2006/12/27

New Laptop


I'm now an owner of a , as T phrases it, bloody fucking shit Sony Vaio A497XP. Yes, it's not a new model, but the specs aren't what you call bad...

PM 760 2GHz (Dothan)
2GB RAM
100GB HDD
17" WUXGA (1920x1200 for those who don't know these nerdy terms)(that's slightly higher than FULL HD, by the way, which is 1920x1080)
DVD+-RW DL
ATi Mobility RADEON X600 w/256MB HyperMemory
802.11b/g
BT 1.2
XP Pro
RF Mouse w/Built-in Reciever

and the price...

try guess the price...

no...not that much

no...you're not even close

i'll tell you

it's HKD$7400 (+HKD$1200 for the RAM upgrade, was 1GB)

Once you see the screen you can't really not buy it...

oh, I also bought a soft case for HKD$170

2006/12/15

You were outbid!

首次ebay拍賣, 失敗

又要睇下邊度有o岩budget o既NATURA S BLACK

£106呀



YES I KNOW THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH

2006/11/21

Cassio Laughs Off Ed Colligan

Apparently Ed Colligan, CEO of Palm Inc., said in an interview that they've "learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They're not going to just walk in."

While I totally agree with the "struggled" part, but his words reminds me when the iPod was released. No one in the Digital Audio Player(DAP) industry treated Apple's entry to the market seriously enough. Now look at the DAP market. iPod's market share in the US is 87% according to a PC mag article. Since Palm's market share is already falling in the past few years, Ed's words are not reasurring at all. Stuff Apple makes continues to impress a lot of people, including me. an iPhone, if done correctly, would be very attractive.

Extended Reading :
theo's weblog - Laughs Off? should they?
Colligan Laughs Off iPhone Competition
Palm's Ed Colligan laughs off iPhone

2006/11/11

The Breaking Point-From Teach to Kill

RTHK's ABU Prize Award Winning News Production, The Breaking Point-From Teach to Kill

Now hosted, without permission, on my server

Click to listen, or "Right Click->Save As..." to download

Source : RTHK Podcast

2006/11/02

Pong / Space Invaders

Now, Pong and Space Invaders are nothing new, but check this out...

These people obviously have too much time.

2006/10/19

Horrid Laughter

I was just listening to a podcast, which actually is a snippet of RTHK's Radio One's morning news program. This snippet is about Donald Tsang, HKSAR's CEO, meeting teenagers of Hong Kong, but BLODDY HELL, who the heck is that woman with that oh-so-scarry laughter?

Click to listen, or "Right Click -> Save As..." to download.
Warning : MP3 File

Update : The link is now dead.

2006/10/18

Fun Fact : Palm & iPod?

Q : What's the relationship between an iPod and Palm?

A : Synchronization. The syncronization between iPod and iTunes was modelled on the software used to syncronization between a Palm and Palm Desktop - HotSync.

So...HotSync really is rather good (Compared to ActiveSync)(Well, better than the version that i've used. Old version, I admit. The one that came with an iPaq 36xx)

http://www.wired.com/news/columns/cultofmac/0,71956-2.html?tw=wn_story_page_next2

2006/10/05

Lost my music

Hope the Japanese displays correctly...

Lost my music

作詞:畑 亜貴
作曲:神前 暁
編曲:神前 暁
主唱:涼宮ハルヒ(C.V.平野 綾)

星空見上げ 私だけのヒカリ教えて
あなたはいまどこで 誰といるのでしょう?

楽しくしてるコト思うと さみしくなって
一緒に観たシネマひとりきりで流す

大好きなひとが遠い
遠すぎて泣きたくなるの
あした目が覚めたら
ほら希望が生まれるかも Good night!

I still I still I love you!
I'm waiting waiting forever
I still I still I love you!
とまらないのよ Hi!!

眠りのふちで ユメがくれる想い出の One day
あなたの言葉には 少しウソがあった

離さないよとキミだけだと
抱きしめたのに
約束がフワリと暗い夜に消えた

大好きなひとよいつも
いつまでも探してしまう
きっと目が覚めても
まだ幻を感じたい Morning

I lost I lost I lost you!
You're making making my music
I lost I lost I lost you!
もう逢えないの? No!

大好きなひとが遠い
遠すぎて泣きたくなるの
あした目が覚めたら
ほら希望が生まれるかも Good night!

