Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update 2, 11-18-2013) I sold my Nexus 4 as I am getting my iPhone 5s. I still think Nexus 4 is a lot phone for the money ($199 before tax). Another feature I liked is the integration with google contacts, and google+ photo backup. I just found there’s an option on iPhone Google+ app for
Reading Time: < 1 minute Krugman, the Nobel economics laureate recently penned an article basically saying Apple is no good. I think he has one valid point on iTunes and the relatively closeness of Apple ecosystem. This reminds me of one thing, the cloud storage for consumers. Apple has this iCloud going for a few years, it can be used
Reading Time: < 1 minute Was at a friend’s house last night, watching the July 4th fireworks display at his house, as the house has a perfect view. We talked about things since we have not seen each other for a while. When asked by a friend what is the things gave me impressions on my first employer (I worked
Reading Time: < 1 minute From CocoaChina. 一、 一个人坐在热气球上飞行，突然发现自己迷路了。他降低高度，发现下面有个人。他把气球降的更低，大声向下面的人问路，“请问，你能告诉我我在哪吗？” 下面的人说：“当然，你在一个热气球上，距离地面30英尺高。” “你一定是个搞技术的，”热气球里的人说。 “没错”这人回答道。“你怎么知道的？” “很简单，”热气球里的人说，“所有你告诉我的东西在技术上都是正确的，但对我一点用处也没有。” 下面的人回复说，“你一定是个项目经理。” “没错，”热气球里的人说，“你怎么知道的？” “很简单”，下面的人说，“你经常找不到北，或者不知道该去哪，你希望别人能够帮助你。在遇到我之前你也是这样，但现在是我犯了个错误。” 二、 从前，有一牧羊人，他在一条荒废的公路边照看他的羊群。突然，路上一辆崭新的保时捷嘎然来了一个急刹车。车主，一个穿着阿曼尼的西装，Cerutti的鞋子，带着Ray-Ban太阳镜，TAG-Heuer腕表，系着一条范思哲领带的年轻人走了出来，问牧羊人：“如果我能告诉你这里一共有多少只羊，你能给我一只吗？” 牧羊人看看这个年轻人，然后又看看他那成群的在牧场上吃草的羊，说：“行。” 年轻人停好他的车，用笔记本连上无线网络，接入美国宇航局的服务，用GPS扫描地面，然后进入数据库，导出60张填满了算法数据和校验数据表的Excel，然后用他的高科技的微型打印机打印出一份150页的报告。他转过头来对牧羊人说：“你不多不少一共有1586只羊。” 牧羊人非常高兴，说，“非常正确，你可以拿走一只羊。” 年轻人选了一只，放进保时捷的后备箱。牧羊人看着他，问：“如果我能猜出你的职业，你能把后备箱里的那只动物还给我吗？” 年轻人回答：“当然，为什么不呢？” 牧羊人：“你是一个IT顾问。” 年轻人：“你怎么知道的？” 牧羊人：“非常简单。首先，你不请自来。第二，你让我花钱来换取我已经知道的事情，三，你根本不知道我是干什么的…现在你能把那只狗还给我了吗？”
Reading Time: < 1 minute I visited China with my family a few weeks ago. Shanghai is the flight stop where we arrive and depart. We stayed at the Courtyard Xujiahui, and Four Points by Sheraton at Pudong during our short stay in Shanghai, a few weeks ago. As I have family and esp. little kid nowadays, I prefer western
Reading Time: < 1 minute It was the first time I brought my wife and my daughter there. The weather was a bit hot, as I went there after 9:30 am. We bought the typical things: ribs and eggs from Bobbi (live spring farm), tomato, beans and cucumber from amish farmer. Serenity enjoyed her bagel and apple at the picnic
Reading Time: < 1 minute We took a 2 weeks China trip and came back last Monday evening. A bit exhausted, and at the end of the trip, our daughter got sick, she said she got tummy ache, and needed to go to restroom (lavatory) every 10 min. The fun part of being parents. Some more serious thoughts 1) My
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yoyo likes to talk a lot, and this morning she said something quite funny: daddy, you should not drink coffee or alcohol anymore, because they won’t help you grow. You should drink some milk. Then she handed her milk bottle to me. Sometimes, she likes to use some big words like “even”, “actually”, we think
Reading Time: < 1 minute Did not want to go in the morning (most days), did not want to leave in the afternoon (sometimes). Positives: she started to call some teachers by name, and some friends by name. She talked quite a bit in English, continuing make progress on language. Kindermusik, sit on teachers’ lap. A nice overlap for her
Reading Time: < 1 minute Serenity started preschool a week ago, on Friday. When she started toddler program, since I need to go to work early in the morning, I have not been able to drop her off or pick her up much for first semester. Since I joined my current employer, I got more flexibility, and I got to
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