2008的開頭居然是在客廳醒來，回房間看到手機有一堆 missed call，是 Hari 從遲兩個小時的新年打來的電話。
結果我有睏意頭昏昏地打過去，接的是喝醉頭痛痛的 Hari.
嗯，該來個擁抱，可惜分隔了 Tasman Sea.
We miss you Hari.
Happy New Year.
該睡了. 整個累. 雖然想回顧2007，等睡醒再說吧.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
多層次傳銷
大學生了沒之前有兩集的主題是多層次傳銷。這是我看到節目中討論最激烈的一集吧。
節目請來的就是前陣子(註一)在台灣新聞出現的森青利通的五名員工，其中三人是大學休學來做直銷。
註一：這裡中文電視播出的時間比較晚，我寫這篇又 delay，更晚。
我喜歡這一集陶子的主持，我覺得大部分的時候她都盡量保持中立，也一直分析大學生的問題和來賓的回答，再將重點以比較平實的方式敘述出來，讓兩方專注在問題的重點，減少被比較情緒化的言語模糊焦點。但是當傳銷業者迴避問題甚至用沒有根據的資料來辯解時，陶子跳出來提出她知道的確切資訊來嗆業者，看了挺爽的。
(在這一段)
森青的來賓自己講的，直銷不等於他們。因為如果我是那些拿牌子的同學的話，我的立場是節目前是中立，在節目最後變成了反對。我還是覺得應該有比較良性的多層次傳銷公司，但是看了森青，開始懷疑到底有沒有良性的直銷公司，還是所有公司都像他們那樣。
我覺得森青的來賓迴避了很多問題，很多問題都答非所問，一直說要澄清，卻轉移話題，有時又用不合理的例子來解釋(例一)，讓我對他們很不信賴。
例一：森青有人提Yahoo的創辦人楊致遠也休學創辦Yahoo.
話說有朋友真的被他朋友找去做直銷，憑了一句義氣就答應下去，之後就後悔了，錢也要不回來，後來兩人就翻臉了。
不過這件事對他長期來講好像不錯，現在感覺他百毒不侵，有一點要拉他直銷的徵兆他馬上察覺。也都看透會有什麼招數，都能全身而退。
對於多層次傳銷，我覺得那是一種銷售的方式，我不覺得他本身是錯誤的。一種說法是傳銷免去了媒體廣告的費用，是以這些會員來推廣產品，所以省下廣告費用回饋到會員身上；另一種說法是傳銷的上線下線就像是一般商品的大盤商、中盤商、零售商等，所以原本通路的費用就由會員來賺。(這在節目中也有提到)
反正，傳銷只是一種方式，會員們只是花時間心力做一種工作，得到報酬，像上班拿薪水一樣。沒那麼罪惡，也沒像森青講得拯救地球那麼偉大。
是推銷工作，不是傳銷人員愛說的"分享"。
我覺得良性的傳銷：
- 要誠實，不誤導
- 要注重推廣產品而不是拉人頭。
很多讓直銷得到臭名的直銷公司都只是要拉人頭，產品只是個幌子，所有會員在拉人頭，沒人買產品，最後支撐不了就倒了，老闆大概也落跑了。據說我朋友之前那家也是這樣。
拉人頭通常是親戚、朋友、同事、客戶，所以也會施以人情壓力，所以會讓人覺得為難。
拉人頭的過程也都會故意製造情境，也都會說得很動聽，森青的廣告以找兩個人月入百萬來號召，結果因為全公司包括大老闆都沒有月入百萬，所以被判廣告不實要罰錢。
更仔細的分析可以看看這篇分析直銷的文章，還滿有邏輯。
最後，如果你要拉我進直銷的話，謝謝再聯絡。推銷/業務員這種工作不是我的興趣，更不是我的專長。
節目請來的就是前陣子(註一)在台灣新聞出現的森青利通的五名員工，其中三人是大學休學來做直銷。
註一：這裡中文電視播出的時間比較晚，我寫這篇又 delay，更晚。
我喜歡這一集陶子的主持，我覺得大部分的時候她都盡量保持中立，也一直分析大學生的問題和來賓的回答，再將重點以比較平實的方式敘述出來，讓兩方專注在問題的重點，減少被比較情緒化的言語模糊焦點。但是當傳銷業者迴避問題甚至用沒有根據的資料來辯解時，陶子跳出來提出她知道的確切資訊來嗆業者，看了挺爽的。
(在這一段)
森青的來賓自己講的，直銷不等於他們。因為如果我是那些拿牌子的同學的話，我的立場是節目前是中立，在節目最後變成了反對。我還是覺得應該有比較良性的多層次傳銷公司，但是看了森青，開始懷疑到底有沒有良性的直銷公司，還是所有公司都像他們那樣。
我覺得森青的來賓迴避了很多問題，很多問題都答非所問，一直說要澄清，卻轉移話題，有時又用不合理的例子來解釋(例一)，讓我對他們很不信賴。
例一：森青有人提Yahoo的創辦人楊致遠也休學創辦Yahoo.
