October 28, 2006

Losing Track (by Denise Levertov)

    Long after you have swung back
    away from me
    I think you are still with me:

    you come in close to the shore
    on the tide
    and nudge me awake the way

    a boat adrift nudges the pier:
    am I a pier
    half-in half-out of the water?

    and in the pleasure of that communion
    I lose track,
    the moon I watch goes down, the

    tide swings you away before
    I know I’m
    alone again long since,

    mud sucking at gray an black
    timbers of me,
    a light growth of green dreams drying.

September 29, 2006

To move, or not to move

To be or not to be, that is the question —
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles……
……
……

[click here for full paragraph]

“To be, or not to be”莎士比亚的著作《哈姆雷特》的名句。最近上映的大片《夜宴》好像就是从这个故事改编而成。这个”to be, or not to be”的问题,其实就和法国文学家,哲学大师卡缪所提出:“人类为什么还不自杀”的问题有异曲同工之处,这个问题被卡缪誉为人类必须面对以及抚心自问的第一个哲学问题。

今天我面对了一个问题…… (more…)

September 20, 2006

Malaysia’s Broadband Sucks!!! · “太委屈”

Does your blog take forever to load? - RedesignMalaysia.com

日前在本部落格放了一个banner——Malaysia’s Broadband Sucks 那是从 RedesignMalaysia.com拿来的。
RedesignMalaysia.com is a private sector initiative designed for collaborative change. It is designed to foster better e-governance, and transparency, and to harness collective voices to improve situations for all. The current phase 1 focus of the site is to improve the quality and coverage of broadband in Malaysia. We aim to achieve this through the compilation of relevant news articles, highlighting areas that lack coverage, through giving consumers an understanding of broadband options in their area, and providing valuable user-driven data.
最近Streamyx实在太滥太滥了,上网的感觉就好像在便秘,要出不出然后到最后还是不能出,本来Streamyx的宽频都是不宽且贵的了,现在却每况愈下,实在是叫消费者们太委屈 (more…)

September 15, 2006

[知多一点点] Zeolite 沸石

一天之计在于晨,分享一点知识。然后就要让几天前的无心向学终止,开始冲、冲、冲……当然,吃了早餐再说。 :P

ZSM-5

沸石最早发现于1756年。瑞典的矿物学家克朗斯提(Cronstedt)发现有一类天然硅铝酸盐矿石在灼烧时会产生沸腾现象,因此命名为“沸石”(瑞典文zeolit)。在希腊文中意为“沸腾”(zeo)的“石头”(lithos)。此后,人们对沸石的研究不断深入。

1932年,McBain提出了“分子筛”的概念。表示可以在分子水平上筛分物质的多孔材料。虽然沸石只是分子筛的一种,但是沸石在其中最具代表性,因此“沸石”和“分子筛”这两个词经常被混用。(Source)

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September 14, 2006

[部落格秘笈] gravatar, favatar, pavatar……可以吃的吗?

MyGravatar 这是我的gravatar。也是本部落格的favicon。当然大部分时候他是不会动的。今天他屁股痒,摇一摇给你看。
gravatar=”globally recognized avatar

nogravatar如果你没有gravatar然后在我的部落格留言,这就是 no gravatar时呈现的图像(右图)。
Gravatar是个人化的标志,当你使用某个电邮地址在网页或部落格留言时,那些附有呈现gravatar的plugin的,就会自动呈现该图像。 (more…)

September 10, 2006

[宿命论者的闲暇游戏] 我是钻石!


◎您是王者的鑽石,勇往直前,執行力強,願意為大家服務。喜歡有禮貌,有智慧的人。生活優雅有情調,對生活品味也很重視。◎

根據命理來分析您的個性,潛意識,以及行為模式,您是屬於「鑽石命」,因此您天生具有鑽石的特質,生活優雅有品味,十分引人注目,喜歡公平正義,不喜歡恃強凌弱,願意犧牲奉獻,不願意辜負別人。鑽石十分珍貴,都會被擺飾在最好,且最重要的位置,因此您非常有氣質,也有多方面的才華,但是會有點優柔寡斷,猶豫不決,做事情也比較慢。鑽石硬度高,抗壓性強,因此您對於現狀的不滿,能勇於突破,改變環境,並期望掌握自己的命運。

此外,您喜歡有聰明智慧,才華創意的人,不喜歡懦弱沒有擔當的人,而能讓您佩服的人,多半是有領袖特質,能夠犧牲奉獻,講求公平正義的人。您的一生,像鑽石一樣,優雅高貴,受到眾人矚目,但是鑽石不是一輩子都有適合的舞台,一旦失去了舞台,也就失去了機會,就是您一生中最大的磨練,只要您經得起外在的考驗,不怨天尤人,進而學習成長,一旦通過考驗,您的生活會更上一層樓,富貴綿長。 (more…)

September 9, 2006

My Past Life (?)

Your past life diagnosis:
I don’t know how you feel about it, but you were male in your last earthly incarnation.You were born somewhere in the territory of modern Hungary around the year 775. Your profession was that of a map maker, astrologer, astronomer.

Your brief psychological profile in your past life:
Timid, constrained, quiet person. You had creative talents, which waited until this life to be liberated. Sometimes your environment considered you strange.

The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:
Your main lesson is to develop magnanimity and a feeling of brotherhood. Try to become less adhered to material property and learn to take only as much, as you can give back. Do you remember now?

(link: Past Life Analysis)

August 17, 2006

最近,我爱上她…… (2)

    淡いオレンジの揺らいで
    遠く君が見えた気がして
    辺り見回すけれど 知ってる
    ここに居る筈も無い事は
    胸を切り開いて 思い出を眺め
    ずっと忘れず生きて行く方がいいの?
    君は夢で泳いでる 人魚になれたから
    眠りについた私を案内してよね
    どうか もう一度 腕伸ばせば
    届く場所に君を戻して
    雨を傘で塞いだ 涙も
    肩が濡れ 心まで濡れた
    腕をかみ砕いて 心から遠ざけ
    きっと忘れず 生きて行くことがいいの
    君は夢で泳いでる 人魚になれたから
    幼い頃に見ていた夕日で溶かしてよ
    あんな素敵な日を
    あんな大切な未来を
    なぜ簡単に奪ってしまうの?
    君は夢で泳いでる 人魚になれたから
    深く沈んだ思いを 集めて星へ
    君は夢で泳いでる 人魚になれたから
    涙枯らして歌うよ
    報われるように
    報われるように
    夢で会いましょう

    (more…)

August 14, 2006

A Gentle Reminder-SKAM-19

Dear participant,

It is less than two weeks before the SKAM19 and MyCat2 will start. We hope you have made the necessary arrangement for your stay at the Riviera Bay Resort, Melaka (Please reconfirm your booking with the hotel) or any place nearby. If you had yet to pay the registration fee please do so as quickly as possible.

On Wednesday, 23 August 2006 the conference dinner will be held. All participants are invited. This year the commitee feels a more relaxed, less formal dinner will be fun so we decided on a BBQ dinner by the poolside of the resort (if weather permitting). (more…)

June 21, 2006

What Type of Writer Should You Be?


You Should Be A Poet

You craft words well, in creative and unexpected ways.

And you have a great talent for evoking beautiful imagery…

Or describing the most intense heartbreak ever.

You’re already naturally a poet, even if you’ve never written a poem.

What Type of Writer Should You Be?