上次更新的时候，Ubuntu还只到9.04，转眼间就到了10.04了： 9.10：Karmic Koala，幸运的考拉 10.04：Lucid Lynx，清醒的猞猁
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【一日一得】冈仁波齐
今天继续看由印度作家维卡斯·斯瓦鲁普写的另一本小说《六个嫌疑人》。其中看到这段译注还是挺有收获的： 伽拉萨山（Mount Kailash）：印度教圣山，主神湿婆夫妇居住之地。位于中国西藏，中国一般称之为”冈仁波齐山”。 词条见http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E5%86%88%E4%BB%81%E6%B3%A2%E9%BD%90%E5%B3%B0。 摄影的人都知道，冈仁波齐是个很有名的三脚架的品牌。用这座神山作为三脚架的品牌，大概是取其坚固、稳定之象征。 这个命名颇有”安忍不动如大地，静虑深密如秘藏”的意味……
Read the rest of this entry »直指人心，见性成佛
我必须用中文来写这篇文章–因为对于不是以英语为母语的我来说，写一篇读后感难度还是稍微大了一些。 4月24号的时候，我和老彼得一起到上海去接我太太回国。她的航班是25号的，我和老彼得提前一天到，在上海的家里呆一天，也能顺便逛逛福州路。 从地下车库泊好车上来后，对面就是上海书城。我和老彼得一起进去为他挑几本书。在二楼，我看到书城正在办一个活动：《贫民窟的百万富翁》（Slumdog Millionaire）作者现场签售活动。当时的队伍还是很长的，而一位典型的印度人正坐在台子前为每位购买了书的读者签字。 我没有立刻加入这个队伍–正如我一贯的脾性，我不喜欢排队。于是我和老彼得先到了六楼为他挑了两本他学校点名的必读书，还为他买了一支儿童用钢笔。等我再回到二楼的时候，队伍已经不是那么长了。于是我就在短短五分钟内买好了书，并得到了维卡斯·斯瓦鲁普（Vikas Swarup）的亲笔签名。 =================
Read the rest of this entry »Got to write something
It has been a long time since my last post. Not because there is nothing to write, but too much to write on. * My trip to Zhangjiajie (张家界) and Fenghuang (凤凰) During Apr 16th and 19th, I was in Zhangjiajie/Fenghuang with my colleagues. It is an annual event when company acknowledges the employees’ contribution [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Read Gmail in two panes
Haha, this is a very interesting trick that it can make you read Gmail in browsers in two panes. The left is the message list, and the right is the message body. Normally, when you start to read Gmail in your browser, it looks like this: It sometimes is very annoying as you lose the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »I need to remember my password… and username!
I have so many passwords to remember, and usernames. Sometimes I just forget whether or not I have registered at a site, and if yes, what is my password and username combination. I used to trust my memory very much, trying to remember all the passwords and usernames in my brain. But recently, I found [...]
Read the rest of this entry »An Android application with map
I had read a few tutorials on how to develop an Android appication with map display. Today I had actually built one. I would like to summarize the key points/steps in making this application work. 1. First of all, get an Android Map API Key from Google. This actually involves two steps. Firstly, you will [...]
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