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May 29,2008

好吃的跟糟糕的,火車便當

奮起湖火車便當,好吃:

by Ann Teng

福隆火車便當,也好吃:

by mura "

但是,「巧克力球火車便當」就很糟糕了。真的真的很糟糕。
(這個就不要附圖了吧 XD)

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May 27,2008

小強人 Dmitri Gaskin 跟小強爸 Igor Gasowski

看到有人貼一個 YouTube 影片,是今年四月一場 Google Tech Talks ,講題是 jQuery。

重點是,講者 Dmitri Gaskin 目前只有 12 歲!!



那個影片我也沒看完( jQuery 是什麼,可以吃嗎? :p ),也的確,他的台風還可以更穩,但是但是,不要忘記 Dmitri Gaskin 這個小強人只有十二歲啊啊啊~~~

(誰!誰說我酸的?我敬稱他小強人,哪裡有酸了?哪裡?)

出於好奇,搜尋一下他的老爸是誰,找到這篇 Help getting Dmitri to the Boston DrupalCon ,最底下提到(粗體為筆者所加):

So please help. Note that the ChipIn for obvious reasons is on Dmitri's father's name. Igor is also coming and he is known for designing the famous flying toaster for the PC version of After Dark.

喔喔,原來
小強人的老爸當年是 After Dark 螢幕保護程式設計團隊的啊,那個會飛的烤麵包機當年可是超紅的:



不過,搜來搜去,這個 Igor 怎麼叫做 Igor Gasowski 呢?父子的 last name 怎麼不一樣呢?可是 After Dark 團隊應該只有這一個 Igor 啊?我知道有些人移民/移居的時候,會把他們的姓名拼法變動,是不是這個原因呢?

加上我又找到這個 Crowden Online Auction 2008 ,其中一段(粗體為筆者所加):

30. Website Design and Programming
Opening bid: $50 Value: $1,000
Current high bid: $ 60

Here's your chance to finally turn that website idea into a reality. Designer extraordinaire Igor Gasowski and programming wiz Dmitri Gaskin (a 6 th grader at Crowden) will make a small website for you. The duo did Berkwood Hedge's website: www.berkwood.org. Not to exceed ten hours.

Donor: Igor Gasowski


嗯,一起參加義賣,捐助的方式是幫得標者架個小網站,看起來是一對 geeky 的父子檔沒錯 XD

看了一下 Igor 目前(?)的公司網頁上的個人介紹,他會 Polish, Russian, English ,在波蘭拿到藝術創作碩士(MFA),當年在西德的時候客戶就已經包括 Cartier 和 Mercedes Benz ......

只能說:小強人自有小強爸(我不酸我不酸我不酸......我還是"緊酸"好了......)

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延伸閱讀:
Igor Gasowski's blog | Clear Night Sky
:: artcrew :: work::
Aggressively Stupid: The Story Behind After Dark
On Mighty Toaster Wings: More After Dark History
http://afterdarksaver.blogspot.com/

Retro Flying Toasters lives! 這邊有長得很像的 ToasterClone 螢幕保護程式 for MS Windows and MAC OS X 可以下載

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May 26,2008

[Podcast] Born to MISrepresent EP7: Rajiv Poddar of Sedna Wireless

(This podcast is recorded using Skype and Call Graph on May 14th, 2008.)

Rajiv Poddar of Sedna Wireless talked about three solutions of his startup company:
* Call Graph, a Skype recorder http://callgraph.in
* ThinFone, a VOIP client software
* An Integrated Call Record Management solution that's currently in private beta
Language: English.
Location: Bangalore, India and Taipei, Taiwan.
Length: about 41 minutes.








License of this podcast: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Taiwan, same as this blog post.

Download ogg format: Born_to_MISrepresent_EP7.ogg
Download mp3 format: Born_to_MISrepresent_EP7.mp3
Or visit the detail page on Archive.org :Born to MISrepresent EP7 for more info and file formats.

