那是一段如此自以为是,又如此狼狈不堪的青春岁月。
有欢笑,也有泪水;有朝气,也有颓废;
有甜蜜,也有荒唐;有自信,也有迷茫。



杭州-西湖

第二次来杭州,终于有机会能到西湖逛逛。。。冬天,一片肃杀;西湖,波澜不惊~~
向前走,向后走。。。右边的mm不认识,左边的背影那么熟悉~~
最近一直在看相机,卡片机够时尚、轻便,但是在晚上的效果真是不咋的~~
蘇小小之墓,算是逛西湖的一个小惊喜~~闭上眼睛,实在想象不出古代名妓会是个什么样子。。。
虽然没有进去,但是酒吧的名字还真是让人难忘~~

To Regift or Not To Regift.../左手收礼,右手送出?

The Fine Lines of Regifting
A recent study determined that giving an unwanted gift you received to someone else (regifting) is not considered as unacceptable as in the past.
The market research company, Harris Interactive, surveyed 1,505 American adults and found over half the participants admitted to regifting and 78 percent felt regifting was okay most of the time.
Nancy Wong, a spokeswoman for Harris Interactive, told Reuters, she was surprised that so many surveyed would admit to regifting.
"It's not something I've thought about and when I saw that nearly half had done it -- 52 percent have regifted and or would regift -- it's quite a significant number," Wong said.Why Do People Regift?According to the study, 77 percent of those surveyed admitted to re-gifting because the item was better suited for the person who received it.
Nine percent admitted to doing it out of laziness and four percent said they regifted because they did not like the person who was getting the gift.
Regifting is not without its guidelines. Much has been written on the proper way to regift and what should and should not be wrapped back up and given away a second time. Here are the Do's and Do Not's for regifting that are most often listed.
What To Avoid When Regifting
Don't Regift the Gift Card
A gift card hidden in tissue in a gift box can easily get passed along in error. Take the item out of the old wrappings and start new.
Don't Regift the Gift Wrappings
Everyone can tell when something has hung around in a gift box for a year. Cardboard gets soft and seems to absorb the odors of wherever it was stored and old gift wrap can be spotted just by the feel of it. When regifting, do not use recycled gift bags, paper or tissue. Throw it all out and buy new and take a little extra time to make the wrapping look fresh and attractive.
Don't Tell
People like to believe gifts they receive were chosen with thought and consideration. If you tell someone you are giving then the silk scarf your Aunt Jane gave you last year, what you are really saying is that you are giving them something you think it ugly or unuseful. The only time you would want to mention giving your gift to someone else is if it isn't presented as a 'gift' but rather as a give-away.
Don't Regift the Used or Slightly Used
There is a big difference between regifting an unused night light or one that you plugged in for two months and decided you no longer want. Remember - a regift is a new item you give to someone else. A hand-me-down is an item you've used and offer to someone else when you decide you no longer have use for it.
Don't Forget Where the Gift Came From
Avoid giving a re-gift to family or friends of the person who originally gave the gift to you. If the regift is displayed, you risk getting caught for giving it away by the person who gave it to you. Keeping a list going of regifts with the name of who gave you the gift can help avoid people pointing fingers at your later.
Do Regift Nice Things
Often the items getting regifted are undesirable, such as the bird statue you saw at the drugstore for 75 percent off. Why pass it along? However, if you received a nice gift, such as a wonderful cookbook you already own, do regift it to someone who you know will enjoy it. The nicer the item, the more it makes sense to regift it rather than to let it crumble up in a cabinet along side the Men in Briefs calendar someone thought you'd get a chuckle over.
Do Regift Heirlooms
Perhaps 10 years ago Aunt Jane sent you 12 of her prized crystal water glasses but you already have plenty and the design conflicts with what you are already using. In fact, you have never used the glasses. Regifting the crystal to someone in the family who is just starting off makes sense. Yes, they are used and yes they could be considered hand-me-downs, but none the less the gift has both monetary and sentimental value.
The Number One Rule to Regifting
Regifting is a wonderful way to save money and when done tactfully and with thought, we can accomplish the goal of why we are giving a gift to someone in the first place - because we want them to have something they will enjoy.
----From "about.com", a website with lots of living tips and wisdom^_^

国外粉丝“恶搞”MV之菁华——The Reason

Hoobstank 的The Reason 之MV对比版——我一直都觉得:Collin 和 Jared 联袂的MV更适合这首歌~

先来“本尊”^_^



再来某个不知是Collin Ferrell 还是Jared Leto 的粉丝整出来的“同志版”MV——据本人揣测,该MV的灵感应是来自于两位主演的一部叫《Highway》的影片。原来,众影迷/歌迷觉得Collin和Jared如此“般配”,并不仅仅出于那部毁大于赞的《亚历山大大帝》,还有这部国内名不见经传的《Highway》^_^



**再加一句:“同志版”MV里面的Jack Gyllenhaal那一头乱发,还有胖乎乎的脸,真是……咳……其实看起来还挺可爱的;后面插了一段《Sword Fish》里面Huge Jackman 拿鸡蛋当高尔夫球打的镜头——从没想过,原本影片里面无聊前卫的消遣在这段MV里看来居然显得落寞惆怅起来~~

押韵会

窗外寒风吹,网上押韵

最近日子琐碎,只是谈谈情跳跳舞犯犯醉。情人的温柔拒绝,有一种残酷的优美,如同冬夜寒意,突袭我的秋水。就算颓废炼成翡翠,也随月光夜夜破碎。能否借你冰心冷若星辉,照我情路绝路百折千回?

十月伤风向我猛吹,十一月蔷薇涌向你疏眉,十二月寂寞穿透我心肺,终于一句冬意将我击溃。蝴蝶扑过天涯的无畏,无力煽动落日的沉睡。你的微笑若是天使羽翼,可否领我灵魂越群星而高飞?

敢问大仙,这样混人生到底对不对?这样过日子是否太昂贵?这样付出感情,最后会不会导致心灵崩溃?

