就是跟你說

有些事的確難於啟齒,不是因為我感到羞恥,而是我知道即使告訴了你,你也不會聽,就算聽,也不會明白,所以我難以啟齒。對一個明顯不會理解自己的人說話,就像跟一個三歲小孩子解釋火的現象及成因,並希望他能因此不

Jill Clayburgh (1944-2010)


Jill Clayburgh 仙遊了. 也許她不算是知名度很高的女演員 (以近20年的標準而言). 從新聞上得知Jill Clayburgh患病多年, 終於明白為何她在80年代以後的事業後勁不繼. 40年代出生、70年代成名的女演員中, 最有名氣、仍然活躍的, 只
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Windows VISTA / Windows 7 不能使用 VBScript 的 CommanDialog (VBScript CommonDialog in Windows VISTA and Windows 7)

不少人在 Windows 處理簡單的程序時,往往會用到 VBScript
而使用 VBScript 涉及檔案存取時不少人都會想到使用 File Dialog 讓使用者有一個具 GUI 的檔案選擇工具
VBScript is a light, useful programming language (script) in Windows OS
We can write a VBS with notepad or any text editor
We always select a file with File Dialog
File Dialog is a user-friendly GUI for

The New Blue Mikey will NOT work with iPhone 4, iPad

The new Blue Mikey (2.0) will not work with the iPhone 4 or iPad. It's a big letdown for me, as I don't really care if Blue can support previous-generation or outmoded equipment with their mics.

Blue Mikey 2.0

Their CEO, John Maier (no... not John Mayer...) said their engineers are hard at work increasing compatibility with iPhone 4 and iPad. Great. Maybe we'll see the Mikey 3.0 next year sometime. I'm


婚 • 分

這兩個月系內竟同時有兩個同事鬧離婚,一個結婚已十年,另一個則更長,二十多年;兩個同事都是男的,都是他們提出離婚。這令我感到相當意外,尤其是結了婚二十多年那個同事,跟太太一向都是老夫老妻的情狀,想不到竟

When good ideas go bad: how not to do a file chooser dialog

I hate the modern Gnome file chooser dialog. Fortunately its problemsmake a great illustration of the perils of falling victim to a goodidea.

The good idea that infected the modern Gnome file chooser dialog isshowing a preview of the file you've selected (provided that it is apreview'able media type, such as a picture). This would be a great ideaif it worked instantaneously, and perhaps it does on some people'smachines. But on slow machines it is most of a usability disaster


成人的懺悔

今日我看了一段《放學ICU》,少不免發現一些早就安排好的小演員,根據劇本做出表情,與主持們對答和回應,而其中一段提及到華盛頓。主持︰「你知道華盛頓是誰嗎?」眾小孩︰「是美國總統!」主持︰「但你們知道他小時

Horizon Perfekt入手頭一炮

Horizon Perfekt

是一台搖頭機,搖頭的意思就是像用scan的方法,把影像紀錄到菲林上,片幅還是特長的。

這台俄仔機,金屬手感超強,重量十足,最快快門1/500,最慢1/2,在日光下真的比較慘,不過可以調光圈,還好,鏡頭是一

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一個英文字母的發音

昨天無意中在網上看到一個香港某大學的教授(下稱 C 教授)接受訪問,內容沒甚麼特別,倒是訪問中 C 教授用了幾個英文字母來說明一點,其中一個字母是 f ,他讀成「f 扶」,礙耳之餘,也令我感到有點意外。

我聽 C 教授廣

The language dilemma for production software

Right now, I'm feeling enthused about the idea of writing some thingsin one of the interesting new languages and environments, such asGo or node.js. But here's where things collide with my problemswith learning languages ; if I'm going to writeany significant amount of code in these new languages, it has to dosomething real. And most of the real things that I have to do arenot personal projects but software that I would want to use in ourenvironment here.

Which