However, it is pretty easy to get it working. I didn’t see it documented elsewhere, so I thought I’d post instructions on configuring WordPress to allow posting Chinese.

* Using a program (like phpMyAdmin) to administer your database, select the WordPress database.
* Find the wp_posts table, and click on the “structure” icon (it is the second from the left under Actions)
* Click the “pencil” icon on the wp_content table.
* Change the Collation option to utf8_unicode_ci (on mine, that’s the option at the very bottom).
* Click Save.
* If you want to enable Chinese in titles, you can repeat the procedure for the wp_posts.wp_title. You might also want to enable it in comments by repeating on wp_comments.comment_content and wp_comments.comment_author.

That’s it! You can now post 汉字 in WordPress!

I’m always amazed that more people don’t know the little tricks you can use to get more out of a simple Google search. Here are 10 of my favorites.
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1. Use the “site:” operator to limit searches to a particular site. I use this one all the time, and it’s particularly handy because many site’s built-in search tools don’t return the results you’re looking for (and some sites don’t even have a search feature). If I’m looking for WWD posts about GTD, for example, I could try this search: GTD site:webworkerdaily.com.
2. Use Google as a spelling aid. As Rob Hacker — the WWD reader I profiled last week — pointed out, entering a word into Google is a quick way to see if you have the right spelling. If it’s incorrect, Google will suggest the correct spelling instead. Additionally, if you want to get a definition of a word, you can use the “define:” operator to return definitions from various dictionaries (for example, define: parasympathetic).
3. Use Google as a calculator. Google has a built-in calculator — try entering a calculation like 110 * (654/8 + 3). Yes, your computer also has a calculator, but if you spend most of your day inside a browser, typing your calculation into the browser’s search box is quicker than firing up your calculator app.
4. Find out what time it is anywhere in the world. This one’s really handy if you want to make sure that you’re not phoning someone in the middle of the night. Just search for “time” and then the name of the city. For example, try: time San Francisco
5. Get quick currency conversions. Google can also do currency conversion, for example: 100 pounds in dollars. It only has the more mainstream currencies, though — if you’re trying to see how many Peruvian nuevos soles your dollars might buy, you’ll be out of luck.
6. Use the OR operator. This can be useful if you’re looking at researching a topic but you’re not sure which keywords will return the information you need. It can be particularly handy in conjunction with the “site:” operator. For example, you could try this search: GTD or “getting things done” site:webworkerdaily.com
7. Exclude specific terms with the – operator. You can narrow your searches using this operator. For example, if you’re looking for information about American Idol but don’t want anything about Simon Cowell, you could try: “american idol” -cowell
8. Search for specific document types. Google can search the web for specific types of files using the “filetype:” operator. If you’re looking for PowerPoint files about GTD, for example, you could try: GTD filetype:ppt
9. Search within numerical ranges using the .. operator. Say, for example, you want to look for information about Olympic events that took place in the 1950’s, you could use this search: Olympics 1950..1960
10. Area code lookup. Need to know where a phone number is located? Google will let you know where it is, and show you a map of the area, too. For example: 415

Good Resources:
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“26 steps to 15k a Day” by Brett Tabke
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Non-free Spyware: Spyware Doctor

On the server side,

• In “Control Panel”, click on “System”
  
• Click on “Remote” tab, select “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer”
  
• In “Control Panel”, click on “Administrative Tools”
  
• click on “Local Security Settings”
  
• select “Local Policies” on the left panel, and select “User Rights Assignement” on the right panel
  
• Select “Allow logon through terminal services”, add new user account
  
• The port number for Remote Desktop is 3389

  
  on the client side,
  

• Programs –> Accessories –> Communications –> Remote Desktop Connection
  

I needed to connect my new desktop PC wirelessly from my second floor office to my first floor network. As I started researching the options for wireless USB adapters, I realized I might have some work ahead of me. Wireless USB in Linux is still in the early stages of development. But a little searching and some trial and error led to a successful connection.

While I did not expect the configuration to be easy, I did not expect it to be especially difficult either. To be fair, a lot of the complexities have nothing to do with the USB drivers, but are more related to the device naming and mapping changes that occurred in the upgrade from the 2.4 to the 2.6 kernel.