已知一寸相思一寸灰,莫问今夜情人归不归。

人生没有对不对,生活总是太昂贵;感情付出别后悔,心灵崩溃才不累。
押韵小文是挺美,就像喝酒有点醉;不愿相思来成灰,只盼情人今夜归。

飞机和传送带的问题

国外流行的一道物理题,这里还有这里有很多讨论。

假设有一架飞机,停靠在一个传送带。传送带足够宽、足够长。飞机的滚轮开始滚动,而传送带以同样的速度朝相反方向滑动。那么,这架飞机能起飞吗?
Here's the original problem essentially as it was posed to us: "A plane is standing on a runway that can move (some sort of band conveyer). The plane moves in one direction, while the conveyer moves in the opposite direction. This conveyer has a control system that tracks the plane speed and tunes the speed of the conveyer to be exactly the same (but in the opposite direction). Can the plane take off?"
在办公室里不能锻炼身体,那么锻炼一下脑子吧。。。

先看看老外怎么说:
Exactly what I was thinking. I wasnt even thinking about the wheels... just the fact the plane isn't really moving, therefore no lift force provided to make the plane actually go... up! An example would be like sitting on those gym bikes with no wheels. You can peddle as fast as you want, but you wont feel the fresh breeze of that speed. No breeze, no wind... no lift!

Airspeed is the only thing that matters to an airplane. The speed of the wheels has nothing to do with anything. You need air flowing very quickly over the wings and tail to generate lift.The only time an airplane can take off from a very low groundspeed if it was facing into a very strong headwind. Some small planes have been know to hover relative to the ground if they are flying directly into a very strong wind.
。。。。。。
我在想,如果飞机可以起飞,那么是不是机场就不用造那么多跑道了呢,有个200米的传送带就足够了,飞机几乎可以原地起飞!但是现在的问题是由于传送带向相反方向等速运转,飞机轮子产生的摩擦力被抵消,而显然这个飞机不是指直升机,螺旋桨在上,产生的气流向下。一般的民航客机要想平地起飞的话,也许条件必须是引擎产生的动力足够大,大到产生的气压差可以将飞机托起来。

问题又绕回来了,在那种情况下,动力足够大是不是可以产生气压差呢?

要知道光是风大是没有用的,就算在风洞里面,最多也只是能够加快飞机轮子和传送带的速度而已!

Edvard Munch

今天一早打开IE,发现Google的Logo有点“彪悍”——居然是用“表现主义(Expressionism)之父”Edvard Munch的The Scream改编而来,亏他们想得到^_^ 不过可惜的是,原作据说已给某著名“雅贼”他老妈毁掉了-_-






记得前段时间Google还有一纪念“印象派(Impressionism)”大师Claude Monet的Logo,可惜找来找去没有找到2006年的,弄了张前年的凑合一下:







再顺手来个“后印象派”的凡.高(Vincent van Gogh),Hia Hia……


面试

昨天下午溜出去面试,跟一老外面试官鬼扯了半天,终于决定放弃:
—I’m really sorry that my English is so poor -_-

哪知对面的面试官比我还要沮丧:
—At least your English is better than my Chinese. And you all can speak a second language here, but the only language I can speak is English……

这话实在得~~~~~真是中听啊^_^

Mcafee后台进程分析

用Mcafee杀毒软件又内存不足的朋友一定想知道Mcafee的那些后台进程到底是干嘛的,以下内容为转载:

UpdaterUI.exe:自动升级进程,处于注册表内,由于咖啡一个星期才升级一次我觉得完全没必要让他在内存里待着,去注册表里把启动项目KO就行了。当你升级的时候这个进程会自己启动的,升完了你再从任务管理器里的进程管理把它关了就OK

shstat.exe:也就是你系统栏里那个盾牌一样的图标,启动项处于注册表内,最好留着

Tbmon.exe:错误报告程序(我翻了80页的帖子才让我给查出来,置顶的经验帖子里居然没说,问了N多人都不知道,超FT),启动项处于注册表内,我完全想不通这东西有何存在的必要,特别是对于个人用户来说。去注册表里KO掉

Vstskmgr.exe(Network Associates Task Manager):这个东西属于系统服务。到底是干什么用的我不大清楚,460个帖子里只有一个提到这个进程似乎和控制台有关。但有一点是肯定的,就是关 闭它对系统扫描查毒杀毒都没发现有影响,唯一需要它的地方就是当你开启咖啡的控制台的时候,如果此时你关闭了该服务,那么它会首先去启动这个服务,然后才 能打开控制台。所以我平时一般就把服务调整为手动,反正你要用控制台的时候他会自己去启动这个服务的,所以不用管。我是把这个服务给改成手动了的。平时不 启动,用完了就从任务管理器里停掉

Mcshield.exe:咖啡的核心,系统服务,不动为妙,
PS:有没有谁试验过看能不能从控制面板服务里把这个服务在运行的时候给关闭掉,卡巴的进程保护很厉害,从服务里在运行的时候是关不掉的,告诉你没权限。不知道咖啡的进程保护如何。


Frameworkservice.exe(McAfee Framework 服务,McAfee 产品的共享组件框架):咖啡的后台框架进程,属于服务。平时关闭的话,经过我测试是不影响普通使用的,但是会影响升级,且这个进程和 Vstskmgr.exe不一样,他不能自动的去启动服务,如果你调整成手动,那么你非得自己动手去启动这个服务,才能运行升级程序,如果不在意麻烦的话 就改成手动算了,反正咖啡一个星期才升一次........

naPrdMgr.exe:这个进程以前的版本就有,不知道是什么东西,即不在注册表启动项里也不在服务里,翻完了600个帖子只有两篇文章很含糊 的提到说根据程序名字这似乎是用来传递某种信息的进程。这个进程通过我的试验只证明了一点,就是他是个Frameworkservice.exe在一起 的,如果Frameworkservice.exe被停止,则它绝对不会在任务管理器里出现。

如果不会修改注册表的朋友,点击开始菜单=>运行=>msconfig=>启动项,相应的取消选择即可。

老外恶搞




没什么好说的,我操!

BOM

BOM——Byte Order Mark,就是字节序标记。

在UCS 编码中有一个叫做"ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE"的字符,它的编码是FEFF。而FFFE在UCS中是不存在的字符,所以不应该出现在实际传输中。UCS规范建议我们在传输字节流前,先传输 字符"ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE"。这样如果接收者收到FEFF,就表明这个字节流是Big-Endian的;如果收到FFFE,就表明这个字节流是Little- Endian的。因此字符"ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE"又被称作BOM。

UTF-8不需要BOM来表明字节顺序,但可以用BOM来表明编码方式。字符"ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE"的UTF-8编码是EF BB BF。所以如果接收者收到以EF BB BF开头的字节流,就知道这是UTF-8编码了。

Windows就是使用BOM来标记文本文件的编码方式的。

另外unicode网站的FAQ-BOM详细介绍了BOM。
最近在用Castor解析XML文件的时候被这个BOM搞死了,好像SAX解析就已经不认这个标识了,最后直接过滤删除BOM了事。

java.io.PushbackInputStream

java.io.PushbackInputStream可以实现向一个输入流添加“推回(push back)”或“取消读取(unread)”一个字节的功能。比如,我在过滤XML content prolog中的UTF-8的BOM(EF BB BF)的时候就很有用:

FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(xmlFile);
PushbackInputStream pis = new PushbackInputStream(inputStream,3);
byte[] buf = new byte[3];
pis.read(buf, 0, 3);
if (!((buf[0] == -17) && (buf[1] == -69) && (buf[2] == -65))) {
pis.unread(buf, 0, 3);
}
注意:要在 PushbackInputStream 的构造方法上加上所读取/推送字节数组的大小(默认值为1),如果不指定缓冲大小或大小小于字节数组的大小,当读取数据量多于缓冲大小时,再 unread 会抛出消息为 "Push back buffer is full" 的 java.io.Exception。

文青愤青,不过如此

昨天看某画报,发现以前在校读书时耳朵、眼睛经常给“轰炸”到的某著名经济学家仙去啦——其实一直以来,我都不知道那位尊敬的Gulu还活到了21世纪!