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Show notes:
* Rajiv works in telecoms industry, worked with Tata Consultancy Services and Lucent Technologies India; he has been running a startup (Sedna Wireless) for two years.
* Call Graph brings me to know Rajiv. This Skype recorder software seems to be the only one that is totally free (as in free beer). Finally, I can record Skype calls into stereo (separate audio tracks for each side) without paying money :p
* Call Graph was released about two months ago, already mentioned by several popular blogs (1) (2) (3), but still not widely known yet.

* ThinFone, a VoIP thin client system that could talk all kinds of protocols.

* Currently Sedna Wireless hasn't release any source code in FS/OSS licenses, however Rajiv is a big fan of open source.
* Open source brings down the entry
barrier of enterprise software.
* Austin is also in the telecoms industry (worked for Agilent Taiwan for almost seven years), so we talked about OSS adoption in telcos.
* Rajiv said there're lots of OSS activities in Bangalore, but not in telecoms yet.
* On the bright side, VxWorks by Wind River is the most popular embedded OS, but even Wind River has linux now, and it's marketed as a more robust platform than their long time flagship.
* MontaVista Linux, CELinux
* Adoption takes time in an industry with so many legacy systems.
* Motorola Ming and that whole cell phone series uses MontaVista Linux. EZX and OpenEZX
* Call Graph will have a linux port, should be available next month (June)
* Rajiv is considering open source Call Graph, referring to advantages such as help from community on porting, testing, etc.
* Austin argued that Call Graph falls into the same category of shrinkwrap software, which means that very little service is needed. How would it be possible to make money if they open source it?
* The monetize strategy is on the server side; Sedna Wireless is building an
Integrated Call Record Management solution around Call Graph: a web service where you can see all your calls records at one place and search through them, play them back, share them with others, order transcripts etc. Rajiv is planning to launch the private beta of the service shortly.
* Austin asked if this service is English only.
* This web service uses Amazon S3 as the web hosting service.
* Rajiv use an open source speech-to-text engine to generate transcripts, then there will be real people to proofread it. To keep the content confidential, each audio will be scrambled and cut into sentences, then dispatch to three or four people to do the proofread.
* Austin suggested that podcasts under creative commons license could be uploaded to this web service, transcribed and indexed, so that it would be easier to search the context of those podcasts. (Currently this web service only accept it's own client to record - via Skype - then upload, so a dummy Skype call to playback those podcasts is needed, which is not very intuitive)
* This podcast is recorded using Call Graph, but Austin has to do the show notes by himself. Hopefully the web service will be available soon, so that Austin could pay a bit money to get the whole transcript of the conversation :)

[Update: 2008/5/29 I guess due to this podcast interview, I got to know Rajiv and his company, so I was invited to participate in the private beta of the Call Graph Call Record Indexing and Management Service (CRIMS). I have just registered that service, so consider this as my disclosure :)]

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May 25,2008

Google 的錯字:6分鍾(誤很大)

Google_Search_Result_Typo_080525

剛才找資料,發現 Google 會順便把 YouTube 的資料撈進來。

嗯,這很好,這服務也存在一陣子了,不過,為什麼是 6 分 呢?

我猜,應該是因為鐘和鍾在簡體都是钟吧。

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既然是 G 社 出的包,難道 Ya 教授不用負責嗎 XD

(上面這一句看得懂的人不要砍我 :p)

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(更正:文貼出來就發現,問題出在我的同文堂設成「網頁自動轉繁體」,本人自婊了,請轉笨板吧 XD)

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May 19,2008

[KUSO]胯下沒力胯下 v.s. 醫藍趴

兩首好搞笑的歌:

「胯下沒力胯下」歌詞 by zonble
==
今天突然想到,以前不小心聽到一首爵士樂,剛好可以跟上面這首歌湊在一起:

「醫藍趴」歌詞 by 還沒想出完整歌詞的 PowerOp
(請耐心聽完 40 秒的前奏,就可以聽到梗了。至少要聽到 1:32 ~ 1:40 ,這一段也很好笑喔)


如果想瞭解這到底是什麼歌,請繼續閱讀吧:



...繼續閱讀

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May 15,2008

[網播] Born to MISrepresent 第六集:訪問 Canonical Taiwan 的 Kevin Huang ,談 Ubuntu Taiwan

(2008/5/7 錄音訪問)這一集的來賓是 Kevin Huang,目前在 Canonical Taiwan 負責 Sales/Marketing 。

社群的朋友應該知道, Canonical 公司 就是 Ubuntu Linux 背後的推手。現在 Canonical 台灣在徵才呢!