To better handle dynamic, hotplug devices on USB and FireWire, changes were made in the 2.6 kernel to provide persistent device names. The kernel now handles device management via two subsystems called sysfs and udev. If you run a 2.6 kernel, you may notice a new virtual directory called /sys in the root of your system. The /sys directory works like /proc in that it maps directly to part of system memory. While /proc tracks kernel parameters and state, /sys tracks device names known to the system. The device names in /sys are persistent because they are based on unique hardware and bus identifiers. This allows the kernel to always assign the same name to a dynamic device, something that was not possible in the 2.4 kernel.

In the 2.4 kernel the order you plug in USB devices can affect the name that gets assigned to it. The name of a device is neither unique nor guaranteed. The sysfs subsystem in the 2.6 kernel tries to solve that problem by naming devices using a unique identifier. The result is something not very useful to humans, as the device name for my wireless USB adapter turned out to be /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0. That name is not very handy to deal with, so the udev subsystem provides a mapping between the /sys device name and the more familiar device names like /dev/wlan0.

Configuration

My initial research on wireless USB adapters landed me at the hardware compatibility list maintained by Absolute Value Systems, the company that maintains the linux-wlan project and provides drivers for several wireless USB and PCMCIA chipsets. After scanning the compatibility list, I decided to get the Linksys WUSB12 802.11b adapter. It was inexpensive and seemed to be supported.

My primary desktop runs SUSE Professional 9.1 using the 2.6.5 kernel. I plugged the new wireless adapter into an open USB port and fired up the SUSE administration tool, YaST, to see if it had been recognized. No dice. I ran an lsmod command to see if the kernel had recognized it, and was pleased to see the prism2_usb kernel module loaded. I made an attempt to configure the wireless USB card in YaST anyway, and YaST dutifully created a configuration file for it, but I was no closer to getting it to work. It was time to look at the wireless USB configuration itself.

The default location for configuration files is in /etc/wlan/ and the main file is wlan.conf. Wlan.conf is a shell script, and the only thing it does is set some environment variables.

There are only three settings in wlan.conf to check:

WLAN_DEVICES=”wlan0″
SSID_wlan0=”stayoutofmynet”
ENABLE_wlan0=”y”

The SSID_wlan0 setting is the network identifier for the wireless network. The system looks for a network-specific configuration file based on the SSID_wlan0 setting. In this example, it looks for a file called /etc/wlan/wlancfg-stayoutofmynet for additional settings. If it does not find the network-specific file, it reads the /etc/wlan/wlancfg-DEFAULT file. The wlancfg-stayoutofmynet file contains mostly WEP encryption settings, including which key to use and the key itself.

Another important file in the process is /etc/wlan/shared, a shell script that contains the functions to enable, start, and stop the network interface. There is no need to change the /etc/wlan/shared file; it is called by other scripts to do the dirty work.

In theory, when the adapter is plugged into a USB port, the hotplug system fires an event that loads the kernel modules, then the udev and sysfs subsystems assign a name to the device and interface. When the interface is registered, more hotplug events are triggered to read the configuration files. There is a lot of new code in play here, including the SUSE shell scripts that glue everything together. After much anguish and gnashing of teeth, I could not get it to work using YaST and the default SUSE configuration. Maybe it would have worked if I had turned off encryption on the access point, but I was not going to run a wireless network and be undefended.

Manual labor

The configuration program for wireless USB cards is called wlanctl-ng. The configuration scripts that come with the linux-wlan package call wlanctl-ng with various non-intuitive parameters. Going back to Google, I found a few pages that showed manually constructed working configurations. I eventually distilled a script that has been working well for me:

#! /bin/sh
#
# Wireless USB setup
#

# Step 1 – enable wireless USB for wlan0
wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable

# Step 2 – set SSID for your network
wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=stayoutofmynet authtype=opensystem

# Step 3 – set WEP attributes
wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_hostwep encrypt=true decrypt=true
wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute=dot11PrivacyInvoked=true

# Step 4 – set WEP key
wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute=dot11WEPDefaultKeyID=3
wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute=dot11WEPDefaultKey3=12:34:56:78:9A

# Step 5 – set IP configuration
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
route add default gw 192.168.1.11

I have used this script on both SUSE 9.1 and SimplyMEPIS 2004.06 and found it to work well for both. It should work on any 2.6 kernel-based distribution with the wlan-ng package installed, but you’ll need to customize it for your own system:

Step 2 needs to be modified to match the SSID of your wireless network.

