，再加上不敢太靠近去驚嚇到這位小姐，所以只能儘量放大照了，這張是我照的最清楚的了，其他有的因為我站的角度跟手握不穩，都糊掉了，希望下次還有機會能再補捉她的倩影。如果朋友你對如何招來蜂鳥有興趣或是想看更多照片，可以造訪我的一位好朋友兼鳥類專家：蔚藍手札 的 blog，裏面有很多很棒的照片跟資訊喔～</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/6188741910495033146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=6188741910495033146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/6188741910495033146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/6188741910495033146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/09/hummingbird.html' title='後院的小嬌客：Hummingbird'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1319/1300448744_0269feb8f4_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-6417623030462549364</id><published>2007-08-31T20:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-11T21:58:15.728-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ariel'/><title type='text'>Ariel 五個月</title><summary type='text'>Ariel 五個月我們家的小天使已經五月多月了，快六個月了，愈來愈可愛囉～歡迎大家到 Ariel 媽媽的 Blog 來看看小小 Ariel 喔!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/6417623030462549364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=6417623030462549364' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/6417623030462549364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/6417623030462549364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/08/ariel.html' title='Ariel 五個月'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1063/1126752621_daa00bc694_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-4300416300377143040</id><published>2007-07-30T20:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-30T21:20:07.751-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='idea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>[哈利波特  7 ] 終於看完了～</title><summary type='text'>啊哈，我終於把「哈利波特 7 : The Deathly Hallows」給啃完了～自從七月廿一日首賣那天抱回家後，原本打算慢慢看，後來愈看愈入迷，變成每晚睡前拚命讀下去，在上週六的晚上，一口氣把最後六章給看完，才安心的上牀睡覺，心頭上覺得完成了一件很重要的任務，我當晚睡得不醒人事，隔天差點忘了要出門去買菜... :)(Picture from Amazon.com)(以下文章有點洩露內容，還沒看過書的朋友，請自行決定要不看下去。)整本哈七有七百多頁，在剛開頭的幾章蠻吸引人的，不自覺的跟著主角「逃離」原來的家，在途中遇到 Dark Lord 的伏襲，心頭不禁狂跳了好幾下，而繼續下去的章節，我個人覺得節奏有點慢，交待哈利等人四處藏匿，並持續追尋 Horcrux，以完成 Dumbledore 死前所交待的任務。中間這幾章有點點冗長，而且在這之中只交待如要毀壞 Horcrux ，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/4300416300377143040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=4300416300377143040' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/4300416300377143040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/4300416300377143040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/07/7.html' title='[哈利波特  7 ] 終於看完了～'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-2295042758459075996</id><published>2007-06-25T14:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-25T14:16:35.455-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Murder, She Wrote</title><summary type='text'>昨天晚上吃飽飯，坐在客廳轉電視，看來看去都沒有什麼好看的，就隨手亂轉，切到了 Hallmark Channel ，突然看到熟悉的 Seattle 機場，可是感覺像是很久前的景像，沒有現代的電子設備，而且鏡頭隨後轉到了一處噴水池，OMG~ 那是 UW 的噴水池，我連閉上眼睛都能認出它來。一連的熟悉景物，讓我對這節目產生好奇，看了一陣子後，發現這是個「偵探懸疑」劇，背景就在西雅圖，而劇中的主角: Jessica Flectcher 則受邀到 UW 講課，卻介入了一宗謀殺案。原本我以為有電影在華大取景，後來上網查了才發現我昨天看到是一系列偵探片其中的一集而以。這個系列就叫“Murder, She Wrote“，由 CBS 在 1984推出，演了12年，共有264集，每集一小時長度。而我昨天看到的那集是第5集（"Lovers and Other Killers"），上演日期是1984年11月18</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/2295042758459075996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=2295042758459075996' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/2295042758459075996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/2295042758459075996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/06/murder-she-wrote.html' title='Murder, She Wrote'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-4379857890813091501</id><published>2007-06-25T10:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-25T10:30:01.069-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ariel 滿三個月囉～</title><summary type='text'> 我們家小寶貝 Ariel 已經滿三個月了，愈來愈可愛耶，Ariel 媽媽在 叡叡愛說話 po 了篇文章，歡迎大家去看看喔，也給我們小 Ariel 加油，多長點肉，體重不要停留在 25%，以後要變 Model 喔～</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/4379857890813091501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=4379857890813091501' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/4379857890813091501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/4379857890813091501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/06/ariel.html' title='Ariel 滿三個月囉～'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-5794412290411021421</id><published>2007-06-24T16:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-24T23:57:36.861-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='play'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>週末亂逛</title><summary type='text'>這個週末早上一覺醒來後，沒什麼動力寫程式或「唸書」，於是想起在 Euphtw的部落格中介紹西雅圖著名景點－Pike Market Place 的一篇 post, 於是想再去派克市場走走，再去嚐一次難以忘懷的俄羅斯麵包，順便買點 green tea 泡來喝。於是通常星期天早上都賴床的我，還沒十點就出門了（其實也沒多早啦～）。 一早天氣不好，開車到半路還下了點雨，到了派克市場之後，人潮還是很多，但沒有大晴天那種摩肩接踵的盛況，但這倒是對我很有利，因為人少表示去 Piroshky Piroshky 買麵包的人也可能不會太多，我就不用排太久。去買麵包之前，我先繞去了一家賣香料的店－Market Spice, 去找可以醃小羊排的香料，這家店裏面擺了林林總總，瓶瓶罐罐的各種辛香料，很像藥店的擺設，跟服務小姐問了一下有沒有混合 rosemary 的香料，適合用來醃羊肉的。她拿了一罐來給我聞聞，嗯，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/5794412290411021421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=5794412290411021421' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/5794412290411021421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/5794412290411021421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/06/blog-post_24.html' title='週末亂逛'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1427/613772299_3938066d75_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-6801721203209045992</id><published>2007-06-23T16:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T16:29:16.118-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>Concrete Canoe</title><summary type='text'>最近在 UW 的首頁上出現了跟土木有關的 headline, 就是一年一度的全國大專院校 Concrete Canoe Competition. 這個比賽是由美國土木工程師協會（American Society of Civil Engineering, ASCE）所舉辦，今年剛好是廿週年，也很巧是由 Seattle 區主辨，我早在二個月前就知道有這項活動，可惜比賽當天，不知什麼原因（忘記了吧？）居然沒去參加，唉，真可惜啊～這個獨木舟比賽自 June 14 至 June 16 一連三天，有二十二個學校參加競賽，比項內容除了獨木舟競速之外，還包括了簡報介紹，及接受評審委員及教授的提問。喔，為什麼要有簡報呢，因為這是 Concrete Canoe, 沒錯，各校的獨木舟要用「水泥」製成，而且還要能在水面上划，要如何將獨木舟用水泥做成，又能夠又輕又快，且要堅固，這裏面就有玄機了，有學問在這呢！</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/6801721203209045992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=6801721203209045992' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/6801721203209045992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/6801721203209045992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/06/concrete-canoe.html' title='Concrete Canoe'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-1654448354495581248</id><published>2007-06-04T15:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-04T15:37:46.724-07:00</updated><title type='text'>[週末要作啥]看日劇-交響情人夢</title><summary type='text'>趁著忙完 general exam 的空檔，向 euphtw and JY 借了享負盛名的日劇「交響情人夢」，利用週六的晚上，一口氣把全劇從頭到尾看完（看到隔天凌晨三點半，小朋友不要學叔叔喔～）， 看完的那一刻，只有一個感覺，「哇，我好感動啊～」全劇圍繞在二位主角身上：野田惠（上野樹里 飾）跟 千秋真一（玉木宏 飾）。一位是才華洋溢的天才音樂神童，一位是脫線性格但擁有驚人潛質的鋼琴才女，這二位性格迵異的才子才女因緣際會下碰在一起，藉著對音樂的孰著追求，激盪出一串串令人噴飯，卻又令人低迴的情節，引領我進入一層又一層的情緒翻騰，無法克制的一路看下去，直到尾聲的貝多芬七號交響曲再次響起，才得以暫得舒緩。劇中有令人回味的古典音樂，我個人對古典是個外行，可以看看 euphtw 對此劇的介紹，畢竟專家的解釋，可以令對古典樂陌生的朋友，對此劇有深一層的共鳴。至於外行的我，到是有點點心得。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/1654448354495581248/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=1654448354495581248' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/1654448354495581248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/1654448354495581248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/06/blog-post.html' title='[週末要作啥]看日劇-交響情人夢'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-2023681674617730737</id><published>2007-05-31T12:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-31T20:25:03.678-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>鬆了一大口氣！！</title><summary type='text'>喔～耶～ 我的 general exam 考完了！！我通過了，從現在起變成「博士侯選人」，表示從現在起，我隨時都可以畢業了～ （是講隨時啦，但沒有那麼快）這個結果，真得讓我鬆了一大口氣，真得放下一顆心了。口試從早上十點開始，出我意料之外的，有位口試委員不能到場，那還好，其他的教授都出席了，聽眾人數不多，都是「自己人」。三十分鐘左右的簡報進行得還順利，也抖了幾個「包袱」，緩和現場緊張感，簡報完後的發問時間，沒幾個是對我有殺傷力的，原本預期會有問題的部份，也沒有人提問，而且有些問題根本不用我回答，我老闆或是「自己人」就幫我講了，真是幸運～剩下我跟口試委員時，提出來的問題也還好，反而多是討論到 論文格式 上面（這跟我研究有很大關係嗎？），所以我可以講，我在「輕鬆」的狀況下，通過考試的。其實也不能說多「輕鬆」，我 rehearsal 了三到四次，腦袋裏無時無刻都出現簡報的畫面，跟老闆演練了好幾次</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/2023681674617730737/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=2023681674617730737' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/2023681674617730737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/2023681674617730737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post_31.html' title='鬆了一大口氣！！'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-1829425458760308901</id><published>2007-05-27T17:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-27T17:26:21.591-07:00</updated><title type='text'>在gula的禮拜天下午</title><summary type='text'>gula~gula~我有個來西雅圖後養成的習慣，就是在禮拜天的下午，找間 coffee shop，坐下來消磨一下午，通常我都是拿來作跟唸書有關的事情，像今天，我就是拿下午的時間來準備我 general exam 要用的簡報。通常我都會到住家附近的Zoka去坐，但是今天我換了個地方，這個地方也是coffee shop，叫 gula，我不知道這是什麼意思，或許可以從 wikipedia 得到點解釋，但我懶得去找了，反正就是個有free WiFi的地方，而且離我家比Zoka還近，所以我就去光顧它了。這家店是最近才開的，我發現老闆娘是講中文的，沒細問是從那裏來的，但感覺上是從臺灣來的，這間店也有喝咖啡集點的活動，不過蓋點數的章是刻中文的，從刻章的篆字上，我看出來老闆姓陳，名字實在是看不出來，看起像是繁體字，所以我會想他們大概從臺灣來的吧。今天顧店的是二個亞洲面孔的小伙子，我點了 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/1829425458760308901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=1829425458760308901' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/1829425458760308901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/1829425458760308901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/05/gula.html' title='在gula的禮拜天下午'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-4704789095039624620</id><published>2007-05-24T14:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-24T14:31:01.339-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='idea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>鬆了一口氣</title><summary type='text'>呼～呼～終於搞定了，我的 general exam proposal 在今天早上全都送到 committee member 的手上，可以稍作休息，喘口氣了～這個禮拜到昨天為止，都像在打仗一樣，我跟我老闆都進入緊急狀況，因為要在今天前把我的proposal弄好，才能趕上「口試日期前一個禮拜送達口試委員手上」的要求，這件事終於在我今天早上拿到裝訂好的 proposal 之後，有了個好的結束。