# Htam::Diary

 Themes: { PHOTO, SURF, TT, VB, TACIT, CS, SCIENCE, SPORT, BIBLE, IM, HTAG, MATH, COMP, FAITH, SYSOP, TEST } =
Years: { 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 }
Pages: { newest, 165, 164, 163, 162, 161, 160, 150, 140, 130, 120, 110, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 3, 2, 1 }
Total 3299 posts.
 htam@127.0.0.12004-07-28 22:42:39 [FAITH] West Coast Christian Conference 2004 0 comments West Coast Christian Conference 2004 was from July 21 to 28.Topic: Knowing the Holy Spirit.''Location: Pacific Lutheran University, Seattle, WA.The three main sub topics are* The Person of the Holy Spirit by Lance Lambert,* The Ministry of the Holy Spirit by Christian Chen, and* The Manifestation of the Holy Spirit by Stephen Kaung.The three short topics are* The Holy Spirt and the Bible by Kwok-Hin Wong,* The Holy Spirt and Spiritual Life by Godwin Sun, and* The Holy Spirt and the Church by Hoseah Wu.I taught the second/third graders during the first Christian Chen message, therefore I felt I should go to the message replay before I listen to any more of his messages. Because bro Chen goes very fast and his materials are always extremely dense. He ALWAYS goes over the time limit. He has a lot to say.So because of the message replay and the morning teaching, I was too tired to attend the first special topic by brother Wong. I attended all the other meetings.Some of this must be true:* the topic this year is comparably simpler, * this year the speakers all spoke very clearly, or* I matured a bit in the Spirt,I felt I understood more of the messages than the previous years.May I be able* to subjectify the objectiveness of his Spirit,* to experience him first hand,* to establish or strengthen my relationship with him, and* to grow in the knowledge of him and become mature in the Spirit. htam@127.0.0.12004-07-17 21:55:06 [MATH] Differential equations 0 comments Try to solve the second-order non-homogeneous ordinary linear differential equation with the method of variation of parametersx'' - x' - 2x = e^3tand you'll see that this equation is so humorous!! htam@127.0.0.12004-07-16 16:23:33 Placement tests 0 comments I finished the following Caltech placement tests:* Math diagnostic* Math 1a: Improper integrals, limits, series* Math 1b: Linear Algebra* Math 1c: Multi-variable/vector calculus* Chemistry placementThe math ones should be perfect/near perfect.The chemistry one, if I get 50% or above, I'll laugh.I took chemistry in Taiwan three years ago.I studied 8 hours yesterday and today.I still have:* Math 2b: Differential Equation* Physics placement* CS 1* CS 2I'll take the math one before 07.19 (deadline).The others will be after WCCC before 07.31 (deadline). htam@127.0.0.12004-07-13 23:03:47 [MATH] Plaque of unknown origin 2 comments I just received a plaque from USPS today, which reads:  ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL    MATH CONTEST        2004Highest Regional Score      JED YANGbut I don't really know what this is all about...I better call the mailer and confirm what I did to deserve this. htam@127.0.0.12004-07-12 14:38:37 [SYSOP] LaTeX support 0 comments So I just installed* TeX,* LaTeX,* netpbm, and* textogif.When I have time to integrate it with php, everyone can post math equations like this:But for now, this process has not been automatede yet, and we'll need to wait.I envision also writing a semi-WYSIWYG LaTeX math online editor.Till then, refer to TeX manuals. htam@127.0.0.12004-07-10 12:06:56 [MATH] Linear algebra 1 comment Let {u_1, ..., u_p} be an orthogonal basis for a subspace W of R^n.For each y in W, the weights in the linear combination  y = c_1 u_1 + ... + c_p u_pare given by  c_j = (y.u_j)/(u_j.u_j)    (j = 1, ..., p).This decomposes each y in Span {u_1, ..., u_p} into the sum of pprojections onto one-dimensional subspaces that are mutually orthogonal.This is why orthogonal basis is so cool! htam@127.0.0.12004-07-09 18:46:40 Rubik's cube record 0 comments Yay, I broke my previous 71s record on rubik's cube today with a 69s one.More info at my rubik's cube page.Update: After Bible study, I got a 63s one.Update: Saturday I got a 62s one, yay. htam@127.0.0.12004-07-09 17:01:31 Health checkup 0 comments So I went to the doctor again, and beholdMy tuberculosis test is positive (duh...)So I had three X-ray's taken... and more blood drawn.I also need to pay a visit to the UW Medical Center sometime.Squashed with all the test I need to preprare for, I'm so busy. htam@127.0.0.12004-07-09 00:54:21 Digital