Step 4 needs to be modified to match your encryption key ID and key. This setting is zero-based, so the first key is KeyID=0. I was using key 4, and thus KeyID=3 in my example. On the following line, the mibattribute=dot11WEPDefaultKey3 value changes depending on which key you are using. For example, if you are using KeyID=0, then the following line would use mibattribute=dot11WEPDefaultKey0=12:34:56:78:9A. To complicate things further, the encryption key value can be extended. My example uses low-grade encryption. If you are using 128-bit encryption, extend the length of the key value.

Step 5 needs to be modified for the right IP address and gateway.

DISCLAIMER: You are free to use this script, hack it, copy it, sell it, digest it, and pass it through your body. However, it comes with zero technical support.

I changed my boot configuration to call this script at the very end of the boot process after all the other services are up.

The Linuxant option

While researching, I ran across Linuxant’s DriverLoader product, which allows you to use the Windows binary drivers that ship with many wireless cards in Linux. It is not free software, but has a low cost and can be used for a free 30-day trial.

The Linuxant Web site provides binary packages for a number of Linux distributions. It also has the source available if you want to compile it to work with your custom kernel. I have not tested DriverLoader, but I have read testimonials indicating that it works well for supported hardware. NewsForge covered it recently.

Filling the ether with bits

After several months of continuous use, I am pleased to report the Linksys WUSB12 adapter is holding up well. It does not overheat and the throughput matches my laptop’s old PCMCIA card.

A few years ago, wireless USB was leading edge technology. I still consider it leading edge in the Linux world, but with a little elbow grease, your Linux systems can fill the ether with bits.

守候三年之后，美国最大的猎头公司巨兽(Monster)终于将手伸向了中国最大的招聘网站之一中华英才网。来自内部的消息称，4月19日，MONSTER公司将斥资5000万美元正式

收购中华英才网40%的股份。

冤大头猛兽MONSTER？

MONSTER是全球领先的网上招聘供应商，也是全球最大的招聘服务供应商，在全球范围内提供招聘代理、线上招聘、猎头服务和招聘黄页广告的网络运营商，拥有上亿简历数据。

来自中华英才网内部的消息称，4月19日，Monster公司和中华英才网将在北京正式签署双方合作的战略协议。根据协议，MONSTER将注资5000万美元用于收购中华英才网40%的股份，在今后的三年中，MONSTER将帮助中华英才网完成IPO上市，上市后，MONSTER将购买其51%甚至更多的股份。如果在三年时间内，中华英才网未能上市，MONSTER同样有义务购买其超过51%的股份，成为实际控股股东。MONSTER的新闻发言人称， Monster希望最终能在中华英才网7人董事会中占据3席。

此项收购在今年2月初双方即达成协议，之后，大量的中华英才网高层被邀请至美国，考察MONSTER的运营方式和管理模式。3月28日晚，中华英才网市场总监周茜告诉记者，3月29日，她也将飞赴美国进行为期12天的正式签约前的最后沟通。这次沟通，双方将就最后的细节问题进行磋商。

但有业内人士认为，MONSTER出手如此大方做了冤大头。据中华英才网内部人士透露，该公司2004年总收入仅6500万元左右。

资金一直是该公司发展中最头疼的问题之一

中华英才网的CEO张建国在不久前曾公开表示，现在最紧要的是把规模做上去，如果两年内年收入超3亿元，盈利超1个亿，赴美上市方有胜算。

作为一个想上市的企业，最需要的是资金。其次是专业的服务技术和人才。周茜毫不忌讳中华英才网对资金的需求。

高价收购背后

记者获得的一份上海艾瑞市场咨询有限公司的《2004年中国网上招聘研究报告》显示，在中国网上招聘市场中，年收入在3000万元的主要以超大型网站为主，共4家，包括前程无忧、中华英才网、智联招聘以及中国人才热线。它们的收入占整个网上招聘市场收入的41%，其中多数曾从风险投资获益。