其實我的proposal已經磨了幾個月了，原本是預定要在四月份完成口試的，後來因為proposal的內容來不及完成，我老闆要求很多，所以延到五月底才舉行。在我這次回臺灣之前，我已經把所有章節的草稿都交給我老闆了，原本想說等我回來後，他應該都看完並改完了，我可以很快速的修正然後送印，結果不是我所想的那樣。原因出在他上個月太忙了，第二章他漏看，我早在三月底就給他了，他還是沒找出時間來看，而且顯然忙到忘記了，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/4704789095039624620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=4704789095039624620' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/4704789095039624620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/4704789095039624620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post_24.html' title='鬆了一口氣'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-8295735899202565332</id><published>2007-05-18T11:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T14:54:19.757-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='idea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>交大幼幼社</title><summary type='text'>今天早上來到辨公室時，一時間沒有什麼事好做，腦中突然閃進了一個念頭，想連上交大的 BBS 去逛逛，連上之後，逛到了社園的分類，突然憶起以前我是「交大幼幼社」的一員，於是想去找有沒有幼幼社的社版，無奈我在交大資科的 BBS 站沒看到。萬能的 Google 大神在這時發揮了其超卓的搜尋能力，找到了 交大幼幼社 的網頁，馬上就連了進去。一看到網頁，以前在混社團的日子，跟大學的那段恣意揮灑青春的過往，一下子全湧上心頭。家扶組，仁愛之家組都還存在，我待過的幼圖組（幼幼圖書室），勵德組則已經不見了，多了個「多采多姿組」，而歡樂記憶最多的「兒童向上營」仍繼續舉辨，今年是第 28 屆了，哇，時間過得好快啊～～ 「幼幼營」則是我畢業之後才有的營隊，幼幼社也是變化很大啊，但社團成立的初衷仍然未變，繼續以服務小朋友為宗旨，這也是我當初一頭栽進幼幼社的原因。查了一下網頁上「幼幼人」的資料，雖然有列到 84級，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/8295735899202565332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=8295735899202565332' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/8295735899202565332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/8295735899202565332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html' title='交大幼幼社'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-5945861631507793536</id><published>2007-05-17T14:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-17T15:10:29.717-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web album'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ariel'/><title type='text'>YOHO 渡假趣</title><summary type='text'>趁著回臺灣二星期的空檔，帶著全家人到墾丁YOHO渡假村去玩，現在YOHO為了慶祝母親節，有「媽咪免費」專案，只要二人同行，有媽咪隨行，媽咪的吃住是免費的，換句話說，跟我們家一樣的一家四口人，只要付二個人的錢，就有三個人的食宿招待，真是划算。這個媽咪免費還招待媽媽免費 spa 一次，並提供免費托育二小時，讓媽媽可以無憂的享受二小時的專業spa芳療，真是夠讚。可惜的是，這次去玩，我的「水某」都沒有享受到這些待遇，這是後話。我們訂的房間是跨禮拜天跟星期一（比較便宜且少人），在星期日用過午餐後才開車上路。當天南部的天氣還可以，有點陰天，但溫度偏高，就是濕熱夏天午後。一路上二個小傢伙-- 小小 Ariel 跟小 Eric 都是呼呼大睡，替爸爸媽媽省了不少麻煩。一到達 YOHO渡假村，我兒子叡叡就神奇的自動醒來，在 check in 房間後，叡叡就開始四處探索飯店的設備，跑去按電梯，在浴室玩水，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/5945861631507793536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=5945861631507793536' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/5945861631507793536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/5945861631507793536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/05/yoho.html' title='YOHO 渡假趣'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/494293701_31f7e5c1fb_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-3714984053071726922</id><published>2007-05-16T20:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-16T21:11:41.516-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='idea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>Eric 上幼稚園</title><summary type='text'>前陣子回台灣一趟，此行除了帶我可愛的 Ariel 回家之外，另一個計畫中的任務是替 Eric 找個合適的幼稚園，讓 Eric 學習過團體生活，了解如何跟同年齡的小朋友互動。原本期望會有個好的開始，沒想到事情並不是如我們所預設的那樣。在這趟回台之前，我就跟 Eric 媽聊到是否要送小 Eric 去上幼稚園，原因是每次在跟小Eric視訊交談時，都發現他坐在電視機前面，目不轉睛的看著卡通，阿公叫他都叫不動，連跟爸爸媽媽講講話也愛理不理，心思都在電視節目上，養成愛看電視的習慣。這可不是為人父母所樂意見到的。雖然家裏有阿公阿媽照顧小Eric的生活，平常也有帶他出去到公園玩的機會，但畢竟阿公阿媽年紀大了，不能跟著孫子到處跑跳，權宜之計，難免打開電視讓他乖乖的坐著，也好餵他吃飯（Eric還沒學會自己吃飯，這也是我傷腦筋的地方），但長久下來，就變成 Eric 愛看電視的壞習慣，每天一起床，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/3714984053071726922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=3714984053071726922' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/3714984053071726922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/3714984053071726922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/05/eric.html' title='Eric 上幼稚園'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-7864221160042733221</id><published>2007-05-14T15:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-14T15:59:33.875-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web album'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ariel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>Ariel@Hi-Life</title><summary type='text'> 趁著回臺灣前的最後一個星期六 （April 28），爸爸媽媽帶著我去吃 Brunch ，這次要去的餐廳是 Lica 阿姨推薦的 the Hi-Life. 爸爸依 Google Map 找到的地圖，開車載著全家人直達 Ballard, 快到的時候，因為店前面的路很小條，差點錯過。Hi-Life 旁邊有個工地正在蓋大樓，致使店前面的停車位不夠，爸爸只好開到遠一點點的地方，把車停好。這對我來說是沒什麼影響，反正我都坐在 car seat 裏，爸爸會提著我下車，我都不用出到力氣走路，真好！這家餐廳在 local 一定很有名氣，因為我們到的時候，裏面已經坐了好多人。原本以為中午時間去會等很久，沒想到才等一下下，接待阿姨就來給我們帶位，還準備了一個架子給爸爸放 car seat , 我就安穩的躺在大位上，享愛餐廳的熱鬧氣氛。（爸爸說：其實 Ariel 是睡著了～）由於先前在家裏已經作了功課，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/7864221160042733221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=7864221160042733221' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/7864221160042733221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/7864221160042733221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/05/arielhi-life.html' title='Ariel@Hi-Life'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/191/476025649_37df9f18ab_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-6877901026989133081</id><published>2007-04-25T13:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-25T20:26:11.033-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mac'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hack'/><title type='text'>[Mac 好站] MacUKnow</title><summary type='text'> 近日發現了一個很棒的 Mac 教學網站-- MacUKnow。這是一個由 stanley 發起建置的蘋果圈 教學／新知 網站，內容依 新手／進階 程度而有不同的教學文章，我在裏面翻了翻，發現不少好用的 Mac OSX 密技，以及實用的軟體應用，例如：  Mac上如何播放Divx，並掛載中文字幕  如何在 iWork 的 Keynote 中做到圖片去背景  三種方法輕鬆備份你的蘋果電腦這些教學有些解決困擾我許久的問題，有些是我不知道的軟體應用，整個瀏覽下來的感覺很棒，有「為何不早點出現！」的感慨。我已註冊加入會員，希望不久的將來，我也可以分享一些我的 Mac 使用經驗。歡迎蘋果圈舊雨新知，多多光臨 MacUKnow，給作者打氣，也大力鼓吹 PC 使用者轉換平台，不用怕在 Mac 世界不知所措，因為 MacUKnow 的存在，這將永遠不會是個問題。[posted with ecto]</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/6877901026989133081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=6877901026989133081' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/6877901026989133081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/6877901026989133081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/04/mac-macuknow.html' title='[Mac 好站] MacUKnow'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-719686465611814434</id><published>2007-04-16T14:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-18T21:36:46.114-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web album'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ariel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>Ariel's Birthday Party</title><summary type='text'>可愛的 Ariel 滿月了～～為了替 Ariel 留下美好的回憶，並謝謝各位好朋友的關心，特地選在上星期六在小九的家中舉行 potluck party. 來了不少人喔，而且大家都帶了很好吃的菜，包括 甜點 跟 提拉米蘇，很讚喔。一起來欣賞照片吧～大家帶來的菜Social Time~~ (部份照片引用專業人像攝影師 Asing 大作)謝謝 euphtw 和 JY 送的 小美人魚風鈴，很漂亮呢～最後，小 Ariel 謝謝各位叔叔伯伯阿姨的祝福，謝謝你們給 Ariel 一個難忘的 滿月 party. 謝謝 :)當然還有小梢哥哥，我不會忘記你的 ~~想看更多的 Ariel 可以到我的相簿來看喔～～Ariel 爸媽附註: 基於營造更溫馨熱鬧的家庭聚會，奉勸各位可以「合法」生育的好友們，多多加油增產囉~~</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/719686465611814434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=719686465611814434' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/719686465611814434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/719686465611814434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/04/ariel-birthday-party.html' title='Ariel&amp;#39;s Birthday Party'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/244/461734690_69ccc76187_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-9109138360794601909</id><published>2007-04-12T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-12T09:08:12.499-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hack'/><title type='text'>Blogger 的「文章一覽」功能</title><summary type='text'>昨天發現了一個實用也很炫的 Blogger hack: BlogToC Widget. 這是一個 Blooger 限定的 hack, 它可以提供一張清單，列出你所有的 post, 可以依照時間排列，或是照字母，或是依 label 來列出文章，這功能對讀者非常有用。節錄 Beautiful Beta的說明:You can sort the TOC by Post Title by clicking the column header. Click it again, and it is sorted in reversed order. The same way if you want to sort the posts by date: newest first, or oldest first. And by clicking on one of the labels in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/9109138360794601909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=9109138360794601909' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/9109138360794601909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/9109138360794601909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/04/blogger.html' title='Blogger 的「文章一覽」功能'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-6846861916318141378</id><published>2007-03-30T20:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-30T21:41:29.644-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web album'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>UW Sakura 2007</title><summary type='text'>一年一度的華大櫻花賞已經開始，今年剛好我的小女兒 Ariel 出生，就想帶她看看這遠近馳名的櫻花盛景。無奈西雅圖也是著名的雨都，在三月中旬還是天天下雨，好不容易有天早上太陽露出了笑臉，就趕緊帶著老婆小孩去學校照相。可惜才剛到不久，還沒取到多少美景，天又開始變陰了，沒辦法囉，就儘量拍吧，如果趕在櫻花掉光前還有機會（希望天公作美），我會再去一下的，每次去都是難忘的經驗呢。華大 Quad 美景  我心愛的老婆期待明年再見囉～～</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/6846861916318141378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-4122045167779887044</id><published>2007-03-30T13:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-30T14:05:22.599-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='program'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='idea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>論文寫作的一點心得 Part I</title><summary type='text'>最近剛完成了我的博士研究計畫（proposal），在準備的期間，我可是深感用英文寫作的痛苦，也獲得完成一篇（自認為）大作的滿足感。在寫作過程中，從不知如何下手到愉快的在鍵盤上敲下一句句的文字，真是一場心靈的考驗。套句我喜愛的日本節目台詞，這是一場「火焰大挑戰」。因為有死而復生的經驗（有這麼嚴重嗎？），才能告訴別人怎麼走得愉快，因此，在論文寫作的路程上，有些心得我想分享一下，也避免我日後重蹈覆轍。工具篇所謂「工欲善其事，必先利其器」，在你利用現代高科技產品來準備論文時，你也得選擇你要用何種「軟體」來幫助你完成大事。