personal

another ying zhang?

it’s so unbelievable. even in a city as small as iowa city, i can run into drama with another GUY who has the same name as i do. i got a message this morning from our electric company saying they have some problems with my e-bill account. i set up an e-bill account hoping to… Continue reading another ying zhang?

news n politics

talking about hometown pride

DAMN Liu Xiang! You make all Chinese esp. Shanghainese overly proud! The 21-year-old Chinese stormed to the men’s 110m hurdles gold medal before a capacity crowd of 70,000 at the Olympic Stadium in the 28th Olympic Games here on Friday. He clocked a stunning 12.91 seconds to equal the world record set by Britain’s Collin… Continue reading talking about hometown pride

personal

bubo lost his tooth

bubo lost his first tooth (as far as we know) last night. it worried us at first. then i thought it’s probably just like humans, puppies lose their baby teeth to be replaced by adult teeth. so i look it up online and it is true. comes to think of it, bubo really has strong… Continue reading bubo lost his tooth

personal

first day teaching

i woke up at 1am and never fell asleep last nite so i went to school with my eyes closed. but i did have enough excitement and energy to keep myself awake during the section. it went very smoothly. the toughest part is to figure out how to prounce all those weird last names during… Continue reading first day teaching

wp hacks

you like my new code button?

updated – old comments are deleted because i have improved my script. so far i haven’t seen any errors. feel free to test more check out my new code button in the comments field.. it actually replaces my other “better handle <code>” hack – test it out in the comments area by click on the… Continue reading you like my new code button?

geeky

new no margin pop js

now it even automatically detects the image’s width and height! here’s the code here’s the effect here’s how to get your own: download dodos new no margin js put this in your header: the code above should also work for you 🙂 credit