Friday, June 30, 2017

Windows 10 Screensaver

Every time I reinstall Windows, I register additional user accounts, configure the default apps, adjust the power settings, the mouse pointer speed, and enable the screensaver. Lately, with Windows 10, I always spend a disproportionate amount of time looking for the screensaver settings.

You'd think it'll be under Display, but it's not. Entering "screen" or "screen saver" in the Settings search box doesn't give any relevant results either. It's like Microsoft doesn't want people to use screensavers in this day and age anymore. But it is there - you just need to know where to look.

Under Personalization, go to Lock screen. Right at the bottom, you'll find "Screen saver settings". You're welcome.

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Internet Speed Test

Quick, how fast is your Internet connection? Speedtest.net! I mean, everybody and their dog knows about speedtest.net. Kudos to Ookla's marketing department. The good thing about speedtest.net is that they work with around 6,000 servers in over 200 countries and regions, which makes the test results quite accurate, as you're always testing with a "local" server. On the flip side, speedtest.net usage has become so prevalent that quite a few carriers and ISPs have started "optimizing" traffic to/from Ookla's servers. This gives an excellent speed rating, and customers are happy. Win-win!

Did you know there are other (better?) alternatives out there? Why not try Big G's own speed test? Just type in, you guessed it, speed test on the Google search bar, and away you go. Service is provided by Measurement Lab (M-Lab). You can also try fast.com, which is powered by Netflix. Fast.com only measures download speed though. If you like real-time graphs and pie charts, give speedof.me a try. It measure upload speed, download speed, and latency. Download speed is calculated over 9 passes with different file sizes.

Something Stupid (CSE Revue Version)

Something Stupid
(from UNSW CSE Revue 2004)

You had to stand in line
Because I lost the track of time
And you just waited for me

I fumbled as we tried to dance
I spilt wine on your pants
But you're still patient with me

Then afterwards I dropped into a quiet Liquorland
And had a case or two

I screwed it up once and for all
By saying something stupid
Like "If you and your sister were both really drunk..."

Then I try to apologise
But I mention you've got fat thighs
And screw it up some more

I wish I could explain to you
Although it's true
I shouldn't point out no more

I try to everyday come up with nicer things to say
But I'd rather be honest with you
Remember our first date, I tried to guess your body weight
And I said 152

And now tonight
The vodka fill my head
My eyes turn red
And walk up to you
and I screw it up once and for all
By saying something stupid
Like "You know... For a girl her age, I always thought Penny from Inspector Gadget was pretty hot"

Later that night
I get to clear my head
And say instead
That out of five, she's two
And then I go fix it all
By saying something simple
Like I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
Girl: I'm pregnant
Guy: Shithouse


Walking on Landmines (CSE Revue Version)

Walking on Landmines
(from UNSW CSE Revue 2004)

I used to farm grain in my village
But not anymore
Yes everything changed on that day
When you came to my shore

You were looking for some guy named Charlie
I tried to help out
But all I could find was a Claymore
Whilst walking about

I was walking on landmines (woah!)
I was walking on landmines (wo-oah!)
I was walking on landmines (wo-oah!)
And it didn't Feel Good (Hey) (All right now)
And it didn't Feel Good (Hey) (Yeah)

So there I was in a hospital
Just waiting for aid
You'll never believe it the doctor
Was killed by a grenade

Now I'm not gonna heal in a weekend
Nor heal in a day
Oh man I'd trade an arm and a leg
for a ... shit!

I was walking on landmines (woah!)
I was walking on landmines (wo-oah!)
I was walking on landmines (wo-oah!)
And it didn't Feel Good

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Cyberian Rhapsody (CSE Revue Version)

Cyberian Rhapsody
(from UNSW CSE Revue 2004)

Don't like my real life, I just want fantasy
Log on a chat line, to escape from reality
Tell a few lies, to hide my identity
My nick is Toyb0i, when I am on IRC
And now I'm logging on ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo
I'm a cyber-sex pro, someone send a message to me
To me

Mama, despite your ban
Looked up porno on the web
Masturbated in my bed
Mama, I had just begun
When you walked into my room then stormed away
Mama, ooo,
There's no love in real life
So I'll log on again this time tomorrow
Logging on, logging on, it is all that really matters...