大好きなひとが遠い
遠すぎて泣きたくなるの
きっと目が覚めても
まだ幻を感じたい Morning

I still I still I love you!
I'm waiting waiting forever
I still I still I love you!
とまらないのよ
I still I still I love you!
I'm waiting waiting forever
I still I still I love you!
また逢えるよね? ね!!

ah...screw it...

theo, or anyone for that matter, do you know how i can change the whole blog to utf-8 without re-publishing all posts? i chose big5 as the encoding for the blog, and been regretting that ever since, but too lazy to actually do anything about it...

update : the blog is now in utf-8 format, and i'm half way though the process of republishing the blog. the japanese lyrics should show correctly now. 20061015t

2006/08/17

AAAb - 2

Computing 3 57
Computing 4 62
Computing 5 115
Computing 6 72

Mathematics P4 100
Mathematics P5 75
Mathematics P6 70

Economics 2 77
Economics 3 54

not bad...not bad at all...

AAAb


Dear Cassio



Here are your results;



Computing A

Mathematics A

Further Mathematics A



AS Economics B



Best wishes

Mrs Helen Delves

hahaha...Bristol here I come!!!

2006/05/21

What's your Emotional Quotient?

Your EQ is 107

91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that.


Well...sounds right...

And you?

What's your Adventure Quotient?

To you, adventure without innovation is like going back to the dark ages. Humans have progressed and so has technology. Our calculations reveal that you are the Well-Equiptped Achiever.

You have a true enthisiast's appreciation for top-quality technology and equiptment. For you, it is not simply about getting the gear. It's the curiosity of how you use it to heighten your next experience. Your adventures demand the time to learn the intricacies of any new product or idea. Your wealth of knowledge is no secret. Others seek your expertise before deciding what to buy.
Seems quite right, considering it's from Land Rover a bunch of Ph.Ds.

So, what is your AQ?

2006/05/17

Smart Phones Stink, PDA Phones Rule...

...says Tom's Hardware Guide

I can't agree more. Especially since a started using a Handspring Treo180. Now that I've switched to a pa1mOne Treo650, I'm ever more pleased with it. Yes it's as big as a brick but then there's much much more functions than your average phone. Not to mention a bigger screen as well. Yes, the camera's (quite) crap and it crashes, on average, 10 times a week, but I love it. Those are just some stuff that's worth sacrificing for such a brilliant phone. The keyboard is addictive, by the way. I sent much more text messages in a week that what I used to in a year after I switched to Treo180. Ooh...looks nice to put up a short user review here as well. 650's keyboard is, I must admit, not as nice as 180's keyboard. It feels more soft, while 180's feels sturdy and tough. Nice improvement to the screen (160x160 4-bit Grayscale to 320x320 16-bit Colour)



Treo700p has finally arrived, though initially only available on Verizon/Sprint in the States, GSM versions will soon come. Not very attractive to existing 650 users, especially when there's a rumor that there will be a firmware upgrade that turns the 650 into a 700p, more or less (function-wise). So, 650 prices will drop, making it even more attractive. I am quite interested in the new "Ultralight? Wireless Headset" though.



Hope it works better than the old "Treo? Wireless Headset". I have one, and it's quite crap. My old SonyEricsson HBH-35 is better. Unfortnately my mom took over that headset. Well, nothing I could do, really.

2006/05/04

aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm Clock



Bugger, I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really want one of these.

2006/04/08

2006/04/07

Damn Google Video

Apparently google has deleted all the top gear clips from Google Video...damn them

or damn BBC

2006/04/04

By the way, I'm back

As the title suggests, I'm back. Till 24/4. I think.

I'm thinking of writing more for the "It's The Same Just By Conincidence", but I can't think of any yet. And what a horrid translated name.

As you can see in previous posts, I'll be going to quite a few HKIFF events.

2006/04/01

Apple Computers

Happy 30th Birthday!

Finally...

