Notes on timid ppl

http://mooiness.com/2006/04/26/timid-people-at-work/

most times shyness is due to a lack of confidence. which means that if you can find a way to coax them out of their shell you could find a rough diamond.
sometimes its cultural. its a lot more common to find a shy Chinese/Japanese/Asian (Filipinos excluded) than say a shy Irish guy. I think us chinese are taught to shut up as a sign of respect or fear of embarassing ourselves or others. Remember back to how many asian students were brave enough to put up our hands in class and ask the lecturer a stupid question that everyone else wanted to know too.

very often people are timid because of their self-image. by 'standing up' for oneself they feel others will judge them negatively. by standing up for yourself you often feel and say things that don't correspond to how you 'idealy' view yourself (or how you see yourelf). - this is a very basic explanation given the circumstances!
you must realise that being timid is largely a learned trait. if it wasn't then it would outside your realm of possibility to act otherwise!
just keep doing it and the bad feelings will disappear with 'habituation'. its basically learning a new set of social rules and re-training your self-image. its also essential to understand that you are doing and saying nothing wrong but being assertive. which is a positive thing!


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081014213148AAkHvMo

"if you're being talked about negatively, don't be mad, on the contrary, feel honored, at least you're being talked about. It's when they're not talking you should worry because you're not important enough"

Your are shy because you gave too much importance on what people think of you, because you don't want to be judge for your actions so you think that if you stay still and let the world continue without noticing your presence everything will be alright for you ...
NO you will only waste what is call living your life as you want it nobody can live it at your place so don't give a damn about what others think of you. life only happens once don't waste your time on thinking about how to live it. don't be shy we are human, human make mistakes and that the good part of it :) give it a try nothing to loose


http://zenhabits.net/2007/11/eight-essential-tips-to-overcoming-shyness-and-making-a-good-impression/
1) Introduce Yourself.
2) Don’t Feel the Need to Qualify Yourself. - and if you make people feel good about themselves that’s the best social qualifier of all.
3) Ask More, Talk Less.
4) Be Generous. - If you reserve judgement and spend time making that person comfortable you will not only spread some good karma around but will earn their eternal gratitude.
5) Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover. - If someone is cold it is most likely because they are very shy and insecure. Remember that and don’t be shaken if someone doesn’t respond as warmly as you would like.
6) Remember a Detail
7) Compliment Others
8) Think of Others.

Meanwhiles Introduce Yourself is the best tip. I love it when people introduce themselves to me and I don’t have to stress out about doing it myself. It also gives you the impression that the person actually wants to know you. When someone doesn’t introduce themselves, a little part of me always thinks, this person doesn’t think I’m worth bothering with, silly as that sounds.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=nu844FYMDdEC&dq=timid+in+workplace&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=PAk1Ssgyae&sig=O3NrD74T9cfS8d4tFaT86e_yIo8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA17,M1

1. stop comparing yourself to others
2. set self-confidence goals "strike up a conversation with one stranger per day"
3. always take time to prepare "answer for how are you?"
4. visualized another reality "think of a party as a one-on-one conversation with a wine?"
5. ask honest feedback
6. think small
7. give yourself options

Open minded -> curiosity -> is the antidote to shyness

Self-confidence is not a form of arrogance. It is trust in our capacity to awaken. It is both the courage to face whatever life throws at us without losing equanimity, and the humility to treat every situation we encounter as one from which we can learn.
-Steven Batchelor, author
Buddhism Without Beliefs

hiragana ka-ki-ku-ke-ko

http://www.thejapanesepage.com/beginners/hiragana/ka

か ka I remembered it because it looks like a 'K' - well sort of...
かお ka-o 顔 face
いか i-ka 以下 below ; 烏賊 squid
かう ka-u 【買う】buy
あかい a-ka-i 赤い red

き ki It looks like a skeleton KEY
おおきい o-o-ki-i 大きい big
えき e-ki 駅 train station

く ku It looks like paKU man (Pac-man) ; like a U facing the opposite side, like groove in K
く ku (kyu) number 9
いく i-ku 行く to go
くうき ku-u-ki 空気 air

け ke It looks like an entrance to a CAve
いけ i-ke 池 pond
け ke hair? 気 spirit　; Guard <-- this one is flaky!

こ　ko It looked like a 'COke can' to me...
こ　ko 子 kid
こい　ko-i love or 鯉 carp (fish)
こえ　ko-e voice 【声】

Kazuko went to Canada to study English.

Kazuko wa eigo o benkyou suru tame ni kanada ni ikimashita.
和子は英語を勉強する
ためにカナダに行きました｡
Kazuko went to Canada to study English.

