It’s been a while since my last post. Life has been pretty busy and it was hard to find free time to do blogging. However, I think squeezing 20 minutes per day to write some thoughts shouldn’t be that big a deal. So, here I am, I am planning to write my thoughts online more frequently. Partly for the people who care about me and partly for tracking my steps during the years to come. For the past a few days, I have been busy learning Microsoft Dynamics CRM system. Watching the design of a complete software system is a...

My mom is 71 years old and she wants to have a computer. Because—according to her – “I will have a dictionary (she is trying to learn some English), a phone (I showed her how convenient to make oversea long distance calls with Skype), and a movie player all integrated into one device”. So, I let my mom play with my laptop while I was at work. The result was a disaster. Even though Windows 7 (I have Chinese version installed) is the most user-friendly OS in Microsoft’s history. It is still way beyond what my mom’s reach with minimum...

This document is aiming to help two groups of people: 1.    Normal (by which I mean those who don’t spend 18 hours a day hacking in front of laptops in their basements) people who work with lots of documents and are seeking ways to organize their work. You may find the screen shots helpful. 2.    Computer geeks who happen to need managing their binary files. Maybe you don’t need to read any further.  “Use SVN! You idiot” could be sufficient. :) Be aware: This is a mini howto of using SVN to manage documents on Windows platform. I am using Windows 7, I...

The factor that Subtext’s creator, Phil Haack, is also the guy behind .Net mvc gives me a lot of confidence for picking it as the blog engine for my site. The installation guide on Subtext’s official site is precise but not tailored for every single individual Web Server. So, I was mostly on my own when tring to install Subtext to Softsyshosting web server. After a few trials by error, I was able to get Subtext up and running with Softsyshosting. Since David Mitchell’s blog helped me a great deal during the process, I thought I could...