1. App home screen
2. Scroll bar replacement
3. Competitive ebook model
4. Digitizer + touchscreen

Wasn’t expecting this blog to be linked in relationship with the Android plush bag, though I am very glad that there are so many who like the plush.

For those of you arriving at my blog this way, you would notice by now that it has a significant amount of Chinese content. You might like to check out my predominately English twitter feed instead.

Oh and one last thing, instead of my long official name, I go by just “Vinci” in general.

LaTeX has a very recognizable “default” look. If you routinely read working papers, you almost certainly have come across quite a few of them. You could very well be a seasoned LaTeX user youself.

Now, for one reason or another, sometimes you just need to use Word, and getting Word output to look like LaTeX is no easy task. Why might you want to make a Word document look like LaTeX? There are many motivations–perhaps you prefer the neat styling, or perhaps you do not want readers with big LaTeX-ego to discover that you used Word.

Here’s how I do it personally.

1. First you need the “LaTeX font”. Half of the LaTeX looks comes from the font. LaTeX uses Computer Modern by default. While there is a Word compatible port of the font, it lacks many characters that you would need in a word processor. What you need to use instead is Latin Modern, which is an expansion on the former. You can get OpenType Latin Modern fonts here. Usually it is sufficient to download only lmroman12-regular.otf, lmroman12-bold.otf and lmroman12-italic.otf. After downloading, go to [Control Panel] -> [Fonts]. You can simply drag the fonts into the window that shows up to install them.
2. Second you need to mimic LaTeX’s default styling. This gives the remaining half of the look, and much more complicated that the first half. It takes a bit of patience to make measurements of LaTeX spacing and translate them into Word. Here is a template. It looks kind of ugly in Word, but comes out great in pdf. The template takes reference to Laudo Ogura’s LaTeX sample. Definitely take a look at his site if you want to learn LaTeX.

A big plus of Word 2007 is the new build-in equation editor uses a TeX-like syntax, making the transition to and from LaTeX much easier than before. On the other hand, the equation editor is also the biggest problem–you cannot use another font, and the default does not look anywhere like LaTeX’s output.

Finally migrated my remaining Vista computer to Windows 7. Now with three W7 computers and plenty of virtual machines.

I saw the quote today with my own eyes while I am loggin in!

“ Bring your friends to Azeroth, but don’t forget to go outside of Azeroth with them as well.”

Another evidence that my research might actually benefit mankind…

More on the quote,
http://cronkitezine.asu.edu/spring2007/wow5.html

Unlike my ex-girlfriend, who meticulously clears her Gmail inbox throughout the day, I take a lay-back approach to my inbox. Today I am proud to announce that my approach has led my inbox to a new level evilness,

Embedding graphics in an embedded video! See for yourself.

隨著新款Macbook相繼登場，筆者週二和週六將走訪各銷售點，提供最新報價！

(截至 3:30pm)

Apple Store
卡價。學生/教學人員送iPod Touch
新13″白 – $7788，教育價$7388。
新13″ unibody  - $9288，教育價$8488。有貨，週二買週五送貨。

旺角

西洋菜街 百老匯
卡、現金、分期同價
新13″白 – $7800
舊13″白 – $7000
新13″ unibody – 未有消息
舊13″ unibody – $10200, 未有減價打算

西洋菜街 鐳射
現金「平少少」
新13″白 – $7800
舊13″白 – $7400
新13″ unibody – 未有消息
舊13″ unibody – $10200, 未有減價打算

西洋菜街 豐澤
卡、現金、分期同價
新13″白 – $7800
舊13″白 – 無
新13″ unibody – 約一週
舊13″ unibody – $10200, 未有減價打算

西洋菜街 New Vision
卡、現金同價
新13″白 – $7800
舊13″白 – $7500 Display Unit
新13″ unibody – 約兩週
舊13″ unibody – $8488
*New Vision是眾多商號中唯一有員工知道13″ Unibody出左新機。不過位哥哥都唔知部機已經係’Pro’，令筆者有點失望。

旺電 Protech (113號)
現金減約5%
新13″白 – $7800
舊13″白 – $7400
新13″ unibody – 無
舊13″ unibody – $10200, 未有減價打算

旺電 Ultimate (205號)
現金、EPS減約4%
新13″白 – $7800
舊13″白 – 無
新13″ unibody – 月尾
舊13″ unibody – $10200, 未有減價打算

旺電 Inconix (318號)
現金95折、卡97折
新13″白 – $7800
舊13″白 – $7400 (Cash $7200)
新13″ unibody – 一週以上
舊13″ unibody – $10200, 可能減價

Note:
新13″白 – MB240ZP/A
舊13″白 – MB881ZP/A
舊13″ unibody – MB466ZP/A
新13″ unibody – MB990ZP/A

Just ordered one :D