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Mummy 3
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh Directed by Rob Cohen It is decidedly a bad movie. If it is not set in China with Michelle Yeoh and Jet Li, it will be a … Continue reading
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A Long Weekend
1:40am, the nurse unlocked the door of Adobe Animal Hospital and let us in. We made an appointment 6 hours ago from 380 miles away. It was a long drive; I made sure not to drive too fast. Monty lay … Continue reading
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大业系列之三:体育酒å§
先看基础篇,å†å¾€ä¸‹è¯»ã€‚è®°ä½ï¼šæˆåŠŸä¸åœ¨ç‚¹å,而在执行能力。全世界都能看这åšå¿—ï¼Œä½ èµ¢åœ¨æ›´å¥½åœ°æ‰§è¡Œèƒ½åŠ›ã€‚æ²¡é”™ï¼Œåˆ«å¦„è‡ªè²è–„。å†åŽ»è¯»ä¸€éåŸºç¡€ç¯‡ã€‚å¦‚æžœä½ å‡†å¤‡å¥½äº†ï¼Œä½ ä¸€å®šè¡Œï¼Œä¹Ÿä¸€å®šä¼šèµ¢ã€‚ 什么是Sports Bar?啤酒,下酒èœï¼ˆæ²¹ç‚¸ï¼ŒåœŸè±†ï¼Œå¤§å—肉),大è¥å¹•ç”µè§†ï¼Œå‡ ä¸ªå¤§åŽ…ï¼Œå°çƒã€‚ è¦çƒé—¹ï¼Œä½†èƒ½èŠå¤©ã€‚啤酒è¦å‡‰ï¼Œèœè¦çƒï¼Œæ¤…åè¦èˆ’æœï¼Œç”µè§†è¦çœ‹å¾—到但å¬ä¸åˆ°ã€‚ä¸å¿…低价,但ä¸èƒ½è´µã€‚æœåŠ¡å‘˜è¦æœ‰ä¸ªæ€§ï¼Œæœ‰ç¤¼è²Œï¼ŒåŠ¨ä½œå¿«ï¼Œä¸å¿…美丽,但得å¯çˆ±ã€‚ 是的。这是专对男士的市场,但女性åŒèƒžä¸èƒ½è¢«æŽ’斥在外。å¦å¤–,得有个å–点。这å–点,看个人巧æ€ã€‚我有一招å¯ä¾›å‚考:自助啤酒。 进门æ¯äººå‘一电åå¡ï¼Œå…¥åº§åŽè‡ªå–æ¯åï¼Œè‡ªé€‰é¥®æ–™ï¼Œç»æ¯ä¸€åˆ‡è‡ªåŠ©ã€‚
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WALL-E
Wall-E Directed by Andrew Stanton 27 June 2008 (USA) Light hearted semi-sci-fi that is really about human characters. Pixar actually make us feel the emotions from animated robots that do not speak; I did not anticipate that. This movie is … Continue reading
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Conversation with 3 Sun VPs
Based on true conversations or email exchanges. 11am VP #1: Sin-Yaw, some of them are very not happy at you? SYW: Who are “they?” And why? VP #1: You know. What you wrote and what you said recently? SYW: ?!?! … Continue reading
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Programming in the Large