...over

落花流水 陳奕迅

曲:Eric Kwok / Eason Chan
詞:黃偉文
編:Eric Kwok / Jerald
監:Eric Kwok / Jerald / Eason Chan

流水 像清得沒帶半顆沙
前身 被擱在上游風化
但那天經過那條提壩
斜陽又返照閃一下 遇上一朵 落花

相遇 就此擁著最愛歸家
生活 別過份地童話化
故事 假使短過這 五月落霞
沒有需要 驚詫

流水很清楚 惜花這個責任
真的身份不過送運
這趟旅行若算開心
亦是無負一生
水點 蒸發變做白雲
花瓣 飄落下游生根
淡淡交會過 各不留下印

流水 在山谷下再次分岔
情感 漸化做淡然優雅
自覺心境已有如明鏡
為何為天降的稀客 泛過一點 浪花

天下 並非只是有這朵花
不用 為故事下文牽掛
要是 彼此都有些 既定路程
學會灑脫 好嗎

流水很清楚 惜花這個責任
真的身份不過送運
這趟旅行若算開心
亦是無負一生
水點 蒸發變做白雲
花瓣 飄落下游生根
命運敲定了 要這麼發生

講分開 可否不再 用憾事的口吻
習慣無常 才會慶幸
講真 天涯途上 誰是客
散席時 怎麼分

流水很清楚 惜花這個責任
真的身份不過送運
這趟旅行若算開心
亦是無負一生
水點 蒸發變做白雲
花瓣 飄落下游生根
淡淡交會過 各不留下印
但是經歷過 最溫柔共震faf

2006/03/24

Google Reader - Shared

Google Reader has a new feature, enabling users to share their "Starred" items or items with labels. Sounds nice, so I've started starring some posts and enabled that feature on the sidebar here. Scroll down a bit a see what I've starred.

2006/03/15

追憶

一向都有在房間裡高歌的習慣

今天在唱林子祥的"追憶"﹐唱到"...首次跟他喝啖酒﹐然而自他離去之後我問..."的時候﹐竟然哭了出來。

應該沒事吧...
追憶 林子祥

童年時候泥路裡伸頸看
一對耍把戲藝人
搖動木偶令到他打筋斗
使我開心拍著手
然而待戲班離去之後 我問
為何木偶不留低一絲足印
為何為何曾共我一起的
像時日總未逗留

從前在那炎夏裡的暑假
跟我爸爸笑著行
沿途談談來日我的打算
首次跟他喝啖酒
然而自他離去之後 我問
為何夏變得如冬一般灰暗
為何為何曾共我一起的
像時日總未逗留

從前共你 朦朧夜裹
躺於星塵背反後
難明白你 為何別去
留下空空的一個地球

徘徊悠悠長路裡今天我
知道始終要獨行
閒來回頭回望去追憶去
邊笑邊哭喝啖酒
然而就算哭仍暗私下慶幸
時日在我心留低許多足印
從前從前曾共我一起的
現仍在心內逗留

從前誰曾燃亮我的心
始終一生在心內逗留

2006/03/06

如有類同,實屬巧合 - 信任

他躺在床上,睡不著覺。

綿羊,袋鼠,手指,腳趾,通通都數過了,還是睡不著。

想起她說的一些話,令他回想起了十個月前聽到的一句話。


十個月前,他在熱戀中。

十個月前,他第一次在熱戀中。

親人以外,他最信任的人,就是她,他的第一個她。

雖然不能經常見面,但他知道,他真正愛的只有她,也真心相信她真正愛的只有他。

每天他們倆都會通電話。

每天她都會告訴他當天發生過的事。

有天,他發覺有一個名字經常出現。

他仔細留意著她的談話內容,發覺那名字出現得太多了。

他開始呷醋。

“我對某某毫無感覺,怎會喜歡他呢?好朋友而已…”