Today, I met someone
She sent shivers down my spine
Her display pic looks so fine
Tell me everybody, I've got to know
Should I tell some lies or should I tell the truth
Mama ooo- (don't mention your webbed toes)
I don't want to lie,
But if I don't I'll never find love at all...

I emailed her a picture of another man
Nice round tush, and good looks, oh what a killer combo
Handsome like prince charming, like the guy from Titanic
Leonardo, Leonardo
Leonardo, Leonardo
Leonardo, what's his name? Dicaprio

A/S/L baby, are you from Sydney?
No, I'm from Perth, but I'm flying there quickly
If you have would you like to meet me...
I'm in love, I will go, please mum let me go
to see her no I will not let you go *LET ME GO*
to see her no I will not let you go *LET ME GO*
to see her no I will not let you go *LET ME GO*
Will not let you go *LET ME GO* will not let you go *LET ME GO*
Never never let me goooo no no no no no no no
Oh can I meet her, let me meet her, if I meet her will she know?
I wonder if she has lied about herself like me, like me, like me

So I met her and I could not believe my eyes
Her bra size was not D it was A she had lied
and ninety... it turned out she was ninety
And then I found out, and then I found out 'bout her beard

oooh yes oooh yes oooh

Love life's all in tatters
and girls are not for me
But if I am a homo, at least the odds are good at CSE

Are there any homos...?

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Password-Protected Notes

Depends on the application really. For account information, your best bet would be KeePass, which has password protection and encryption built in. There are standard fields for username, password, URL, etc. and a section for notes and comments.

Microsoft Word has password protection for documents, but is a bit of overkill if all you want is a notepad for plain text.

Best solution I've found so far is SecurePad plugin for Notepad++. Open-source and works as advertised. You can choose to encrypt the whole document or just the selected text. Once encrypted, the document or the selected text becomes unreadable until it's decrypted with the correct password.

Friday, June 16, 2017

周杰倫 - 龍捲風

周杰倫 - 龍捲風

作詞:徐若瑄
作曲:周杰倫
編曲:鍾興民



愛像一陣風 吹完它就走
ai xiang yi zhen feng / chui wan ta jiu zou
這樣的節奏 誰都無可奈何
zhe yang de jie zou / shui dou wu ke nai he
沒有妳以後 我靈魂失控
mei you ni yi hou / wo ling hun shi kong
黑雲在降落 我被它拖著走
hei yun zai jiang luo / wo bei ta tuo zhe zou

Bridge
靜靜悄悄默默離開
jing jing qiao qiao mo mo li kai
陷入了危險邊緣 Baby
xian ru le wei xian bian yuan baby
我的世界已狂風暴雨
wo de shi jie yi kuang feng bao yu

Chorus
愛情來的太快就像龍捲風
ai qing lai de tai kai jiu xiang long juan feng
離不開暴風圈 來不及逃
li bu kai bao feng quan / lai bu ji tao
我不能再想 我不能再想
wo bu neng zai xiang / wo bu neng zai xiang
我不 我不 我不能
wo bu / wo bu / wo bu neng

愛情走的太快就像龍捲風
ai qing zou de tai kuai, jiu xiang long juan feng
不能承受 我已無處可躲
bu neng cheng shou / wo yi wu chu ke duo
我不要再想 我不要再想
wo bu yao zai xiang / wo bu yao zai xiang
我不 我不 我不要再想你
wo bu / wo bu / wo bu yao zai xiang ni

不知不覺 你已經離開我
bu zhi bu jue / ni yi jing li kai wo
不知不覺 我跟了這節奏
bu zhi bu jue / wo gen le zhe jie zou
後知後覺 又過了一個秋
hou zhi hou jue / you guo le yi ge qiu
後知後覺 我該好好生活
hou zhi huo jue / wo gai hao hao sheng huo

Repeat Bridge

Repeat Chorus

(間奏)

Repeat Chorus

不知不覺 你已經離開我
bu zhi bu jue / ni yi jing li kai wo
不知不覺 我跟了這節奏
bu zhi bu jue / wo gen le zhe jie zou
後知後覺 又過了一個秋
hou zhi hou jue / you guo le yi ge qiu
後知後覺 我該好好生活
hou zhi huo jue / wo gai hao hao sheng huo

