2009-11-06

Using LINQ to retrieve XML data

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Although it is like "to use a cannon to kill a mosquito", I find using LINQ to read XML has a clear advantage - to read the node...
2009-11-03

Using VB 2008 Express as client to consume SugarCRM Web service

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In additional to my previous example of using AXIS as web client, I now use VB.NET as another example to consume web service. Moreover, I ...
2009-10-23

CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) for SugarCRM

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Recently I come across SugarCRM . It has a Community Edition which I do not need to pay. Moreover, since it is open-source, I can realize ...
2009-10-12

Why DC cannot shoot a picture with shallow depth of field

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I carry an Optio S3 to make ad hoc photography. According to the specification, the tiny camera has an aperture f2.6 - f4.8 However, even at...
2009-10-09

Using COM objects in VB.NET

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I am an old-fashioned guy and right now even though I uses VB.NET for my new programming, I still need to resort to old COM objects sometime...
2009-08-24

高清無用！

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當人人都「講」高清時，我發看很多人其實都將Windows的display解像度set得比native低（可能使用者有老花？），見MSDN Blog Follow-up on High DPI resolution 從圖可見，只有55%的人用native resolution，可悲...
2009-08-06

Quick Building a Web service client using Axis

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After some studies, to my surprise, building a web service client using the Axis library (not the web service itself) is in fact very easy. ...
2009-08-04

老年十忌

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新開幕的時候，曾到過中央圖書館，但發覺很吵鬧，所以也沒有再去了。 近日心血來潮，去打打書釘，發覺環境清淨了很多，真是可喜可賀！ 見到國寶季老季羨林的新書《真話能走多遠》，有一篇【老年十忌】，以季老９０多年歲寫這題目，特別有份量，同時亦覺得他的開明！ 以下其十忌（其實只有九忌） 說...
2009-07-31

中國現行稅制

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在整體舊資料時，找到一份ｎ年前在清華大學參加短期「中國營商管理研習班」的講義。 以下是經濟學院陳關亨博士《中國現行稅制》的部份內容： 主體稅種 增值稅 營業稅 外商投資企業和外國企業所得稅 ...

中國企業CEO失敗的的八大原因

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在整體舊資料時，找到一份ｎ年前在清華大學參加短期「中國營商管理研習班」的講義。 以下是經濟學院鄭曉明博士在《中國企業永續經營》的部份內容： 缺乏對壞消息的處理能力 投機性太強 盲目的擴張與多元化 缺乏財務知識 決策的獨斷和無制約 疲勞綜合症 缺乏處理人的能力 沒有一個堅貞不渝的團...