話說有朋友真的被他朋友找去做直銷，憑了一句義氣就答應下去，之後就後悔了，錢也要不回來，後來兩人就翻臉了。
不過這件事對他長期來講好像不錯，現在感覺他百毒不侵，有一點要拉他直銷的徵兆他馬上察覺。也都看透會有什麼招數，都能全身而退。
對於多層次傳銷，我覺得那是一種銷售的方式，我不覺得他本身是錯誤的。一種說法是傳銷免去了媒體廣告的費用，是以這些會員來推廣產品，所以省下廣告費用回饋到會員身上；另一種說法是傳銷的上線下線就像是一般商品的大盤商、中盤商、零售商等，所以原本通路的費用就由會員來賺。(這在節目中也有提到)
反正，傳銷只是一種方式，會員們只是花時間心力做一種工作，得到報酬，像上班拿薪水一樣。沒那麼罪惡，也沒像森青講得拯救地球那麼偉大。
是推銷工作，不是傳銷人員愛說的"分享"。
我覺得良性的傳銷：
- 要誠實，不誤導
- 要注重推廣產品而不是拉人頭。
很多讓直銷得到臭名的直銷公司都只是要拉人頭，產品只是個幌子，所有會員在拉人頭，沒人買產品，最後支撐不了就倒了，老闆大概也落跑了。據說我朋友之前那家也是這樣。
拉人頭通常是親戚、朋友、同事、客戶，所以也會施以人情壓力，所以會讓人覺得為難。
拉人頭的過程也都會故意製造情境，也都會說得很動聽，森青的廣告以找兩個人月入百萬來號召，結果因為全公司包括大老闆都沒有月入百萬，所以被判廣告不實要罰錢。
更仔細的分析可以看看這篇分析直銷的文章，還滿有邏輯。
最後，如果你要拉我進直銷的話，謝謝再聯絡。推銷/業務員這種工作不是我的興趣，更不是我的專長。
Saturday, October 27, 2007
It is time to act music
TC asked me to go to a "concert" last Friday. We only knew it was organized by her high school ex-classmate, Christina. I also knew because we went on the same tour of our high school orchestra and choir group.
The name of concert was "It is Time to Act Music". We didn't know what to expect. It was at the Pumphouse. We weren't the ones to enter the venue but first few rows were empty. Don't know why people avoid those rows. Too close? We sat in the middle of the first row with a very close view.
After the show started and there were several piano performances by children. They were Christina's students. So the concert was mostly to showcase Christina's students to friends and family. I saw parents who came to the front rows and took pictures at different camera angles when their children were on the stage.
The concert was mostly piano performances. There were 15 students or so. There were also a couple of vocal performances. They mentioned that some of the songs will appear in a staged drama(?)/musical(?) that they'll perform next month.
The very last part of the concert was something different. It was the performed by a "special guest", a band called "Infinite Flying Kick", which is the band that Christina is in. Should I say it's a rock band? Well, they played 3 or 4 songs that sounded rock to me and they sure were loud. Or maybe they were in contrast with the prior piano performances.
A few songs by Infinite Flying Kick can be found on their MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/infiniteflyingkick
Bio, news, and photos can found on their web site:
http://www.infiniteflyingkick.com/
Looks like they've been performing here and there in Auckland for a year or two.