聽到她向他的保證,他鬆了一口氣。

三星期後,那個某某給他戴上他人生中第一頂綠帽子。


想到這裡,他突然發覺,他的第一個她離他而去時,帶走了不少他曾經能給予另一半的信任。

他躺在床上,暗暗希望那些信任會回來。

想著想著,他盪進了夢鄉。


p.s. 想不到如何收尾,所以參考了Middle兄的未能眠,希望Middle兄別介意

如有類同,實屬巧合

很久沒有用中文寫部落格了,這夜心血來朝,想再用中文寫寫。

一直很起歡Middle兄的部落格 - 純屬虛構

看過他整個部落格後,雖然沒有忘掉會考証書上Chinese旁的F,仍一直想試試學他的風格,純屬虛構一番。

從今以後,題為“如有類同,實屬巧合”的,看倌大可對號入座,但切記,如有類同,實屬巧合。

2006/03/04

Personality Test 2

太陽.理性 : 天秤座
月亮.感性 : 天蠍座
水星.知性 : 天秤座
金星.柔性 : 天秤座
火星.剛性 : 處女座

整體性格
Cassio先生,風度翩翩,深情執著;親切隨和,行事圓融,懂得享清福;也有追求高品質的一面。
待人性格
Cassio先生待人:通情達理;有情有義;善於應對也自得其樂;謙虛保守;會適度偏袒自己人;能夠守口如瓶。
處世性格
Cassio先生處事:總是積極影響別人;隨和有彈性;有立場也能協商;相當細膩嚴謹;兼顧理想和實際;隨遇而安輕鬆自在。
性格缺點
Cassio先生性格的缺點為:比較浪費出手非常大方;有時候粗心大意馬虎草率;偶爾會拘泥計劃不懂隨性的樂趣。
價值觀
Cassio先生重視的價值觀為:愛情的滋潤;讚美和掌聲;追求完美;較不擅長:與眾不同;冒險犯難;追逐功利。
愛情性格
Cassio先生在愛情上喜歡從容不迫的進展,懂得製造浪漫,會忌妒但不過分;較常表現:面面俱到,情深意濃,精挑細選。
金錢性格
Cassio先生的金錢觀:花錢很適度不浪費也不小氣,用錢會有妥善的計劃;容易把錢用於:提升生活品味,滿足自我,紓解壓力。

Great
Makes me sound like a good person

Personality Tests

Recently loads of personality tests appeared in a HK3Zone.

So far, I found out that...(chinese, sorry)
你是一個在心智上處於成熟的人。每天精神奕奕,充滿自信,同時又很受到朋友的信賴,唯一的缺點就是你對日常生活乃至人生的態度稍嫌嚴肅了點。
你的人際關係障礙就是缺乏話題。和大家在一起,你總是找不到有趣的話題,或是你和其他人談話時,老是有話不投機半句多的感覺,所以建議你應該多多充實自己,懂的事情多了,自然就能和別人侃侃而談。
你是個設定計劃的高手,而且往往能在短時間內冷靜並處理任何突發事情,但做事不夠認真、乾脆,略有拖泥帶水的傾向。
太著重結果,只許成功,不許失敗。一旦受挫,很久都仍深深不忿的。
你會很熱情對待朋友,也喜歡結交不同層面的人。你會很希望了解身邊的人,而且因個性鮮明,人綠總是不錯。
你負責責任的程度60%,算是不過不失。偶然會因為太大壓力而逃避,故不易有一番大作為。
你的死穴是戀愛 床是身心休息,也是戀人纏綿的地方,會選擇床表示你對戀愛有很多錯綜複雜的感覺。作朋友時你可以自然相處的一行。一旦變成戀人時你就開始患得患失,變的很膽小。或許是過去很有被情人背叛的經驗吧,你比較適合跟老實的男孩交往。
Oops, that sort of tells the truth but it's for girls only...
這個不可以、那個不能做,這就是大家對你的印象。別人雖然常常稱讚你的老實可靠,但是這也同時意謂著你是一個無趣、凡事不知變通的人,你應該勇於嚐試不同的生活方式,讓生命更有趣。
你的個性很沉穩,做事不會毛毛躁躁,也不會拖泥帶水,適應還境的能力很強。賴床的時間恰到好處,能與現代的都市生活的節奏互相配合。
待人處事皆非常冷靜,絕不會感情用事,你就像畢卡索一樣,充滿藝術家憂鬱的氣質,但是在面臨緊急狀況時,你能力持鎮定,不慌不忙地處理事務。這樣的你,很難與你的伴侶維持火熱的感情,你總是靜靜地分析對方的一切。另外,由於內向的個性,也使你極富責任感,但個性稍嫌保守,所以你的內心很難燃起一股熱情
你喜歡過夜生活,不愛受傳統價值觀的束縛,充滿自信,往往有與眾不同之處。
別人認為你是一個新鮮的、有活力的、有魅力的、好玩的、講究實際的、而永遠有趣的人;一個經常是群眾注意力的焦點,但是你是一個足夠平衡的人,不至於因此而昏了頭。他們也認為你親切、和藹、體貼、能諒解人;一個永遠會使人高興起來並會幫助別人的人。
聰明又可愛,而且擁有又純又真的赤子之心,和你在一起,總會有很多令人意外及驚喜的事,再加上你那活潑開朗的性格,予人有無窮無盡的精力及魅力,不過某些時候,總會被誤會為隨處放電,事實上,只是你喜歡交朋友的性格令人有誤會吧了!在你眼中,對情人有著無限的憧憬及期待,你希望與愛人的故事就像童話一樣純潔及完美,一個能與你同甘共苦的人便是你所需,不過奇怪的是,你對伴侶要求不多,反而一個與你心靈相通,就算不常見面的人,大家的心裡有對方就已足夠了。
與車厘子拍拖秘訣:必須要有耐性,因為車厘子天生缺乏耐力,如果伴侶都是一個沒有忍耐力的人,那麼兩人一起便會產生很多麻煩,與車厘子拍拖,嘗試給予多些時間,讓車厘子了解你,你也多點了解車厘子,你將會發覺車厘子的人絕對是一個外冷內熱的小孩子。
ma

