Bad Apple is an animation produced by Touhou Project in Japan. The entire animation uses a method similar to shadow play, featuring only black and white colors, yet achieves 3D visuals through entirely hand-drawn frames! The effect is excellent with no frame skipping or dropping. Due to its monochromatic nature, many enthusiasts have ported it to various platforms. I've seen versions running on calculators, Raspberry Pi, and even JavaScript implementations. I also wrote a Pascal program to play Bad Apple, though it operates entirely in the command line. I'm too lazy to provide the compiled binary. Since I use Linux, it would be useless for Windows users anyway. Therefore, I'm sharing the source code below—compile it yourself using FPC. uses crt; var fin:text; i: longint ; s:...
Solution for SCIM Malfunction
On Ubuntu 12.10, I dislike using the default ibus. Neither fcitx nor scim in the software repositories include a Pinyin package, so I downloaded the Google Pinyin module for scim, compiled and installed it myself. However, during use, scim frequently malfunctions. The symptom is that no matter which input field I click, scim fails to recognize it and thinks Chinese input isn't possible there. This forces me to type in English. During one such malfunction, I was chatting with a classmate via pywebqq. When scim crashed, the subsequent conversation was conducted entirely in Pinyin. It wasn't until the other party stopped responding that I took the chance to log out and log back in, restoring scim. Today, while writing an essay on my computer, scim malfunctioned again....
Host1Free VPS Application Successful
I saw the news about Host1Free VPS online long ago and wanted to apply. However, when I tried from my home computer, it showed "Only registrations from unique IPs allowed." Then I used Go^_^Agent, submitted successfully, but got rejected. After repeated attempts, I wasted Gmail + Hotmail 2 + QQ 2 accounts... Later I told imbushuo about it. He applied directly from the school computer lab and succeeded. Just like that... Eventually I realized it was a dynamic IP issue—applications from dynamic IPs would fail. This time I applied from my dad's office and succeeded. 128MB RAM, 10GB hard drive—only good for tinkering. Probably can't even handle WordPress. IP: 94.249.250....