By the way, when I saw them, I thought that vocal/guitarist guy looked familiar. I thought I might have seen him during the high school period. Was that guy Willis in my maths class or something? Maybe Hari can give me a second opinion.
The name of concert was "It is Time to Act Music". We didn't know what to expect. It was at the Pumphouse. We weren't the ones to enter the venue but first few rows were empty. Don't know why people avoid those rows. Too close? We sat in the middle of the first row with a very close view.
After the show started and there were several piano performances by children. They were Christina's students. So the concert was mostly to showcase Christina's students to friends and family. I saw parents who came to the front rows and took pictures at different camera angles when their children were on the stage.
The concert was mostly piano performances. There were 15 students or so. There were also a couple of vocal performances. They mentioned that some of the songs will appear in a staged drama(?)/musical(?) that they'll perform next month.
The very last part of the concert was something different. It was the performed by a "special guest", a band called "Infinite Flying Kick", which is the band that Christina is in. Should I say it's a rock band? Well, they played 3 or 4 songs that sounded rock to me and they sure were loud. Or maybe they were in contrast with the prior piano performances.
A few songs by Infinite Flying Kick can be found on their MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/infiniteflyingkick
Bio, news, and photos can found on their web site:
http://www.infiniteflyingkick.com/
Looks like they've been performing here and there in Auckland for a year or two.
By the way, when I saw them, I thought that vocal/guitarist guy looked familiar. I thought I might have seen him during the high school period. Was that guy Willis in my maths class or something? Maybe Hari can give me a second opinion.
Friday, October 26, 2007
It's a girl!
I was writing a cover letter and I didn't know whether to use Mr or Ms to address to Jo, the person I was writing to. A quick search landed me on this site, Baby Name Guesser. It can analyze a first name and tell you how commonly it is used as a male or female name. This was exactly what I needed. It told me that it is 3.303 times more common for Jo to be a girl's name.
Then I tried the name “Jess”. It is 7.099 times more likely to be female.
As I expected. It's more common to be a female name. That was probably why Jess changed his name to Jest. (I still don't know which name he actually uses, though.)
The name "Jest" is less ambiguous indeed. It said:
:P
Then I tried the name “Jess”. It is 7.099 times more likely to be female.
As I expected. It's more common to be a female name. That was probably why Jess changed his name to Jest. (I still don't know which name he actually uses, though.)
The name "Jest" is less ambiguous indeed. It said:
It's a girl!
Based on popular usage, it is 61.752 times more common for Jest to be a girl's name.
:P
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Regular posting
OK. Here is the thing. As Hari said, I could write more regularly. I've thought about it for quite some time too. But I have a commitment problem :P
Anyway, I'll start writing more regularly. I think 2 posts per week is fine for now. The posts can be boring and trivial and they can be as short as a few words. But just need 2 posts. Let's see how long I can stay committed to it.
Anyway, I'll start writing more regularly. I think 2 posts per week is fine for now. The posts can be boring and trivial and they can be as short as a few words. But just need 2 posts. Let's see how long I can stay committed to it.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Randy Pausch's Last Lecture - Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
I recently downloaded and watched the presentation of a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University talking about "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams". I enjoyed it and I was impressed by the positive attitude of this professor.
The computer science professor Randy Pausch has been diagnosed with cancer and is expected to have only 3 to 6 months to live. This presentation is known as his "last lecture". Throughout the lecture he showed a lot of energy, told many funny stories and had fun. "I'm dying and I'm having fun," he said.
The title of the presentation was Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. How to achieve your childhood dreams. How to enable the dreams of others. But it was broader than that. He offered words of wisdom on things such as attitude towards people, and why everybody should become a professor :P
Because I'm in the computer science field (I think). It was also interesting to see his work on virtual reality.
As Randy wrote on his home page, "I'm hardly unique". Indeed, you might not find this presentation extraordinary, but it doesn't diminish what a positive person he is and his contribution to students and the people around him.
The presentation can be found on Randy Pausch's home page:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/
The duration of presentation is 104 minutes. The size of the download version is 252MB. My friends in Auckland can copy the file from me if you want to save your broadband data usage. Just hand me your SD card/flash disk/MP3 player/CD-R.