出于某种羞愧的心理,我决定上网查询一下那位“咕噜”的生平,在Google输入“弥尔顿.弗里德曼”跳出来的结果中有篇博客“第三个弗里德曼”吸引了我,点开一看,揣测作者是位牛人,所以顺便翻看了其中的一些文章,看到“文兼愤青的自白书”,对照着琢磨了一下,结论如下:

1,喜欢鲍勃·迪伦——没啥感觉,他关我什么事?

2,喜欢崔健——感觉一般般

3,喜欢罗大佑——感觉一般般

4,喜欢郑钧——好像没啥感觉

5,喜欢汪峰和鲍家街——有听过汪峰的歌,不错;鲍家街不知道是人名/地名/乐队名?

6,讨厌零点——还好

7,讨厌李宗盛——的确不是特别喜欢

8,讨厌四大天王——除了某个看起来特别拽的,其他基本都是好青年—》好中年

9,喜欢高晓松——还好

10,喜欢齐秦——还好,就是“痴”了点

11,喜欢Beyond——嗯,这个估计现在街头练摊的小弟、饭馆里跑堂的小厮……都爱听

12,喜欢胡吗个——这个,哈哈……

13,不喜欢张楚——难道是因为他给“招安”了?

14,喜欢窦唯——可能他太有才华、太前卫了,我还得好好培养自己的觉悟

15,喜欢唐朝——喜欢“唐”,因为那是我的姓氏,对乐队似乎没啥感觉

16,喜欢何勇——不认识,呵呵

17,喜欢许巍的前两张专辑,不喜欢后面的——听过的都不错,后面讨厌的还没听到

18,喜欢王菲——“间歇性”喜欢,^_^

19,喜欢Paul Simon——不是太熟啊……

20,喜欢Pink Floyd——嗯,挺有个性的

21,讨厌U2——他们招你惹你了?

22,喜欢Queen——嗯,不错……

23,喜欢Dire Straits——还没听说过……

24,喜欢Slash在时的GNR——GNR很好啊,有Slash当然更好,呵呵

25,喜欢Roxette——Roxette的确很好,不过多听了还是有点烦

26,喜欢Kurt Cobain——这么多人“死哈”他,是不是因为他英年早逝?

27,喜欢Eric Clapton——嗯,的确不错

28,喜欢Alicia Keys——不是很熟……喜欢她的身材还是嗓音?

29,喜欢Christina Aguilera——外貌看起来有些怪异……不过她怎么样跟我好像无关啊

30,喜欢Britney Spears——这个这个……嘿嘿……

31,讨厌Jessica Simpson——结合以上两条,得出结论:文兼愤青其实也很“大众”!

32,喜欢Alicia Sylverstone——还未了解过

33,喜欢以前的Natlie Portman,不喜欢现在的——以前、现在,都跟我无关

34,喜欢到《活着》为止的张艺谋,不喜欢其后的——他有拍片的自由,我们有选择进不进电影院的自由,^_^

35,喜欢贾樟柯——的确

36,喜欢鬼子来了之前的姜文,不喜欢鬼子来了之后的姜文——无所谓啦,他又不是我家表哥

37,喜欢Pulp Fiction——有待了解

38,喜欢Mel Brooks——有待了解

39,不喜欢Jim Carey——还好,最起码人家还是努力工作,努力生活的么

40,喜欢周星驰——其实不是跟Jim Carey差不多的德行嘛……

41,讨厌王晶——无所谓啦

42,喜欢冯小刚——哈哈

43,喜欢单田芳——似乎小P孩时代曾跟老爹一起听过……

44,喜欢克鲁伊夫——踢足球的啊……太多了

45,讨厌贝肯鲍尔——他哪里得罪你了?

46,喜欢马拉多纳——有个性,但似乎混得不是很好哇……

47,讨厌贝利——估计跟讨厌贝肯鲍尔是出于一样的理由

48,喜欢古力特——结合44条,有理由认为,原作者是荷兰球迷

49,喜欢金庸小说,不喜欢金庸其人——说这话,就好像理直气壮的说“我要家里有个老婆,外面有个情人”一样……为什么总是要搞这种“分裂”?

50,不喜欢章子怡——人家混到今天的地位也不容易

51,不喜欢成龙——这个超级同意,哈哈

52,喜欢李安——还好

53,喜欢王小波——似乎太招人喜欢总会“折寿”哇……

54,喜欢李银河——嗯?李银河是干什么的?

55,喜欢South Park——哈哈

56,喜欢Saturday Night Live——跟Saturday Night Fever有没有关系啊?

57,喜欢Jon Stewart——不是很熟……

58,喜欢Steve Colbert——有待了解

59,讨厌Bill O'Reilly——他是谁?他也惹着你了?

60,讨厌Jessie Jackson——女人……给人讨厌是很没面子的事啊……

61,讨厌George W Bush——估计全世界知道他的人有99.9%不喜欢他

62,讨厌Laura Bush——还好,你家有个女人能像她那样就该感恩了

63,讨厌John Kerry——政客总是不招人待见的

64,喜欢Teresa Henz Kerry——结合63条,加上Kerry夫人的巨额家产……真是耐人寻味啊

65,喜欢Bill Clinton——他的确很有魅力,哪怕喜欢沾花惹草

66,讨厌Hillary Clinton——这个这个……是不是因为她的野心?

67,喜欢Collin Powell——太懦弱了,而且立场不坚定,说到底还是“政客”一枚

68,喜欢John McCain——有待了解

69,不喜欢朱利安尼——纽约市长?

70,喜欢Wesley Clark——有待了解

71,不喜欢Howard Dean——有待了解

72,不喜欢Ted Kennedy——他又怎么着你了?