就跟大多數的人一樣，我先想到要用的是 Microsoft Word，這是一個很普遍的「文書處理」軟體，現今大部份的電腦文件往來，大都脫不了 Word 的魔掌，很自然的，我就用 Word 來寫我的論文。原本以為這應該是件花時間但不會太艱難的事情，但沒想到只進行了一章節，我就受不了 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/4122045167779887044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=4122045167779887044' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/4122045167779887044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/4122045167779887044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/03/part-i.html' title='論文寫作的一點心得 Part I'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-4786710962559864055</id><published>2007-03-30T12:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-18T21:38:37.672-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>My General Exam</title><summary type='text'>該來的還是會來，準備個把月的博士班 General Examination 就訂在下個月十七日舉行，雖然我的 proposal 草稿已經完成了，無奈我老闆最近太忙，想催他趕快幫我改正也無從催起，不過他自己也知道要趕緊幫我 revise , 不然會來不及在口試日期前一週送給口試委員。我心裏是還沒有感到口試的壓力，到是開始有那麼一點緊張感，不曉得我當天表現會如何。 Anyway, 我臉皮夠厚，什麼大風大浪都給我挺過去了，這次應該也不成問題吧？We'll see.:) ;)[posted with ecto]Update: April 10&gt;   我的博士班 general exam 延期了，由於我老闆跟我趕不及在期限前生出雙方都滿意的 proposal ，決定將口試日期延到五月底。只好等我從台灣回來再說囉，唉～Update: April 18&gt;  新的考試日期確定了，訂在五月三十一日，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/4786710962559864055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=4786710962559864055' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/4786710962559864055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/4786710962559864055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/03/my-general-exam.html' title='My General Exam'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-7403632101951400489</id><published>2007-03-25T14:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-25T16:25:06.098-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hack'/><title type='text'>訪客留言板上線囉～</title><summary type='text'>最近一直在找可用的留言板版型，用 Google 搜尋可以找到一堆，但不是不容易用，就是不太好看。後來我在幾位 Blogger 同好的網頁上發現 Cbox，一個客製化且易用的 message board，其介面還有中文的選項，真不錯。現在我就將這個 Message Board 加入到右邊側欄，各位朋友，路人, anyone，都可以在我的網站上留言。留言方法很簡單，只要留下 name, email/URL, message，按 Go 就可以 post 了，我丟了幾則留言作為示範，歡迎大家有空多來聊聊。另外做個預告，我的 blog 更新到 Blogger 新版，並加入一些有趣的小東西，這些都是我在網路上找到的，除了功用佳之外，還能替 blog  增色不少。有空再跟大家一一介紹囉～ps. 這些 update/hacks 都是針對 Blogger 的使用者，如果你也是 Blogger 愛用者，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/7403632101951400489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=7403632101951400489' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/7403632101951400489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/7403632101951400489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/03/blog-post_25.html' title='訪客留言板上線囉～'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-2581924827598833410</id><published>2007-03-22T13:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-25T16:51:40.413-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web album'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picasa'/><title type='text'>Google Picasa Web Albums</title><summary type='text'>最近發現 Google 也推出了網頁相簿，看來是要跟 Yahoo 的 Flickr 較勁。Google Picasa 是個不錯的相簿管理工具，也可以進行一些簡單的相片編輯，當然啦，如果你是專業 photographer，還是用專業軟體比較好。另外用 Google Picasa 的好處是，你用同樣的 Gmail 帳號，就可以管理同帳號的網路相簿，Google 提供你免費 1G 的空間來放相片，Windows 或 Mac 使用者都可以下載 Picasa 軟體來連線，只不過 Windows 平台多了桌面端的相片管理程式。我是 Flikr 愛用者，但 Picasa 很方便，因此我是將我原始照片都上傳一份到 Flickr 備份（我是有繳錢的 Pro Account），再把要分享的照片，編輯並縮小尺寸後，放到 Picasa 來供大家瀏覽，這樣使 Blog 開啟快多了，以下是二則示範相簿，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/2581924827598833410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=2581924827598833410' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/2581924827598833410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/2581924827598833410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/03/google-picasa-web-albums.html' title='Google Picasa Web Albums'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-3581103250838715031</id><published>2007-03-19T13:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T20:57:15.479-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><title type='text'>Update My Blog</title><summary type='text'>Currently I am updating my blog. Google Blogger provides the chance to update to its new Blogger version. I am changing the template and modifying the settings. I'm still working on it. I plan to finish the work tonight.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/3581103250838715031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=3581103250838715031' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/3581103250838715031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/3581103250838715031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/03/update-my-blog.html' title='Update My Blog'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-595891759461608015</id><published>2007-03-19T11:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T20:57:41.423-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web album'/><title type='text'>Eric 逛公園</title><summary type='text'>在整理了 Eric 媽媽帶來的相片後，選出了 Eric 跟阿公在公園玩的遊戲剪輯，這些相片應該可以很容易看出 Eric 的 「唇紅皮膚白」，真是很嫩呢！各位看倌慢慢欣賞吧！Eric_Park</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/595891759461608015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=595891759461608015' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/595891759461608015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/595891759461608015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/03/eric.html' title='Eric 逛公園'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-7715795811995926503</id><published>2007-03-18T21:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T20:57:57.138-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web album'/><title type='text'>Eric 過新年 (2007年版)</title><summary type='text'>在談完了我們小小 Ariel 的故事之後，也要來看看 Ariel 哥哥： Eric 的近況。原本 Eric 媽媽有幫 Eric 建了一個 Blog，可是好一陣子沒更新了，加上 Eric 媽懷了 Ariel 後就更不方便，所以很久沒有 Eric 的消息了。其實這陣子 Eric 長大了，而且說真的，變得很帥喔！當爸爸的我迫不及待的想拿出來秀一下。就一起來欣賞 Eric 金豬年的王爺玉照吧～Eric_NewYear_2007</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/7715795811995926503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=7715795811995926503' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/7715795811995926503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/7715795811995926503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/03/eric-2007.html' title='Eric 過新年 (2007年版)'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-2549908234788416837</id><published>2007-03-18T16:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T14:55:44.468-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web album'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ariel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>Ariel 出生那一天...</title><summary type='text'> OK, 在小 Ariel 出生了一個禮拜之後，我終於有點時間可以補述一下當時的生產過程，現在想起來還是很緊張，也慶幸當時小 Ariel 沒有急著要「出頭」，得以平安在醫院生產。當時的情形是這樣的.... Morning, March 8, 2007早上起床時，Ariel 媽媽就跟我說她上厠所時有發現輕微流血，但是感覺羊水還沒破，於是我就打了通電話給醫院，接電話的護士在問了出血的程度，並且確定羊水沒破，加上寶寶活動力還很強，就告訴我們這現象很正常，「可能」寶寶要生了，要隨時注意。原本我是想留在家裏陪 Ariel 媽媽，但是 Ariel 媽媽想說之前生 Eric 時，在羊水破了之後都還有好幾小時可以「慢慢」上醫院，就叫爸爸我不用擔心，照樣去學校。我想想也是，也就不以為意，照常上學。Afternoon, March 8, 2007下午大約四點半，我回到家後，就問 Ariel </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/2549908234788416837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=2549908234788416837' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/2549908234788416837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/2549908234788416837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/03/ariel.html' title='Ariel 出生那一天...'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-7861944917493849968</id><published>2007-03-10T09:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T20:58:21.371-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ariel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>小美人魚出生囉!!</title><summary type='text'>好久沒更新了，一更新就是大條事件 !!  我「又」當爸爸了，我家老二小美人魚 Ariel 已於美國時間 三月八日 9:08 pm 在西雅圖 UWMC 誔生，母女均安，生產過程順利，並創下多項個人紀錄： 最短生產歷程：前後只花 20 分鐘，比哥哥 Eric 快了近三小時。 最少 Hard Push：就我計算，媽媽大概用了三至五次 Hard Push，妹妹就出生了。 最緊張的路程：爸爸在開車趕赴醫院的路上，非常擔心妹妹在車上出生，因為媽媽一直說妹妹要出來了，於是爸爸開得飛快，還好醫院離家不遠，平安到達。至於細節，等我們回家後再詳述囉~~by Niner @ UW Medical Center, Seattle</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/7861944917493849968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=7861944917493849968' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/7861944917493849968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/7861944917493849968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2007/03/blog-post.html' title='小美人魚出生囉!!'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-116492462121431027</id><published>2006-11-30T14:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T20:59:37.177-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><title type='text'>好朋友的Blog搬家了</title><summary type='text'>Niner 的好朋友 Lica, 小玲&amp;阿秀, 和 Celeste 的 Blog 搬家到 樂多 了，特此公告，順便增加一篇 Post. :)Lica in Seattle小玲&amp;阿秀的部落格Celeste's cookies stationBTW, 西雅圖最近下起大雪，真是難得，我要準備去滑雪囉 ~~~</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/116492462121431027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=116492462121431027' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116492462121431027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116492462121431027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog.html' title='好朋友的Blog搬家了'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-116262498449584293</id><published>2006-11-03T23:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:00:53.275-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gadget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>test blog from my PalmThis entry got posted from my Palm TX. BTW, I just got the midterm of AMATH584 today. It was good, I think. test test test ´ú¸Õ</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/116262498449584293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=116262498449584293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116262498449584293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116262498449584293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/11/test-blog-from-my-palm-this-entry-got.html' title=''/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-116140446945301482</id><published>2006-10-20T21:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:01:53.930-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='open source'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='program'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Research'/><title type='text'>換掉 Matlab 吧！