camera 0 comments My digital camera was fixed and returned.I took a few pictures of my sister holding my first place plague.Maybe I'll take a few pictures of my auction items when I have time.Now I better go regenerate... It's a looong day in front of me:I got to study for Caltech advanced placement test.In 8 hrs:  Linear Algebra, here I come! htam@127.0.0.12004-07-09 00:49:21 [COMP] Software upgrades 1 comment So I updated/installed* Mozilla 1.7* Gaim 0.79, with addons  o libgpg-error,  o libgcrypt,  o libtasn1,  o GnuTLS,   o Auto-profile, and  o Extended Prefs* fortuneit feels like I'm on a new systemI* ./configure'd,* make'd,* su'ed, and* make install'ed so many times today... htam@127.0.0.12004-07-07 23:23:17 Health checkup 0 comments I went to have a check-up as required by Caltech.I was poked three times today.* draw blood (it's actually the least uncomfortable)* Tuberculosis test (which I am positive for sure)* Tetanus and Diphteria vaccine (Td)Td hurts so much, now my left arm just feels swollen and stiff. htam@127.0.0.12004-07-07 22:43:08 Math placement test 1 0 comments So I just finished my Caltech Math1a advanced placement exam on Calculus (limits, complex numbers, sequences, series, and Taylor series).It was a three hour test.It was one hour and I still only did three out of six questions. The other three I did not know how to do. So I skipped them. Really!But then I thought harder, prayed, ate, and walked around during the test... until I came up with ideas on how to tackle the other questions.The answers should all end up right actually, but the explanation might not be fully mathematically precise.I only have 8 more to go ;-)* Math1b Linear Algebra (UW 308)* Math1c Multi-variable and Vector Calculus (UW 324)* Math2a Probablity and Statistics* Math2b Differential Equations (UW 307)* Chemistry (Thanks Dennis for the textbook/review booklet)* Physics* CS1* CS2That's all.I finished the essay and received a 4 out of 6 (1 the worst), it's good to my standards.I also finished the eazy math placement (not the advanced placement) exam last month.So busy with school stuff, eh?But I still find time to read Bible, pack my room, and code. htam@127.0.0.12004-07-06 15:48:47 [SYSOP] Todo list 0 comments Some stuff to be worked on:* text MACRO beautifying project* math beautifying (LaTeX?)# a script to remove all BR's, since I am using PRE now.# stress test# wrap* more authoring tools (preview, math equation editor, etc)* user-friendlier* login and account support (while keeping guest posts privileges)and more to come. htam@127.0.0.12004-07-05 11:30:43 USA 0 comments Now I've been in the US three years straight now.I came on July the fourth, two thousand and one. htam@127.0.0.12004-07-05 00:10:28 [FAITH] JY sharing 0 comments I shared with the Junior Youth kids today (or yesterday, Sunday).Some said it was good.I hope they actually learned something and will read the Bible more.I urge all of them to find spiritual companions... I hope they remember.Anyways, I am really tired.The best thing about sharing with them is: I lost my rubik's cube a few days ago, but some of them found it.Now I have my rubik's cube back. :) htam@127.0.0.12004-07-03 11:44:54 [MATH] Infinite series 8 comments To see if the infinite series (n^2+1)/(n^4+1) converges,I used the limit comparison.The ratio of that previous thing and 1/n^2 goes to 1 as n goes to oo.So since 1/n^2 converges, the previous thing also converge.Correct? Yes. htam@127.0.0.12004-07-03 09:46:49 [FAITH] Bible reading 0 comments Yesterday I led Bible study (with Grace).Therefore, I only started reading my daily Bible reading after church.I spend so loooong that I actually broke my record of late sleep.I think I went to bed THIS MORNING around 12:30. Whoa!This is THE latest...I should start reconsidering when I read Bible. :) htam@127.0.0.12004-07-02 15:38:57 [FAITH] Service 0 comments I have been preparing my sharing with the Junior Youth group for this Sunday.I also will be leading Bible study tonight.Just so busy...I have a bunch of placement tests I need to complete in a short amount of time. htam@127.0.0.12004-07-01 20:33:06 [SYSOP] Initiation! 0 comments Finally. After a day's of work, this section is now at least usable.Fell free to flood me with comments regarding programming (or otherwise).I will be revising this area closely in the next few days.Consider it ALPHA testing stage :)So, don't complain, but be loud nevertheless.Jed htam@127.0.0.12004-07-01 20:10:24 [TEST] 27 comments final test run before publishing...