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Setting up an Upload Folder in Openshift

Post author By yuan3y
Post date 7 October 2014
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This article shares about how to properly set up a permanent storage upload folder in Openshift.

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Exporting a huge Global Address List from Microsoft Outlook Exchange

Post author By yuan3y
Post date 14 January 2014
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In short: Use Outlook to export Offline GAL to Access, then use Access to export to Excel if needed.

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NTU Course Vacancy Checker

Post author By yuan3y
Post date 18 December 2013
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Update 2016: The code is no longer working due to external changes.

#!/usr/local/bin/python3
"""NTU Course Vacancy Checker, written by @yuan3y (Twitter/Instagram)
Source code available at: http://snipt.org/BCgh2

You will need a Python 3 interpreter to run this code:
Such as http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.3.3/
Type in your subject codes each on a line,
ends off with a single @ sign on a separate line.
Merry Christmas and happy STARS games!
God bless,
@yuan3y
18 DEC 2013"""
import urllib.parse
import urllib.request


def check(subj):
    url = 'http://wish.wis.ntu.edu.sg/webexe/owa/aus_vacancy.check_vacancy2'
    values = {'subj': subj}
    headers = {'Referer': 'http://wish.wis.ntu.edu.sg/webexe/owa/aus_vacancy.check_vacancy'}
    data = urllib.parse.urlencode(values)
    data = data.encode('utf-8')
    req = urllib.request.Request(url, data, headers)
    response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
    the_page = response.read()
    lines = the_page.decode().split('n')
    for i, a in enumerate(lines):
        if '</TR>' in a: break
        try:
            # print('n',subj,end=”)
            while True:
                if '<TD>&nbsp;</TD>' in lines[i + 2]:
                    print('', lines[i + 6], lines[i + 9], lines[i + 12] + lines[i + 15], lines[i + 18], sep=',', end='')
                    i += 20
                else:
                    print()
                    #            print(subj,lines[i+3],lines[i+6],lines[i+9],'='+str(int(lines[i+9]))+'/'+str(int(lines[i+6])),lines[i+12],lines[i+15],lines[i+18]+lines[i+21],lines[i+24],sep=',',end=”)
                    print(subj, lines[i + 3], lines[i + 6], lines[i + 9], lines[i + 12], lines[i + 15],
                          lines[i + 18] + lines[i + 21], lines[i + 24], sep=',', end='')
                    i += 26
                if '</TABLE>' in lines[i + 1]: break
        except:
            pass


while True:
    courseList = []
    while True:
        a = input('course, @ to end:')
        courseList.extend(a.split())
        if '@' in a: break
    for courseCode in courseList:
        check(courseCode.strip())
        print()

#!/usr/local/bin/python3

"""NTU Course Vacancy Checker, written by @yuan3y (Twitter/Instagram)

Source code available at: http://snipt.org/BCgh2

You will need a Python 3 interpreter to run this code:

Such as http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.3.3/

Type in your subject codes each on a line,

ends off with a single @ sign on a separate line.

Merry Christmas and happy STARS games!

God bless,

@yuan3y

18 DEC 2013"""

import urllib.parse

import urllib.request

def check(subj):

url = 'http://wish.wis.ntu.edu.sg/webexe/owa/aus_vacancy.check_vacancy2'

values = {'subj': subj}

headers = {'Referer': 'http://wish.wis.ntu.edu.sg/webexe/owa/aus_vacancy.check_vacancy'}

data = urllib.parse.urlencode(values)

data = data.encode('utf-8')

req = urllib.request.Request(url, data, headers)

response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)

the_page = response.read()

lines = the_page.decode().split('n')

for i, a in enumerate(lines):

if '</TR>' in a: break

try:

# print('n',subj,end=”)

while True:

if '<TD> </TD>' in lines[i + 2]:

print('', lines[i + 6], lines[i + 9], lines[i + 12] + lines[i + 15], lines[i + 18], sep=',', end='')

i += 20

else:

print()

# print(subj,lines[i+3],lines[i+6],lines[i+9],'='+str(int(lines[i+9]))+'/'+str(int(lines[i+6])),lines[i+12],lines[i+15],lines[i+18]+lines[i+21],lines[i+24],sep=',',end=”)

print(subj, lines[i + 3], lines[i + 6], lines[i + 9], lines[i + 12], lines[i + 15],

lines[i + 18] + lines[i + 21], lines[i + 24], sep=',', end='')

i += 26

if '</TABLE>' in lines[i + 1]: break

except:

pass

while True:

courseList = []

while True:

a = input('course, @ to end:')

courseList.extend(a.split())

if '@' in a: break

for courseCode in courseList:

check(courseCode.strip())

print()

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Toshiba Satellite M840 unable to adjust screen brightness on Windows 8.1

Post author By yuan3y
Post date 22 October 2013
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Screen brightness becomes unavailable
after Toshiba Satellite M840 upgrading to Windows 8.1

Here is a warning for Toshiba Satellite M840 users. Do NOT upgrade to Windows 8.1 yet! Toshiba has not yet have proper drivers for the upgraded system. You will be unable to adjust the screen brightness after upgrade. All other functions (Fn+F1, F4-F12) have no problems; Fn-F2 and Fn-F3 for screen brightness adjusts fail.