</title><summary type='text'>OctaveOctave 是一款自由軟體 (freeware) ，它是一個跟 Matlab 很像的科算計算軟體，應該說幾乎跟 Matlab 相同，具有相同的指令跟操作方法，而且它是免費的，有興趣的人可以到 Octave Project 瞧瞧。如果想下載試試，可以到下載區下載符合你作業系統的版本，目前支援 Linus, Mac, Windows 和 OS/2 平台。為什麼我會知道這個呢？因為某一天我在逛網路時，看到了 Mobile01的討論，再加上我這學期的線性代數要用到 Matlab，而 Matlab 在我的小白上跑得很慢，因為不是原生 Mac App.，所以興起一試的念頭。結果大出我意料之外， Octave 在我的小白上跑得嚇嚇叫，當下跟 Matlab 說掰掰，開始進入 Octave 的科學計算世界。如果你也是用 Mac 的同好，除了安裝 Octave 之外，你還需要 Gnuplot </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/116140446945301482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=116140446945301482' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116140446945301482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116140446945301482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/10/octaveoctave-technorati-tags-matlab.html' title='&amp;#25563;&amp;#25481; Matlab &amp;#21543;&amp;#65281;'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-116110840369067920</id><published>2006-10-17T10:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:03:05.969-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>訪客留言版 Message Board</title><summary type='text'>這裏是各路英雄好漢，親朋好友的留言版，開版了好一陣子才發覺沒有放這個東東，現在出現了，歡迎留下你的任何意見，或是想對我們說的話。努力留言吧 ~~</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/116110840369067920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=116110840369067920' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116110840369067920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116110840369067920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/10/message-board.html' title='訪客留言版 Message Board'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-116106840963809174</id><published>2006-10-16T23:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:03:31.074-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><title type='text'>是 Niner's 不是 Nine's</title><summary type='text'>今天晚上連上自己的網頁，一看標題，覺得好像有點不對勁，再看一次，才發現我把自己的名字都打錯了，少了一個 r ，就不是我了。所以，正確的 Blogger Name 是 Niner's PhD Diary，不是 Nine's PhD Diary。 如果有朋友沒發現而續用 Nine's PhD Diary 的話，那就.... 將錯就錯吧～ ^_^歡迎大家常來玩！</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/116106840963809174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=116106840963809174' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116106840963809174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116106840963809174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/10/niners-nines.html' title='是 Niner&apos;s 不是 Nine&apos;s'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-116096931987885391</id><published>2006-10-15T19:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:04:18.730-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='play'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web album'/><title type='text'>Salmon@Renton Part II</title><summary type='text'>上次說到去 Renton 看鮭魚洄游，我們總共去了四個景點，在經過了 Cavanaugh Pond 之後，我們就往 Landsburg Park 前進。Landsburg Part 其實是個淨水站，據說全西雅圖都會區的飲用水，有66%來自 Cedar River，而且這些水源在進到各戶人家前，只有在這裏經過「簡單」的消毒而以，完全沒有「過濾」的程序，因為他們深信利用自然環境來過濾水源：岩石，土壤或是樹根都可以過濾水質。這是我很佩服華頓州的地方，這裏環保的風氣盛行，大部份的人都有保護環境，保謢動物的意念，也難怪他們的水質可以維持這麼好的品質。這在台灣可說是不可能的，台灣的淨水廠如果沒有經過靜置、過濾、消毒的手續，是沒人敢喝的，我覺的應該要好好像這裏的居民學習。這是 Cedar River 流經淨水站前的一段，好清澈喔！沿路上看到的大樹木這張照片是工作人員正在「分魚」。分魚？對啦，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/116096931987885391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=116096931987885391' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116096931987885391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116096931987885391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/10/salmonrenton-part-ii.html' title='Salmon@Renton Part II'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-116088329643310465</id><published>2006-10-14T19:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:04:42.599-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='play'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web album'/><title type='text'>Salmon@Renton</title><summary type='text'>今天一早起來，發現西雅圖的天空陰陰的，一點都不是 Happy Weekend 的標準天氣，不過沒關係，今天我跟學長 Robert 這位「老先覺」，還有一位學長 Lee，一起約好要去 Renton 看鮭魚 Salmon。快速吃完早餐（連中餐一起），拿起相機，就一道出門了。我們的目的地是 Renton，根據學長查到的資料，在 Cedar River Salmon Journey 的路線上，總共有四個景點可以看鮭魚迴游產卵，就在我們朝第一個景點 Renton Library 前進的時候，一不小心就錯過了正確的路口，然後還在納悶尋找的時候，就錯過了第二個景點 Riverview Park，我們最後到達的第一站反而是 Salmon Journey 的第三景點 Cavanaugh Pond。不過事後證明，我們先到第三景點是正確的，幸運之神還是有照顧到我們，至於原因，就容後說明囉。一到達 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/116088329643310465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=116088329643310465' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116088329643310465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116088329643310465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/10/salmonrenton.html' title='Salmon@Renton'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-116063749707484500</id><published>2006-10-12T00:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:05:21.115-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hack'/><title type='text'>回頁首‧回章首</title><summary type='text'>Beautiful Beta: Blog Navigation: Top of Page and Top of PostCheck this out! I just found a very useful and interesting hack about Blogger. You can find there are two more links at my post footer: 「回頁首」and 「回章首」. You can try it to see what will happen after clicking.See? 「回頁首」means "to scroll up to the top of the page." 「回章首」means "to scroll up to the top of this post." I think this is a very cool</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/116063749707484500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=116063749707484500' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116063749707484500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116063749707484500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/10/blog-post_12.html' title='回頁首‧回章首'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-116042720400424854</id><published>2006-10-09T13:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:06:05.986-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='idea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Research'/><title type='text'>Getting Things Done</title><summary type='text'>Hawk Wings-- Blog Archive --Ten Mac tools for Getting Things DoneRecently I found that I need some tools to help me handling my daily jobs, and managing my projects. I am becoming busier than ever because I am taking a class this quarter, as well as preparing my general exam. Since I am a Mac lover, I tried to find solutions from Mac world. Luckily, I got caught by Hawk Wings post about how to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/116042720400424854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=116042720400424854' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116042720400424854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116042720400424854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/10/getting-things-done.html' title='Getting Things Done'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-116028696213991191</id><published>2006-10-07T22:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:08:22.086-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='class'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><title type='text'>線性代數不線性，也不人性</title><summary type='text'>這學期本來沒打算修課，因為我的畢業學分已經夠了，但是想到去年 Fall Quarter 想去修的一堂研究所的課沒修，今年可能是我最後的機會了，所以就眉頭皺一下，給它修下去，沒想到，這可能是個災難的開始....原本這門「應用線性代數（Applied Linear Algebra）」是去年我想去上的，起因是聽到我一位要好的韓國人同學提到，為了應付他的 Finite Element Analysis，他老闆建議他去修這門課，結果他發現這個 5 學分的課，每週只有三小時的課，而且因為這門課是學校的一個我忘了名字的計畫（好像是遠距教學）之一，上課內容有錄影，可以不用親自到堂聽課，事後再自己看「線上轉播」來唸，所以時間上很有彈性，再聽到他說他在這門課拿到很不錯的成績，對於一個同樣沒有線性代數基礎的我來說，無疑是門「很補」的課，當下就決定我也要試一試，看能不能拿個好看一點成績來稍微拉高一下我的 GPA</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/116028696213991191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=116028696213991191' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116028696213991191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116028696213991191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/10/blog-post_116028696213991191.html' title='線性代數不線性，也不人性'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-116028211192596678</id><published>2006-10-07T21:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:06:57.873-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>中秋節快樂</title><summary type='text'>現在貼這篇 post 好像有點晚，但是沒關係，台灣現在正在五天的中秋假期中，仍然可以算是中秋節啦，在此誠心祝各位秋節愉快記得烤肉不要吃太多，煙不要吸太多，開車要小心，注意安全。有家室小孩的可以閤家團圓，戀愛中的可以浪漫共嬋娟，單身雅痞可以更「痞」，警察伯伯可以「藉月亮來懲罰你」！（什麼跟什麼啊？）總之就是大家 Happy 啦！！（照片取自dans photo，謝謝 Daniel！）</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/116028211192596678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=116028211192596678' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116028211192596678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116028211192596678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/10/blog-post_07.html' title='中秋節快樂'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-116028065880219521</id><published>2006-10-07T20:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:08:06.139-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><title type='text'>我的 CTM 胸針</title><summary type='text'>我終於拿到了Toastmaster 的 CTM 胸針了！就在十月三日的例行 meeting 中，我發表了我的第十次演講，我的講題是：Being a Self-Leader, in an easy way. 我的內容其實就涵蓋了在這十次的 public speaking 中，我所學到技巧跟心得，有點像是總結我的學習成果，並分享我的經驗跟故事。在 meeting 的結尾時，Toastmaster 向台下的會員跟「客人」(guests) 宣佈這項好消息，並請我上臺接受 CTM 胸針，象徵我完成了第一階段的挑戰。