十年回望


1999,伴學生排練回歸表演大半年,思考讓學生打腰鼓的意義
2000,出版《撫摸》
2001,出版《雙十年華》
2002,因為看到一則招聘廣告而轉工,結婚
2003,因工作太忙而辭職,但被挽留,然後升職,工作

我沒能力判高下

我雖然喜歡聽古典音樂,但音樂底子很薄弱,只學過兩三年鋼琴,勉強看得懂簡單的樂譜。所以我聽過一張唱片或去過一場音樂會後,如有人問我意見,我通常只會說喜歡不喜歡,少有正色評論其好壞。若追問我喜歡甚麼不喜歡

Some OpenSSL and SSL certificate basics

I'm writing this down for the traditional reason, that being to try tofix it in my mind for the next time I have to deal with all of thisstuff (which will probably be in about a year):

  • a SSL key is basically a blob of data. It has no interesting attributesassociated with it, and it is thus reusable if you want to. There areprobably OpenSSL commands to dump key information, but I haven't looked.

    SSL keys are generated with openssl genrsa . It


悶蛋

有一種人叫做悶蛋,你我都一定認識一兩個。說悶蛋像杯白開水,是老掉牙的比喻,而且不很貼切,因為我們總要喝白開水,卻不一定要跟悶蛋打交道。悶蛋更像的是杯極淡的茶,徒有茶色,卻無茶味;我們或一不留神,或礙於

我之為我,無可奈何

問朋友對我的網誌有甚麼意見,他很直率,說我寫的東西 "so polished, so cultured",而且有刻意製造形象之嫌。

第一點我絕無異議。本人天生凡事都喜 polish 一番,寫文章如是,下廚如是,打掃家居如是,連戴著的眼鏡也要經常除下來抹,以

Things that limit the performance of hardware acceleration

Suppose that you have an infinitely fast hardware accelerator, one thatcan compute something of interest in no time at all. What externalissues limit the total performance advantage that you can get by puttingthis hardware accelerator in a system?

I can think of the following limiters:

  • main memory speed limits , the latency andbandwidth limits of system RAM. This limits how fast you caninteract with system memory.

  • the speed limits of the underlying hardware that you're talking to,if you are. For example, hardware RAID

當明天有約會時

自四、五年前長時間用了不適合的護髮用品,再加上當空姐後經常紮髻,我的頭髮由掃把般厚變得異常稀薄。

為了拯救垂死的頭髮,上班時任由baby hair彈出來也不肯多用定型spray,過千元的洗髮水+護髮素,付錢時面不改容。

兩年前

別動

別動

準備為小兒換尿片的你對正躺着任你魚肉的小兒事先警告說:「別動!」

他動。

你除開他的衣服,再說:「別動!」

他動。

你換出舊尿片,穿上一片新尿片。

「別動!別動!別動!」

他動。他動。他動。

你一直叫他別動,他
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二刻拍案驚奇


跟《三槍拍案驚奇》沒有任何關係. 書是母親留下來的, 只有《 二刻拍案驚奇 》. 沒有《 初刻拍案驚奇 》. 台灣世界書局 於民國五十八年出版, 即1969年. 世界書局網站可以訂購《二刻拍案驚奇》, 但肯定不是這個版本.

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Merry Christmas!

Stained Glass - Nativity Window, Holy Family, Saint Cecilia Church

Merry Christmas! May you have a blessed day with your family, or with the Holy Family in your heart!