不知不覺 你已經離開我
bu zhi bu jue / ni yi jing li kai wo
不知不覺 我跟了這節奏
bu zhi bu jue / wo gen le zhe jie zou
後知後覺 又過了一個秋
hou zhi hou jue / you guo le yi ge qiu
後知後覺 我該好好生活
hou zhi huo jue / wo gai hao hao sheng huo

不知不覺 你已經離開我
bu zhi bu jue / ni yi jing li kai wo
不知不覺 我跟了這節奏
bu zhi bu jue / wo gen le zhe jie zou
後知後覺 後知後覺

hou zhi huo jue / hou zhi huo jue

周杰倫 - 黑色幽默

周杰倫 - 黑色幽默

作詞:周杰倫
作曲:周杰倫



難過 是因為悶了很久
nan guo / shi yin wei men le hen jiu
是因為想了太多 是心理起了作用
shi yin wei xiang le tai duo / shi xin li qi le zuo yong
你說 苦笑常常陪著你
ni shuo / ku xiao chang chang pei zhe ni
在一起有點勉強 該不該現在休了我
zai yi qi you dian mian qiang / gai bu gai xian zai xiu le wo

*
不想太多
bu xiang tai duo
我想一定是我聽錯弄錯搞錯
wo xiang yi ding shi wo ting cuo nong cuo gao cuo
拜託 我想是你的腦袋有問題
bai tuo / wo xiang shi ni de nao dai you wen ti
隨便說說
sui bian shuo shuo
其實我早己經猜透看透不想多說
qi shi wo zao yi jing cai tou kan tou bu xiang duo shuo
只是我怕眼淚撐不住
zhi shi wo pa yan lei cheng bu zhu

不懂 你的黑色幽默
bu dong / ni de hei se you mo
想通 卻又再考倒我
xiang tong / que you zai kao dao wo
說散 你想很久了吧
shuo san / ni xiang hen jiu le ba
我不想拆穿你
wo bu xiang chai chuan ni

當作 是你開的玩笑
dang zuo / shi ni kai de wan xiao
想通 卻又再考倒我
xiang tong / que you zai kao dao wo
說散 你想很久了吧
shuo san / ni xiang hen jiu le ba
敗給你的黑色幽默
bai gei ni de hei se you mo

Repeat from *

說散 你想很久了吧
shuo san / ni xiang hen jiu le ba
我的認真敗給黑色幽默

wo de ren zhen bai gei hei se you mo

周杰倫 - 時光機

周杰倫 - 時光機

作詞:方文山
作曲:周杰倫



Verse 1:
牆角迎風的雛菊
qiáng jiǎo yíng fēng dì chú jú
茉莉花開的香氣
mò lì huā kāi de xiāng qì
閉上眼回到過去
bì shàng yǎn huí dào guò qù

劃分界線的桌椅
huà fēn jiè xiàn de zuò yǐ
下課卻靠在一起
xià kè què kào zài yī qǐ
我就是離不開妳
wǒ jiù shì lí bù kāi nǐ

一路乘著溜滑梯
yī lù chéng zhe liū huá tī
我們說好走到底
wǒ men shuō hǎo zǒu dào dǐ
以為從此就分離
yǐ wei cóng cǐ jiù fēn lí
用黑板上的日期
yòng hēi bǎn shàng de rì qī
倒数找你
dào shǔ zhǎo nǐt

慢慢清晰
màn màn qīng xī
原來思念妳是加了糖的消息
yuán lái sī niàn nǐ shì jiā le táng de xiāo xī
我用鉛筆
wǒ yòng qiān bǐ
畫的很仔細素描那年天氣
huà de hén zǐ xì sù miáo nà niān tiān qì
蟬鳴的夏季 我想遇見妳
cán mǐng de xià jì wǒ xiǎng yù jiàn nǐ

Chorus:
那童年的希望是一台時光機
nà tóng nián de xī wàng shì yī tái shí guāng jī
我可以一路開心到底 都不換氣
wǒ kě yǐ yī lù kāi xīn dào dǐ dōu bù huàn qì
戴竹蜻蜓 穿過那森林
dài zhú qīng tíng chuān guò nà sēn lín
打開了任意門找到妳 一起旅行
dǎ kāi le rèn yì mén zhǎo dào nǐ yī qǐ lǚ xíng

