6.30
packed.
contacted consigning agent.
in-school certification secured.
bought the removable disk
some investigation on archive transaction
June 30, 2006
6.28
contacted the moveable disk agent.
called for the luggage hold to be sent.
graduation thesis done.
June 28, 2006
plan for June 29 - July 11th
Very possibly i’ll join some of my classmates for a short travel, which starts on July, 1th, and takes us 2 days.
before this trip i’ll secure the storage: a moveable disk and two luggage holds. and have the graduation thesis thing done.
after the trip i’ll deal with the transaction for my archives.
after that i’ll check all my belongings, sell or send out some of them, pack the rest and send them home.
after that i’ll make sure all my luggage can be put into the two luggage holds.
then i’ll book the railway tickets.
then i need to find a way to store my belongings after graduation.
then i’ll extract my teeth.
then go shopping.
money order transaction.
physical examination.
then prepare for courses, cover papers, write essays…
then graduate!
6.28
got up very early to shot graduation photoes.
bought some books today, but not enough.
checked plan. so many things left undone:
contact list digital incarnation skype
buy railway ticket. consign.
archives transaction extract the teeth.
gather electronics resources
shopping physical examination a report of career investigation a thesis about international relationship a summary and comment of the project on the blog
ok, let’s deal with this.
6.27
went out to buy luggage holds.
late for the dinner with classmates.
escaped being dead drunk.
sang in KTV over night.
June 26, 2006
Survive in linux 2
when i type help in bash shell, why commands like mkdir are not listed?
how to decompress rar files?
How do apt fina available upgrades with the source list? how do apt get the dependency information?
What is the basic proccess of installing a .deb packet?
need to install gcc… maybe i need a redhat version of linux…
6.26
had an horrible exprience when printing my thesis.
i forgot to set the printer to print on both sides of the paper. so i wasted my print papers, and went back for more, and had to wait in queues to get the job done.
i really needed to learn to handle details. my major problem is that i have no fun when handling details, or executing routines. but i’ve had enough failures to tell me that being over creative without enough caution and patience is a disaster.
Details are most effetively handled when you put them into a routine and follow it. Routines are always needed to secure the stability of the running of your life.
(Write those sentences here to remind myself.)
Speaking of routine, today in the thesis defense i again broke away from it. firstly i throw my written script when i had the chance to read it. then i focus my presentation on 2 of my new ideas. Little work has been done in their implementation, or, demonstration of implementation. For me, i always prefer the creativity, for the teachers, i don’t know. But since i will pass anyway, it’s good to take this chance to try out something wild.
OK, maybe this something means nothing. Anyway, the defense ends now. let’s move on:)
6.25
came out with a ppt with lines for each page.
the count of the words in those lines amount to 3750… how can i finish them in 10 min tommorrow?
played games…
June 24, 2006
6.24
get up at 16:30…
played basketball.
preparing the defense excellent thesis on Monday.
need to drop in at the mail office:
2237 紫荆学生公寓一号楼 413b 蔚松 挂号信 2006-6-22 9:58:29 新邮件
June 22, 2006
June 21, 2006
June 19, 2006
6.19
graduation thesis
didn’t update here quit a few days.
perhaps i’m striked by another wave of inertia
must get up.
transaction for the money order
June 17, 2006
Bill Gate leaving, Bonaparte prisoned
The lastest news says Bill is leaving in 2008. (The End of the Gates Era)
Well, the first idea in my mind is, maybe Bill finally learnt from Bonaparte’s failure, after he has learnt from Bonaparte’s success for such a long time.
I guess Bonaparte has been Gate’s life model, just like Alexander, Caesar and Hannibal have been the life model for Bonaparte, and like the childhood fascination for every man. Bill learnt so much from Bonaparte, his ambition, his tactics, even his temper. (Bill Gates vs. Napoleon)
But why do he choose to leave? It’s definitely deviating from Bonaparte, and what Gates haters think(they hate him for good reasons: see “Social aspects of the GNU Project”) Is it because of his wife? Or the charity?