73,喜欢李洁明——不认识

74,喜欢汪曾祺——不认识

75,喜欢高尔泰——这个……高尔基+伏尔泰么?

76,喜欢北岛——写诗的,不是很熟

77,讨厌二月河——是不是“文人相轻”?

78,讨厌海岩——是不是因为他靠文字赚的钱太多了?

79,喜欢布尔加科夫——不认识

80,喜欢博尔赫斯——不认识

81,喜欢加西亚·马尔克斯——不是很熟

82,不喜欢达芬奇密码——无谓喜不喜欢……怎么没提到《玫瑰的名字》?

83,不喜欢斯蒂芬·金——大多数作品是不咋滴,不过些作品的确不错

84,哦,狂喜欢Matrix,不喜欢Reloaded和Revolution——N多年前的了,怎么没提到《V for Vendetta》?

85,喜欢Lord of the Rings电影——嗯,估计有成为经典的可能

86,喜欢Aladdin——就是Aladdin神灯么?

87,喜欢停在一个随意的数字——在什么情况停顿?

综上得出:一向自视甚高的文青、愤青们也很大众,不客气一点,其实还是有些“俗气”;而且,那么多条参照标准,似乎跟我们中国本土文化很少有关系,大片大片的“参照物”来自国外(至不济也是来自港台),特别是那个给全世界人民深深鄙视的同时,又深深“眷恋”着的——美国!!难道一向以“有识之士”自居的文兼愤青其实都是进口原料喂养长大的?OMG!! 还有,身居前沿的文兼愤青们也太不“与时俱进”了一点……

那些参照标准的来源,多是影视作品、音像制品和书籍、报纸杂志的,Big Names都来自影视娱乐文艺界,且基本上都是近几十年来的所出,地域范围也不过美国+大中国区……文兼愤青们的眼界原来也就这么一点点,今天我算是见识啦,一句话:“不学无术,我只懂装酷”!

What's WYSIWYG?

WYSIWYG
(what you see is what you get)
(名) 所见即所得, (计算机用语) 应用的特征 (档案在屏幕上出现的形式和将会被印出的形式完全一样)
n. characteristic of applications in which a document appears on-screen exactly as it will appear when printed (Computers)

靠,老外的造词能力再强,也不能随便找个句子就来首字母缩写吧?

《墨攻》,中国版的《天国王朝》?

虽然到目前为止,还没看过《墨攻》这部片子,但从片花和看过的人的介绍来判断,我怎么觉得这里面有很浓重的《天国王朝》的影子啊。
不如就把革离想象成《天国王朝》里面的那个小铁匠和麻风国王Baldwin IV的混合体吧,把赵国大将当成萨拉丁,回忆一下萨拉丁大军前后两次兵临耶路撒冷城下的场景……
嗯,有空要赶紧看了......




越狱十四、十五集剧情


14集
Bank Age 35, this muscular, menacing African American inmate tries to make Bellick his punk, but gets a nasty surprise when Bellick attacks him and leaves him moaning on the floor. Later, however, Bank and his goons are planning to pull Bellick out of his cell and make him pay for his effrontery -- and there's no one around to stop them...

15集
Haywire will be in this episode and befriend a teenaged girl who asks him to buy booze for her. She becomes intrigued by him and his project of building a raft to go to Holland. This girl will also appear in episode 2.16.
{Two teens, Matt and Sasha ask Haywire to buy them beer. In exchange, they'll buy food for his dog, now named Larry. They even offer to let him have a beer. Haywire declines the beer, citing that "My Dad used to drink." Haywire and Sasha share something in common, an abusive father. This rekindles some bad memories for Haywire, and he takes action to protect his new found friend.}

Lincoln, Michael and Kellerman kidnap a TV cameraman to film their declaration of innocence.
Mahone and a "Behaviorist" disect a tape of Michael and Lincoln's "Declaration of Innocence". The "Behaviorist" concludes Lincoln is lying about Lisa Rix being the victim of a cover up, and lying about a suicide in the "Cutback Motel". The brothers are planning something in Des Moines. It involves the president. Michael transmits the message "The Water is Warm" via morse code with his hand during the airing of the tape. Mahone doesn't buy into these "leads" and tells given by the brothers because "they have a former secret service man with them".
Greg Rydqnour - The camera man who filmed Michael and Lincoln's video. He states that Michael promised they would not hurt him, but the other guy who was with them "the one who looked like he was FBI" - threatened to blow his brains out if he didn't help. He notes that they mentioned "800 miles in 12 hours" and were rather intrigued by a report about President Reynolds. He thinks they're planning to go after her.

Sucre is taken in by an old Mexican man who sympathizes with Sucre's quest to find the woman he loves. When the Mexican police bring back Sucre after catching him in the old man's stolen car, the old man covers for Sucre and even gives him money for his trip.
Sucre turns up in Mexico and meets an old widower, who offers him a meal in exchange that Sucre can cook it for the both of them. Sucre takes him up on his offer, but steals his car afterwards. After being caught with the car by Mexican police, the old man tells them he gave Sucre the car and then passes on some cash to Sucre, giving him his blessing and wishing him luck with Maricruz. (what a nice old man...)

提防小偷

彪悍的女人Joan Jett



难得Boss不在,放肆一下,Hia hia~~ 来一份彪悍的摇滚女MV
虽然老刘是我滴榜样,但老刘的《我恨我痴心》跟这个“本尊”比起来,差距真的不是一点点(感觉好像老刘已经很卖力了,但就是表现不出那种排山倒海、雪崩般的气势)!还有那些个什么DJ Remix版、舞曲版什么的,基本还是忽略了心理舒服一点-_-......
虽然对摇滚乐没啥研究,但我总觉得,本段MV里面那位吉他老兄的功力不比Guns'n'Roses里那位经常被鸟窝头发遮着大半个脸、喜欢秀Solo的老兄逊多少啊,特别是结尾前那一阵“尖啸”,听了N多遍,每次都不想错过^_^

The Butterfly Effect

We all have moments when we wish we could change something. Right a wrong. Correct o mistake. Gain love.....or power.

Life is confused! I hope the butterfly effect in my case.

壹圆钱助学计划


1.该计划的宗旨是什么?
呼唤更多人对贫困学子的关注和爱心,用自己的真心默默的影响周围的朋友,在点点滴滴中潜移默化的改变一些东西.

2.为什么叫"壹圆钱助学计划"?
这个BLOG申请了Google Adsense广告.由于这只是一个BLOG,流量很小,所以广告收入非常非常少.叫"壹圆钱助学计划"是因为,收入可能只是象征性的.更重要的是爱心的传播.