勉強 (study) 　べんきょう　benkyou
カナダ (Canada)　kanada　(in katakana) 加奈陀　(kanji) かなだ (hiragana)
英語　(English) えいご　

http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa060300.htm

Vim or Vi Colors

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script_search_results.php?keywords=&script_type=color+scheme&order_by=creation_date&direction=descending&search=search

http://blog.infinitered.com/entries/show/8

Basically,
1. sudo apt-get install vim
2. save ir_black.vim to ~/.vim/colors/
3. gedit ~/.vimrc
set number
colorscheme ir_black
set t_Co=256
syntax on

" Python tab settings
set ai
set ts=4
set sts=4
set et
set sw=4

" Omni Complete
autocmd FileType python set omnifunc=pythoncomplete#Complete
autocmd FileType javascript set omnifunc=javascriptcomplete#CompleteJS
autocmd FileType html set omnifunc=htmlcomplete#CompleteTags
autocmd FileType css set omnifunc=csscomplete#CompleteCSS
autocmd FileType xml set omnifunc=xmlcomplete#CompleteTags
autocmd FileType php set omnifunc=phpcomplete#CompletePHP
autocmd FileType c set omnifunc=ccomplete#Complete

http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/insert.html#i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O

So to use autocomplete, in python
import csv
csv. then while in insert mode, Ctrl-X, Ctrl-O, use arrow keys to navigate
a cool trick is to pick the first one, then go backscape and then you can type say Z which saves you some scrolling!

press Ctrl+w twice to switch to the description split window above and repeat to go back to the code window


http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln2510.html
~/.vimrc
:set nu
:set nowrap
:set ts=4
:set shiftwidth=4
:set smartindent
:set expandtab
:set backspace=2
:syntax on
:set incsearch
:set ignorecase
:set fo=t
:set cursorcolumn
:set ruler
:set laststatus=2

Color to prompts

http://www.marksanborn.net/linux/adding-color-and-customize-the-bash-prompt-ps1/

Let There be Color

Use your favorite text editor and uncomment the line in .bashrc under the line:

# Comment in the above and uncomment this below for a color prompt
It may look similar to this:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[33[01;32m\]\u@\h\[33[00m\]:\[33[01;34m\]\w\[33[00m\]\$ ‘

The code above will give you the same result picture above.
Then save the file and reload your terminal (Use the Linux shortcut ctrl-d and relogin or click your terminal icon)

Very long sudo apt-get install

Here's my ever growing sudo apt-get install set

sudo apt-get install xchat gtk-gnutella gtkpod python-tk unrar-free wine k3b sun-java6-jre nvidia-glx-177 cups-pdf arts libk3b2-extracodecs comix smplayer cairo-dock mplayer mencoder vlc inkscape w64codecs subversion scons g++ wx2.8-headers libwxbase2.8-0 libwxbase2.8-dbg libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-0 libwxgtk2.8-dbg libwxgtk2.8-dev libsdl1.2-dev nvidia-cg-toolkit libxxf86vm1-dbg libxxf86vm-dev libxext6-dbg libxext-dev libglew1.5-dev libcairo2-dbg libcairo2-dev libao2 libao-dev libbluetooth-dev ffmpeg2theora mencoder mplayer w64codecs libogg0 libogg-dev libvorbis0a libvorbis-dev vorbis-tools mp32ogg ffmpeg imagemagick youtube-dl poppler-utils pidgin devede skype gedit-plugins vpnc im-switch vim python-scipy rar p7zip gnuplot unrar dia openssh-server tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra texlive texmaker pdftk

pdftk -- merge pdfs
command: pdftk *.pdf output.pdf

Installing_SciPy

http://www.nabble.com/scipy-numpy-on-CentOS-5--Dependency-problem-td19703443.html
http://www.scipy.org/Installing_SciPy/Linux

Hi,

Start by installing refblas3, refblas3-dev, lapack3 and lapack3-dev.
Last time I had this issue, installing the dependencies by hand first
solved it.

Matthieu

2008/9/27 Matthias Blaicher :

> Hello,
>
> I want to install SciPy and numpy on a CentOS 5 system. It contains a
> fresh install with up-to-date packages. I use the "official" Suse
> Build repos by DavidCournapeau.
>
> It fails with a conflict between refblas3 and blas.
>
> [root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum install python-numpy python-scipy

Find out linux desktop version

cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 6.06.1 \n \l

Japanese Hiragana Chapter 1

http://www.thejapanesepage.com/beginners/hiragana/chapter_1

あ　a  it looks like a cross with a sideways #9.  "Ah... number 9" 
い　i  It looks like two arms -- It will get me... EEk!! 
       あい　(love)  いい (good)
う  u  It looks like a nose and an opened mouth looking for fOOd (u rotated 90 degrees)
       あう (to meet)  いう (to say)
え  e  It looks like a person shooting a gun - I hAte guns! (hate sounds like heyt)
       いいえ (no)  いえ (house) え (a picture)

