It is the most important festival of the year in Chinese culture: Spring Festival. And the new cultural event that catches the most eyeballs in China, like it or not, is the Spring Festival Gala from Chinese Central TV (CCTV,
What Is Fuzz About the New Tizen and Ubuntu Phone?
I found quite amused when I saw the following two news article appeared the same day in Ars. Two phones with new Mobile OS debut to the market around the same time. The mobile OS world have been crowded with
What you need to know about Windows 10 free upgrade from Windows 7 and 8
Microsoft finally joined the free OS movement by offering the free upgrade for the new Windows 10 to come (and yes, they decided to skip Windows 9). Well, to be fair, with some catch. Here is the offer detail from
How important is Fourier Transform and why?
If you are reading this post, I assume you have learned or at least heard about Fourier Transform. As a matter of fact, most engineering student should have some background of it. But you might not know exactly how important
The First Man-Made Memristor Can Be Traced Back To 1801
Memristor was first postulated by Leon Chua in 1971 as a missing non-linear passive two-terminal electrical component relating electric charge and magnetic flux linkage. It was mostly unknown for 37 years until HP reported a man-made memristor in a seminal
How To Plan Your First Ski Trip (Part 3): Planning the Ski
In previous posts we have talked about how to get to the ski resort and things you should pack. In this post, we are going to talk about planning the actual ski. Understand Your Level Just as most people think
How To Plan Your First Ski Trip (Part 2): What to Pack?
In the Part 1 of this serial, we talked about some considerations on getting to the ski resort. In this post, we are going to talk about what to pack with you for the ski trip. Ski Equipment (or Not)?
How To Plan Your First Ski Trip (Part 1): Getting There
We just came back from our first ski trip and it was a lot of fun. Here I want to share some of the points we pondered with when we planned our trip. 1. Fly or Drive The first thing
T-Mobile Added Unlimited International Calling to 30+ Countries for Whole Family Only Cost $10
T-Mobile has hit the phone service companies with another big announcement . For only $10, you can add unlimited international calls to all your lines (YES, ALL YOUR LINES)! Including mobile-to-landlines and mobile-to-mobile. It is definitely shaking up the industry
How to Instantiate ARM core with SWD in FPGA
SWD (serial wire debug) is a debug interface ARM provided in replacement of the usual JTAG interface. The advantage is obvious: 2 wires needed vs. 4 wires. If you want to instantiate the ARM core in FPGA with SWD interface.
What Accessories You Need For Your MacBook Air
I recently bought a MacBook Air 11 inch for an upgrade from my old Dell laptop. There are several great PC candidates, however I decided to give Mac a try this time. Given that we have purchased several iPhone and
Where should I Self-publish My Book
Publishing a book for yourself has become a much easier task compared with just several decades ago. Pretty much everybody with a computer, a word processor can create his/her own content and convert to some format (ePub, Mobi, PDF, etc)
How to Learn From the Professionals?
There is an old saying in Chinse “工欲善其事,必先利其器”, which means if one want to good at what he is doing, he must first pick and sharpen his tools. This wise advice obviously still hold its value today. Using the right
What is like to fly the suites class from Singapore airline
The new suites class flight from Singapore Airline is offering a much more luxury experience than the First Class. Exclusively on the latest A380 airplane, one of the 12 seats in the flight could cost you $23K for a round
What you need to know about Ebola Virus
Now that the first case of Ebola virus case in United State is confirmed in Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas . The deadly virus suddenly become so real instead of something happens in Africa thousands of miles away. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/30/352815781/first-u-s-case-of-ebola-confirmed-in-dallas So