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兩週一聚﹕鬼

31st Jan 2010 98 8 兩週一聚

前言﹕這是一個叫「兩周一聚」的活動。是網友米雪兒發起。每月十五日﹑三十日﹐一班住在世界不同角落的香港人都會一起寫同一個題目。今天是第三十一次相聚,由浪子M出題﹐主題定為「鬼」。… [...]

Measure twice, cut once

29th Jan 2010 110 4 Daily Scribble

I wish wood working is like writing software, there is a undo button to undo my mistakes. I make a very silly mistake today in my wood working class. I cut two pieces of wood one inch too short. Here is how it happened. The end of the tape measure, the… [...]

The Evil That Apple Does

28th Jan 2010 34 1 News Clips

If Apple has the monopoly market share like Microsoft, Apple would be an eviler company than Microsoft. A close software system kill innovation and progress. I support Google’s open software model.… [...]

經濟殺手的告白 Confessions of an Economic Hit Man- John Perkins

24th Jan 2010 997 10 華洋書塾
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在買「經濟殺手的告白」前﹐早已在網絡上看這本書的評論。全部也極力推介此書﹐說此書讓我們認識清楚美國的黑暗。書評亦不忘加兩插句反資本主義﹐反西方以發展為名剝削第三世界的感想。經濟殺手為跨國企業工作收受豐厚酬勞﹐運用各種正當或不正當的政治和經濟手段﹐在背後操控影響第三世界的獨裁者﹐讓他們淪為美國的經濟附庸國。經濟殺手和顧用他們的跨國企業﹐暗地裏為美國政府處理不方便正式出面辨的事情。美國政府和跨國企業關係千絲萬縷﹐合組成一個龐大的經濟利益複合體﹐在全球各地推動美國的經濟帝國主義。… [...]

Driven to distraction

23rd Jan 2010 15 0 News Clips

Mr. Pink is dead wrong. Intrinsic rewards and the pleasure gain from doing a job well only comes if the job is paid well. You will simply feel ripped off if you are not rewarded accordingly. Jan 14th 2010, The Economist Two and a half cheers for sticks… [...]

The return of the mainframe

23rd Jan 2010 22 0 News Clips

My first co-op job was writing software for IBM AS/400 mainframe. I wonder if mainframe gets back into fashion, is my mainframe programming skill still marketable.… [...]

Cutting wood

22nd Jan 2010 26 4 Daily Scribble

Today is the second class of my wood working class. I bought three pieces of birch wood last Sunday to make a small table. I learn how to cut the a rough wood into the required shape in today’s class. The cutting steps are pretty simple. 1.… [...]

Democracy vs Republic

21st Jan 2010 70 0 Daily Scribble

This Youtube video illustrates the difference between all forms of governments and try to correct many people’s misunderstand on democracy. The form of government is scaled from absolute power on the left to no power on the right. They… [...]

Fooled by Randomness – Nassim Nicholas Talech

19th Jan 2010 205 2 華洋書塾
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去年金融海嘯華爾街投資銀行傷亡慘重﹐可是卻捧紅了「黑天鵝理論」這本書和其作者Nassim Nicholas Talech。此君投資眼光獨到甚有遠見﹐在一眾基金經理還沉醉在經濟沫的時候﹐他已經預言金融海嘯無可避免﹐來臨只是遲早的問題。金融海嘯令不少投資者一舖清袋﹐他的基金卻逆市狂賺一百二十億。Talech並非普通的華爾街基金經理﹐除了管理基金外﹐他還在大學當哲學教授﹐研究隨機率的認知論。… [...]

Fail toys

17th Jan 2010 38 1 Daily Scribble

Every kids love toys. Now after I have grown up, the little kid inside me still love toys. Yet there are some toys are failed so badly that they become classics. I stumble upon Mike Mozart’s show on Youtube and I spent 2 hours watching every… [...]

Woodworking 101

15th Jan 2010 30 3 Daily Scribble

I am taking woodworking for beginner at Vancouver School Board. Today is the first day of eight lessons. At the end of the lessons, I will build a small table with a drawer. Before today’s class, I always thought how can can woodworking… [...]

Ecownomics

13th Jan 2010 39 0 News Clips

Listen environmentalist and animal right activities. Factory farming is more environmental friendly for milk cows. It uses less water, releases less green house gas and produces more milk.… [...]

Google Warns of China Exit Over Hacking

13th Jan 2010 22 0 News Clips

Bravo to Google. They really live up to their corporate motto: “Don’t do evil”. They have the guts say no to the Chinese government. No one know where history will lead, but Google may very well trigger the fall of the communist… [...]

Rain making

12th Jan 2010 10 0 Daily Scribble

Vancouver has a gloomy winter. We have almost non-stop rain fall from October till April. To make us more depressing, the unusual sunshine often come during the weekday when everyone is trapped inside the office. I have an idea that will make… [...]

My PMP exam study plan

8th Jan 2010 466 4 Daily Scribble

My company starting to put more emphasis in project management. They try to avoid having the employees to work insane overtime, having forever slipping the project schedule and most important of all, minimize the risk of the project. They… [...]

Verifiable

8th Jan 2010 17 0 Websites
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Verifiable is an online visualization tool. You can upload statistic or data and use the flash web client to plot charts interactively. Its function is similar to plotting charts in Excel, but it’s free and it has a pretty sleek user interface.… [...]

One Piece 海賊王

7th Jan 2010 2,567 0 動漫宅魂
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這個聖誕我放了兩個星期大假﹐沒有出外旅遊是閒磨在家中﹐結果有幾天全拿來看了「海賊王」漫畫﹐一口氣煲完五十本感覺很暢快﹐很久沒有這樣放縱自己了。這套漫畫連載至今有十年﹐多年來我一直對它興趣缺缺﹐反正它不是我特別愛看的類型。就在這第十個年頭﹐「海賊王」終於擊敗「龍珠」﹐成為日本史上最暢銷的漫畫。「龍珠」當年總銷量有一億四千多萬本已是很跨張﹐但「海賊王」竟然能突破一億七千多萬本﹐而且可見的將來還會繼續連載﹐讓我也想見識下日本第一漫畫有到底什麼魔力。… [...]

Y2K Bug Ten Years (Plus Six) Late

5th Jan 2010 13 0 News Clips

It would be interesting to find out what is the bug that causes the six years difference. Maybe it is just a stupid typo. The character 6 and 0 looks quite similar if you use a very small font.… [...]

How to write a good history essay

5th Jan 2010 92 3 Daily Scribble

Pat is taking a course in Canadian history and has to hand in a final essay. She has read all the textbook and all the reference papers, but she still have no clue how to write a good essay. She summarized all points from different historians, but… [...]

Selling old kitchen cabinets

3rd Jan 2010 319 2 Daily Scribble

We are remodeling our kitchen, remove the old cabinets and install new ones. The problem is what to do with our old cabinets? Technically speaking, the old cabinets are junks to me. Actually they are worse than junks, because if I would have to… [...]

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