お  o  It looks like ' あ - a' but "OH! it's different
　　　　あお (blue)   おい (hey!)  おう (king)

http://www.iknow.co.jp/lists/36876/items
Hiragana song 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWR1Ziynt8g&feature=related



Hmmm... there's a catchy song here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrMkJAzbWQc&feature=related and it starts of a-i-u-e-o (i guess order matters :D)


Japanese phrases http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/japanese.php

HOX gene and morphology

homeobox D4 (HOX) gene

This gene belongs to the homeobox family of genes. The homeobox genes encode a highly conserved
family of transcription factors that play an important role in morphogenesis in all multicellular organisms. Mammals possess four similar homeobox gene clusters, HOXA, HOXB, HOXC and HOXD, located on different chromosomes, consisting of 9 to 11 genes arranged in tandem. This gene is one of several homeobox HOXD genes located at 2q31-2q37 chromosome regions. Deletions that removed the entire HOXD gene cluster or 5' end of this cluster have been associated with severe limb and genital abnormalities. The protein encoded by this gene may play a role in determining positional values in developing limb buds. Alternatively spliced variants have been described but their full length nature has not been determined.

Miserere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miserere_(Allegri)

Miserere by Gregorio Allegri (also called "Miserere mei, Deus" - English "Have mercy on me, O God") is a setting of Psalm 51 (50) composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, probably during the 1630s, for use in the Sistine Chapel during matins on Wednesday and Friday of Holy Week. It was the last of twelve falsobordone Miserere settings composed and chanted at the service since 1514 and the most popular: at some point, it became forbidden to transcribe the music and it was only allowed to be performed at those particular services, adding to the mystery surrounding it. Writing it down or performing it elsewhere was punishable by excommunication. The setting that escaped from the Vatican is actually a conflation of verses set by Gregorio Allegri around 1638 and Tommaso Bai (1650 - 1718, also spelled "Baj") in 1714.

Eeerie sorta music.

I have three crayfish as pets.

kanji hiragana romaji english
私　　 わたし　　 watashi Me
先生　 せんせい　 sensei Teacher
友達　 ともだち tomodachi friend
が が ga (possessive)
は は ha (emphasis topic marker particle)
匹 ひつ hiki (counter for animals)
三 さん san 3
の の no (posesive)
ザリガニ ざりがに zarigani crayfish
を を wo (subject of causative expression)
飼って　　かって katte raise
います います imasu exist, be (living thing)

私は3匹のザリガニを飼っています。
watashi ha 3 hiki no zarigani wo katte imasu .
I have three crayfish as pets.
I have three of them are keeping a crayfish

http://lang-8.com/journal/54234
http://www.iknow.co.jp/lists/36383/build
http://www.autopenhosting.org/unicode/type-Japanese.html
http://www.romaji.org/

To type Japanese text in ubuntu, install SCIM for Japanese (System > Administration > Language Support), Make sure to check Enable Complex Characters restart comp, open gedit, right-click and choose Input Methods > SCIM Input method, click on the keyboard icon at the system tray and pick Japanese ( Anthy ). Start typing the romaji, to get kanji, press space at the end, press enter for hiragana/katakana.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JapaneseInputHowToInBreezy

http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~apricots/scim-anthy/howto.html
add these to ~/.il8n to /etc/sysconfig/i18n start SCIM automatically
GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
QT_IM_MODULE=scim
XIM_PROGRAM="scim -d"
XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM

type Ctrl+Space to switch between languages

Smart Genes

Genes for learning and memory:

GRIN2A (glutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl D-aspartate 2A)
N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are a class of ionotropic glutamate receptors. NMDA channel has been shown to be involved in long-term potentiation, an activity-dependent increase in the efficiency of synaptic transmission thought to underlie certain kinds of memory and learning. NMDA receptor channels are heteromers composed of the key receptor subunit NMDAR1 (GRIN1) and 1 or more of the 4 NMDAR2 subunits: NMDAR2A (GRIN2A), NMDAR2B (GRIN2B), NMDAR2C (GRIN2C), and NMDAR2D (GRIN2D).

CREB (cAMP responsive element binding protein 1)
This gene encodes a transcription factor that is a member of the leucine zipper family of DNA binding proteins. This protein binds as a homodimer to the cAMP-responsive element, an octameric palindrome. The protein is phosphorylated by several protein kinases, and induces transcription of genes in response to hormonal stimulation of the cAMP pathway. Alternate splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants encoding different isoforms.

tofugu

http://www.tofugu.com/2008/10/21/top-10-online-resources-for-learning-japanese-for-free/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tbzGSAmgWY

http://www.thejapanesepage.com/beginners/hiragana/chapter_1

Panda Origami

http://perfectpandas.com/2007/11/23/panda-origami/