The computer science professor Randy Pausch has been diagnosed with cancer and is expected to have only 3 to 6 months to live. This presentation is known as his "last lecture". Throughout the lecture he showed a lot of energy, told many funny stories and had fun. "I'm dying and I'm having fun," he said.
The title of the presentation was Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. How to achieve your childhood dreams. How to enable the dreams of others. But it was broader than that. He offered words of wisdom on things such as attitude towards people, and why everybody should become a professor :P
Because I'm in the computer science field (I think). It was also interesting to see his work on virtual reality.
As Randy wrote on his home page, "I'm hardly unique". Indeed, you might not find this presentation extraordinary, but it doesn't diminish what a positive person he is and his contribution to students and the people around him.
The presentation can be found on Randy Pausch's home page:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/
The duration of presentation is 104 minutes. The size of the download version is 252MB. My friends in Auckland can copy the file from me if you want to save your broadband data usage. Just hand me your SD card/flash disk/MP3 player/CD-R.
Site feed again
I came across this 4 minute video explaining RSS and how to use it in plain English, with Chinese subtitle.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1881080775770831914&hl=en
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I thought there's only RSS feeds for web sites such as blogs. I just found out there is another common feed format called Atom. In fact, I've been using Atom feed for my blog instead RSS which I thought I was using.
Most feed readers such as Google Reader handle all the formats anyway. So it shouldn't be a problem.
My blog hosting site "Blogger" provides both Atom and RSS feeds, with Atom as the default. My understanding so far is the Atom feed URL is
http://lungchenz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
and the RSS feed URL is
http://lungchenz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
so ND, if one feed doesn't work on your cellphone, you can try the other.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1881080775770831914&hl=en
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I thought there's only RSS feeds for web sites such as blogs. I just found out there is another common feed format called Atom. In fact, I've been using Atom feed for my blog instead RSS which I thought I was using.
Most feed readers such as Google Reader handle all the formats anyway. So it shouldn't be a problem.
My blog hosting site "Blogger" provides both Atom and RSS feeds, with Atom as the default. My understanding so far is the Atom feed URL is
http://lungchenz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
and the RSS feed URL is
http://lungchenz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
so ND, if one feed doesn't work on your cellphone, you can try the other.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
RSS
FYI. Just to mention this RSS thing. Hopefully some might find it useful.
If you subscribe to the RSS feeds of web sites, it notifies you when there are new articles on the web site.
For example, I subscribe to RSS feeds of my friends blogs. So I check my RSS reader to see if there are new articles on their blog. I don't need to open each blog page one by one to see. It's like checking the mailbox for new mails.
I subscribe to certain types of news on NZ Herald. For exmaple, if there's a new article about "Chinese in New Zealand". I'll see the feed in my RSS reader.
I start to use it to subscribe it to job web site too. So I get notified when a new job get posted.
(A Screenshot of Google Reader)
To get started, you need a RSS reader/aggregator. You might try one of these:
Google Reader
http://www.google.com/reader/
SharpReader
http://www.sharpreader.net/
I use Google Reader nowadays because it is web based, so I can move between computers without setting up all the feeds again.
If you subscribe to the RSS feeds of web sites, it notifies you when there are new articles on the web site.
For example, I subscribe to RSS feeds of my friends blogs. So I check my RSS reader to see if there are new articles on their blog. I don't need to open each blog page one by one to see. It's like checking the mailbox for new mails.
I subscribe to certain types of news on NZ Herald. For exmaple, if there's a new article about "Chinese in New Zealand". I'll see the feed in my RSS reader.
I start to use it to subscribe it to job web site too. So I get notified when a new job get posted.
(A Screenshot of Google Reader)To get started, you need a RSS reader/aggregator. You might try one of these:
Google Reader
http://www.google.com/reader/
SharpReader
http://www.sharpreader.net/
I use Google Reader nowadays because it is web based, so I can move between computers without setting up all the feeds again.
Sad sports results
All Blacks lost.
Chien-Ming Wang lost badly twice and Yankees lost.
What a sad week.
Chien-Ming Wang lost badly twice and Yankees lost.
