Wael Ghonim: Inside the Egyptian revolution

Wael Ghonim is an Internet activist and computer engineer, Google’s Middle East and North Africa Marketing Manager. As " ElShaheeed," he started up an influential Facebook page that galvanized voices of protest in Egypt. In early 2011, he was detained by the Egyptian government for 11 days – when freed after international pressure, he revealed his identity, and became a leading fugure in the youth revolution that forced Hosni Mubarak from power. ...

March 5, 2011 · 1 min · birdchan

我踩到一隻鴨子

三個女人在一場車禍後來到了天堂,當她們到了那裡,天使說:「在天堂裡,我們這裡只有一個規矩,就是千萬不要踩到鴨子。」確認這三個女人了解後,她們進入了天堂。 但是天堂裡到處都是鴨子,鴨子幾乎多到不可能踩不到。雖然她們極力避免,但是第一個女人意外踩到一隻。這時,天使立刻帶著一個這女人一生中從未見過長得極為醜陋的男人來到她的面前,並告訴她:「你踩到鴨子的懲罰就是要永遠跟這個醜男人鏈在一起。」 第二天,另外一個女人也不小心地踩到鴨子,這時天使又帶著另一個極其噁心的男人來到她的面前。如同之前那個女人的下場,天使把第二個女人跟帶來的醜男人綁在一起。 第三個女人已經發現了這個殘酷的結果,而且她不希望永遠跟一個醜陋噁心的男人栓在一起,所以她非常小心她的腳步。 她戰戰兢兢在未踩到任何鴨子的情況下,平安地度過了幾個月。 但是有一天,天使來到她的面前並帶來一個前所未見的超級帥男人,這個男人不僅高大壯碩、濃纖合度,而且還有漂亮的長睫毛。 天使把他們鏈在一起後,沒對那個女人說任何話就走了。 這女人就問跟她鏈在一起的男人:「我很奇怪,為什麼我可以跟你永遠的鏈在一起?」這個男人說:「我不知道妳的情況是怎樣啦!但是我踩到一隻鴨子。」 寓意:當你在用自己的尺量度別人時,同時,也會量度自己嗎?公平一點吧!

March 4, 2011 · 1 min · birdchan

robot

[youtube &w=640&h=390] The latest version of the LittleDog Robot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUQsRPJ1dYw

March 3, 2011 · 1 min · birdchan

忐忑 - 龚琳娜

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March 3, 2011 · 1 min · birdchan

你的醜和你的臉沒有關係

一、成熟的人不問過去;聰明的人不問現在;豁達的人不問未來。 二、在人之上,要把人當人;在人之下,要把自己當人。 三、知道看人背後的是君子;知道背後看人的是小人。 四、你犯錯誤時,等別人都來了再罵你的是敵人,等別人都走了罵你的是朋友。 五、人只要能掌握自己,便什麼也不會失去。 六、變老並不等於成熟,真正的成熟在於看透。 七、簡單的生活之所以很不容易,是因為要活的簡單,一定不能想的太多。 八、人們常犯最大的錯誤,是對陌生人太客氣,而對親密的人太苛刻,把這個壞習慣改過來,天下太平。 九、我們在夢裡走了許多路,醒來後發現自己還在床上。 十、你的醜和你的臉沒有關係。 十一、航海者雖比觀望者要冒更大的風險,但卻有希望到達彼岸。 十二、窮人的苦惱在於沒有選擇,富人的苦惱在於有太多選擇。 十三、不要總覺得被輕視,先問問自己有沒有分量。 十四、一個人的價值,不體現在與別人相同的東西上,而體現在與別人不同的東西上。 十五、靜坐常思己過,閒談莫論人非。 十六、發展是硬道理,但硬發展是沒道理。 十七、人們是看你做什麼,不是聽你說什麼。 十八、要求別人是很痛苦的,要求自己是很快樂的。 十九、不敢生氣的是懦夫,不去生氣的才是智者。 二十、對於人來說,問心無愧是最舒服的枕頭。 二十一、嫉妒他人,表明他人的成功,被人嫉妒,表明自己成功。 二十二、有些事情,不談是個結,談開了是個疤。 二十三、一口吃不成胖子,但胖子卻是一口一口吃來的。 二十四、喜歡花的人是會去摘花的,然而愛花的人則會去澆水。 ref link: http://donna123.pixnet.net/blog/post/22521311

March 2, 2011 · 1 min · birdchan

MySQL Storage Engines

Whenever I need to create a mysql db, I always wonder why there are so many storage engines to choose from. According to the official mysql site ( http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/storage-engines.html), there are currently 10 storage engines available: MyISAM InnoDB IBMDB2I MERGE MEMORY EXAMPLE FEDERATED ARCHIVE CSV BLACKHOLE Which one to choose from? I have heard that MyISAM and InnoDB are the two most popular ones. But why? I am still not sure. Maybe someday I should gather all the info and write a little comparison table. ...

March 1, 2011 · 1 min · birdchan

N無人士 ?

五無人士,即無強積金、無退稅、 無老人金、無兒童及無直接交電費的人士 十無人士應是指: 無公屋免租優惠; 無高齡津貼(生果金); 無退稅; 無申領綜援; 無獲退還差餉; 無外傭稅豁免優惠; 無強積金豁免; 無學童開學補助; 無跨區交通津貼; 無三千六百元的電費補助。 總括來說,「十無人士」主要歸納在這幾類人:未符領取綜援或高齡津貼資格的長者、未符領取綜援資格的家庭、新來港人士、單身人士、租住板間房或籠屋之人士等。 N無人士,即沒有任何受惠的人士。

March 1, 2011 · 1 min · birdchan

Dwarf Complete

If you like Zelda type of ARPG puzzle games, I bet you will like this one as well. It’s on iphone. I had a fun time playing it. Download it for free at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dwarf-complete/id404126580?mt=8

February 27, 2011 · 1 min · birdchan

Sharing

I believe we all have learned the idea of sharing, probably ever since our childhood. Parents have obviously good reasons to teach their kids early on to share with their siblings. Kindergarten teachers in school also encourage the students to share with their classmates. In general, sharing is a good practice in life among friends and family members. Sharing often stops when we are entering the realm of strangers, and that’s reasonable. After all, why should we trust strangers? There is a possibility that they may steal the things we share with. That’s indeed a valid concern. ...

February 22, 2011 · 2 min · birdchan

Unemployment rate

Google has this very handy graphic tool to display the unemployment rate data. Without that, you will have to go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to dig through the pages. http://www.google.com/publicdata/embed?ds=usunemployment&ctype=l&strail=false&nselm=h&met_y=unemployment_rate&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=state&tdim=true&tstart=631152000000&tunit=M&tlen=252&hl=en&dl=en You can also compare the state unemployment rate VS the national unemployment rate by following the link below. http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=usunemployment&met=unemployment_rate&tdim=true&dl=en&hl=en&q=unemployment+rate There are many more datasets. I was surprised that US has only 300 million people currently, VS 1.3 billion from China! Find out more from the link below to see all the available datasets! ...

February 17, 2011 · 1 min · birdchan