Netgear WG511 v2 wireless card under Linux

It requires ndiswrapper.
Download ndiswrapper 1.10, ungzip to /usr/src, make->install->ndiswrapper->modprobe-> iwconfig->dhclient, it works!

Note:
1. In Ubuntu 5.10, you must have build-essential, fakeroot installed, then "make deb" to generate two deb packages.
2. In Fedora Core 4, you can "make rpm" to generate two rpm packages.
3. If your wireless network use WEP authentication, you have to get your passphrase key in hex digits. I found "key s:" option of iwconfig doesn't work ;)

Using FCITX in en locale environment

FCITX relies on zh_CN locale. If you want use it in an en locale environment, try this way below:

$ LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8 XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx fcitx
$ LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8 gedit

Then you can input Chinese in an English system.
This method works with Ubuntu 5.10, it might works with other distros.

Enabling IIIMF Input System in Fedora Core 4

I found IIIMF cannot work when I have installed Fedora Core 4 in default way. According to Fedora IIIMF FAQ, I checked if service was running.

$ /sbin/service iiim status
iiimd (pid 2012) is running...

but when pressing "ctrl+space" in "gedit", no any response. What's wrong?

$ rpm -qa iiim*
iiimf-le-xcin-0.1.10-1
iiimf-le-chinput-0.3-19
iiimf-server-12.2-4.fc4.2
iiimf-server-12.2-4
iiimf-libs-12.2-4.fc4.2

Lacking of some packages, so "yum install" these packages below:
iiimf-gtk-12.2-4.fc4.2
iiimf-gnome-im-switcher-12.2-4.fc4.2
iiimf-docs-12.2-4.fc4.2

Add "InputMethod Switcher" to the panel, then launch "gedit" and click on the switcher or press "ctrl+space", it works now!

Note: IIIMF is related to the locales. If you want to enable IIIMF for other locales, do as FAQ describes.

'Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is required for WordPress.'

The problem is in the "wp-settings.php":

if ( !extension_loaded('mysql') )
die( 'Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is required for WordPress.' );

So, this issue can be solved:

1. Make sure you have libapache2-mod-php4 installed;
2. Edit /etc/php4/apache2/php.ini, uncomment ";extension=mysql.so";
3. Restart Apache server;
4. Try to reload http://BlogServer/wp-admin/install.php in the browser, it is ok now!

An Excellent 3-column CSS Layout

An Excellent 3-column CSS LAYOUT TECHNIQUE:

the holy grail

KISS principle

The KISS principle today is often used by software developers, meaning the software should be designed in the simplest way, avoiding creeping featurism. More particularly, it is a leading principle in designing critical low-level routines of operating system kernels (at least for Linux), where it suggests to write the code in the most simple and self-explaining manner, to avoid errors (or make it easy to find them). Some suggest that UNIX was invented by following the KISS principle.

Engineers also use the KISS principle, since the simplest solution is usually the best solution to engineering challenges.

Expcerpting from Wikipedia.