What a sad week.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
超級星光大道 on my TV
I wanted to choose something to watch on TV today and an idea popped up. I could connect my notebook computer to my TV and watch whatever video I have on my computer. So I connected them up. Then I tried to open to open the videos files and found that I have no players/codecs for them. (One Jap drama needed Real Player, another movie needed DivX.)
It actually led to something better. I thought I could just go on YouTube to play the videos and I watch them on TV. That's what I did. I found the video clips of the latest 超級星光大道 episode. I played some of them and watched them on TV!
The stuffs that made this work were:
YouTube + Wireless LAN + laptop + TV
I'm making use of the mobility of "Wireless LAN + laptop" at home while I still can. It's convenient. I can take the laptop around the house and it keeps the connection to the Internet. Dad Skyped me in my room last weekend. A while later I took the laptop to the lounge to find my mum. We could talk there. In the old days we used to cram into the study, and somebody had to stand or sit on the floor because the room was too small. Then we did Internet voice calls there because that's where our desktop PC was.
好個科技始終來自人性
An even cooler thing to do is to find out how to play the live broadcasts of MLB postseason games on the TV for free. But I doubt I'll find any free broadcasts.
It actually led to something better. I thought I could just go on YouTube to play the videos and I watch them on TV. That's what I did. I found the video clips of the latest 超級星光大道 episode. I played some of them and watched them on TV!
The stuffs that made this work were:
YouTube + Wireless LAN + laptop + TV
I'm making use of the mobility of "Wireless LAN + laptop" at home while I still can. It's convenient. I can take the laptop around the house and it keeps the connection to the Internet. Dad Skyped me in my room last weekend. A while later I took the laptop to the lounge to find my mum. We could talk there. In the old days we used to cram into the study, and somebody had to stand or sit on the floor because the room was too small. Then we did Internet voice calls there because that's where our desktop PC was.
好個科技始終來自人性
An even cooler thing to do is to find out how to play the live broadcasts of MLB postseason games on the TV for free. But I doubt I'll find any free broadcasts.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Monday, September 03, 2007
缺了四萬 就不精采
在 Nova 用現金價買東西，去領錢被 ATM 拒絕，再試一次又不行，看明細表上寫的意思好像跟跨行有關，想說好吧，去外面在台北的午後大雨之中找一個本行的ATM，在便利商店找到也成功領出鈔票，可是奇怪，怎麼明細表上的餘額數字掉了那麼多？！之前兩次的提款失敗但是錢還是把我扣掉啦！4萬塊莫名其妙不見了。
接著拿起ATM旁邊的銀行熱線電話跟銀行人員講了講，告訴他明細表上的資料，隔天缺的錢有回來。
這個故事告訴我們，領錢之後要檢查餘額，而且明細表要收好。
不過，我還是相信這個系統，從溝通過程之中我感覺如果我沒有打電話去詢問的話，銀行的機制第二天還是會把錢退回來。更何況，這種系統每天運作量龐大，後果又是重要的，我相信做這系統的工程師除非是跟做高鐵訂票系統一樣，不然這種小問題一定是有考慮到的。
當然，發生問題還是要主動爭取自己的權益。
後來又有一次我去用 ATM，結果要吐鈔的時候等了很久，然後ATM機器的燈就暗掉了，接著螢幕上也黑了，幾秒後，看到的電腦重開機了，還看到Windows NT的開機畫面勒！哇，第一次看ATM重開機ㄟ！太厲害了，我好像也滿賽的。
接著拿起ATM旁邊的銀行熱線電話跟銀行人員講了講，告訴他明細表上的資料，隔天缺的錢有回來。
這個故事告訴我們，領錢之後要檢查餘額，而且明細表要收好。
不過，我還是相信這個系統，從溝通過程之中我感覺如果我沒有打電話去詢問的話，銀行的機制第二天還是會把錢退回來。更何況，這種系統每天運作量龐大，後果又是重要的，我相信做這系統的工程師除非是跟做高鐵訂票系統一樣，不然這種小問題一定是有考慮到的。
當然，發生問題還是要主動爭取自己的權益。
後來又有一次我去用 ATM，結果要吐鈔的時候等了很久，然後ATM機器的燈就暗掉了，接著螢幕上也黑了，幾秒後，看到的電腦重開機了，還看到Windows NT的開機畫面勒！哇，第一次看ATM重開機ㄟ！太厲害了，我好像也滿賽的。
Sunday, August 12, 2007
漫畫博覽會
跟ND去逛在世貿展出的漫畫博覽會。
路上看到捷運盃街舞大賽的決賽再進行，張惠妹在評審席上觀看，可惜只看到側面。
進了展覽ND就要找鋼彈的展覽，這是他的重點呀。
我勒，就跟著隨便逛，反正也只看過死亡筆記本這部漫畫，是去看看沒看過的展覽。
死亡筆記本攤位有限量的紀念 T-shirt，一件$699，圖案是 L 的那一件比較搶手，已經賣完了。
牆上還有介紹死亡筆記本驚喜福袋裡有什麼內容，我們想說"驚喜福袋"該不會一打開就會心臟麻痺 :P
我覺得最厲害的是，很多攤位的手提袋也要用賣的，一個50或100。去遊戲展或電腦展，這些袋子都是送給觀眾，希望他們拿著這些印有商標的袋子作為行動廣告。在漫畫展，這些有漫畫圖案的袋子是要買才有得拿。
原本希望在會場看到一些 cosplay，但是不多。據說上個月在台大聚辦的動漫祭比較多 cosplay.