趕快收聽我們這集訪問吧 :)








這個音檔的授權是姓名標示-非商業性-相同方式分享 2.5 台灣,跟我的網誌一樣。

下載ogg格式:Born_to_MISrepresent_EP6.ogg
下載mp3格式:Born_to_MISrepresent_EP6.mp3
前往存放在 Archive.org 上的頁面:Born to MISrepresent EP6,有更多資訊以及格式。

內容隨手亂亂摘:

* Canonical Taiwan 目前有四個人,Kevin 負責 Sales/Marketing, Arne 做輸入法, Jouston Huang, PaulLiu 這個月剛加入
* 德國人做中文輸入法! PowerOp 敬稱 Arne 為自由軟體界的漢學家 :p
* Ubuntu 大部分員工目前是 work @ home, 全球只有三個 office
* Ubuntu 在台灣佈局,有助於在硬體設計階段就 "spec-in" ,徵才的時候心中就想著將來要跟 OEM/ODM 合作
* China, India 這兩個市場, Ubuntu 努力得還不夠
* 台灣比較是製造、研發的基地,以人口數來說,比較不是一個市場
* 吳語輸入法!?差一點就不夠台的「非官方正體中文版 Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD
* 語言的障礙:(非英語系的)社群是否把客製化的成果回報給(使用英語的)軟體專案開發團隊?
* CJKV對外國人是一種進入障礙?選用 SCIM 的理由?
* Canonical Taiwan 目前有四個人,六個月之內至少要補到十個人。 Kevin 現在變成 headhunter XD
* 徵才時,英文能力的標準?進來之後可以有哪些方式加強?
* 在台灣的團隊,可以努力讓硬體都能 "Ready for Ubuntu"
* 2008年3月開始,在 China 可以買到預載 Ubuntu 7.10 的 桌機了
* Eee PC 為什麼沒有預載 Ubuntu?
* 平平是外商, Kevin 覺得應該可以在 Canonical 做很久。
* 「跟社群的互動」也是 Canonical 員工績效的項目
* Kevin 開始接觸 Linux 約一年,請他談談對社群的印象。
* 社群需要各種能力的人。
* Ubuntu Taiwan 社群 跟 Debian Taiwan 社群有什麼不一樣?
* Ubuntu 跟 Debian 有什麼不一樣?
* 企業主導的 distro, 社群主導的 distro
* Ubuntu 是目前商業化最成功的 debian-based distro
(註:Debian 創始人 Ian Murdock 的 公司叫做 Progeny ,我在 podcast 裡面唸錯了 :p)
* Big thanks to Debian community!
* UDS == Ubuntu Developer Summit
* 到底要怎麼吸引 Developer 呢? Ubuntu 的 Community Manager,同時也是 LugRadio 主持群的 Jono Bacon 曾經發表以 "How To Herd Cats and Influence People" 為題的演講。我們也請 Kevin 發表他的意見。
* Jouston Huang 有貼出 Ubuntu Taiwan Jobs : (1) (2)
* Canonical 目前把 Ubuntu 放到這幾種產品線: server, desktop, netbook, MID.
* 視野放大,年輕、敢於夢想、努力實踐。Canonical是一個從上到下,都年紀很輕的公司,Mark Shuttleworth 本人是 1973 出生的!
* Kevin 覺得待在 Canonical 是一個很好玩的工作,公司也鼓勵員工參與社群活動
* ......但是 Kevin 視出席大型聚會為畏途,因為別人是去玩,他可是要寫 trip report 的呢。
* 最後, PowerOp 照例靠夭一下自己還沒有找到合適的,跟自由軟體有關的工作 :p

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May 12,2008

Solaris 9 用 tar 指令,遇到錯誤訊息 filename is greater than 100

其實解法並不難,我搜尋了一下 tar "filename is greater than 100",其中一篇提到 /usr/sfw/bin/gtar 可以處理超過 100 個字元的檔名(叫做 gtar 喔,多了一個 g 來做區隔,一些其他的工具也是這樣,例如 ggrep),我才因此發現,原來 Solaris 9 把一些 GNU 工具放在 /usr/sfw/bin/ 底下,以前都笨笨的去看一下 /usr/local/bin/ ,沒有就認命的使用 SUN 給的 /usr/bin/tar Orz......

