Author: root

  • 直指人心,见性成佛

    我必须用中文来写这篇文章——因为对于不是以英语为母语的我来说,写一篇读后感难度还是稍微大了一些。

    4月24号的时候,我和老彼得一起到上海去接我太太回国。她的航班是25号的,我和老彼得提前一天到,在上海的家里呆一天,也能顺便逛逛福州路。

    从地下车库泊好车上来后,对面就是上海书城。我和老彼得一起进去为他挑几本书。在二楼,我看到书城正在办一个活动:《贫民窟的百万富翁》(Slumdog Millionaire)作者现场签售活动。当时的队伍还是很长的,而一位典型的印度人正坐在台子前为每位购买了书的读者签字。

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  • Got to write something

    It has been a long time since my last post. Not because there is nothing to write, but too much to write on.

    • My trip to Zhangjiajie (张家界) and Fenghuang (凤凰)

    During Apr 16th and 19th, I was in Zhangjiajie/Fenghuang with my colleagues. It is an annual event when company acknowledges the employees\’ contribution in a fairly material way. For me, this trip is a tragedy:

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  • Read Gmail in two panes

    Haha, this is a very interesting trick that it can make you read Gmail in browsers in two panes. The left is the message list, and the right is the message body.

    Normally, when you start to read Gmail in your browser, it looks like this:

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  • I need to remember my password… and username!

    I have so many passwords to remember, and usernames. Sometimes I just forget whether or not I have registered at a site, and if yes, what is my password and username combination.

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  • An Android application with map

    I had read a few tutorials on how to develop an Android appication with map display. Today I had actually built one. I would like to summarize the key points/steps in making this application work.

    1. First of all, get an Android Map API Key from Google.

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  • My plan in FY1011

    In my previous post published around a year ago, I had listed down 3 major things that I would like to complete in FY0910:

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  • Now an era is over (or just began?)

    Google.cn is now redirected to google.com.hk. It is a clear message from Google, which I quote:

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  • Is Google.cn really going to pull out China?

    A BTer just said in The group that Google wiil no later than today to announce it’s decision to pull out its China operation. I am keeping a view on it.

    Nevertheless, it will mark a giant milestone in China’s Internet (or, to be more precise, Intranet) history.

  • 杯具的一本词典

    最近刚刚买了一本词典:Oxford Advanced Learner\’s Dictionary

    我对牛津词典一向是很信任的,所以在当当上也没有做太多的比较,就买了这本。

    到手后看了一下,发现这本词典的名字很具有误导性。

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  • I do solemnly declare…

    The rumor came about a few days ago: Google will pull out its China operation and the site dedicated for China.

    Well, the final result is not out yet. But I would like to make my personal statement here:

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