11 billion dollars’ hope

All a sudden the story of one million people is no longer trendy in our city, instead people keep arguing whether they shall get their cut from the recent 11 billion dollar plan to combat inflation. Seriously, can this plan really help those in need ?

Hold on

I think it will be called the greatest final ever in history of Wimbledon, in fact it may be one of the greatest final of any sports. Imagine you’re still in the Centre Court after 4 hours of fighting, I think in your mind there would be only a few voices … like “Focus, focus, [...]

Next Idol

Zheng Jie is a real fighter and we all enjoyed very much her playing in Wimbledon 2008. Only 25 years old, she is brave, kind, working hard, and humble. I hope all Chinese youngsters can learn all these characters from the new idol. Best wishes to Zheng Jie.

Tragic, tragic …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfPN0a9J3qo

Let’s all do something, anything to help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuq35UCUZ_A

Cloud appreciation society

Other than a good book by the pool, a cold drink under the sun … the next best thing to relax in a holiday resort is, really, cloud watching. You know, you can name every cloud you like, while the clouds drifting slowly … Obviously, there are lots of people sharing the same view, and [...]

Artist or Artisan

If you wanna finish a programming task sooner, get a faster computer.
If you wanna shoot a photo in the dark, get a Canon or Nikon.
But …
If you wanna write a better program, get a better brain.
If you wanna shoot a better picture, sharpen your skills.
Even you have the best tools in the world, you cannot [...]

User Experience - Fare Converson Table

After months’ of discussion, finally the flag-fall fare of all taxis in town raised by $1 yesterday. Since there is only a rise in flag-fall fare but not the fare per kilo-meter, the new taxi fare is therefore quite easy to calculate - just add $1 to the meter reading.
And since there is not enough [...]

Did you know … shift happens ?

Two very good set of slides … “Did You Know” is a set of slide about the globalization and America’s future in 21st century. And “Shift Happens” is a stylization of same set of slides. Two different approaches but same important message. Enjoy !!
“Did you know” by Karl Fisch, a teacher from Colorado.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

“Shift Happens” [...]

One-click greeting

Ages ago I was told sending a letter to your friends in festive seasons were better than just sending a greeting card. And since the dawn of Internet, people told me sending my greetings electronically via emails or e-Cards to my friends was the better and trendier way.
Then in recent years, we just sent out [...]

Merry X’mas

I made a set of slides as X’mas eCard (3 Mb) and sent to my colleagues and friends. Many wonder how I made those slides and here are the details …

First, I took a lot of photos from shopping malls, those with X’mas decorations [Tool : Olympus E-1, E-300, E-510]
Picked 6 to 7 photos, processed [...]