I have yet to found a solution to it. Calling to Toshiba Support tells me I have to downgrade to Windows 8 (8.0) for now.

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Toshiba Satellite M840 Review

Post author By yuan3y
Post date 29 April 2013
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After using my Toshiba Satellite M840 for one full week, I’d like to share my review on this laptop.

The spec is identical to Satellite M840-1001XG on toshiba-asia.com except I’m running Windows 8, though I’m not sure if this is exactly the model. Firstly I’ll list my specs below.

PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ i7-3612QM processor (6M Cache, up to 3.1GHz) with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology

MEMORY: 4096MB DDR3 1600MHz SDRAM

DISPLAY SIZE: 14.0″ WXGA HD Clear SuperView LED Backlight TFT display (16:9)

RESOLUTION: 1,366 x 768

GRAPHICS: AMD Radeon™ HD 7670M

HARD DISK DRIVE: 640GB (SATA) with shock absorbers

OPTICAL DRIVE: DVD SuperMulti Double Layer Drive (DVD±RW/RAM)

INTERFACES: 2xUSB 3.0 (Sleep&Charge), 1xUSB 2.0

SOUND SYSTEM: Stereo Speakers, 16-bit Stereo with SRS® Premium Sound HD™

CAMERA: Built-in HD Web Camera

BATTERY: 6-Cell Lithium Ion (47.5 Wh as said by Windows)

WEIGHT: Starting from 1.99kg

Things I like:

– comfortable typing, including the way Home, PgUp, PgDn, End arranged at the right of the keyboard: convenient and I can memorize where they are.

– Quad-core i7 third gen processor & dedicated videocard: I’m able to play a number of games even though I’m not a typical gamer.

– USB ports on both sides of the laptop.

– Temperature is alright for normal usage.

Things I don’t appreciate:

– by default, important F-number keys such as F4, F2 especially are used for functions like switch screen and dim. I’ve switched it in BIOS thus I don’t have to press “Fn” key to use them. Later on I may find a way to hack and remap the funtion keys to those I’ll never use, such as the idiotic Fn-F1(Help).

– The Fn-Space to switch resolution is an annoying function also as I sometimes hit Fn key wrongly when I want to switch language inputs (Windows+Space).

– The DVD tray at the left side of the laptop is too easily hit to pop out.

– Battery life is only about 3 hours under wifi&office usage.

– 1366×768 HD display may not be enough for programmer’s tight IDE layout.

*Battery life is obtained using Windows command: powercfg /batteryreport ,

Battery Life Estimates given by Windows: 2:50:00 hours at design capacity.

On my own calculation, it’s about 3:10:00 hours at design capacity.

This 3&1/2-months old laptop has its battery capacity shrunk from 47,520 mWh to 42,120 mWh.

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T-Clock 2010: Tweak your Windows Clock on Taskbar

Post author By yuan3y
Post date 28 April 2013
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T-Clock 2010 with my custom format for time display

T-Clock 2010 Official Website: http://www.stoicjoker.com/tclock/
Current Version installed: T-Clock 2010 (build 95)

When I choose “Use small taskbar buttons” (from Taskbar Properties), the Date/Time display on the right end of taskbar became single-lined, and date went missing.

I’ve tried to hack the LogPixels value under HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIGSoftwareFonts in Registry Editor, as suggested on Internet. It worked (values I used were between 84 and 72). However it led to undesirable blurry fonts in Chrome, and I found no working solution to it. Thus I reverted back to original 96 dpi.

That was when I came across T-Clock 2010.

T-Clock 2010 is able to customize the way which Time and Date displays on Taskbar. It is a simple zip download from the developer’s website. Unzip x64 if you are using a 64-bit Windows, otherwise Win32 will do. Put it in any folder that is easy to access (but probably avoid Program Files or Windows). Start the Clock.exe in the folder, it is up and running.

Through T-Clock Properties (Right click on T-Clock area), much customization can be done. You should at least let this program run automatically upon starting Windows: tick the tick in the About tab of the Properties.

To re-imitate the default Windows Date/Time look, the following is to be put in Custom Format under Time Format:

TIMEnDATE

I found myself enjoying customizing the way it looks, so it took me further and I eventually came up with what you see in the screenshot at the top. The documentation in the T-Clock Help.rtf is quite comprehensive, except that it didn’t tell you how to make the preceding ‘0’ appear in hms of the system uptime. Sdd, Saa, Shh, Snn, Sss are the hhmmss corresponding version of the system uptime.

My custom format set for T-Clock 2010 is:

SaaSnnSss ddeddmmeyyyy”№”Ww”W-“hhttnn@@@.@

The font used is Calibri Light, ClearType Natural, Size 12.
For Clock size and Text Position, I have Vertical as 1.

I love the way it looks now.