2006/03/03

Leavers' Book

My leavers' book entry...
��Cassio��, is a special but rather hilarious name to be called. However, his name does not make his life any embarrassing; instead, remarkable. He always carries a grin on his face as if nothing can make him bend his brows; this complexion gives his friends a mature image and reliable feeling. Although I realize it is tough to be able to smile in front of despair and difficulties, it is he who influenced me with his optimism and taught me how to smile. He is unique and especially with his character, his strong character which eliminates ��foreign�� opinions. As a result, we stand no grounds to argue with him and always end up having to admit defeat. Apart from that, he is immensely well-tempered. Interestingly, this Cassio is not good at mental arithmetic at all unlike his famous brother ��Casio��; but rather a close friend of IBM. I saw him once standing on his ��beloved�� IBM laptop and started to bounce, at first I thought he must be insane, but after that I asked him why, he said he was just confirming IBM��s claims. (Does it sound even more insane?). Without a doubt, he pursues outstanding computing skills which solve problems for his friends. As far as I know, he loves photography. He once spent 3 hours on a piece of work just to seek the perfection. On the other hand, he is obsessed with yoghurts; I have never seen him having a meal without a large bowl of yoghurts in front of him for the past 6 months. Although it sounds a bit like a clich?, it is our pleasure to meet you!
Thank you Ivan!

How much does your blog worth?

Saw this link in David Strom's Web Informant. According to some calculations by Business Opportunities Weblog, David Strom's blog's worth $2,258.16. In contrast, Google is worth $80,904,791.94. How about CazzoBlogz, or Cassio's Photo Gallery? Well, $0 so far...

p.s. Who is David Strom? Well he's some technological journalist, and is the ex-editor of Tom's Hardware Guide.

When you wish upon a star

Came across this in my Google Reader subscriptions. From Engadget, actually. A weekly column called Switched On.

Just read it.

Switched On : When you wish upon a star

2006/03/01

PHOTOSHOPSUPPORT.com

Found a website which has loads of free photoshop tutorials, some with videos.

I'll never be bored again.

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials.html

2006/02/28

Pirates of Silicon Valley

Just saw this in a column called Just A Thought from the Mac Observer. Looks like an interesting movie. Some guy from IMDB gave it 9/10. Hope I can find a DVD or whatever when I get back to Hong Kong.

2006/02/27

Treo Cufflinks


Just saw this in an Engadget post, and I thought I MUST post this here.

TREO CUFFLINKS!!!

London Paddington

A Wednesday morning in London Paddington station.
Waiting for a train to go to Bristol Temple Meads, i.e. University of Bristol.
Yes, you guessed it, Open Day.
I arrived one whole hour before the train leaves the station, so I wandered around and took some pictures.



http://cassio.mygallery.biz/paddington

UBC Hong Kong Concert 2006

University of British Columbia's first Hong Kong Concert.
I'm one of the official photographers, so I had the chance to go backstage and take pictures while they're practising. A very rare photographic opportunity.
Thanks WingJai!



http://cassio.mygallery.biz/ubc_06

Vincent Suen's Wedding

Suen Sir, an old teacher and friend's funeral...er...i mean, wedding.
Most of the pictures I took came out terrible, and these were the few "relatively OK" ones. Sorry Sir!



http://cassio.mygallery.biz/suen_wedding

Dulwich Sunset

Saw this one afternoon from my room, and I rushed to get my camera.