晚上去饒河夜市逛，然後等了太久的公車才回家... 如果是在比賽該找更聰明的方法。
想到一件事， ND有在死亡筆記本那裡買"死亡N次貼" :P
不過應該不會有危險，死亡筆記本使用方法不是說要知道姓名和長相嗎？ND之前提過說他看人都看不清長相，也記不清楚。所以ND在N次貼上面寫姓名也沒有效用，因為記不得長相 :P
路上看到捷運盃街舞大賽的決賽再進行，張惠妹在評審席上觀看，可惜只看到側面。
進了展覽ND就要找鋼彈的展覽，這是他的重點呀。
我勒，就跟著隨便逛，反正也只看過死亡筆記本這部漫畫，是去看看沒看過的展覽。
死亡筆記本攤位有限量的紀念 T-shirt，一件$699，圖案是 L 的那一件比較搶手，已經賣完了。
牆上還有介紹死亡筆記本驚喜福袋裡有什麼內容，我們想說"驚喜福袋"該不會一打開就會心臟麻痺 :P
我覺得最厲害的是，很多攤位的手提袋也要用賣的，一個50或100。去遊戲展或電腦展，這些袋子都是送給觀眾，希望他們拿著這些印有商標的袋子作為行動廣告。在漫畫展，這些有漫畫圖案的袋子是要買才有得拿。
原本希望在會場看到一些 cosplay，但是不多。據說上個月在台大聚辦的動漫祭比較多 cosplay.
晚上去饒河夜市逛，然後等了太久的公車才回家... 如果是在比賽該找更聰明的方法。
想到一件事， ND有在死亡筆記本那裡買"死亡N次貼" :P
不過應該不會有危險，死亡筆記本使用方法不是說要知道姓名和長相嗎？ND之前提過說他看人都看不清長相，也記不清楚。所以ND在N次貼上面寫姓名也沒有效用，因為記不得長相 :P
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
瑪莉颱風襲台
不是很有創意的 title，Mary 在台灣正好是兩個颱風來的時候。我們碰面的那一晚正是颱風夜。
Mary 又在暑假附近來台灣，照舊，除了這次頭髮沒編起來。
捷運門要關了Mary還慢慢走，被Ami和我推進車廂。
聚餐時有蕭敬騰和楊宗緯歌迷的較勁，和自行車騎士強調單日騎一百公里。
下回在另一地碰面時請多照顧。
Mary 又在暑假附近來台灣，照舊，除了這次頭髮沒編起來。
捷運門要關了Mary還慢慢走，被Ami和我推進車廂。
聚餐時有蕭敬騰和楊宗緯歌迷的較勁，和自行車騎士強調單日騎一百公里。
下回在另一地碰面時請多照顧。
Sunday, August 05, 2007
張懸有MV
張懸出新專輯，叫作 "親愛的...我還不知道"。而且，居然在電視上看到她的 MV，哇，又一個轉主流的創作歌手嗎？Hari 你實在很會預期會轉主流的非主流的歌手ㄟ。
我有點驚訝 MV 的感覺是個有化妝的美女唯美地唱歌，我原本預期的是樸素的創作歌手拿著一把吉他自彈自唱，哈。
這是電視上看到的 MV："討人厭的字"
By the way, I add video links in my blog sometimes. Why don't I embed the videos in the page so they load and play on the blog page? It's because some of my friends are still using broadband Internet services that are limited by the amount of data transferred. I don't want you people to blow up your data usage each time you view my blog. So I try to keep blog page light. If you want to watch the videos, you can link to the external pages to watch them.