Smart people thought of this question long and hard before. Companies after companies tackled it with years of patience and large amount of resources. Books and consultants profit from it for decades. There are even computer languages designed just for … Continue reading
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大业系列之二:知é’下乡
先看基础篇,å†å¾€ä¸‹è¯»ã€‚è®°ä½ï¼šæˆåŠŸä¸åœ¨ç‚¹å,而在执行能力。全世界都能看这åšå¿—ï¼Œä½ èµ¢åœ¨æ›´å¥½åœ°æ‰§è¡Œèƒ½åŠ›ã€‚æ²¡é”™ï¼Œåˆ«å¦„è‡ªè²è–„。å†åŽ»è¯»ä¸€éåŸºç¡€ç¯‡ã€‚å¦‚æžœä½ å‡†å¤‡å¥½äº†ï¼Œä½ ä¸€å®šè¡Œï¼Œä¹Ÿä¸€å®šä¼šèµ¢ã€‚ å‡è®¾ä½ 有IT的背景,有å调的能力,有点组织能力。ä¸å›½çš„农æ‘ï¼Œæ˜¯ä½ æœ€ä½³çš„ç©ºé—´ã€‚å†œæ‘æ˜¯é›†ä½“共有的资æºï¼Œå¹³å‡æ•™è‚²æ°´å¹³ä½Žï¼Œæ²¡æœ‰ä»€ä¹ˆèµ„讯系统å¯è¨€ï¼Œç”Ÿäº§åŠ›ä½Žã€‚ä»Žå¦ä¸€ä¸ªè§’度看,管ç†ï¼Œç»„织,ITèƒ½å¸¦æ¥æœ€å¤§çš„生产力æå‡çš„空间。美国的农民生产力,是ä¸å›½çš„20å€ã€‚å¦‚æžœä½ æ‰¾åˆ°ä¸€ä¸ªå†œæ‘,æå‡ä»–们的生产力10å€ï¼Œä½ 能赚多少钱? é¦–å…ˆï¼Œå†œæ°‘ä»¬å¾—ä¿¡çš„è¿‡ä½ ã€‚æœ€ç®€å•å°±æ˜¯ä½ çš„åŒä¹¡ã€‚ä¸å›½äººä¹¡åœŸæƒ…æ·±ï¼Œä½ è¯´åŒä¸€ç§ä¹¡éŸ³ï¼Œåˆ†æžç»™ä»–们å¬ï¼Œæ‰èƒ½èµ°ä¸‹ä¸€æ¥ã€‚感情åŠä¿¡ä»»ï¼Œæ˜¯ä¸€åˆ‡çš„基础。 åšä»€ä¹ˆå‘¢ï¼Ÿæœ€ç®€å•çš„æ˜¯äº§é”€é“¾ã€‚ä¸€æ ·çš„ä½œç‰©ï¼Œå†œæ°‘æ‹¿å¤šå°‘ï¼Ÿå¸‚åœºå–多少?ä¸é—´åˆ°å“ªåŽ»äº†ï¼Ÿå¦‚æžœå¥½å¥½ç»è¥ï¼ŒåŽ»æŽ‰ä¸é—´äººï¼Œç¼©çŸäº§é”€é“¾ï¼Œå¤§å®¶éƒ½æœ‰å¥½å¤„。 冿¥æ˜¯ä¸“业化åŠä¸ªæ€§åŒ–。一æ‘ç§ä¸€ç§åº„稼,和全国æ¯ä¸€æ‘都ä¸åŒã€‚这庄稼è¦å¥½å¥½é€‰ï¼šä»¥è‡ªç„¶æ¡ä»¶ä¸ºä¸»ï¼Œå†œæ°‘知识为辅。市场需求和ç»é”€ï¼Œæ˜¯ä¸‹ä¸€æ¥çš„工作。大家ç§å¤§ç±³ï¼Œè¿™æ‘ç§é¦™ç±³ã€‚å¤§å®¶ç§æ¡ƒå,这æ‘ç§æ°´èœœã€‚ 当然最赚钱的是新产å“。农产å“需è¦å‡ å¹´æ‰èƒ½èŽ·åˆ©ï¼Œä¸èƒ½å…¨æ‘一下转ç§ã€‚è¦æœ‰è®¡åˆ’的更新,一亩一亩,一家一家,大家有组织的åšã€‚å‡ å¹´åŽå°±æˆäº†ä¸ªäº§ä¸šã€‚ç„¶åŽå¾€ä¸‹ä¸ªæ‘推行。 比较有é„åŠ›çš„åšæ³•是把整æ‘ç§Ÿä¸‹ï¼Œæ”¹ç§æ–°ä½œç‰©ã€‚现æˆçš„农民,æˆäº†ä½ çš„å‘˜å·¥ã€‚ä»–ä»¬çš„åœ°ï¼Œå°±æ˜¯æ–°çš„å·¥åŽ‚ã€‚åªæ˜¯ä¸åˆ¶é€ ,而是耕作。农民的收入改æˆå·¥èµ„ï¼Œè€Œä¸æ˜¯å–农产å“。既然决定æƒåœ¨ä½ ï¼Œèµ„é‡‘ç”±ä½ å‡ºï¼Œæˆæœ¬é£Žé™©åœ¨ä½ ,将æ¥çš„æ”¶ç›Šä¹Ÿæ˜¯ä½ çš„ã€‚å†œæ°‘æ‹…å¿ƒçš„æ˜¯ä½ å€’äº†è¿™ä¹ˆåŠžï¼Ÿä½ å¿…é¡»ç»™ä»–ä»¬ä¸ªä¿éšœï¼šé“¶è¡Œé‡Œä¸€ç¬”ä¿è¯é‡‘,如果公å¸å€’了,农民ä¸ä¼šä¸€æ— 所有。盈利分红更是激励士气,é™ä½Žæˆæœ¬çš„好办法。 这是个å年大业。没有决心,ä¸è¦è¿›æ¥ã€‚这也是最有æ„义,最赚钱的事业。
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æ°´æµ’ PodCast
