My First Garage Band recording
This is just the intro to the song I’m trying to learn, but the process is cool so I’m writing it down.
I play the song from my iPhone, and try to play it on the piano.
Once I got the notes correct, I hook up my Mac book to the piano.
As I start playing, notes starts to show up in Garage band:
It records in MIDI with paddle timing and even how hard I hit the keys (emotion). The following is being play back from GarageBand, but it’s almost like me playing. Very cool.
Wordpress Expert!
Yesterday, my co-worker called and said where can he find a wordpress expert and said someone should be able to get it done in an hour. So, I asked, what do you need?
- I have 3 themes that I like, I want to mix them up.
- I want to do wrapper pages just like I could in Joomla.
- and…
Wo, wo, I said, even if someone is very good with Wordpress they can’t get that done in an hour. So, Sze being Sze, said, “I will look into it.”
By 3 pm, I finished:
- Mixing the overeasy theme with videographer theme so some posts uses videographer’s templates.
- Created custom sidebar for different pages
- Created a new wrapper template for wrapper external pages.
Am I a wordpress expert? No. I am just a friend.
Everbody should Vote and everbody should Report!
On November 4th 2008, millions of Americans will go to over 200,000 distinct voting locations and using different systems and machinery to vote. Some voters will have a terrific experiences, and others will experience the same problems we have been hearing about for years – long lines, broken machines, inaccurate voting rolls, and others will experience problems that we haven’t heard about before. That’s why a new citizen-driven election monitoring system called Twitter Vote Report (www.twittervotereport.com) was just launched. Using either Twitter.com, iPhone, direct SMS, or our telephone hotlines, voters will have a new way to share their experiences with one another and ensure that the media and watchdog groups are aware of any problems.
And YOU can help! Be a citizen journalist! Submit a report about conditions at your polling place.
Four ways to submit reports to Vote Report:
- Twitter: include #votereport and other tags to describe the scene on the ground
- SMS: Send text messages to 66937 (MOZES) starting with the keyword #votereport plus other hash tags
- iPhone: We have a Twitter Vote Report iPhone app in the App store!
- Phone: Call our automated system at 567-258-VOTE (8683) to report about conditions, using any touch-tone phone
And if you would like to talk to a human to report bad conditions you’ve observed, please call our partner 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
As news outlets and blogs will report on Election Day stories, www.twittervotereport.com is an invaluable resource for thousands of voters to get immediate help. From questions like “where do I vote” or “how do I make sure that my rights are being upheld,” Twitter Voter Report augments these efforts by providing a new way for voters to send text messages (aka tweets) via cellphones or computers which will be aggregated and mapped so that everyone can see the Nation’s voting problems in real-time.
Imagine a nationwide web map with pins identifying every zip code where Americans are waiting over 30 minutes to vote or indicating those election districts where the voting machines are not working. Collectively we will inform each other when the lines are too long and ensure that media and watchdog groups know where problems exist.
For more information, go to www.twittervotereport.com. The complete list of tags or keywords that you can include in your reports is listed there. And please help to spread the word — send this to everyone you know!
Beijing Olympics – I am proud
Now that the Beijing is completed, I’d like to write up my thoughts. As I travel, many people have asked about my view on China hosting the game and I had never given a straight answer. Here is my straight answer. In short, I’m proud of being a Chinese. The game was nicely executed, the opening ceremony was undoubtedly spectacular and the venues and awesome. No matter how you cut it, no matter how critical you are, this has been a successful Olympics.
Before the game, some people ask if China should even be given a chance to host the game. Being a nation that violates human rights, being a poor country (yes, China is still a poor country) yet spend billions on the game, etc, etc. My thought on that is the world needs to let China fix itself slowly. My naive hope is that within the next few generations China will transition peacefully into democracy.
This Olympics game drew attentions from the world to China, and that is a great thing. As I told one of my friend, “You don’t have to agree to the government to like the country. China is a country with rich culture and history, it’s so happen that the current government is not a popular government but that shouldn’t stop you from likeing the country. After all, you go to Paris to shop no matter who’s the President of France.”
Huh, feels like home now
Ok, getting back to starbucks territory makes me feel safe. Picture taken in miami airport.
We are leaving Cayman
Finally got on a Cayman airway “evacuation flight” after an hour an a half of waiting in the ‘hot’ line. We got to the airport around 6:15am and the line is already very long. The airport was out of power for some reason so it was really hot.