另外一篇Solaris paths - or - where the &$@% is all the software?則是提到了 Solaris 10 裡面一些 GNU 工具的位置(Solaris 9 看來也一樣?),以及安裝檔案放在哪片安裝光碟上。

另外一篇就更有意思了,All tar files are not created equal,告訴妳使用 SUN tar 跟 GNU tar 在某些情形下是不相容的(!)

突然覺得,其實我骨子裡還是披著羊皮的狼假裝會管理UNIX的 Linux admin 。怎麼說呢?

...繼續閱讀

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May 7,2008

[網播] Born to MISrepresent 第五集:訪問 柏鋒(pofeng)

(2008/4/30 錄音訪問)這一集的來賓是 柏鋒(pofeng),目前是開業醫生(對,醫生不是只有 批西麵 在玩自由軟體喔 :p),有興趣的朋友可以用 pofeng linux 或者 pofeng CLE 這兩組關鍵字去進一步認識 柏鋒 。

或者,趕快收聽我們這集訪問吧 :)








這個音檔的授權是姓名標示-非商業性-相同方式分享 2.5 台灣,跟我的網誌一樣。

下載ogg格式:Born_to_MISrepresent_EP5.ogg
下載mp3格式:Born_to_MISrepresent_EP5.mp3
前往存放在 Archive.org 上的頁面:Born to MISrepresent EP5,有更多資訊以及格式。

內容隨手亂亂摘:

* 「你那邊幾個?」 pofeng 跟 PowerOp 兩個爸爸談小孩
* pofeng 是個長期參與自由軟體的 "background process"
* pofeng 剛參加完 Open technology Summit,他收集了一些相關的資料:Blog about Open Technology Summit
*黃昭龍何許人也,老骨頭們哪去了?
*元智星艦總部 BBS,HYD。
* BBS Internet email 漏洞
* pofeng 當年沒買到 VA Linux 的股票,結果買了 COREL ,下場很慘: CORL vs CREL ( 慘痛的記憶 )
* PowerOp 曾經看到過一次 Red Hat 的買點,結果沒有行動:愛恨紅帽-05:投資自由軟體公司,兩個月賺40%
* 異軍突起的 Eee PC ,竟然預載的是跟社群比較疏遠的 Xandros ,其他 distro 睡著了嗎? ASUS 請不動他們嗎?
* 社群、資本主義、Free / Open Source Software 裡面也是可以找到 $$ 的
* 台灣有軟體業嗎?台灣的高科技製造業(硬體),注入自由軟體,會不會有商機?
* 鴻海也要來玩 Linux 嗎?
* 台灣人「自我感覺良好」 XD
* 為什麼 PowerOp 要弄這個網播 (podcast)
* pofeng 跟 PowerOp 這兩個 daemon 互相勉勵,繼續玩下去 :p

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後記:這一集真的非常閒聊,所以回頭要下標題的時候,還真的想了一會。

我在訪問中提了幾次,這麼多年, pofeng 雖然沒有站出來帶頭衝,但是也沒有 burn out ,他一直都在或多或少的參加社群活動。於是跟他開玩笑說,我們都是 daemon, background process。

這就讓我想到 《倚天屠龍記》裡《九陽真經》原文:

他強由他強,清風拂山崗;
他橫由他橫,明月照大江。
他自狠來他自惡,我自一口真氣足。

原本想要下個「我自一口真氣足:pofeng 的自由軟體悠遊記」這樣的標題,但是柏鋒又謙稱自己是「能飛不能過屋,能緣不能窮木,能游不能渡谷,能穴不能掩身,能走不能先人」, 五技而窮的鼯鼠。

那就引用他的 blog 的這句話結尾吧:

我從來沒有放棄, 要成為一個偉大宅男的夢想 *握拳*

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