Toastmaster 其實是一個課程，是由 Toastmaster International 所主導的有關 「溝通跟領導」(Communication and Leasdership) 的訓練課程。 在華大也有 UW Toastmaster Club，我是經由好朋友兼室友兼學長－ </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/116028065880219521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=116028065880219521' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116028065880219521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/116028065880219521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/10/ctm.html' title='我的 CTM 胸針'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-115976730086819864</id><published>2006-10-01T22:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:07:51.308-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><title type='text'>華大開學了</title><summary type='text'>華大開學了～UW 在九月廿七日正式展開 Fall Quarter。華大是 Quarter 制，所以開學的的時間都符合季節的轉變，開學之後沒多久，校內原本蔥鬱的樹本，開始變色並隨風紛飛了，會有一陣子，校園內會到處都是枯黃的樹葉，散落在馬路邊，屋簷上，或是人行道上，若有幸目睹落葉一大片嘩啦啦的隨風吹瀉而下，你一定會喜歡上這季節女神的秋之序曲，只不過詩人之輩又要開始賦辭說愁了。左邊這張照片是取自華大 Freshmen Convocation 2006，我很高興校園內又多了很多新面孔（其實我只對"妹妹"有興趣啦～)，比起 summer break 的冷清，我還是喜歡看到校園內人來人往，有生氣且活潑許多，很多活動也隨之展開，我心雖嚮往，無奈我無法抽身於 PhD 的緊箍咒中！至於新學期新希望，當然是希望能快快畢業囉～ 在此也祝各位仍為學生者，能夠學業順利，一舉畢業！！（其實這篇是來充版面的，因為我的</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/115976730086819864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=115976730086819864' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115976730086819864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115976730086819864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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type='text'>跟我相熟的人都知道，我的手上載了三個戒指，最近我左手小指的小金戒子斷了，那可是跟了我有十年以上的老夥伴，姑且稱它為小金，它曾經是我手上唯一的戒子，而且是我乾媽慶祝我考上大學送的禮物（如果記得沒錯的話～)，雖然不是什麼價值千萬的珠寶，但時間換來的感情，跟贈金人的心意，對我而言是無價的。看著小金不能再服侍我了，作主人的心中有許多的感觸，及些許感傷，但即使千言萬語，難以割捨，我還是得找個「才人」來服侍我的小指頭。既然提到了小金，也得提一下之前服待我右手無名指的戒子，那是一個銀戒子鑲在一塊類紫色琉璃的外圍，而且戒環是沒有完成一個圓的，換句話說，它是有個「口子」，會載上這個戒子是因為它是我「水某」跟我還在唸書的時候，去逛台北捷運地下街的時候買的，我覺得它的顏色跟型制很特別，也合我的胃口，所以就召它入宮來服侍我的右手無名指。無奈歲月催人老，這位「紫戒子」在我從美國返台渡假的時候，數度因搬運重物而變形</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/115976539031823883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=115976539031823883' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115976539031823883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115976539031823883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/10/blog-post.html' title='戒‧子'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-115933285362048018</id><published>2006-09-26T21:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:09:06.063-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hack'/><title type='text'>test expandable post</title><summary type='text'>this is a test post. Test the function of Super Peek-A-Boo post.something goes into here ....If you can see this message, the Super Peek-A-Boo post functions well. I got the code from Hans' blog. In his blog, he explained step by step about how to make your post as an expandable message. You can also visit Heckosphere if you use Blogger Beta.The Peek-A-Boo function is very useful when your post </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/115933285362048018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=115933285362048018' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115933285362048018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115933285362048018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/09/test-expandable-post.html' title='test expandable post'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-115931770586955667</id><published>2006-09-26T17:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:09:25.948-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hack'/><title type='text'>Blogger Calendar</title><summary type='text'>It had been few days before I found the solution of putting a calender on my sidebar. Today, finally, I found a great solution from Romka's Travellers Notes. This is a great calender that can trace your posts and link them when visitors click on them. It is a convenient navigating tool for everyone. I don't know why the Blogger doesn't include the Calendar function in their default template. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/115931770586955667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=115931770586955667' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115931770586955667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115931770586955667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/09/blogger-calendar.html' title='Blogger Calendar'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-115924501080837653</id><published>2006-09-25T21:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:09:45.650-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web album'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hack'/><title type='text'>Flickr Badge</title><summary type='text'>As you may notice, I add a Flickr Badge on my side bar. I created an account in Flickr, and put a lot of photos from me. I set up quite a few photo albums that can only be shared between friends and family. Right now I haven't sent out the invitation emails to make any of you, who are interested, having the right to visit the private photos. I will give you the permission when I finish the dirty </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/115924501080837653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=115924501080837653' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115924501080837653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115924501080837653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/09/flickr-badge.html' title='Flickr Badge'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-115924428537451146</id><published>2006-09-25T21:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:10:04.675-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='idea'/><title type='text'>I am BACK!!</title><summary type='text'>Hello people, I am back. Yeah, I should post something when I came back from Taiwan. Actually, I came back here on Aug. 6, almost two months ago. Well, well. I am busy since then. I hope I can keep on track soon.Good to see you again. Welcome to my Blog, AGAIN!by Niner  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/115924428537451146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=115924428537451146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115924428537451146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115924428537451146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/09/i-am-back.html' title='I am BACK!!'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-115060148729196180</id><published>2006-06-17T20:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:10:45.496-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>恭禧 Asing &amp; Zoe 喜獲麟兒</title><summary type='text'>跟各位好友報告一個好消息，好朋友兼夫妻檔： Asing &amp; Zoe 於 June 15, 2006 下午順利產下一子，也就是傳說中的「小梢」，可惜我沒法送上第一時間的第一手「小稍玉照」，在此先借用小玲＆阿秀的照片，或眾家親友可以上小稍的網站來解渴一下，我想信很快的小稍爸就會放上玉照了~~再次恭禧 Asing &amp; Zoe. Zoe 就好好在家坐月子吧 ~~ 等我回來後，一定登門拜訪，順便見見可愛的「小稍」。by Niner  06172006</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/115060148729196180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=115060148729196180' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115060148729196180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/115060148729196180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/06/asing-zoe.html' title='恭禧 Asing &amp; Zoe 喜獲麟兒'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114939922679059313</id><published>2006-06-03T22:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:11:21.002-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='idea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><title type='text'>公益聯播</title><summary type='text'>我很早就想提這件事了，「公益聯播」是我在逛OIKOS時發現的，他正在推動各個 blog 長可以幫忙放個連結（可以看看我 Blog 的右側欄喔！），提供公益資訊，讓社會大眾可以多個管道知道目前急需幫助的團體有那些，我自認我無法每人都照顧到，但我可以作到放個連結在我 Blog. 加連結方法很簡單，連到聯播首頁就可以看到目前主流 Blog 的加連結方法。如果你也有自己的 Blog, 希望你也能加入聯播，做做公益，謝謝 !!by Niner  06032006</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114939922679059313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114939922679059313' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114939922679059313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114939922679059313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/06/blog-post_03.html' title='公益聯播'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114939862961118808</id><published>2006-06-03T22:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:12:10.728-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>滷大腸</title><summary type='text'>我終於學會滷大腸了!!! 自從參考 小玲大廚的食譜之後，自己試做生平第一次的滷大腸，我滷了有四個小時，太久了一點，不過還好沒太鹹，配白飯很好吃，自己感到很爽，故為文以為紀念。ps. 借用小玲大廚的「大腸玉照」，在此先謝過 !by Niner  06032006</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114939862961118808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114939862961118808' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114939862961118808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114939862961118808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/06/blog-post.html' title='滷大腸'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114939801294506869</id><published>2006-06-03T21:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T21:12:38.255-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='idea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>Dancing Class</title><summary type='text'>昨天上完了最後一堂課，也結束我的第一次 Ballroom Dance 課程，感覺很好，學到不少「可以用」的舞步。這一次上課是參加 UW 的 Experimental College Dance Class. 價錢合理，老師人也不錯，只是有點上了年紀，看起來「跳」很久的感覺，有興趣的朋友可以點圖連去他的網頁，裏面有提到他是 "Walking history" of dance. 能有此稱呼，應該是有點資歷了 ~~ 值得一提的是我的舞伴（不是我老婆喔！）