貝崙客 A Pelhamite

Google Book Search Beta

從今天起, 坐在火爐旁, 拿著你親愛的,質感絕佳的iBook, 享受世界上無數絕版書的時代終於來臨了, thanks to Google.

請看下列 Google Print Beta 上一些 public domain 的書本的例子, and see if you can tell me otherwise.
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My Santa Clause came early this year; I have got myself the following new toys and were so busy playing/configuring them in the past few weeks:

1. Nintendo Wii. I got in line for about an hour to get it. (I was only allowed to get one console, sorry Norman I'll try to get you one when I have another hour next time)

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我今天走過辦公室樓下, 任天堂在紐約洛克斐勒中心的旗鑑店. 他們的大銀幕上連續播放著一個像是未來世界的廣告... 那個廣告中, 在溫馨的客廳裡, 阿公教孫子釣魚, 阿媽和媽媽比賽高爾夫球, 阿公阿媽一起指揮一個交響樂團, 哥哥在學打鼓, 弟弟揮著劍在打壞蛋...

於是我走了進去, and I found a new world...

Introducing the future --- Wii (唸 We)

Wii are the revolution.

概念

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Project BlackBox

Sun 準備推出一種產品 --- "Data Center In A Box". 基本上他們可以根據客戶需求來在組合妳公司的"電腦中心". 一個20呎的"貨櫃"裡面可裝(多達)250部電腦,資料庫,線路,空調,等等... 他們將DS configure 完成, 然後將貨櫃拖到妳的公司門外, that's it, done! Sun 並且宣稱"Data Center In A Box"比一般DS的空間利用率好500%, 用電效率則好10-15%. 加上它是"機動"的, 企業大可將其Data Center放在電費較便宜的州/地方. 在今天這個對計算需求越來越高的時代, 誰能找到低耗電成本的地方, 誰就比競爭對手多了一個edge. Also, just imagine how cool it is, as the same In-A-Box concept can really be applied to many other areas:

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True meaning of "Open Source".

《禮記· 禮運》：「大道之行也．天下為公．選賢與能，講信修睦．故人不獨親其親．不獨子其子．使老有所終．壯有所用．幼有所長．矜寡孤獨廢疾者．皆有所養．男有分．女有歸．貨惡其棄．於地也．不必藏於已．力惡其不出於身也．不必為已．是故謀閉而不興．盜竊亂賊而不作．故外戶而不閉．是謂大同．」

中國人的天下為公是講假的,中國人傳家, 藏私, 地域本位, 怕事, 等等. 畢竟"sharing"對一個overpopulated,弱肉強食的社會是遙不可及的. 西方社會有一些傳統反而比較接近這個概念, 譬如說社會福利政策, 家中一子獻給神/社會/國家(去當教士,消防隊員,警察, 軍人, etc...), 還有當紅的 Open Source Movement
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http://web2logo.com/

 

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貝崙 Walking Tour 你可以看到很多鄰居的房子及街道
吃喝在貝崙 我開始紀錄我們最愛吃的餐館, 評論照片會慢慢加進去
貝崙附近的公園 紀錄距離我家15分鐘內可以到達的公園, 評論照片會加進去

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在這個資訊爆炸的時代, "速讀"空前未有的重要吧!

免費速讀練習網站: http://www.spreeder.com/

What is speed reading?

Reading with speed. 'Nuf said. Actually, the idea behind speed reading is that we can process information much faster than we actually do in real life with a book in our hands. Several factors affect our reading speed, like subvocalization (the little voice inside our heads that reads along with us and slows us down), backtracing (rereading parts over and over again), etc.

The purpose behind apps like these is to train our minds to get rid of all the other crap. So, by having a steady input of text, we erase our dependency on backtracing. By increasing the reading speed, subvocalization can't keep up and eventually goes away. The key here is that we don't need to subvocalize to process information, as much as we may think we do.

Bloglines , Meebo & MyWeb. ...繼續閱讀

介紹給大家一個工具網站. Flickr Toys 經由它, 你可以做

電影海報 (爸,媽,惠,及安在中央公園主演)
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