最近看 Malcom Galdwin 的《Outliers》有一段我覺得很簡單地形容了本書要旨 (大意)：
生物學家愛談「生態」：最高的橡樹之所以長得高，並非只因種子夠堅硬，也因為無樹遮光、泥土豐厚、無兔咬食、無人砍伐。我們皆知成功者種子堅實，但
A Windows moment on my laptop
I had a Windows moment with my laptop today. I normally leave itsuspended instead of powered off, and when I unsuspended it I discoveredthat its networking had stopped working. The network-controlling widgetin my taskbar just said 'Networking unavailable', and the various systemmanagement interfaces were opaque about what might be wrong and why; thenetwork devices were there, they weren't reporting any obvious problems,and so on. The system just wasn't having anything to do with networking,whether wired or
The limitation of templates for web design changes
Given that DWiki is template-based, in theory I could fix my commentform design mistake from yesterday. All I would haveto do is revise the 'write a comment' template that's used here so thatit included the entry and the existing comment, as well as a preview ofyour new comment and the comment entry form itself.
Except not so fast, because this revised version would be a usabilitydisaster as I've described it. The problem is that all of the links tothe '
公平社會 – Outliers
Blame
When the phrase of foul language broadcasted lively in TVB news, nobody would lodge a compliant on it - simply, it ventilated all our anger and disappointment, seeing the professional SWAT team in operation.
Apart from the word stone-aged, I cannot find another that could better be used in describing the entire rescue process. Going without helmets, staying in cross-fire positions, hammering windows with hostages inside. Gosh, for God's sake, if we were allowed to send our local team there, things can
Apart from the word stone-aged, I cannot find another that could better be used in describing the entire rescue process. Going without helmets, staying in cross-fire positions, hammering windows with hostages inside. Gosh, for God's sake, if we were allowed to send our local team there, things can
Mamiya 645 pro tl+mamiya 200 2.8+fuji業務用片
這次出片的滿意好少，沒法，200真的難找東西拍，一來目標又沒鎖定，二來，都是第一次用，測試性質，有機會侮辱了這一支mamiya的銘鏡。
白色的長鏡，接在mamiya 645 pro tl機身上的注目度可謂100%。不過真的重，手震呀.
別人的生死
香港旅行團在菲律賓被槍手挾持，最後人質中九人死亡、六人受傷，事件長達十小時，香港傳媒全程直播；看到菲律賓警方如何笨拙無能、全無策略可言，實在不能不破口大罵、憤慨難平。
如此令人神傷的慘事，我沒有心情高談
如此令人神傷的慘事，我沒有心情高談
A design mistake in my comments form
It's slowly become obvious to me that one of the mistakes with the'add a comment' form here on WanderingThoughts is that it doesn'tshow you the entry and existing comments. I know, a while back I thought that this was a good idea, but I'vechanged my mind since then; it's a design mistake.
Why I know this is pretty simple; I base it on personal experience.Whenever I write a comment myself, I invariably wind up with two windowsopen
拯救人質真的可以有很多辦法
昨晚 菲律賓發生的慘劇 令大家無法不面對很多問題
例如我們外遊究竟有什麼保障
例如我們在外地出事時可以有多無助
例如我們為什麼討厭暴力也會祟尚暴力
昨晚的事也許令很多人都不開心
昨晚的事也許令大家改變了對菲律賓人的
例如我們外遊究竟有什麼保障
例如我們在外地出事時可以有多無助
例如我們為什麼討厭暴力也會祟尚暴力
昨晚的事也許令很多人都不開心
昨晚的事也許令大家改變了對菲律賓人的
再活一次
近日讀了一本關於尼采的書，讀得頗過癮，那就是普林斯頓哲學教授 Alexander Nehamas 寫的 Nietzsche: Life as Literature 。我不懂尼采的哲學，以前看過兩三本他的著作，不過都沒有甚麼得著；Nehamas這本書對尼采的詮釋，我是無能力判斷對錯的。然而，無論Nehamas的