： Celeste 是個很 Nice 的朋友，剛好都對 Ballroom Dance 有興趣，所以就結伴一起去，在配舞的時侯，如果沒剛好一對，很多動作都會不清楚其中的變化，very luckly, 我跟 Celeste 都能摸索出舞步的變化，其實沒「看到」的那麼難，而且男生通常只有一種變化，有點小怨嘆，不過男生可以把女生「甩來甩去」，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114939801294506869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114939801294506869' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114939801294506869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114939801294506869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/06/dancing-class.html' title='Dancing Class'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114866595199505758</id><published>2006-05-26T10:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-26T10:52:32.046-07:00</updated><title type='text'>好久沒更新了 ~</title><summary type='text'>最近實在是有夠忙，一時間找不到空閒來更新我的部落格，不過這個週末是個長週末，星期一不用上班上課，我應該會有點時間來寫些東東，請各位耐心等待喔~~</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114866595199505758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114866595199505758' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114866595199505758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114866595199505758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/05/blog-post.html' title='&amp;#22909;&amp;#20037;&amp;#27794;&amp;#26356;&amp;#26032;&amp;#20102; ~'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114663422697562104</id><published>2006-05-02T22:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-10T12:07:06.660-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A tiring day...</title><summary type='text'>I was so tired today. I worked hard all night yesterday on my stupid VB project. Coding, debugging, coding again, debugging again... Terrible endless loop. Today I still struggled on the coding, plus two meetings and a midterm grading work. Finally I got home. I can't wait to kiss my bed. But not so soon, I need to grade another homework. Oh, My God~~by Niner  05022006</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114663422697562104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114663422697562104' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114663422697562104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114663422697562104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/05/tiring-day.html' title='A tiring day...'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114646311002360301</id><published>2006-04-30T22:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-02T22:36:47.193-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rocket Launching Event</title><summary type='text'>Last Sunday I and my members did a great work. We launched a homemade model rocket, which is made by PVC pipe and rocket engine. All stuff you need to build a rocket can be found in hardware stroe. Cheap and fun. THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME TO SEE THE HANDMADE ROCKET. The experience was so rocking. It was a successful mission. You must try it once by yourself. Here is some useful info. This place has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114646311002360301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114646311002360301' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114646311002360301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114646311002360301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/rocket-launching-event.html' title='Rocket Launching Event'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114628868817749851</id><published>2006-04-28T22:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-28T22:38:24.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Engineering Open House 2006</title><summary type='text'>Today is the opening day of our 2006 Engineering Open House. This is an exciting event in UW area. Many students from elementary schools, kids and parents visited our campus. They followed a guide to explore the funny and attractive activities at different Departments. I like this event every year. But, sometimes you hate it. Because of so many kids running everywhere, somewhat they affect your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114628868817749851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114628868817749851' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114628868817749851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114628868817749851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/engineering-open-house-2006.html' title='Engineering Open House 2006'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114628791731152695</id><published>2006-04-28T22:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-28T22:38:47.010-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Matlab ...</title><summary type='text'>It has been a week for me not to post the blog. Today I had a big step on solving the Matlab problems. I am excited that I am very close to the end point of my VB project. I hope I can finish the project coding work by next Wednesday. Then I will have a short trip to Idaho, to meet one previous colleague who wrote some codes I need. Yeah, coding again. I plan to stay only one night there, then </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114628791731152695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114628791731152695' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114628791731152695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114628791731152695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/my-matlab.html' title='My Matlab ...'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114557835801804848</id><published>2006-04-20T17:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-20T17:12:38.023-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The 23rd Annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival</title><summary type='text'>Yes, it's time for this year's tulip trip. In this coming Saturday, I and my friends will go to visit the beautiful and charming tulip farms in Skagit. Not only the tulip watching, we also plan to enjoy the La Conner Sculpture Tour, and Downtown Mount Vernon Street Fair. Besides, most of the fun should be the Alpacas of Misty Ridge. This sounds a great plan. I am only worried about the weather. I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114557835801804848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114557835801804848' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114557835801804848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114557835801804848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/23rd-annual-skagit-valley-tulip.html' title='The 23rd Annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114550765945197027</id><published>2006-04-19T21:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-19T21:42:21.090-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Boss Gone</title><summary type='text'>My boss, Dr. Kramer, had been out of Seattle to attend an important conference at San Francisco. This is an interesting conference. If I have money, I would like to go. Since he won't be back until this Friday, I feel like I am alone in my office. Yes, it was very quiet yesterday, the first day of conference. Only three, I think, students came to office as usual. I was one of them. I was proud of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114550765945197027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114550765945197027' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114550765945197027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114550765945197027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/boss-gone.html' title='Boss Gone'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114550634777547531</id><published>2006-04-19T21:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-19T21:12:27.806-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Writing Report</title><summary type='text'>These days I have been working on writing a report. This report was written in Chinese. I decided to do this because of one not-so-good deal with someone who promise to support my PhD study. If you know me, you definitely know what and who I am talking about. Personally I don't want to prepare this report, since I didn't and don't get any benefit from this "promised" project. But, for stopping </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114550634777547531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114550634777547531' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114550634777547531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114550634777547531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/writing-report.html' title='Writing Report'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114497356414522172</id><published>2006-04-13T17:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-13T17:15:56.896-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Toastmaster</title><summary type='text'> Toastmaster is an organization that provides you an opportunity to improve your speaking ability. UWTM is a Toastmaster Club of UW. I heard the club from one of my friend. I officially joined the club last year. This is an interesting club, and the members are so nice and kind. You can learn a lot from here, not only the skills about speaking to public, but also the social reactions with others.