3.如何参加该计划
在你的BLOG放上该计划的图标,并把图标链接到本站.加图标的方法见这里

4.在BLOG上加上小图标有什么用处?
表明一种态度, 引起更多人的注意,通过链接来到这个Blog,了解"壹圆钱助学计划",关注社会现实 .同时更多的流量有助于增加广告收入.

5.该计划的广告能产生多少收入?
由于流量很小,预计产生的收入很少.目前每月不到1$.但随着参与者更多,收入会多起来.

6.该计划的所得收入如何管理?
目前由我和月上心泉共同管理Google Adsense帐户,凡热心本计划,为该计划做出更多帮助的人,我们都将告之密码.如果将来收入能够达到100美圆,即可将钱取出.去向由所有参与者共同决定.

7.该计划是否接受捐款?
该计划不接受个人或团体任何形式的捐款捐物,您可以通过其他渠道奉献爱心.


如果你对此感兴趣,可以访问这里了解更多。

November Rain

据说那该死的阴雨天气还要持续10天左右,据说阴郁的天气会使人也变得阴郁,在十几天的阴郁后,终于想到了Guns 'n' Roses的这首“November Rain”,就是那首跟他妈的“Don't Cry”一样有名的“November Rain”……

明摆着还是潜在的

首先,不得不佩服张钰,如果用一句话概括,我想也只有这句:彪悍的人生不需要解释!再贴切不过了。

我用明摆着的无耻对付潜在的无耻 。
现在“文化人”之间,都充满了勾心斗角、尔虞我诈、泯灭天良、毫无诚信、颠倒是非黑白。尤其是在乱得连猪圈都不如的影视圈里,这一切都成了他们欺压善良、凌辱女人们的阴谋和借口。
有人干完了这事,系上浴巾之后,悠然地点了一支烟,看着我,说,张钰,你这样做是没有前途的。 他有道德感他干嘛还做呢?而且做完了还不认账。这是有道德感的人吗?我觉得这是最无耻的人。比我这样的明摆着的无耻还无耻,潜在的无耻更无耻。 做买卖,不管口头约定还是合同约定,你出钱我出货,你钱出了结果我货没有,你愿意认吗?
当然不愿意了,货不对板还要退呢!不过人是个复杂动物,不是仅仅用有没有道德几个字就能概括的,他可能一面拿货不给钱,一面还在救助失学儿童呢。当然了,对于某些你出了货,却不给钱的主,鉴于货物的特殊性,公安局取证的困难性再加上目前司法制度的局限性,在呼吁相关部门完善法律法规的同时大声地“喊叫”出来,避免自己和相关同行下次在同一个人那边上当受骗,也不失为一个好办法。

南方周末 的评论要更深刻一点:
这绝不仅仅是一个声色事件,它在本质上是严肃的。这是一个事关演艺人员职业伦理、人格尊严的问题,是一个事关人权保障的问题,更是一个检视全社会道德评判基准,从而亟需全社会正视的一个大问题。
我们是要明摆着的无耻还是潜在的无耻!??

网络色情第一案

据新华社电 太原市中级人民法院22日依法对轰动全国的“华人第一成人社区”特大淫秽色情网站案一审公开宣判,主犯被告人陈辉被判处无期徒刑,剥夺政治权利终身,并处没收个人财产10万元;其他8名被告人分别被判处有期徒刑10年至1年1个月。

判决书里表明, 截至2005年10月3日2时, 陈辉开办的淫秽网站共注册会员619611名, 发布淫秽图片44812张. 非法牟利所得为10万余元. 除了非法牟利所得, 会员数和淫秽图片数均达到了 "情节极其严重" 的标准.

个人认为这TMD也判的太重了吧!无论是从中国悠久的历史文化,还是从西方性解放的路程来看,陈辉的所作所为不过是为“和谐”社会添砖加瓦而已,比起那些贪污腐败,公款嫖娼的差不到哪里去!

小鸡无毛飞不高,横吹笛子竖吹箫


T-Bag的“纯情照”与“变态”








生命如小强一般彪悍,
变态也不用写在脸上。。。


***多嘴一句:

  1. Robert Knepper的老妈是名兽医,不知道PB里面找兽医接断手是不是某种巧合啊......
  2. 图片来自Robert Knepper的粉丝站,站名“Empty Pockets”,^_^

Docs&Spreadsheets发布测试

已经好久没写Blog了,因为Blogger Beta的Dashboard一直打不开,处于GFW之外,不过今天在maqingxi看到一篇文章,介绍通过Google Docs & Spreadsheets可以管理发布日志,而且功能还很强大。
当然也有几个缺陷:

  1. 文档文件名即为日志标题,如果是中文,现在还不能正确显示。怎么我的英文标题也显示空白?
  2. 目前只能设定一个博客。
  3. 暂不支持标签功能。

真郁闷,刚用这个发了篇blog,blogger beta就解封了,还是用回windows live writer吧!

Initial Configuration

Required JARs

To make ActiveMQ easy to use, the default activemq.jar comes complete with all the libraries required. If you prefer to have explicit control over all the jars used by ActiveMQ here is the full list of individual jars required

  • activemq-core.jar
  • activeio.jar
  • commons-logging.jar
  • backport-util-concurrent.jar
  • mx4j (if running on Java 1.4)
  • J2EE APIs which could be the j2ee.jar from Sun or your J2EE container or you could use Geronimo's freely distributable geronimo-spec-j2ee.jar. If you are inside a servlet container and being dependent on the j2ee.jar causes you troubles, the parts of the J2EE jar we are dependent on are as follows...
    • geronimo-spec-jms.jar
    • geronimo-spec-jta.jar
    • geronimo-spec-j2ee-management.jar

If you want to grab a J2EE specification jar we recommend the Apache repository

需要的JAR包:
为了使用方便,默认的activemq.jar包含了全部需要的类包。如果你更喜欢明确的操作所有的jars,下面列出了ActiveMQ所用到每个单独的jar包:

  • activemq-core.jar
  • activeio.jar
  • commons-logging.jar
  • backport-util-concurrent.jar
  • mx4j (if running on Java 1.4)
  • j2ee.jar

Optional JARS

  • spring.jar - if you wish to use the XML configuration file for configuring the Message Broker
  • if you wish to use message persistence then you need to add a persistent jar to your classpath (see below). If you just want a lightweight message bus with no durability you can leave this step out but we highly recommend persistence for production deployments.
  • if you want to use Zeroconf based discovery then you need the jmdns.jar
    Note:
    The zeroconf protol is no longer supported in AMQ 4.x.
  • spring.jar -如果你想要通过XML配置文件来配置消息Broker
  • 如果你想要使用消息持久化,你必须在你的类路径下添加一个持久化相关的jar包(看下面)。如果你仅仅是想要进行轻量级的消息传输,不需要耐久性,你可以跳过这一步骤,不过我们强烈推荐你在产品开发的时候使用持久化。
  • Zeroconf 协议在AMQ4.x中已经不再支持,这里相关的就不介绍了。

Persistence Support

We support persistence via JDBC and a high performance journal. For full explict control over configuration check out the Xml Configuration.