我有點驚訝 MV 的感覺是個有化妝的美女唯美地唱歌，我原本預期的是樸素的創作歌手拿著一把吉他自彈自唱，哈。
這是電視上看到的 MV："討人厭的字"
By the way, I add video links in my blog sometimes. Why don't I embed the videos in the page so they load and play on the blog page? It's because some of my friends are still using broadband Internet services that are limited by the amount of data transferred. I don't want you people to blow up your data usage each time you view my blog. So I try to keep blog page light. If you want to watch the videos, you can link to the external pages to watch them.
Saturday, August 04, 2007
傑森包恩
上次跟朋友看到 The Bourne Ultimatum 的電影廣告，覺得怪怪的。
中文片名叫 "神鬼認證：最後通牒"。我們想問，認證什麼呀？要怎麼考一張神鬼認證呀？
平面廣告上有這一句 "麥特戴蒙就是傑森包恩"，難道 Matt Damon 真實身分是特務嗎？不管，最怪的是"包恩"，念起來就是不順。
Bourne 翻成包恩也讓朋友想到 bash 這電腦名詞，全名 Bourne-Again Shell，所以應該叫做 "包恩再次貝殼"，哈。
嗯，真是電腦工程師 insider joke 冷笑話的一篇。久違了，好一陣子沒被工程師圍繞了。
中文片名叫 "神鬼認證：最後通牒"。我們想問，認證什麼呀？要怎麼考一張神鬼認證呀？
平面廣告上有這一句 "麥特戴蒙就是傑森包恩"，難道 Matt Damon 真實身分是特務嗎？不管，最怪的是"包恩"，念起來就是不順。
Bourne 翻成包恩也讓朋友想到 bash 這電腦名詞，全名 Bourne-Again Shell，所以應該叫做 "包恩再次貝殼"，哈。
嗯，真是電腦工程師 insider joke 冷笑話的一篇。久違了，好一陣子沒被工程師圍繞了。
Thursday, August 02, 2007
答對的同學有獎品
這個年紀當學生居然還會拿到小獎品。上電腦課時，老師讓我們做一個練習，並且說程式這樣作法會有一個缺陷，正確說出錯誤的同學可以得到一份小獎品，聽起來實在不像是在教我們這些成年的學生。
獎品是一個手掌大小的填充玩具，聽起來沒什麼吧，可是那個玩偶是 Duke！它是 Java technology 的吉祥物. 長得這副怪樣子。
哇，突然覺得還滿想要的， SpongeBob 的玩偶現在很容易買到，Duke 的玩偶還不知道哪裡買勒。
嗯，是有個 idea，不過有個女同學已經在回答了，所以先讓她答，老師認為答案不夠清楚，又給了提示，我舉手，但是那位同學又開口回答，卻還是不完整，看來她也識貨也想得到。想說她有她的機會了，我就答了，拿了。
就是這一個。
老師說沒關係，還有機會，下次會送大隻一點的，我猜可能 15或20公分高吧？啊，聽了就心動。下次該不會又要跟同學搶吧？
學校的門口放了一隻超大的 Duke 玩偶，應該有過一公尺高吧！超酷的。老師說那一隻大概要十萬塊吧。
嗯，以前聽別人說過，電視上看過別人搶 "I'm not a plastic bag"購物袋，這次自己倒是第一次感覺到限量的吸引力. And it's for a silly little stuffed toy...
自己在幻想，如果有賣全台限量 100 隻20公分高的 Duke 玩偶，每隻賣50元，會不會有一群工程師去排隊搶購，場面跟搶 "I'm not a plastic bag"購物袋一樣。
完全想太多...
