Thursday, December 6, 2007

Download drivers for mobile modem

In order to use mobile modem for internet connection, obtain mobile phone specific driver for particular operating system. Most of these drivers are downloaded from mobile phone companies web site. Once proper program or driver is installed, attach mobile phone as a modem to the computer. Open network connection control panel and a connection for phone modem should appear. If this is not an option, then most likely active sync is activated. Computer can only recognize one type of connection from the mobile phone. Active sync is usually set as a auto connection when mobile phone is connected to the computer. Mobile phone could be reset or manually turn off active sync. Start Wireless modem of mobile phone and start the modem then connect the mobile phone to the computer. For PPC6700 mobile phone, three type connection type is offered: USB, Bluetooth, and IrDA. Most computer do not offer connection via IrDA, but other two connections are possible. I personally preferred connection via USB due to reliability. I am currently connected to internet via mobile modem.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Pocket PC Modem

Most mobile phone companies offer phones with modem capability. Since February 2006, I use PPC6700 phone modem for all my internet connection. I was paying $50 a month for the wireless card connection and modem phone service was free (at the time). I considered myself as a technologically savy person and I like to keep up with new advances in technology. I also like the idea that I could take my laptop and my cell phone I could get mobile connection. PPC6700 do have internet browser but limited, slow, and poor visibility especially if you were trying to use google map. The displayed maps on cell phone were not useful at all. For about first 6 months sprint did not charge for the internet connection nor did they offer any support. But sprint finally came to senses and start charging via per kb downloads or $15 flat fee a month for sprint pcs vision. $15 monthly fee for mobile internet connection is reasonable and very mobile.
The modem drivers are downloadable on sprint. Active Sync and modem softwares are useful. It is a nifty way to connect to internet.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Semper Fi

Semper Fi. Recruits of marine corps boot camp after 12 weeks of rigorous training earns the title of a "Marine". At a age of 18, they are men and they are adopted into a family of most respected and fierced groups of people who pride themselves for simply performing their assigned duties. While performing these duties, life time bond forms for comradeship. I didn't realize why I liked those guys so much but I learned to appreciate and respect fellow co-workers that perform as expected consistantly. Not exactly a commodity in corporate world but for the Marines it is a rule, not an exception. That discipline is achieve in 3 months of training and transforming civilians to one platoon of Marines. But once we finish our assigned duties we go to town to entertain locals. We become brothers and will always be faithful to each other. Semper Fi.

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Hillary Clinton as a president


How many movie(s) have you seen that was entertaining when all the actors were actresses. I could probably assumed that many enjoyed and was entertained by "Saving Private Ryan". How many actresses did you see in that movie? Hmmmmm....
As I was driving on the freeway today, I suddenly noticed that most of the cars on the streets are actually manufactured for men. I didn't see too many "chic" cars that may represent or may have scent of feminine curve to the body. One of our most valueable possessions, and men designed these motor vehicles for themselves or is it because it would be impractical to make a "chic" mobile. Why is Hillary running for a presidency seat at the white house?

Why do women think that they are equivalent to men. We are in fact, the opposite. Many tools use terms male and female being opposite counterpart with different functionality.

Monday, January 29, 2007

Simple perl program to create 3d graph using GD::Graph




#!/usr/bin/perl -w
$++;
use strict;
use GD::Graph::bars;
#Following data illustrated on GD::Graph module



my @data = ( ["1st","2nd","3rd","4th","5th","6th","7th", "8th", "9th"],
[ 1, 2, 5, 6, 3, 1.5, 1, 3, 4],
[ sort { $a <=> $b } (1, 2, 5, 6, 3, 1.5, 1, 3, 4) ] );
my $graph = GD::Graph::bars->new(300, 200);
$graph->set( x_label => 'X Label',
y_label => 'Y label',
title => 'Some simple graph',
y_max_value => 8,
y_tick_number => 8,
y_label_skip => 2 );
my $gd = $graph->plot(\@data);
print "content-type: image/png\n\n";
binmode STDOUT;
print $gd->png;

This should have created a nice graph line chart.
See the script in action at my web page

Monday, January 15, 2007

Requirement

Requirements for 3D graph perl programs:
Perl itself, Lincoln Stein's GD module, (specifically GD, GD::Graph). Fctrl, CGI, GD::Text are optional. Check your server if these modules are already installed or you have to install them yourself.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

3D Graph Perl

Would you like to write or use perl program that creates 3D graph images online? I am going to attempt to demonstrate and write a perl script that would generate graph charts on-line. GD::Graph module will be dissected as part of creating 3D graph. I searched the web for a perl script that would generate charts online but unsucessful. I have a working 3D Perl Survey Script. I don't have a formal c.s. training thus excuse my unorthodox style.