我们通过JDBC和高性能的日志来支持持久化。详细的配置信息请看XML Configuration。
如何通过XML文件来配置管理AMQ,会单独介绍。

Next steps

One of the first things you might want to do is start a broker. Once you have a broker running you could try using the JNDI Support which shows how to run an example JMS program. Or there are some other example programs

If you don't want to use JNDI you can just instantiate an ActiveMQConnectionFactory, configure its properties directly and then you're ready to use the standard JMS API to create Connections, Sessions, MessageProducer and MessageConsumer instances.

你想做的第一件事情也许就是启动一个broker。如果你已经有了一个启动的broker,你可以试着使用一下JNDI Support 来运行一个JMS例子项目。当来,如果你不想使用JNDI,也可以运行别的例子程序,这些是通过 ActiveMQConnectionFactory直接配置属性,然后你可以使用标准的JMS API来创建连接,Sessions,消息创造者和消息消费者等实例。


选狼还是选狮子?

最近一直困惑于一些社会问题,很多都写了Blog发泄过了,目的主要还是在想怎么才能使自己避免掉进类似的泥潭,已经掉进去的话该怎样才能爬出来,然后把挖泥潭的人一脚踹下去。今天看到下面的这篇文章,我操,真TMD豁然开朗!

 上帝把两群羊放在草原上,一群在南,一群在北。上帝还给羊群找了两种天敌,一种是狮子,一种是狼。上帝对羊群说:“如果你们要狼,就给一只,任它随意咬你们。如果你们要狮子,就给两头,你们可以在两头狮子中任选一头,还可以随时更换。”  

这道题的问题就是:如果你也在羊群中,你是选狼还是选狮子?

  很容易做出选择吧?好吧,记住你的选择,接着往下看。

  南边那群羊想,狮子比狼凶猛得多,还是要狼吧。于是,它们就要了一只狼。北边那群羊想,狮子虽然比狼凶猛得多,但我们有选择权,还是要狮子吧。于是,它们就要了两头狮子。

  那只狼进了南边的羊群后,就开始吃羊。狼身体小,食量也小,一只羊够它吃几天了。这样羊群 几天才被追杀一次。北边那群羊挑选了一头狮子,另一头则留在上帝那里。这头狮子进入羊群后,也开始吃羊。狮子不但比狼凶猛,而且食量惊人,每天都要吃一只 羊。这样羊群就天天都要被追杀,惊恐万状。羊群赶紧请上帝换一头狮子。不料,上帝保管的那头狮子一直没有吃东西,正饥饿难耐,它扑进羊群,比前面那头狮子 咬得更疯狂。羊群一天到晚只是逃命,连草都快吃不成了。

  南边的羊群庆幸自己选对了天敌,又嘲笑北边的羊群没有眼光。北边的羊群非常后悔,向上帝大倒苦水,要求更换天敌,改要一只狼。上帝说:“天敌一旦确定,就不能更改,必须世代相随,你们唯一的权利是在两头狮子中选择。”

  北边的羊群只好把两头狮子不断更换。可两头狮子同样凶残,换哪一头都比南边的羊群悲惨得多,它们索性不换了,让一头狮子吃得膘肥体壮,另一头狮子则饿得精瘦。眼看那头瘦狮子快要饿死了,羊群才请上帝换一头。

  这头瘦狮子经过长时间的饥饿后,慢慢悟出了一个道理:自己虽然凶猛异常,一百只羊都不是对 手,可是自己的命运是操纵在羊群手里的。羊群随时可以把自己送回上帝那里,让自己饱受饥饿的煎熬,甚至有可能饿死。想通这个道理后,瘦狮子就对羊群特别客 气,只吃死羊和病羊,凡是健康的羊它都不吃了。羊群喜出望外,有几只小羊提议干脆固定要瘦狮子,不要那头肥狮子了。一只老公羊提醒说:“瘦狮子是怕我们送 它回上帝那里挨饿,才对我们这么好。万一肥狮子饿死了,我们没有了选择的余地,瘦狮子很快就会恢复凶残的本性。”羊群觉得老羊说得有理,为了不让另一头狮 子饿死,它们赶紧把它换回来。

  原先膘肥体壮的那头狮子,已经饿得只剩下皮包骨头了,并且也懂得了自己的命运是操纵在羊群手里的道理。为了能在草原上待久一点,它竟百般讨好起羊群来。而那头被送交给上帝的狮子,则难过得流下了眼泪。

  北边的羊群在经历了重重磨难后,终于过上了自由自在的生活。南边的那群羊的处境却越来越悲 惨了,那只狼因为没有竞争对手,羊群又无法更换它,它就胡作非为,每天都要咬死几十只羊,这只狼早已不吃羊肉了,它只喝羊心里的血。它还不准羊叫,哪只叫 就立刻咬死哪只。南边的羊群只能在心中哀叹:“早知道这样,还不如要两头狮子。”

说到这里,大家都明白说的是民主和专制的区别了吧?现在我们旁边就是一头狼,越来越贪婪、凶恨。上帝啊,什么时候我们才能重新选择?我们必须重新选择!

言论自由

今天在Gmail里收到一封邮件,是一个网友转贴的BBC上的文章,大意如下:

人权组织国际特赦向互联网博客发出呼吁,促请他们捍卫网上言论自由。组织同时指责一些资讯科技企业帮助有关政府进行网上言论审查。

该组织发表声明说:"互联网上的言论自由是权利,而不是恩典。我们呼吁全球博客团结起来,声援在那些因为批评政府便足以面对牢狱之苦的国家里生活的互联网使用者。"

2005年3月,湖南《当代商报》记者师涛向一个美国网站电邮一篇关于中国政府禁止报道六四事件15周年纪念命令的文章,被当局以涉漏国家机密罪判监十年。雅虎被指在调查中,将师涛的电邮户口资料交给中国当局。有关资料被用作提控的证据。

国际特赦将会在网上收集博客支持捍卫言论自由的签名,并将之提交互联网治理论坛。

联系到最近blogspot再次被GFW无情的封杀,真是无言了,我操!虽然google blogger还可以通过pkblogs或者inblogs等代理网站访问,但是对政府的低级的做法还是充满鄙视与愤怒!