那童年的希望是一台時光機
nà tóng nián de xī wàng shì yī tái shí guāng jī
妳我翻滾過的榻榻米 味道熟悉
nǐ wǒ fān gǔn guò de tà tà mǐ wèi dào shú xī
所有回憶 在小叮噹口袋裡
suǒ yǒu huí yì zài xiǎo dīng dāng kǒu dài lǐ
一起盪鞦韆的默契
yī qǐ dàng qiū qiān de mò qì
在風中持續著甜蜜
zài fēng zhōng chí xù zhe tián mì

Verse 2:
有些話總來不及
yǒu xiē huà zóng lái bù jí
一直都放在心底
yī zhí dōu fàng zài xīn dǐ
想要將妳看仔細
xiǎng yào jiāng nǐ kàn zǐ xì

但錯身而過的妳
dàn cuò shēn ér guò de nǐ
已經離去
yǐ jīng lí qù

慢慢清晰
màn màn qīng xī
原來思念妳是加了糖的消息
yuán lái sī niàn nǐ shì jiā le táng de xiāo xī
我用鉛筆
wǒ yòng qiān bǐ
畫的很仔細素描那年天氣
huà de hén zǐ xì sù miáo nà niān tiān qì
蟬鳴的夏季 我想遇見妳
cán mǐng de xià jì wǒ xiǎng yù jiàn nǐ

Repeat Chorus 2x

持續著甜蜜 (x3)

chí xù zhe tián mì

周杰倫 - 菊花台

周杰倫 - 菊花台

滿城盡帶黃金甲主題曲
作詞:方文山
作曲:周杰倫



妳的淚光 柔弱中帶傷
ni de lei guang / rou ruo zhong dai shang
慘白的月彎彎 勾住過往
can bai de yue wan wan / gou zhu guo wang
夜太漫長 凝結成了霜
ye tai man chang / ning jie cheng le shuang
是誰在閣樓上 冰冷的絕望
shi shui zai ge lou shang / bing leng de jue wang

雨輕輕彈 朱紅色的窗
yu qing qing tan / zhu hong se de chuang
我一生在紙上 被風吹亂
wo yi sheng zai zhi shang / bei feng chui luan
夢在遠方 化成一縷香
meng zai yuan fang / hua cheng yi lv xiang
隨風飄散 妳的模樣
sui feng piao san / ni de mo yang

Chorus:
菊花殘 滿地傷 妳的笑容已泛黃
ju hua can / man di shang / ni de xiao rong yi fan huang
花落人斷腸 我心事靜靜躺
hua luo ren duan chang / wo xin shi jing jing tang
北風亂 夜未央 妳的影子剪不斷
bei feng luan / ye wei yang / ni de ying zi jian bu duan
徒留我孤單在湖面成雙
tu liu wo gu dan zai hu mian cheng shuang

花已向晚 飄落了燦爛
hua yi xiang wan / piao luo le can lan
凋謝的世道上 命運不堪
diao xie de shi dao shang / ming yun bu kan
愁莫渡江 秋心拆兩半
chou muo du jiang / qiu xin chai liang ban
怕妳上不了岸 一輩子搖晃
pa ni shang bu liao an / yi bei zi yao huang

誰的江山 馬蹄聲狂亂
shui de jiang shan / ma ti sheng guang luan
我一身的戎裝 呼嘯滄桑
wo yi shen de rong zhuang / hu xiao cang sang
天微微亮 妳輕聲的嘆
tian / wei wei liang / ni qing sheng de tan
一夜惆悵 如此委婉
yi ye chou chang / ru ci wei wan


Repeat Chorus 2x

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Recipe 2017.06.10 - Chinese-Style Fried Chicken

Just to be clear - by Chinese style, I meant Chinese takeaway.

Ingredients:

  • 10 whole chicken wings
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon white pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons flour


Put chicken wings in a zip-lock bag. Combine ingredients thoroughly in a mixing bowl. Pour mixture into the zip-lock bag. Marinate overnight in the fridge.

Wings should be at room temperature prior to frying. Make sure the wings are evenly coated. If the batter is too runny, add more cornstarch and flour.

Fry the wings at medium/high heat for 5 minutes, then let them rest on paper towels. Fry again for 3 minutes, then serve.