可是還真的有朋友去買微軟標誌的鑰鎖圈，怪，工程師追求另一種名牌。
獎品是一個手掌大小的填充玩具，聽起來沒什麼吧，可是那個玩偶是 Duke！它是 Java technology 的吉祥物. 長得這副怪樣子。哇，突然覺得還滿想要的， SpongeBob 的玩偶現在很容易買到，Duke 的玩偶還不知道哪裡買勒。
嗯，是有個 idea，不過有個女同學已經在回答了，所以先讓她答，老師認為答案不夠清楚，又給了提示，我舉手，但是那位同學又開口回答，卻還是不完整，看來她也識貨也想得到。想說她有她的機會了，我就答了，拿了。
就是這一個。老師說沒關係，還有機會，下次會送大隻一點的，我猜可能 15或20公分高吧？啊，聽了就心動。下次該不會又要跟同學搶吧？
學校的門口放了一隻超大的 Duke 玩偶，應該有過一公尺高吧！超酷的。老師說那一隻大概要十萬塊吧。
嗯，以前聽別人說過，電視上看過別人搶 "I'm not a plastic bag"購物袋，這次自己倒是第一次感覺到限量的吸引力. And it's for a silly little stuffed toy...
自己在幻想，如果有賣全台限量 100 隻20公分高的 Duke 玩偶，每隻賣50元，會不會有一群工程師去排隊搶購，場面跟搶 "I'm not a plastic bag"購物袋一樣。
完全想太多...
可是還真的有朋友去買微軟標誌的鑰鎖圈，怪，工程師追求另一種名牌。
Sunday, July 29, 2007
惹人生氣
有時，我說一些話，或說一半的話，原本無意，結果惹人生氣。
尤其常惹到原本滿友好的朋友。
發覺，表達的能力太差，方式錯，扯得遠，說的不清楚或不完整，原本無意，卻讓聽者有心。
有時是沒好好考慮對方的感受，冒犯到別人。
我知道我錯了，對不起！
不希望再讓我關心的人生氣。
I'm sorry! Really sorry.
我對不起你！
也向我曾經惹到的朋友們說聲對不起！
I'm sorry!
尤其常惹到原本滿友好的朋友。
發覺，表達的能力太差，方式錯，扯得遠，說的不清楚或不完整，原本無意，卻讓聽者有心。
有時是沒好好考慮對方的感受，冒犯到別人。
我知道我錯了，對不起！
不希望再讓我關心的人生氣。
I'm sorry! Really sorry.
我對不起你！
也向我曾經惹到的朋友們說聲對不起！
I'm sorry!
Monday, July 23, 2007
An angel flies
An angel flies over the sky today.
Flying across the Tasman Sea
into the Oz land.
I must be intoxicated,
Hari.
(It's a poem for Hari. No, it doesn't make sense.)
Flying across the Tasman Sea
into the Oz land.
I must be intoxicated,
Hari.
(It's a poem for Hari. No, it doesn't make sense.)
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Farewell at 金色三麥
2 months ago I left my workplace. What do you know? My ex-team leader was the next to go. Her farewell party was at 金色三麥, a restaurant/bar that specializes in serving beer. All her previous team members were invited. So I skipped my class to go.
There were 12 of us. and we ordered 2 glasses of 500ml beer for each. There were so many glasses on the table! We drank a lot of beer but little food. I actually drank close to 3 glasses. I was drunk..? Well, I was dizzy but I could walk a straight line. So I don't know if that's drunk or not.
It was nice to see all these people. I haven't seen some of them for a long time. I might not see them much in the future either. It was nice for us to gather for one more time.
Wish my team leader a good holiday. Also, hope she'll go to a new workplace where she can better shine.
There were 12 of us. and we ordered 2 glasses of 500ml beer for each. There were so many glasses on the table! We drank a lot of beer but little food. I actually drank close to 3 glasses. I was drunk..? Well, I was dizzy but I could walk a straight line. So I don't know if that's drunk or not.
It was nice to see all these people. I haven't seen some of them for a long time. I might not see them much in the future either. It was nice for us to gather for one more time.
Wish my team leader a good holiday. Also, hope she'll go to a new workplace where she can better shine.
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