They must have substantial influence on this decision. But I couldn’t help thinking, every reader of the story of Bonaparte, will wish he quit conquering after he reaches the summit, and lead a peaceful life with Josephine. If he kept his heart from being taken away by politics, time may treat him with a good heart.
It’s equally wise to judge that your time has come and that your time is gone.
So i think leaving is the second coolest thing Gates has done. What’s the coolest? Entering the software industry(or, creating it?) of course.
June 16, 2006
Research Journal 6-16
Towards Coordinated Interdomain Traffic Engineering {
interdomain traffic engineering is difficult, ad hoc techniques are unfortunately the state-of-the-art today?
}
Designing a Predictable Internet BackboneNetwork Rui Zhang-Shen and Nick McKeown
Efficient and Robust Routing of HighlyVariable Traffic
Murali Kodialam, T. V. Lakshman, and Sudipta Sengupta Public Reviewer: James Roberts {
Use certain tunnels to split single hop inter connection between routers to two hop routes.
Traffic is split over all possible two-hop routes
Load is balanced and the network is more robust?
But the overall requirement of network capacity maybe double.
}
The comercial demand for convergence of circuit based network and IP based network is high. And a lot of problems need to be solved:
Network-Wide Decision Making: Toward AWafer-Thin Control Plane {
What is an IP control plane?
Centralized computation vs. distributed scheme
a mixed plan?
two-phase commit?
}
Resilient IP control plane: Path to network convergence {
IP/MPLS backbone : what is MPLS? http://www.edu.cn/20010829/209669.shtml
The Internet control plane always adapts to the demands placed on it—and there’s no reason to think it is incapable of evolving to support the requirements of converged services. Several emerging technologies address the need for a more reliable, scalable, and resilient IP control plane.
In short, the convergence of voice and data services onto a single network is already well underway. In the current climate, service providers must evolve their networks to remain competitive. Before voice and data services can migrate to a single IP/MPLS core, the IP control plane must evolve to support the scalability, reliability, and stability required by business services. Fortunately, technologies exist today that enable these advances. Routing technologies such as stateful protocol protection, optimized route convergence, and high-performance scalable routing processors can provide the IP control plane with the resiliency that’s needed.
}
June 14, 2006
the last visit to Xiangfan before going abroad
I’ll go back to Xiangfan on 15th, July. Before that I need to have everything in my dorm transported to Xiangfan.
i’ll stay in Xiangfan for a few days and head for Guangdong.
6.14
planning of the graduation thesis.
introduced my UCL system to Yipeng.
got to complete two tasks everyday: cover papers and loose weight!
6.12
Asked about consigning and railway ticket.
confirmed with my mother that I’ll be back to Xiangfan on 15th, July.
asked about archive transaction. I’ll do that after 11th, July.
subscribed for journal letters of Tsinghua alumni association. also applied for its email and credit card.
June 11, 2006
6.11
a visit to Miss Liu’s
i love climbing the mountains.
here are some pictures:
and here are some pics of our graduation show:
June 10, 2006
6.10
spent most of the working time testing proxies.
finally i can login to skype and charge the credit points.
some readings on the hitech paper.
covered some papers reviews.
spent the afternoon singing with Lei Du in KTV…
good luck to her.
i’ve made a plan a few days ago. Let’s list the overdue tasks up to now:
contact list
digital incarnation
hitech management paper
need to finish them before 6.15.
The proxy and network connection problems took too much of my time…
I hate restricted connectivity!
June 9, 2006
study google!
Google draws more and more of my attention, for one simple reason: it puts things online.
I think online storage and service of personal data is the trend in the future. In the past we focus on PC, and online storage isn’t as practical as local storage. But now the focus shifts to pervasive computing. User end devices still play an important role: we need more powerful PCs, notebooks, PDAs… But they are no longer the center of one’s digital assistant. With network connection and computing service available to a pervasive extent, the most important thing is how to organize all those network service, computing power, and personal data.
Google is a successful example, at least for now. It strategy is a centralized server providing network service and personal data. It’s easy to manage and easy to use.