Here are my attempts



http://cassio.mygallery.biz/dulwich_sunset

Saturday Maths Class

This album has been online for a while, but I don't think I introduced it here.
You have probably heard me moaning about the saturday maths class at Alleyns Lower School. Well, here are some pictures from it.



http://cassio.mygallery.biz/sat_alleyns

Experiment 1 - Calligraphy

A friend was holding a calligraphy competition, and he wanted me to take a picture for the competition poster - which became my first experiment with lights.
I didn't realise until two days after the posters came out that i should have used a slightly smaller aperture, say, f/2.8 instead of the f/1.8 I used.
God I'm stupid.



http://cassio.mygallery.biz/calligraphy

2000th Photo

Finally...over 2000 photos have been take using the D70s! The 2000th photo is part of the 10-frame experiment, the second of the 10 frames, to be exact.



http://cassio.mygallery.biz/10-frame/DSC_2000

Experiment 3 - 10-Frame

Some time ago I read about a photographer going around hollywood asking celebrities to take pictures of themselves in a photobooth.
They are allowed to fire the shutte themselves, and do whatever they want in front of the lens.
10 frames for each celebrity, same settings for each frame (e.g. same light source for all celebrities),and they don't get to see the results until they've finished the 10 frames.
Now, someone can't get enough of me, and want to see more pictures of me (don't know about now...), so I thought, why not try this 10-frame idea?
I have a remote for my D70s, so i setup the camera, and after some trial and error, I ended up with the 10 frames. Here's one of them. Check out the rest in my album. A chance to see a face full of disasterous acne.
Also included : some trial shots
p.s. none of these are edited in photoshop, only raw-to-jpg conversion via Nikon Capture



http://cassio.mygallery.biz/10-frame

Experiment 2 - Candle

Another friend told me to take pictures of this candle.
Don't know why he want photos of it, but I take this as another experimental opportunity.
Results came out, well, sort of OK, I guess.
p.s. Macro photos by Panasonic FX-7



http://cassio.mygallery.biz/candle

2006/02/26

Coming Soon...

I finally spend a night finishing all my photographs, so coming up will be loads of new photos in the photo album!
You may even see me
Stay tune...

2006/02/25

20060225

quite a while since i last came here

earlier from Google Reader i saw my bud's xanga saying...
好耐無影過相lu,對上一次就係去左男生圍影,唔知點解,無乜 Mood ~ 唔通我開始左將我既興趣,變成左職業 ? 想當年係又影,唔係又影,變到而家,唔係有錢,都費事係防潮箱,拎返部機出黎呢......
well,very unfortunate, bud
i was looking forward to more photographic opportunities from you, don't you stop now!
by the way, what does "grap" mean?

which reminds me, i took some pictures of a candle yesterday for a friend (he just asked me to take pictures of a candle, so i did). nothing spectacular, but some of them are (i think) ok. I'll post some of the pictures here when i can login to my gallery. i experimented with different lighting conditions as well, though some came out absolutely different to what i expected.

i think i'd better send an email to bv to see if it's their fault or my fault i can't login.

or better, i'd check with the school's it dept. quite likely it's their fault. they seem to have blocked cookies. that may be the problem.

still haven't done much on the photography competition yet. damn.

still haven't heard from utp recently either. heard you're quite busy, how are you?

2006/02/14

20050213

so...haven't updated my blog for quite some time, yet again

half way though half term now, staying at a homestay very near my school

closer than tescos to those who know where the school is

have to finish the implementation of the computing project

been busy with school work and replying emails, which is why i can't be bothered to update this blog

not that i'm complaining

i love replying the emails

i love even more recieveing the emails

anyway, starving now, so gotta get something to eat

lastly, happy valentines day to everyone, especially man

p.s. utp, er...monitor prices?
p.s. utp, btw, surprise surprise, i'm still using the watch everyday :D

2006/01/29

20060129

Haven't posted in my blog for quite a while now. (I seem to say this in front of every post)

So far I've retaken Computing 2506, Maths S2, and Economics Paper 2 and 3. I've also done M3 and FP1, both Maths modules. I think I'll have to retake them in June though the rest should be fine. I'll be doing Economics Paper 6 on Monday, which I definitely will be retaking it in June. (I barely know the stuff, damnit)

Haven't called home for quite a while, since I don't have a phone card. Finished the credits a week ago.