其实我是è¦å¦PodCast怎么åšã€‚ä½†ç¬¬ä¸€æ¥æ˜¯è¦æœ‰ææ–™ï¼Œæˆ‘è¿™æ²¡ä»€ä¹ˆåˆ›é€ åŠ›çš„äººï¼ŒåŽ»é‚£é‡Œæ‰¾ææ–™å‘¢ï¼Ÿåœ¨åŒ—京时,买了套评书CD。那时就转æˆMP3,放在iPod里å¬ã€‚想想就用它å§ã€‚自然会考虑产æƒçš„问题。但我的CD还在海上,看ä¸åˆ°è®¸å¯çš„细节。记忆ä¸ï¼Œæ²¡æœ‰ä»»ä½•许å¯ã€‚也就是说,那些CD是我的,如åŒç‰©ç†è´¢äº§ã€‚ç‰æˆ‘拿到CDæ—¶ï¼Œå¦‚æžœæˆ‘æ— æƒåˆ†å¸ƒï¼Œé‚£å°±å¾—把这些撤下喽。 I was to learn the mechanics of podcasting, but having contents appears to be the necessary 1st step and I don’t have any. While I was in Beijing, I bought this audio book and quickly ripped them into MP3 … Continue reading
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æˆå¤§åŠŸï¼Œç«‹å¤§ä¸šï¼Œå‘大财:基础
这系列是我对ä¸å›½è¿™ä»£äººçš„æœŸè®¸ã€‚å°¤å…¶æœ‰é«˜æ ¡èµ„åŽ†ï¼Œåˆåœ¨åŒ—京,上海,深圳的外ä¼åšäº†5å¹´å·¦å³çš„年轻人。会介ç»äº›åˆ›ä¸šçš„观念。我认为æˆåŠŸçŽ‡é¢‡å¤§ï¼Œä½†æ²¡æœ‰ä¸€æ¥ç™»å¤©çš„。 ä½ å¾—æœ‰é«˜æ ¡èµ„åŽ†ï¼Œè‡³å°‘5年工作ç»éªŒï¼Œæœ€å¥½10年包å«2至3年的管ç†ç»éªŒã€‚ä¸ç„¶ä¹Ÿå¾—有å调沟通的能力。 ä½ å¾—æœ‰ç‚¹åˆ›ä¸šå†²åŠ¨ï¼Œä¹Ÿæ„¿æ„åšäº›ç‰ºç‰²ï¼šä¼˜è¶Šçš„å¾…é‡ï¼Œå¤§åŸŽå¸‚的生活,一呼百诺的å¨é£Žï¼Œæ‚ é—²çš„å‡æœŸï¼Œç‰ç‰ã€‚ä¸å¿…也ä¸è¯¥å…¨ä¸¢ï¼Œä½†æ€»è¦èˆå‡ 个。 æ‰¾ä¸€äºŒä¸ªä¼™ä¼´ã€‚è·¯æ˜¯å¾ˆè¿œçš„ï¼Œéœ€è¦æœ‰ä¼´åŒè¡Œã€‚ä¸èƒ½ç”¨é…å¶ï¼Œå¯ä»¥æ˜¯æœ‹å‹ã€‚创业伙伴最é‡è¦çš„æ˜¯èƒ½åŒç”˜å…±è‹¦ã€‚平日留æ„个性相投的人,观察他的为人处事。时间到了,看能ä¸èƒ½å…±è¥„盛举。ä¸è¦è¢«èƒŒæ™¯è´¢åŠ›è¿·æƒ‘ï¼Œé‚£æ˜¯èƒ½è¡¥è¶³çš„ã€‚æ€§æ ¼æ˜¯ä¸å¤§èƒ½æ”¹çš„。 ä¸å›½æ²¡æœ‰å¥å…¨çš„é€€åœºæœºåˆ¶ã€‚åˆ›ä¸šçš„åŽæžœï¼šå€’äº†ï¼Œå–æŽ‰ï¼Œæˆ–ç»§ç»ç›ˆåˆ©ã€‚上市的机会ä¸å¤§ã€‚也就是说,è¦åšå¥½é•¿å¾çš„æ‰“算。å¯ä»¥ä¸€äºŒå¹´æ²¡èµšé’±ï¼Œä¸èƒ½æŠŠå°†æ¥é€€ä¼‘çš„æœ¬èµ”è¿›åŽ»ã€‚è‡ªå·±äººå·²ç»æŠ•å…¥äº†ï¼Œä¸èƒ½æŠŠå®¶äººåœ¨æ‹‰è¿›åŽ»ã€‚ 想好自己的能力,ç»éªŒï¼ŒåŠæ€§æ ¼ã€‚能力是出身,知识,å¦é—®ï¼Œæˆ–è®ç»ƒã€‚ç»éªŒæ˜¯ä¸Šåœºå®žæˆ˜çš„åˆ€ç–¤ã€‚æ€§æ ¼æ˜¯å¾…äººæŽ¥ç‰©çš„é£Žæ ¼ã€‚è¿™äº›æ˜¯åˆ«äººæ— æ³•å–ä»£çš„ï¼Œä¹Ÿæ˜¯ä½ ç«žäº‰çš„æœ¬é’±ã€‚ ä¸å›½äººè®²â€œè°‹å®šè€ŒåŽåЍâ€ã€‚我常告诫年轻人:“æ¦åŠŸæ²¡ç»ƒå¥½ï¼Œä¸€ä¸‹å±±å°±è¢«äººæ€äº†â€ã€‚å†å›žå¤´è¯»ä¸€éï¼Œä½ å‡†å¤‡å¥½æ²¡?
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Tips for Travellers
When travel via air, carry-on are restrictive, but checking-in comes with the worry of lost or, worst, being looted. They are so vulnerable. What if a stranger reaches in? Are my jewlery safe? They may touch my underwear! TSA may … Continue reading
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