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114497356414522172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114497356414522172' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114497356414522172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114497356414522172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/toastmaster.html' title='Toastmaster'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114496256822516258</id><published>2006-04-13T14:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-13T14:09:28.226-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Expensive Knee Brace</title><summary type='text'>I got my left knee injured this January. It was a painful experience. During the cure and recovery, the doctor gave me a knee brace to protect my left knee. Yesterday I got the bill from Rainier Surgical Inc. which produces the knee braces. Do you know how much the brace costs? It costs me $289. Wow, two hundred bulks. I also found the bill statement said, "Insurance denial addtl. info from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114496256822516258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114496256822516258' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114496256822516258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114496256822516258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/expensive-knee-brace.html' title='Expensive Knee Brace'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114490684857833979</id><published>2006-04-12T22:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-12T22:52:22.893-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Haircut</title><summary type='text'>Today I went for haircut. Since it is close to summer, I decide to cut my hair short. The haircut cost me $21, plus two dollar tip. The style of my hair now is acceptable. It is OK to me, but not so satisfied. I don't know how to tell the barber the style I want. My english is bad to explain the life stuff. Haircut is an example. Anyway, I plan to have my hair cut at a fashion barbershop in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114490684857833979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114490684857833979' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114490684857833979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114490684857833979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/haircut.html' title='Haircut'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114481872333922966</id><published>2006-04-11T22:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-11T22:12:44.880-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Technical Writing HW1 - Revised</title><summary type='text'>I post my first homework of Technical Writing here, just for record. This is an artical analysis assignment.============================ARTICLE ANALYSIS OF “LIMITATIONS IN THE BACK-ANALYSIS OF STRENGTH FROM FAILURES”Yi-Min Huang IntroductionThe paper “Limitations in the Back-Analysis of Strength from Failures” is written by Rick Deshamps and Greg Yankey, and published in the April 2006 issue of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114481872333922966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114481872333922966' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114481872333922966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114481872333922966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/my-technical-writing-hw1-revised.html' title='My Technical Writing HW1 - Revised'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114481750937077599</id><published>2006-04-11T21:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-11T22:04:38.320-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Is your home "GREEN" enough?</title><summary type='text'>This is the topic I chosen as my today's Toastmaster speech. I found useful information from National Geographic Magazine - "Green" House. This is an interesting subject talking about how you can do to improve your home environment. To  make my speech persuasive, I use another stunning photo found from Wikipedia. You can find a "gherkin" like skyscraper with outstanding designs to let the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114481750937077599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114481750937077599' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114481750937077599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114481750937077599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/is-your-home-green-enough.html' title='Is your home &quot;GREEN&quot; enough?'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114470848354110854</id><published>2006-04-10T15:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-10T15:36:22.130-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Zoka Coffee</title><summary type='text'>Zoka Coffee is a very popular place for students. Cozy and comfort are the spirits of Zoka. You can relax yourself with the wonderful music and, most important, the No. 1 coffee. I like Zoka. The last time I visited it was last Saturday afternoon. I had to finish my Technical Writing homework, and Zoka was the first place coming up in my mind. I stayed there for three more hours, and finished the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114470848354110854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114470848354110854' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114470848354110854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114470848354110854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/zoka-coffee.html' title='Zoka Coffee'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114445446712588817</id><published>2006-04-07T16:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-07T17:01:07.150-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meeting with Advisor</title><summary type='text'>This afternoon my advisor, Prof. K, asked me to see him for a short meeting about our WSDOT project. "Oh, no," I told to myself, "I didn't do too much to the program revision this week. How can I do?" Well, because of the limit time, my boss only checked some aspects of the program. And, unfortunately, he pointed out one not-so-serious conflict about the result. I was surprised about the problem </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114445446712588817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114445446712588817' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114445446712588817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114445446712588817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/meeting-with-advisor.html' title='Meeting with Advisor'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114438635914053580</id><published>2006-04-06T22:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-06T22:05:59.186-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Visitor from NCTU</title><summary type='text'>I had a visitor from NCTU last week. He is an Associate Professor. Let's call him Dr. Lin.  We didn't meet before when I was a college student in NCTU. National Chiao Tung University, NCTU, is the school where I finished my bachelor and master degree. I learned a lot from my advisor, Professor Pan, who is the colleague of Dr. Lin. Dr. Lin went here, Seattle, to attend a conference. The first day </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114438635914053580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114438635914053580' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114438635914053580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114438635914053580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/visitor-from-nctu.html' title='Visitor from NCTU'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114435514165300549</id><published>2006-04-06T13:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-13T23:25:44.050-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Moodle: An Excellent Teaching System</title><summary type='text'>Today I was asked to update the assignment's problems on the class website. The instructor asked me to use Moodle system. What is Moodle? You can find answer HERE. After try-and-error, I found this system, or modules, is quite good for teacher. You can give your students online information, including handouts, presentations, or the links to another web resource. The best part is Moodle provides </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114435514165300549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114435514165300549' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114435514165300549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114435514165300549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/moodle-excellent-teaching-system.html' title='Moodle: An Excellent Teaching System'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114430144207935721</id><published>2006-04-05T22:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-06T14:56:51.090-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Windows XP on Intel Mac</title><summary type='text'>BOOT CAMPToday the biggest news for Apple was the release of the Boot Camp beta, a software that can help you to install Windows XP SP2 on the newest Intel Mac. Wow !! This is wonderful, although I use Mac more often than Windows. Sometimes I have to keep both PC Notebook and my loving iBook on my desk. I have to work on Visual Basic .Net coding. So I have no choice but keeping an old PC notebook</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114430144207935721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114430144207935721' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114430144207935721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114430144207935721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/windows-xp-on-intel-mac.html' title='Windows XP on Intel Mac'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114427560065653797</id><published>2006-04-05T15:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T15:20:00.663-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Matlab Spline Solved</title><summary type='text'>OK, today I spend a few hours on solving the spline problem in Matlab. I re-wrote some codes so that the curves built by spline function looked good. This time the spline function was only applied to interpolate and extrapolate one curve: the Total Annual Mean Rate of Exceedance. Other curves of different Mws were constructed by the assumption of linear relationship between each two given points.