Found a way to get the idiotic Xanga RSS threads to display chinese in Google Reader. Idiotic way, but better than no chinese at all. you need a text editor (e.g. Notepad) and an internet browser (e.g. Firefox, though I only have Internet Explorer in my school computer). Basically, copy the supposidly-chinese text to the text editor, then save it as ANSI frmat, then open the text file with the browser, and select the right encoding (in this case, Big5).

At least it's better than the subscription emails, which has unbreakable, wrongly encoded chinese.

W sent me an email, saying thanks once more. Dude, what's wrong? You suddenly sound a bit weird. You don't, and never did, thank me that much - and that's what's friends are for, ain't it?

Anyway...Chinese new year now, Kung Hei Faat Choi everyone!

p.s. T, er, about the monitor? :x
p.p.s. Thank you cyt for linking her blog to me!

2006/01/08

20060108AD

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20060108

It's the last day today

I just realised that I DO have Economics Homework

I just realised that I DIDN'T write one extra word in the Computing Project Writeup since I last left IT2

I just realised that I only did one M3 past paper, when I'm going to do FOUR Maths Papers in the exam - C4, M3, S2, FP1

Shit

Holy Shit

Let's see how I can manage to squeeze as much marks as I could out of the Exam Papers using my last-minute boosted knowledge levels

Google Reader

突然發覺Google Reader其實很有用

從此我上網只需到Google Reader, GmailYahoo! Mail便可, 有時間再到HK3ZonePUMB看看吧

特別是我在英國不太空閒的日子, 到Google Reader就可以知到/看到我要知/看的東西

現在我已把有RSS/Atom Feed的部落格全都放進Google Reader去了

另外把數個網頁的Feed也放進去了

只是該死的Xanga令我看不到其中幾的部落格.

Xanga的RSS Feed並不支援中文

它那Feed的網址 (拿了Ronald兄的Xanga部落格做測試, 希望你不介意 : ronald_lai202's Xanga RSS Feed), 大家可以試試

寫了封email到Xanga的Subscription Support, 希望會得到答覆

現在我更討厭Xanga

另外, 把一些大家可能早已知道的小發現給大家分享:

1. 用Blogger系統的Atom xml是儲存左root folder以下, 例如小弟的CazzoBlogz的網址是 http://cassiohui.blogspot.com , atom.xml就在 http://cassiohui.blogspot.com/atom.xml

2. Xanga的RSS Feed在此(先把username改為Xanga的User Name, 暫不支援中文) : http://www.xanga.com/rss.aspx?user=username

3. Live Journal的RSS Feed左此 (先把username改為Live Journal的User Name) : http://www.livejournal.com/users/username/data/rss/

都是Bloglines處看回來的

Bloglines可以從一個網站把它的RSS/Atom Feed找出來, 超有用的

同時我也更新了右面"links"下的連結

Google Reader實在太爽了

2006/01/03

20060103

現在在左面新增聊天室一個, 看看能否增加人流吧

也把榮笑及Ronald哥的部落格加進連結去了

今天總算做了少許東西

一月三號了

仆_了

2006/01/01

Abacus 1

暫時我安裝了以下軟件 :

1TapSync
BigTwo
CityTime
cjkos
converter
crash
dalauncher
ezcontacts
footnote
isilo
mcfile
metro
newpen
notepad
qlaunch
splashmoney
syncall
timecopy
timerLT
x-master

另加自製林一峰iSilo歌詞集~XD

現左要習慣用左手戴表了

20060101

很久沒有打blog了

到目前為止,這個假期玩算充實:
參加了孫Sir的婚禮 (恭喜!)
參加了3Z的聚會(赤柱美利樓,德國菜,$210 @.@)
第一次去酒吧
第一次由銅鑼灣走路回家
燒烤
第一次攝影活動“甩底”(抱歉啊)

另外也買了一個小禮物給自己:Abacus AU5005 - 一只PDA手表。

還有,UTP的i530真不錯。

回去就要考試了……九張卷子,還未做甚麼準備……

該開始好好的溫習了。

p.s. 經常來的讀者(i.e. 我)可能會問, 點解係中文o既?, 又或者"Why the hell is this in chinese? I can't bloody read it."

冇計啦,有人要看中文,所以嘛……中文囉……

這人……大晒。

以後也盡量會用中文