閱書(一)


一向對地質學有點興趣, 也會留意寶石學的書籍. 香港政府偶爾也會做好事, 當這本《 香港地質: 四億年的旅程 》正式宣佈推出, 我毫不猶豫在網上訂購.

買回來, 才發現書像教科書. 這本書本來就是為新高中課程的地理科而編

Buying

Many a time while going shopping, I would ask my wife what's the purpose of buying a new thing. Without a doubt, finding the reason to spend money on anything new is the most challenging test a man will ever face.

After nine months of witnessing my wife's ever-growing belly to be a full-fledged baby, it began to dawn on me that I might not be as good as my wife in buying the right stuff.

Oh, sure, I hadn't thought of

感受


偶爾,會有人來問我對某些人的印象。儘管不是正式的訪問,也得小心翼翼,總是好話說盡:「他很勤奮/他是很和藹/他的作風實事求是」對呀,提供這種答案,別人當然覺得悶,久而久之,就覺得我沒有主見,問來問去都問

你會答應給我十萬元

我只須問你兩條問題,你便會答應給我十萬元。不信?試試看。規矩是你只可以答「是」或「不是」。

問題(一):你是不是會以相同的答案回答這兩條問題?
問題(二):你是不是答應給我十萬元?

如果你對問題(一)回答「

My views on inheritance versus interface

Due to some recent entries , I've been thinking more about inheritanceand interfaces and I've come around to a particular view, which youcould call either the duck typing view or the jaundiced C programmer'sview. Put simply:

Interfaces are what you should care about from outside amodule. Inheritance is, or should be, strictly an implementationissue for inside the module, except when inheritance is the simplestway to expose certain functionality for reuse by the outsideworld.

(In Python, Exception is


火車站 (兩生花)

在兩個不同世界,講述同一個故事。

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火車站之所以浪漫,是因為它短暫,因為旅客來到火車站,都只是在等待,一旦火車來到,這個站便會被忘記,到埗後也是急急離開,踏入火車站只是一個邂逅,永遠都不是長廂廝

佛法與基督

應是有喜有樂,聽罷佛法卻見苦業無盡

本來好人好者,信了基督便覺罪行根深

Lord of the Rings... [UPDATED]

[Update: Here's a gallery of photos from the big event (on Facebook).]

Image taken last week with my D90 (with 50mm f/1.4) and an external flash shooting through the famous $0.02 mini macro studio :

Diamond Engagement Ring - Cathedral Setting, Round Cut Diamond, White Gold

I hand-held a Nikon SB-24 flash connected via a wireless trigger over a folded sheet of paper that acted as a giant diffuser for the ring, which I simply placed on a 'seamless' piece of


最迫近親情主題的一次


《歸途》的廣度,或親情的深度

適逢字花申請下一年資助,文學界的大事,倡議文學館的民間諮詢會又於12月13日在兆基創意書院舉行,手上有三本書待編,工作像俄羅斯方塊那樣疊下來,為什麼我還會與周佩韻合作,為她

生活教練

有沒有想過自己可能並不懂得怎樣過活?過活並不只是上班下班、吃飯拉屎、打麻將、看電視,還包括處理人濟關係、實踐大小計劃、應付遠慮近憂、和培養生活情趣。因此,有人活得充實快樂,有人活得一塌糊塗。

如果自覺生