我们可以暂时失去自由,但是我们不会失去追求自由的欲望!


不知道我们的媒体什么时候才能开始客观的提供信息,而不是一味的附和政府,甚至为了少数人的利益直接影响人们的行为和看法!?

不知道几十年后再来看这篇文章,会觉得自己太傻呢,还是现在的媒体太傻,政府太专制!?

一条狗

MM看《教父》的若干条理由

1. 马龙.白兰度——虽然《教父》里面的马龙.白兰度已经年老色衰,虽然他只是在《教父I》里面出现了几次,但依然魅力无穷,粉嫩的阿尔.帕西诺在他面前真的就是一乖儿子-_-
他老人家轻轻一挑眉毛,照样可以迷倒一片MM~
2. 罗伯特.德.尼罗——在《教父II》里面演绎年轻时的Veto Corleone,当年的罗伯特.德.尼罗还是粉粉嫩嫩的,脸上也是平滑的,绝对不像如今那样满脸坑凹。
虽然当年德.尼罗看中的是Michael这一角色(当年看中Michael一角的那演员多如过江之鲫)无奈大导演科波拉就是对阿尔.帕西诺青眼有加,德.尼罗只好“退而求其次”,演绎青年时代的Veto Corleone。
虽然德.尼罗跟白兰度外貌相差甚远,但显然他演绎的Veto Corleone跟白兰度演绎的极度神似。现在,我们也许要谢谢当时导演的决定和德.尼罗的坚持不懈,让我们看到了一个完整、统一的Veto Corleone。
3. 安迪.加西亚——名声并不响亮,但在《教父 III》里面属于一登场就满室生辉的类型。近来比较有名的力作估计要数《11罗汉》、《12罗汉》、《13罗汉》(制作中)了。
4. 阿尔.帕西诺——从粉粉嫩嫩的Michael/Mikey演绎到终老,阿尔.帕西诺可说是过足戏瘾啦。虽然他老人家脸蛋清秀,但身材实在有点……嘿嘿……也许正鉴于此,帕西诺当初自己都不看好Michael一角,在临近《教父》开拍之际他还跟米高美签订了另一部戏的合约,搞得科波拉和派拉蒙还不得不花点代价给他“赎身”(有意思德是,他当时放弃的那份米高美戏约居然后来又落到了罗伯特.德.尼罗头上,真是......呵呵)~
白兰度的Veto教父有一种自然而然的不怒自威的味道(虽然每次想到他老人家对前来求助的人口口声声说要show him respect,讨厌别人把他看成黑帮分子的时候我就觉得好笑,因为总觉得他天生一副黑帮老大的“气质”,^_^);德.尼罗的教父“前传”当然是对白兰度版本的最忠实延续;阿尔.帕西诺的Michael教父有点狠辣(当然,跟他父亲一样“聪明”),太酷了点,是一台高效率的“推土机”,可惜的是他没有继承他父亲在经营家庭那方面的才能,Veto时其乐融融的一家人在Michael时代分崩离析了;安迪.加西亚的教父生涯就不好说了,呵呵。不过有意思的是,战争英雄Michael接管家族“生意”多少有点无奈的味道,而且他掌权时期的终极目标之一就是将家族生意漂白,而鲜格格出炉的安迪.加西亚则几乎是多少带着点兴奋与迫不及待接过Don Corleone这一称呼的。
5. 家庭——虽然《教父》系列是黑帮片,而且是黑帮片里面登峰造极的那种,但相比现在的黑帮片,家庭所占的地位相当高,特别是在老教父Veto的时代。
请看Veto Corleone的“经典语录”:
I work my whole life - I don't apologize - to take care of my family, and I refused to be a fool, dancing on the string held by all those bigshots.(为了家庭,多么正当的理由!而且,从这段话简直可以说我们的教父Don Corleone是个很有反抗精神/革命精神的人)
Do you spend time with your family? Good. Because a man that doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.(个人认为,这句话是最酷的,比那句“I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.”还酷,这句话适合MM在GG身边看的时候来一句,“你看看,你看看……” ^_^)
You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you? Or my boy to me?(这是老教父重伤初愈,加上痛失长子的情况下对冤家说的,有点无奈)
She's very beautiful. To you, she's beautiful. For me, there's only my wife and son.(这是年轻时的Veto跟东家儿子一起去看戏时,对于某女伶发表的评论……又是一“教育”GG的好机会^_^)
还有,还有,当年年轻的Veto Corleone在一杂货店里面当伙计,和家人一虽过得贫苦,但可以算是其乐融融;就是后来因当时地头蛇的欺压而丢了工作,失业那天回到家里还是不忘给家人带个水果,很让人感动。
……
虽然《教父》系列是一部男性色彩很浓的电影,但我觉得,只要能静下心来好好观赏(三部曲片长共约9个小时,不算花絮,跟《指环王》三部曲有的一拼,所以找个能集中注意力的时间看比较合适)绝大多数人都难以抵挡它的魅力!
PS:看到有人卖盗版碟,把那张花絮碟标的为《教父 IV》,真不知道该说那帮盗版分子什么好了......

Sougou文学水平测评系统

搜狐推出了 Sougou文学水平测评系统 ,输入一段文字,点击“评测”按钮,即可看到系统为您的创作给出的分数和评语。还可以把结果贴到Blog里面,小创意儿啊。

我把下面的一篇日记《今天没有早读》测评了一下,结果很鼓舞人心啊!Thank God!


漠河,您的总体评价:

颇具备几分古典韵味,行文流畅,厚重感 十足;沉积下来的底蕴,具备浓郁的历史感。文章内容丰富,观点翔实可圈可点;表达能力优秀,文笔功力深厚;在用词范围方面可以着重下功夫改进。特点为信息 量充足,因此可以多考虑创作偏重评论类的作品;同时,游记等介绍性质的题材也可以多多尝试。


漠河,您的测算结果:





钱钟书


41%

Hoho,受到这位作家的一些轻微影响。





张爱玲


21%

这个区间是比较正常的,看来你已经有了掌握神韵的感觉喔。





王安忆


20%

这个区间是比较正常的,看来你已经有了掌握神韵的感觉喔。



有意思,我也要去试试!

年纪大了,养条狗

愿望:如题。。。 可爱、严谨、温厚、幽默又充满好奇。

小偷的暗号

随着改革开放的不断深入,经过长期的经验积累,产业化、规模化的
可持续发展,小偷的素质在提高啊!

