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CSIA level 2 ski instructor

29th Mar 2010 223 4 Daily Scribble

I just passed my CSIA level 2 ski instructor training, which means I no longer limited to teach bunny hills, I can now teach on blue runs. I have my level 1 certification for 4 years but never teach any lessons. This year I decided to give level 2 a… [...]

Building my own closet

26th Mar 2010 301 0 Product Reviews
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Finally I moved in to my new house, albeit the renovation is not totally finished. It just marks the beginning of many DIY home improvement projects. The first project is building the closets. The closets came with the house is those very ugly… [...]

Shopping for Piano

13th Mar 2010 280 13 Daily Scribble

We are looking for a baby grand piano for our new home. I know Steinway and Sons is the best piano, but it’s way over our budget. A Yamaha is more affordable, but Tom Lee gets a fat profit margin. So I have been monitoring second hand piano sales… [...]

Challenging Misconceptions About Verification Languages

11th Mar 2010 14 0 News Clips

Looks like Cadence is finally on offensive and pushing Specman strongly over SystemVerilog. As a long time user of Specman, I would like to see Specman wins the HVL war at the end which will make my skill and experience more valuable.… [...]

Printing body parts

11th Mar 2010 19 0 News Clips

Printing body part using 3D bio-printer sounds like sci-fi coming to reality. It can print tissues now, but sooner or later, they can print a whole limb with bones and tissue. Maybe we can even print a complete human and use the 3D bio-printer… [...]

香港潮語話齋 – 彭志銘

9th Mar 2010 1,052 0 華洋書塾
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早前閱讀彭志銘的「小狗懶擦鞋」﹐喜歡他把難登大雅之堂的文字﹐柔合很正經很學術的文筆風格﹐讓我學更加認讓自身的言語文化。這次再看他的「香港潮語話齋」﹐雖然內容也是報紙專欄結集成書﹐也是以從另類角度說香港語言文化﹐不過這本書卻讓我有點兒失望。作者還是同一個人﹐文筆仍有輕鬆有趣﹐可是這本書的內容鬆散﹐文章資料不足水份泛濫﹐甚至讓我覺得有些被搵笨的感覺。… [...]

Worker strife dogs tech firms in France

6th Mar 2010 22 0 News Clips

Having so many labor problems, no wonder multinational companies are leaving France on the first sight of trouble. Wipro is an Indian company, the only reason buying overseas hi-tech firm is to learn their technology. After they learn everything,… [...]

How to build a small table (part 2)

5th Mar 2010 321 6 Daily Scribble
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After eight week of wood working class, I have built my first table. After going through all the steps and trouble from raw lumber to a finished furniture, I appreciate all different kinds of furniture made available by modern manufacturing… [...]

Google 411

1st Mar 2010 19 0 Daily Scribble

Whenever I used 411 to look up the phone number I need, I always feel being ripped off by the telephone company. The information is free out there on the internet, yet my mobile carrier charges me 50 cents for each call. Now, I don’t have to… [...]