In the 1980s, hackers who wanted to break free from the control of centralized computing power created PC, and a legendary industry as well. Today with the power of internet, centralized server take the leading flag back. What’s in it? Many want to know, including me:)
History often evolves in a spiral way. But its repetition is never simple. Overall centralization will not come back. Now we need a strategy to leverage between centralization and distribution. A lot of considerations are needed. We need to utilize the computing power in a most flexible and efficient way. We need to make one’s digital extension easy to manage but also free to use. Security and privacy are also extremely important.
With all those questions, I really need to study google, from its ideas to implementations.
Also its aquisition strategy is also of great importance…
And the last but not least, from the study i can equip myself with its services. I really like them:)
6.9
task for today:
graduation show
skype — netphone
hitech management paper
cover papers
accomplishment of today:
graduation show: well done!
skype — netphone: can’t login…
hitech management paper — not yet…
cover papers — no. spent the night out with classmates…
6.8
hacking in ubuntu…
Kun Zhang and Lei Du came to Tsinghua. Showed them a tour.
rehearsed graduation show for the last time. We’ll be performing tomorrow evening.
Welcome to Meng Minwei building(蒙民伟楼) tomorrow.
Show time:
7:00, 9th, June
Show place:
2nd floor in Meng Minwei building(蒙民伟楼)
Welcome!!
My first oversea air ticket
I booked for it too late. It cost me 6967 RMB. Two days ago the price is 5100 RMB…
Briefly speaking, I’ll leave Beijing on 2nd, Aug, and arrive in Houston after 30+ hours of flight.
Itinerary
Date: 08/02/2006
Flight: AIR CHINA INTL 925 Boeing 777-200(772) Booking Code: M
Departure: PEK Beijing 09:40 H 3HR 15MIN
Arrival: NRT Tokyo 01:55 H
WEI, SONG
SEAT UNASSIGNED Economy
Date: 08/02/2006
Flight: AMERICAN AIRLINES 154 Boeing 777(777) Booking Code: M
Departure: NRT Tokyo 06:25 H 11HR 35MIN
Arrival: ORD Chicago 04:00 H
WEI, SONG
SEAT UNASSIGNED Economy
Date: 08/02/2006
Flight: AMERICAN AIRLINES 1457 McDonnell Douglas Super MD-80(S80) Booking Code: M
Departure: ORD Chicago 06:50 H 2HR 41MIN
Arrival: IAH Houston 09:31 H
WEI, SONG
SEAT UNASSIGNED Economy
Caution: all date and time are local
June 8, 2006
Survive in Linux
I’ve always been planning to master linux. But the plan is always postponed. Now that I’m going to be a student of CS, i’d better learn to use it before i go to the U.S. And I also hope to lay a foundation for the study of Operating System, for I can apply the knowledge in this real platform.
Now I found that I need to learn a lot of things in ubuntu in order to survive here:)
system adm
installation and management of software
startup config
mounting windows fs
running windows app
shell and shell script
coding system — the display and input of Chinese
ftp software
installation and management of drivers
updating kernel
video and audio codec
firewall?
proxy
emacs
gaim — jabbers
graphics
office
latex
programming under linux…
Thanks a lot for Da’s advice!! Thanks a lot for Da’s advice!
Thanks a lot for your comment on my task list from 6.4 to 7.31.
sorry i didn’t see it in those days. long time no comment…
:)
6.7
installed linux
bought the ticket
presentation of hitech strategic management
My high shool mates Kun Zhang and Lei Du arrived in Beijing. We had a meal in Peking Univ.
rehearsed graduation show
busy day.
June 7, 2006
6.6
had my ticket registered.
studied about the course list of CS in UH. sent an email to consult my advisor.
studied the housing registration in UH
discussed the presentation in the course of Hitech Strategic management with my teammates.
The plan for 6.4 - 6.5 was not finished. I didn’t have my teeth extracted… and I didn’t get the ticket in hand, nor did I registered. It’s due to that i didn’t do much work on 6.4.
ok, let’ move on.
