Friday, October 27, 2006

Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice

從「夜癮」(The Addition)開始,我一直都很喜歡Christopher Walken這位演員,雖然長得不是正統帥哥老頭樣(當然,我指的是Al Pacino、Robert de Niro和Sean Connery),但一向有自己獨特的韻味。而從「Praise You」開始,我也一直是Fat boy slim的愛好者。可是我居然到一到今天才發現這支Music Video,真是不稱職的影、歌迷。真該感謝YouTube讓我在沒有電視的情況下,還能看到這支我心目中最好的Music Video。在這支Music Video中,不論是人、歌、舞都配得恰到好處,散發出濃濃的成熟韻味。Christopher Walken這老頭還真會跳啊。

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

How Dumb I Am!

Mac程式是出名的好安裝,不過玩Mac玩了四五年,我到最近才發現,我之前的安裝方式還真麻煩,而且多此一舉。平常把Mac程式下載下來解壓縮後,我都是叫出Finder來,再選擇程式掛上的dmg檔,之後才從掛上的dmg中把程式拖進「應用程式」資料夾裡。選擇無視程式解壓後自動彈出的dmg檔視窗,是因為我還得打開「應用程式」資料夾,才能把程式拖入,我比較喜歡用一個視窗完成所有的事,我一直以為這是最方便的方法。

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不過一直到最近,我才發現這樣做根本多此一舉。許多程式會在解壓後掛上的dmg檔視窗中,放入一個小小的「應用程式」圖示,我原本以為那只是裝飾用,並且讓使用者能快速了解安裝方式。其實這個圖示有很多都是程式作者貼心準備的「應用程式」資料夾替身,也就是說,我只要把程式拖到那個小圖示上,就可以直接把程式安裝在「應用程式」資料夾裡了,這麼方便的方法,我到現在才發現,OSX,我真是猜不透你啊!

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Sunday, October 15, 2006

Tolstoy in the Morning Light


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Originally uploaded by cravingnigel.
今天早上起來,看到Tolstoy躺在旁邊,就把牠抓起來用E770拍了幾張照片。果不其然,效果差強人意,也許我該考慮換一隻SonyEricsson K800i了。

Monday, October 09, 2006

The Fear of Thinking about the Future

I've been working in this new company for a few monthes now. Yet still can't figure out the target reader of the magazine, which gave me a lot of stress. I have never faced this kind of stress before. For a long time, I can always do my job with confidence, but not this one. This job is in the field that I've never done before. I feel anxious with every word I write, every topic I choose. This feeling is new to me and I don't like it. Damn, how I wish this feeling can be gone sooner.

I work as a technical writer in a computer magazine right now. And I used to work as a bilingual editor for an English learning magazine. There are so much difference between this two jobs. The only thing in common is that I like them equally. As a teechnical writer, I have to read and write about a lot of technology news and skills, which I haven't leant before. I've always wondering that if what I wrote is correct and if the things I wrote can match the taste of the target reader.

This is not a easy job, and this feeling may never be gone after all. All I can do is keep working hard and try to forget this feeling.