事实上，此前Monster也曾与前程无忧、智联招聘等国内几大招聘网站接触过，最后选择了中华英才网。据周茜称，��这是因为在这三家中，只有中华英才网是真正在做互联网业务，而对方十分看好互联网未来的发展趋势。据一位不愿意透露姓名的业内人士分析，Monster收购中华英才网可能是因为目前在三家较大规模的网站中，中华英才网是最容易让MONSTER实现控股的。由于51JOB 去年已经上市，想和它实现合资的可能性比较小。目前正在寻求资金上市的智联招聘，其CEO刘浩却坚持走上市的道路，不会轻易把公司控股权出售��。而中华英才网的创办者张杰贤在2004年退出总裁职位，成为董事成员后，主导中华英才网的是一些投资人。有股东在公开场合表示，在上市的过程中，寻求合资者，只要收益合理，被控股并不是不可能的。

但有投资者认为，MONSTER看中中华英才网不仅仅是因为易控股。

据统计，中国的招聘市场中，2004年达到41.6亿元人民币，预计2006年将达到51.2亿元人民币，平均年增长率达到10%.网上招聘在2003年为3.1个亿，到 2004年为5.5个亿，一年当中以占8.1%的比例跃升到了 13.2%，到2006年将增长到16.9亿元人民币，平均增长率为73.9%，2006年网上招聘收入将占整体招聘市场收入的33%.据预测，未来网上招聘市场将达到整个招聘市场的60%-70%.从2001年开始，觊觎中国市场的MONSTER就派高层在国内市场考察，但由于当时政策的限制， Monster延缓了其在中国的收购计划，而转向了日本和印度。直至2003年10月，人事部、商务部等部门联合出台《中外合资人才中介机构管理暂行规定》，中国人才中介市场正式向洋猎头开放。

本土品牌可能消失

不仅仅是MONSTER，在2003年中国放开人才中介市场之后，许多外资猎头公司纷纷涌入中国市场。光辉国际、海德思哲、SpencerStuart和TMP国际等全球十大猎头公司早已在北京、上海、深圳等地落户。而随着中国加入 WTO后，人才中介市场将完全放开，更多的外国猎头公司将加入蚕食国内人才中介市场的行列。

网络招聘是人才中介市场发展的趋势，而目前国内的招聘网站市场上，出现了两级分化的局面。除了上述4家规模较大的招聘网站外，年收入在1000万-3000万左右的共5家，它们的收入占整个网上招聘市场收入的18%，其中有的拿到了风险投资，有的在省市排名前三位。以卓博人才网、JOB88人才网等为代表；年收入在100万- 1000万的，这类网站很多，其中大部份是以人才市场或人才服务机构为依托而建立起来的，它们的收入占整个网上招聘市场收入的20%，年收入在100万以下的有400-500家，有很多是私营性质的小型网站，英才招聘网，外企人才在线，地方性小型网站等，它们的收入占整个网上招聘市场收入的21%.互联网领域做风险投资的信中利董事长汪潮涌认为，外资的进入将加剧国内招聘网站的两级分化，最终中小型企业将被淘汰。而在外资资金入股后，原有的国内品牌是否会消失，被外资品牌而取代，则要看外资注入后，帮助企业上市的方式。如果这个企业单独上市的股值比较高，保留原有品牌的可能性就比较大。

你这个问题我也想问呢，我去美国就是带着这些问题去问的。听了记者的疑问，周茜笑了，他们现在看重的就是我们的品牌，不管怎么说，现在对他们来说，最重要的是抢占地盘。据艾瑞公司预测，2002- 2006年是招聘网站的成长期，这个时期以迅速圈地，占领市场份额为主，2007-2010年进入成熟期后，新的招聘网站就不适宜再进入，小型网站估计前景不利，适合于退出市场，以免损失过大。

而2010年的衰退期/改良期，小型招聘网站面临改良或者兼并、倒闭的局面，而大型，有实力，有稳定客户的招聘网站将会面临多足鼎立的局面。

2. eGroupWare: Enterprise Collaboration https://sourceforge.net/projects/egroupware eGroupWare is a multi-user, web-based groupware suite developed on a custom set of PHP-based APIs.Currently available modules include: email, addressbook, calendar, infolog (notes, to-do’s, phone calls), content management, forum, bookmarks, wiki

3. FCKeditor https://sourceforge.net/projects/fckeditor This HTML editor (DHTML editor), for ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP and JavaScript brings to the web many of the powerful functionalities of known desktop editors like Word. It works with Mozilla, Netscape and IE.

