IBD’S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS

From Investor’s Business Daily:

1. How you think is everything. Always be positive. Think success, not failure. Beware of negative environments.

2. Decide upon your true dreams and goals. Write down your specific goals and develop a plan to reach them.

3. Take action. Goals are nothing without action. Don’t be afraid to get started. Just do it.

4. Never stop learning. Go back to school or read books. Get training and acquire skills.

5. Be persistent and work hard. Success is a marathon, not a sprint. Never give up.

6. Learn to analyze details. Get all the facts, all the input. Learn from your mistakes.

7. Focus your time and money. Don’t let other people or things distract you.

8. Don’t be afraid to innovate, be different. Following the herd is a sure way to mediocrity.

9. Deal and communicate with people effectively. No person is an island. Learn to understand and motivate others.

10.Be honest and dependable; take responsibility. Otherwise numbers 1-9 won’t matter.

How to Take a Screenshot

Microsoft Windows
For any Windows version:

1. Press <Prnt Scrn> (Print Screen) key to capture a screenshot of the entire desktop and places it in the clipboard. To capture only the active window, press both <Alt> and <Prnt Scrrn> keys.
2. Press <Ctrl> V to paste the screenshot into other application like Paint or GIMP or Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer.

Another option for Windows Vista and Windows 7 user: Use Snipping Tool to capture screen shots . It a free utility included in Windows Vista and Windows 7

Ubuntu Linux
Press <Print Scrn> to take a screenshot and save

iOS
Pressing and holding the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button. The screen will flash and the picture will be stored in PNG format in the "Camera Roll" on the iPhone or in "Saved Photos" on the iPod touch. The screenshot feature is only available with iOS 2.0 and later.

Mac OS X
On Mac OS X, a user can take a screenshot of an entire screen by pressing ⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+3, or of a chosen area of the screen by ⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+4. This screenshot is saved to the user’s desktop, with one PNG file per attached monitor.

Google I/O 2010

Since Google I/O 2010 soldout early, I could not attend this great developer event. I watched the I/O keynotes live on the GoogleDevelopers YouTube channel from my office. With two computers, I multitasks: listened to speaker while worked on my desktop.

What I learn from Google I/O 2010:

• HTML5, VP8, webM
• Google TV
• Chrome Web Store
• Google Web Toolkit integrate with Spring Roo
• Using Google Wave to collaborate
• Google Apps Engine for Busines
• Google Google Storage for Developers

and of ourse, my favorite, Android development.

There are a lot of technical sessions I need to view. I’m so excited about Google development. I tell myself I will not miss the next Google I/O.

Unexpected email

Yesterday, I checked my email. There was one email caught my attention. The subject "Thank you from Google!" from sender "resume-thanks". I laughed myself. Yes, I’m interesting in Google technology as I metioned in previous entry but I have no intention to looking for new job yet. This tough economy create no new jobs. The spam filter worked good. It moved the faked email and its zip attachment to the Junk folder. As a precaution, I delete it from Junk folder.

Never, never open an unexpected email.

Sold out

Earlier this year, I planned to attend the Google I/O 2010. It would be my first technical conference in 10 years. Yesterday, I checked it back prior to register. It sold out. Yes, "Google I/O is now sold out and registration has closed." Oh geez, Google I/O 2010 is hot. Many people interesting in Google technology.

Haiti Update: CRS response continues. We need your help

Here is the email I received from Catholic Relief Services today:

January 16, 2010

Dear Viet,

We wanted to update you on the situation in Haiti and how Catholic Relief Services is responding. Almost immediately following the earthquake, CRS began delivering lifesaving supplies, including food and water, to desperate survivors. The supplies were already in place in CRS’ Port-au-Prince warehouse.

“We are fortunate to have had water in our warehouse,” says Karel Zelenka, country representative for CRS Haiti. “We also trucked in family food kits from Les Cayes.”

CRS has a staff of 313 on the ground, with more personnel arriving daily. CRS Haiti’s headquarters building was damaged but did not collapse. Until its structural integrity is assured, aid workers are working and sleeping outside in tents or cars.

Additional food will arrive soon. “Fifteen hundred metric tons of wheat and oil will arrive in port shortly,” says Schuyler Thorup, Regional Director for CRS Latin America. “We will distribute it immediately.”

In the neighboring Dominican Republic, CRS is preparing food packages to feed 50,000 people. The packages are five-gallon buckets loaded with ready-to-eat foods that don’t need to be cooked. CRS is also readying water storage containers, water purification tablets, hygiene kits, cookware and plastic sheeting in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

But we can’t do this without your help. We are asking you to please support our efforts to feed and shelter the earthquake victims in Haiti. Your help is urgently needed. Please donate now.

If you have already given, we thank you so much for your generosity and ask that you consider deepening your support for the people of Haiti with a second gift.

God bless you,
Ken Hackett
President
Catholic Relief Services

First Vietnamese-American Navy Officer commands U.S. battleship

(Picture: U.S. Navy)

Excerpt from “USS Lassen Highlights Asian Pacific American Heritage Month”

YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) — A Vietnamese-American officer assumed command of the forward deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) April 23 in a ceremony that served as lead-in for the upcoming celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

In 1975, as a young boy, Cmdr. H.B. Le and his family fled South Vietnam during the fall of Saigon, following the end of the Vietnam War. Almost three-and-one-half decades later; he assumed command of the destroyer and her crew forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan.

Le, a Vietnamese-American, took command of Lassen April 23, a week before the start of Asian/Pacific Heritage Month, which celebrates diversity within the United States. As part of that celebration, the Navy honors its many service members of Asian and Pacific Island descent.

(Picture: U.S. Navy)

Related info:
http://www.lassen.navy.mil/site%20pages/Command%20Biographies.aspx
Calitoday: Trung Tá Lê Bá Hùng Nhậm Chức Hạm Trưởng USS Lassen
Belinew.com: Hải Quân Trung Tá Lê Bá Hùng

How a thief stole an ATM card

My boss sent me this PDF. It showed us how a thief stole an ATM card.

Mừng Chúa Giáng Sinh – Merry Christmas

Xin cầu chúc tất cả một mùa Giáng Sinh an bình thánh thiện.

Dem Thanh Vo Cung (Album Shotguns 10, Pre-75 Recording) – Thai Thanh