6.5
investigated air ticket agencies on bbs.
make a lot of phone calls
i realized that i’m really late for ticket registration. Now the tickets are hard to get and expensive.
also tried the online enrollment service in UH out.
graduation rehearsement
June 4, 2006
6.4
a meeting for graduation project
went out with high school friends
played games at night.
June 3, 2006
plan for 6.4 - 7.31
cover papers everyday
6.4 — 6.6
registration for air ticket, courses, and dorm. list books to buy. install linux on my computer.
6.7 — 6.10 graduation photo contact list digital incarnation skype learn the using of linux hitech management paper
6.11 — 6.20 buy railway ticket and ask about consigning. archives transaction extract the teeth graduation thesis buy books graduation project the using of linux gather electronics resources
6.21 - 7.01
shopping physical examination a report of career investigation a thesis about international relationship a summary and comment of the project on the blog
7.02 — 7.11 learn OS concept and arithmetic check preparations for going abroad graduation
7.12-7.14 archive and registered permanent residence transaction
7.15-7.31 meet my families
8.1-8.2 set out for Houston
task list from 6.4 to 7.31
school { graduation project { graduation thesis { outline -> scratch -> final version } demonstration software { segmentation of web a mechanism to make the categrization extendable and stable at the same time further improvement of broadcasting mechanism adding and editing UCL } course { basketball course: chin-up test hi-tech management: presentation } graduation photo } clear the dorm and send things back home }
go abroad { housing & classes { survey on the internet consult my advisor registration on line } prepare to go { physical examination have a tooth taken out air ticket shopping { trunk * 2 clothes { a man’s suit underpants a bathing trunks that can cover the knees } medicine { a cold stomach teeth eye } contact lenses kitchenwares { pans (a big one and a small one) a lunch box that can take the heat in a microwave oven kitchen knife chopping board bowl chopsticks } beddings { a pillow quilts (a thin one and a thick one) bedsheets * 2 quilt cover * 2 pillow cover * 2 } clothes racks stationery { propelling pencils fluorescent pens note books } electronic resources { from ftps in tsinghua { computer science programming history biography science business chinese traditinal classics } } books { textbook chinese traditional classic { Zhou Yi Dao De Lun Yu } tech classic { The art of programming } } } } }
self { cover papers learn linux and OS learn arithmetic digital incarnation { further construction of songway and xiaonei pic storage and } contact { contact list free call and short message solution. }
a report of career investigation
a thesis about international relationship
a summary and comment of the project on the blog
an intern job??
}
family&friends { another visit back home… graduation show parties and dinners… }
June 1, 2006
6.1
My visa day.
got up at 6:30
get in the light rail. changed for subway. arrived at the embassy at 8:30.
so lucky that i met windsor999 outside the embassy.
long time waiting in the queues…
finally, the Asian VO called my name:
“Good morning, sir.”
“which university are you going to attend?”
“the University of Houston”
“what are you going to study?”
“computer science”
“in what specific area?”
“wireless networks and computer networks”
“简历”
(handed to him)
“你通过了。拿这个去办理邮寄。”
“Thank you, sir.”
That’s all.
I really wonder why he said Chinese to me. Is it because that my answers are all short phrases? I kept answering this way because i think it’s better for both me and him to have the conversation as simple and clear as possible. In fact the strategy of mine is very simple: simple, clear, and total confidence.
There was a young lady who was in the same queue with me. A pretty woman, and had been pretty cool to us. When she saw an applicant before her was carrying a baby and had difficulty finding her documents, she stepped up and took over the baby. In a suitable way she demonstrated to us (and the VO) the image of a good mother. very kind of her, and very smart of her. she passed very quickly. i don’t think the experience of my own is of much value to you guys, but i hope this woman can give you some inspirations.
5.31
final preparation for the vsia
revised my resume and study plan.
watched “the apprentice” and “growing pains”.
played a few games.
…
let’s go get it, but go to bed first.
5.30
studied graduation thesis today.
selected some graduation thesis and skipped through them.
played games at night…