4. MinGW – Minimalist GNU for Windows https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw MinGW: import libraries and header files for use with GCC to build native Windows applications; now with added extentions to the MSVC runtime to support C99 functionality.

5. Azureus – BitTorrent Client https://sourceforge.net/projects/azureus Azureus is a powerful, full-featured, cross-platform java BitTorrent client.

6. Exponent Content Management System https://sourceforge.net/projects/exponent Exponent is a fully-featured, modern CMS written in PHP, that enables non-technical people to manage and update their websites with minimal effort.Exponent is also an attractive development platform for traditional and non-traditional web applications.

7. 7-Zip https://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip 7-Zip is a file archiver with the highest compression ratio. The program supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format.

8. phpMyAdmin https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields.

9. openCRX – Limitless Relationship Mgmt https://sourceforge.net/projects/opencrx openCRX is a professional customer relationship management (CRM) solution deployable to all major platforms built with state-of-the-art technology. openCRX is a real enterprise-class CRM-solution, multi-entity capable, fully scalable. Demo available.

10. WebCalendar https://sourceforge.net/projects/webcalendar WebCalendar is a PHP application used to maintain a calendar for a single user or an intranet group of users.It can also be configured as an event calendar.

11. hipergate CRM https://sourceforge.net/projects/hipergate Best of breed CRM suite including: sales automation, customer service, intranet,email marketing, content management, bug tracker, project manager, groupware, webmail, calendar, forums, file sharing and directory.

12. Compiere ERP + CRM Business Solution https://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere Smart ERP+CRM solution for Small-Medium Enterprises in the global market covering all areas from order and customer/supplier management, supply chain to accounting. For $5-500M revenue companies looking for “brick and click” first tier functionality.

13. ScummVM https://sourceforge.net/projects/scummvm ScummVM is a cross-platform interpreter for several point-and-click adventure engines. This includes all SCUMM-based adventures by LucasArts, Simon the Sorcerer by AdventureSoft, and Beneath a Steel Sky and Broken Sword 2 by Revolution

14. guliverkli https://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli Home of VobSub, Media Player Classic (MPC) and other misc utils.

15. PDFCreator https://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application.

16. MegaMek https://sourceforge.net/projects/megamek MegaMek is a networked Java clone of BattleTech, a turn-based sci-fi boardgame for 2+ players.Fight using giant robots, tanks, and/or infantry on a hex-based map.

17. Dev-C++ https://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp Dev-C++ is an full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Win32. It uses GCC, Mingw or Cygwin as compiler and libraries set.

18. AMSN https://sourceforge.net/projects/amsn AMSN (Alvaro’s Messenger) is a multiplatform MSN messenger clone.

19. Battletech-Online.org Battletech MUX https://sourceforge.net/projects/btonline-btech Battletech MUX’s are a text based (w/optional 2D graphical interface) realtime implementation of the FASA boardgame Battletech. This project is a merge of the main opensource tree with the original closed distribution “Exile” tree btech-online.org uses.

20. FileZilla https://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features.FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server.

21. FreeMind https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind A mind mapper, and at the same time an easy-to-operate hierarchical editor with strong emphasis on folding. These two are not really two different things, just two different descriptions of a single application. Often used for knowledge and content mgmt.

22. HSQL Database Engine https://sourceforge.net/projects/hsqldb HSQLDB is a relational database engine written in Java, with a JDBC driver, supporting a subset of ANSI-92 SQL.It offers a small (about 100k), fast database engine which offers both in memory and disk based tables.This product includes Hypersonic SQL

23. Bochs x86 PC emulator https://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs Bochs is a portable x86 PC emulation software package that emulates enough of the x86 CPU, related AT hardware, and BIOS to run Windows, Linux, *BSD, Minix, and other OS’s, all on your workstation.

24. MediaPortal https://sourceforge.net/projects/mediaportal This program opens the portal to all your media. Listen,record and organise music, movies,radio, streams, pictures and even Pause TV!.Use internet sources to enrich your media with albumart or songnames. Enjoy your mediacenter or htpc as never before

25. WinMerge https://sourceforge.net/projects/winmerge WinMerge is a Win32 tool for visual difference display and merging, for both files and directories. Unicode support. Flexible syntax coloring editor. Windows Shell integration. Regexp filtering. Side-by-side line diff and in-line word diff visualisation.