The Ji Village News

Author: Haidong Ji

  • CD writing in Windows XP and ISO Recorder

    A couple of things learned while rebuilding my home pc: 1. If you have Windows XP and a CD or DVD rw drive, you do not need Nero, EasyCD Creator, Roxio, or any other third-party software to write stuff to your CD; 2. A free utility for Windows XP, called ISO Recorder, allows you to…

  • Knoppix 3.6 saved the day

    For reasons not clear to me, our Windows XP machine at home died recently. It just wouldn’t boot, after trying safe mode, last known good, etc. This machine is an HP Pavilion 513x, around 6 years old. We had a bunch of children’s game software on it, along with other stuff, such as picture and…

  • 海外中国教育基金会，多背一公斤和V2EX

    我从儿子的周末中文学校里了解到海外中国教育基金会。我参观了他们的一个展览，并且读了他们的网站。我感觉这是一个很有意义的义工团体，特推荐。 我从朋友文心的照片里看到了多背一公斤的照片。网上搜后阅读，我也很喜欢他们的做法。 前天读到刘昕的V2EX网站被粗暴地终止的新闻，感到很不舒服，特在此提供道义的支持。我对V2EX了解地不多，但我读他的博客，也很欣赏他的专一、敬业和高效率。我是他的Lividict粉丝，经常使用，所以要一并感谢他的服务。

  • Delete permission implementation differences

    I mentioned when grant statements take into effect in Sql Server, MySql, and Oracle here. I found out recently that there are some implementation differences when you grant only delete permission on a table to a user. MySql and Sql Server do this the same way, whereas Oracle is different. Suppose you have: 1. Table…

  • Christmas 2006

    My son had doubts about Santa for a couple of years, but as long as the presents kept coming, he simply played along. This past Christmas, the secret was finally out. He has tried various ways to debunk this myth. While we were discussing what he wanted to get before Christmas, he mentioned that if…