今天没有早读

今天外出,一个不能上网的环境,也就没有能够早读(RSS订阅)。忙活了一天,下班回来打开Google Reader,已经有100+的新文章了,本来就身心疲惫,这下更失去了阅读的冲动,真想Mark all as read--鼠标停顿了三秒,还是先放着吧。俗话说了,冲动是魔鬼!

吃过晚饭刚想休息,来了个陌生的电话(手机电话本不久前丢失),一个MM甜美的声音,刚刚精神起来,还没聊几句呢,她就主动承认了--老妹!--我靠,常州人聊天说什么普通话啊,贼,上当!郑重提醒各位:不要和陌生人讲话!

魔兽、魔兽。。。

没有电话打过来,打过去也没有人接。。。

换换乐

今天在天涯收到一条消息:

知道一个别针换房子的故事么,网上物物交换方便了你我的生活!旨为大家提供一个专业诚信的换货平台,全力保障换货者的隐私,推出全新的换货流程。欢迎访问换换乐http://www.huanhuanle.com

点子不错,物物交换,有点原始野性的味道。不过这年头,谁信得过谁啊?

Read Between the Lines

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Read Between The Lines-Wired.mp3

By Tony Long Also by this reporter--from Wired News
02:00 AM Oct, 12, 2006

Is there a more agreeable way of passing a few idle hours than roaming through the haphazard stacks of a slightly musty, idiosyncratically stocked, independent bookstore?Apparently there is, because they're dying all over the country. Even in those citadels of intellectual enlightenment, New York and San Francisco, the independents are taking a beating.

还有比徜徉在一家摆放独特的独立小书店里面,在那些随意堆放的、散发着微微霉味的书堆里消磨掉几个钟头更惬意的事吗?答案是肯定的。那些各具特色的独立书店正在消亡呢,就连身处当今文化启蒙大本营的纽约和三藩市都未能使其避免关门困境……

Manhattan is about to lose venerable Coliseum Books for the second time in five years -- this time, apparently, for good. The City by the Bay, meanwhile, has lost several of its neighborhood stores in just a few short months. Across the bay in Berkeley, Cody's, one of the most famous independents in the country, closed its Telegraph Avenue store in July.

It's the same song elsewhere on both coasts and across the interior, too. The reason is not surprising. Chain bookstores, big-box stores like Wal-Mart that stock best sellers alongside disposable diapers and, of course, various online competitors are all conspiring to kill off the little guy.

……原因尽在预料之中:大量的连锁书店、像Wal-Mart那样将畅销书堆放在一次性纸尿裤旁边贩卖的零售大鳄,还有网络上涌起的形形色色的竞争者正在合谋消灭掉处于弱者地位的独立书店。

The following things are more or less true: Chain bookstores have larger inventories -- albeit safer and more predictable (and therefore more commercially viable) ones -- than many independents. Books aren't necessarily all you'll find there, either. Most of them sell music and DVDs, too, and if you're looking for a 2007 "I Love My Cat" wall calendar, Barnes & Noble is definitely the place to go.

Buying a book from Amazon.com or some other online dealer is (sometimes) cheaper than buying it from an independent bookseller. (I say sometimes, because when you factor in shipping and handling, your actual savings is often negligible.)
I can think of no reason why anyone within 10 miles of an actual bookstore would buy a book at Costco or Wal-Mart. Ever.

The point is, the corporations and the internet have changed the commercial landscape in this country, and for the worse. Independent booksellers are but one victim of this disturbing trend. Entertainment technology threatens the single-screen movie house and the local music store with extinction. Likewise, your local video rental store is also an endangered species. The corporatization of coffee annihilates small cafes, leaving us with the uniform blandness of Starbucks. The big losers are small merchants of almost every type, and those of us who see mom-and-pop businesses as the backbone of a healthy, vibrant community.

(难道真的会有那么一天,我们大家都得像喝平淡无味的星巴克一样,都去看那些千篇一律、内容乏味的所谓畅销书~Orz~)

OK, maybe it's more convenient and a little bit cheaper to do your book shopping at Amazon. But at what cost to your quality of life? We're at our best, and probably our happiest, when social intercourse takes place outside, in town and city alike. You know your local merchant, you see your neighbors on the street. Is saving five bucks off the latest best seller by buying it online really worth another boarded-up storefront on your local commercial thoroughfare?

One of the singular pleasures of wandering into an eclectic independent is the joy of discovering the unexpected. (It's called "browsing." That's real browsing, by the way, not the word as it's been hijacked to put a smiley face on the soulless practice of online shopping.) You go into the shop intending to find the latest novel by your favorite author and you emerge, perhaps an hour later, with two or three other titles under your arm, by authors you hadn't even heard of before breakfast.

And you probably found those authors because the people who staff independent bookstores know their stuff. That, along with more interesting and challenging inventories, is what separates the independent from the chain. It underpins the argument for small over large, for active over passive, for brick and mortar over online.

The only justification I can think of for buying a book online is if you can't get it from your local bookseller and in my experience, that's rare. Otherwise, don't do it. You're feeding the corporate beast at the expense of the little guy. And you know what? You're probably a little guy, too, even if you think you're a big guy.

Most of us in this world are little guys. And consumer technology is making us smaller all the time.

我们中的绝大多数都是弱者,而消费技术的发展则从来都只会加强我们的弱势地位——想想吧,给公司当牛做马创造价值的是我们这些小老百姓,给公司贡献利润、把辛苦挣来的钱送给公司的还是我们!

**注:read between the lines本意是“体会言外之意”,但个人窃以为,在这里重点在于“between the lines”,那些Lines应该是书店里面实实在在的一排排的书架(而书店则是由brick and mortar构筑成的实实在在的书店),而不是网页上一排排绝无异味的目录。

Internet Explorer 7正式发布

微软已经正式发布Internet Explorer 7,新增的功能和界面越来越向Firefox、Maxthon等流行的浏览器靠拢,不过微软要想夺回用户光靠这些是不行的,尤其是在插件方面已经落后了一大截。

一棵开花的树 席慕容

如何让你遇见我
在我最美丽的时刻 为这
我已在佛前 求了五百年
求佛让我们结一段尘缘

佛於是把我化做一棵树
长在你必经的路边
阳光下 慎重地开满花朵
朵朵都是我前世的期盼

当你走近 请你细听
那颤抖的叶是我等待的热情
而当你终于无视地走过
在你身后落了一地的
朋友啊 那不是花瓣
是我凋零的心


《求佛》

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今天炒一盘冷饭。。。好像是只在gmail对gmail聊天的时候生效。