Visual Studio 2008 Shell

It seems to be alternative RCP solution to Eclipse: Visual Studio IDE serves as a general platform for building client applications. Maybe I'll try it for my next toy:-)

When can we use Ribbon GUI that appears in Office 2007?

Dandong

It took about two-hour drive from Shenyang to Dandong, a small and quiet city. Maybe it's most famous for the Yalu River and the Korean War.


There is a new bridge on the river, and an old bridge bombed by the US in the Korean War.

There are people in a faraway country we never know.

Changbai Mountain

Since we always went wrong way, it took me almost a whole day's drive to the Changbai Mountain from Shenyang. Heaven Lake is so splendid, so are the valleys, the falls, the rivers, the springs and the flowers. It's really really a great place to enjoy.

Shenyang

Shenyang is not far from Beijing, only four-hour train or one-four flight. Since it is not a big city, I mobbed the city last Friday just as planned, starting from Wulihe and ending at Mukden Palace. Later I took a drive to Liutiaohu and Beiling (the tomb of Huang Taji). The next day I visited Yongling (tombs of Ancestors of Nurhaci) in Fushun, a nearby city.

There are many amazing Manchu characteristics. For example, the Mukden palace resembles Manchu tents, rather a different style from that of the Forbidden City.

Besides, loongs/dragons are usually flying in Chinese culture. However, I saw some sitting loongs in Yongling, which were said to have evolved from dogs.

Here are some snapshots.

APR 1.2.9 on Vista

It fails to compile on Vista again due to inappropriate orders of Windows headers.

Open misc/win32/rand.c, and change

#include <windows.h>
#include <wincrypt.h>
#include "apr.h"
#include "apr_private.h"
#include "apr_general.h"
#include "apr_portable.h"
#include "apr_arch_misc.h"

to

#include "apr.h"
#include "apr_private.h"
#include "apr_general.h"
#include "apr_portable.h"
#include "apr_arch_misc.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <wincrypt.h>


Transformers

It's been out for over a week in Beijing. Got some time to watch it this Saturday morning. It's gorgeous, really really amazing, especially the awesome animation that recalls childhood memories of the cartoon: friendship, power, speed, whatever we were looking for years ago. Bumblebee is pretty cool that I love most in the movie:-) Though the plot was as confusing as most Hollywood movies. Anyway, it's good for the weekend. There's a bunch of things to do.

Btw, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been released. It seems not bad.

China Map

It is a web page to generate a map of areas that you've been in China. Pretty cool!

Here's my status.

I'm planning a trip to Jilin or Hunan in late July or early August. I wish I could fill more in the map before graduation:-)