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114427560065653797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114427560065653797' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114427560065653797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114427560065653797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/matlab-spline-solved.html' title='Matlab Spline Solved'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114421621696929907</id><published>2006-04-04T22:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-04T22:50:16.970-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Test of Blog Editing</title><summary type='text'>This is another test for blog editing. This time I use w.Bloggar software.Can not use Chinese. Too BAD ~~</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114421621696929907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114421621696929907' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114421621696929907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114421621696929907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/another-test-of-blog-editing.html' title='Another Test of Blog Editing'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114421300547561334</id><published>2006-04-04T21:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-04T22:27:55.806-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Try ecto</title><summary type='text'>Today I downloaded the Blog Editing Software: ecto. I tried the Windows version. This is the first post built by ecto.今天試用了部落格編寫軟體: ecto. 目前看起來還不錯, 不知道可不可以上傳中文. 如果看到這段文字, 就表示可以顯示中文. 讚啦![composed and posted with ecto]</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114421300547561334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114421300547561334' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114421300547561334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114421300547561334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/try-ecto.html' title='Try ecto'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114420947060581515</id><published>2006-04-04T20:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-04T22:28:50.123-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TC231 HW#1</title><summary type='text'>I post my first Technical Writing HW here, just for record.--------------------------------------------------------------------Introduction  The paper “Limitations in the Back-Analysis of Strength from Failures” is written by Rick Deshamps and Greg Yankey, and published in the April 2006 issue of Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. This paper is classified as a professional </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114420947060581515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114420947060581515' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114420947060581515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114420947060581515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/tc231-hw1.html' title='TC231 HW#1'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114419925187418371</id><published>2006-04-04T17:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-04T22:30:15.143-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My first iPod</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday I got my first iPod: iPod Nano Black. I bought it from eBay with $150. This is a good price for my used iPod Nano. Althought it is not new, it still has excellent condition for both built-in functions and the outlook. I had dreamed to have a iPod from the first generation of iPod. Now I not only make my dream come ture, but also has my life colorful.  Great and Sweet!I am gonna to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114419925187418371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114419925187418371' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114419925187418371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114419925187418371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/my-first-ipod.html' title='My first iPod'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114418308828846450</id><published>2006-04-04T13:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-04T22:30:36.136-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Linux is fun !</title><summary type='text'>These days I had tried some distribution of Linux system. Ubuntu and Kubuntu are the choices of mine. I like the interface of Kubuntu, because of the KDE environment. The best part is you can try Linux via the LiveCD, which can allow you to boot into Linux system without installation on your computer. You can play with the system as long as you like. I am thinking to install Linux on my present </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114418308828846450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114418308828846450' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114418308828846450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114418308828846450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/linux-is-fun.html' title='Linux is fun !'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114410371798238473</id><published>2006-04-03T15:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-04T22:31:01.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Funding or Friends</title><summary type='text'>I am an international student. To continue my PhD program, I need to find the support. Sometimes it is not easy to find the support, even my advisor can not guarantee. A friend of mine had promised to me and my advisor that he could find the money to give me support. In order to get support from my friend's company, we worked out a cooperation project. Everything looked good when the project was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114410371798238473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114410371798238473' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114410371798238473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114410371798238473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/funding-or-friends.html' title='Funding or Friends'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114410228263511416</id><published>2006-04-03T15:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-04T22:31:41.083-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I Love You Honey</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday I had a Skype-chatting with my beloved wife. I was not in a good mood recently. But when I heard the voice of my honey, I felt better now. I love you, darling. Always ~~</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114410228263511416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114410228263511416' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114410228263511416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114410228263511416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/i-love-you-honey.html' title='I Love You Honey'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114410198993219788</id><published>2006-04-03T14:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-04T22:32:30.250-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Matlab Code: Spline or Not</title><summary type='text'>Today I had a short discussion with my officemate Roy, who is a senior PhD student in my program. The topic we discussed was the method of deaggregation. To draw a smooth line connecting the six given points (from USGS data), spline method is preferred. But I had problem on producing a series of smooth lines for each magnitude.  There are weird curvature of the curves when the PGA values are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114410198993219788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114410198993219788' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114410198993219788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114410198993219788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/matlab-code-spline-or-not.html' title='Matlab Code: Spline or Not'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114410089996513508</id><published>2006-04-03T14:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-03T14:48:19.976-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Technical Writing</title><summary type='text'>This year is my third year of PhD program. Generally, the third year of a PhD student should be the time for preparing his own proposal about the research. So under this condition, no class should be registered in order to save time for paper preparation. But, I took class "Introduction to Technical Writing" this spring quarter 2006. The reason is simple: I don't have much experience about </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114410089996513508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114410089996513508' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114410089996513508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114410089996513508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/technical-writing.html' title='Technical Writing'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25322834.post-114410015404718869</id><published>2006-04-03T14:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-03T14:35:54.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First Post</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, I created another blog today. This blog site actually is my third blog. I decided to create this blog just because I want a place to record my PhD life in Seattle. Some content of this blog is moved from my another Blog hosted at .Mac. Eventually, I will move all the material from .Mac to here.Anyway, enjoy...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/feeds/114410015404718869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25322834&amp;postID=114410015404718869' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114410015404718869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25322834/posts/default/114410015404718869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ninerphd.blogspot.com/2006/04/first-post.html' title='First Post'/><author><name>Niner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612388089367640737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5796/2606/1600/NinerAtMarket.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
