Saturday, July 29, 2006

Procrastination

Read on a friend's tag:

"Procrastination buys you a place in hell"

My all-time weakness. A good reminder here.


posted by Campion @ 1:50:00 AM  


Friday, July 28, 2006

IELTS

今晚肥佬老豆攞份報紙入來, 問我要 IELTS 的成績單。佢問我考幾分, 記得好似8.5咁, 隨口答了便算。他看完成績單說, 新聞報導香港大學生英文測試好咗 - 港大吹噓有9人取得9分, 25人得8.5, 175人得8分...
--||一直覺得呢個試好無聊, 於我又無用, 得閒見唔洗錢貪便宜去考, 仲要有效期得兩年, 浪費了我一個大好星期六。但原來都有少少意外驚喜, 成績都唔錯。
另一方面睇, 又可見呢個試的代表性 - IELTS 8.5, GRE Verbal 就得 460 分 --- 意思是, 語文考試一如以往: 不能反映學生能力。香港有參與籌辦的公開考試, 頗為兒戲。


posted by Campion @ 12:32:00 PM  


在羅馬的一個黃昏......

歐洲之旅, 在羅馬的一個黃昏, 三個年青人來到當年羅馬人賽馬車的圓埸, 發現............--||乜都無~~
站在無聊地空曠的大圓場上, 烈日當空, 又飢又渴, 正所謂熱到人都癲...咁就引發一場殘忍的古羅馬式撕殺:



posted by Campion @ 11:56:00 AM  


新<白雪公主> ~~|| 你好野!!!


posted by Campion @ 11:32:00 AM  


Software 推介

又有新的好用utilities 推介:

1) WinSnap - Screenshots utility [FreeWare]
Helps taking shots of your screens, active windows. Many options available including basic image twists.
Also on GoogleSystem Blog

2) DM2 - windows manager [Free for non-commercial]
Help visualize various controls of your many openned windows on the desktop. Productivity gadgets - free for noncommercial use.
More on Here

3) Total Commander Power Pack 1.7 [ShareWare]
Complete replacement of Windows Explorer. Brilliant file manager featuring dual list-panes, which can be customized seperately to various viewing styles. Highly-customizable. Fuctions including: FTP client, multi-file renaming tools, folder sychronization ....

4) AShampoo Photo Commander [ShareWare]
Nice alterative to windows native image viwer. Interface more user friendly. The drawback is that it's a pay-ware. An similar alternative could be ForceVision, which is however slower than this. A good to have.


posted by Campion @ 10:13:00 AM  


Thursday, July 20, 2006

歐洲之旅有相睇嘞

千呼萬喚的 <向世界出發>之 歐洲篇 相集, 終於在 ImageStation 的龜速上載下出籠。
<我的 ImagaStation 主頁> 包攬了 2003 年起到現在的 Albums. 請各位 Scorll 到中間 2006 年 5 月尾的部分, 以後的都是歐遊的相集了。還有大約2 GB 的 video, 正積極upload到 google video.
Direct links, as in itinerary:
2006/05/30 : London Day I
2006/05/31 : London Day II
2006/06/01 : London Day III
2006/06/02 : London Day IV
2006/06/03 : London Day V
2006/06/04 : Berlin Day I
2006/06/05 : Berlin Day II
2006/06/06 : Potsdam (Berlin Day III)
2006/06/07 : Berlin Day IV
2006/06/07 : Rothenberg Day I
2006/06/08 : Rothenberg Day II
2006/06/08 : Fussen Day I
2006/06/09 : Fussen Day II
2006/06/10 : Fussen Day III
2006/06/10 : Munich
2006/06/11 : Salzburg Day I
2006/06/12 : Werfen (Salzburg Day II)
2006/06/13 : Vienna Day I
2006/06/14 : Vienna Day II
2006/06/15 : Vienna Day III
2006/06/17 : Venice Day I
2006/06/18 : Venice Day II
2006/06/19 : Florence Day I
2006/06/20 : Pisa / Florence Day II
2006/06/21 : Florence Day III
2006/06/23 : Rome Day I
2006/06/24 : Rome Day II
2006/06/25 : Rome Day III
2006/06/26 : Vatican
2006/06/27 : Rome Day V


posted by Campion @ 12:05:00 PM  


Friday, July 14, 2006

嚇親細路

星期六早, 小雨, 早餐後回家。在升降機內, 婦人帶著一可愛的女兒。女兒還小, 高度僅及我腰間。
心理學說幼兒臉蛋特別可愛, 可吸引同類的憐恤照料, 為原始求生的戲法之一。身為人類的我, 自然被同類幼兒的可愛臉蛋吸引。
只見小女兒斜斜地拿著一盒豆腐花,「o都」嘴翹首地望著「上頭」的我, 對我數秒的注目顯得有點緊張。為了表示同為人類的友善, 我微笑著回望她。
就這樣, 她的神色從緊張變得帶點惶惑, 把頭兒壓得更低。短短數秒, 我只有靜靜的微笑, 她也慢慢地躲到婦人的身後, 眼神郤從陰暗處「目不斜視」的睨視著我。
自問品性尚算善良, 五官整齊, 雖無儒雅之風, 敢情也不致「金魚」之貌。如今無意一笑, 使小女孩惶惶不安、避之不及; 以彼看來, 雖不恐怖也屬猙獰, 致其懾於余「淫威」之下, 罪過罪過, 情何以堪, 情何以堪~~


posted by Campion @ 11:37:00 PM  


IM Interoperability

Starting from the newest beta version of Windows Live! messenger, Microsoft test the interoperability between Yahoo Messenger & Windows Live!

It will be convenient for people holding accounts of both IM clients. No more YM and MSN, choose either one. (I have added the YM-version of Grid to my MSN list already:P) Next step will be the interoperability between AIM and GoogleTalk


posted by Campion @ 7:26:00 AM  


Common Errors in English Usage

Read on GoogleSystem blog :

Common Errors in English Usage

Surely not anywhere an exhaustive list, but some are interesting.


posted by Campion @ 7:18:00 AM  


Wednesday, July 12, 2006

"<<聖經>翻譯需改進"

閒讀林行止隨筆集 <<我讀我在>>, 有此一文, 很不有趣, 引之如下:

「月初查閱<<聖經>>七只肥牛七只瘦牛的故事, 發現中譯十分難解, 教會有的是金錢和人才, 何以不思"改進"把中譯現代化?

記"七只牛" <<創世紀‧四十一節>>的一段, 把 Chief butler 譯為"酒政" (<<辭源>>有"酒正"而無"酒政", "酒正" 為 "官名, 周禮天官之屬, 為酒官之長。" <<辭海>>則有"酒人"而無"酒正"亦無"酒政"); Chief baker 譯為 "膳長" (<<辭海>>只有"膳夫"); "投獄" 譯為 "下在......監裡", 俱莫名其妙。最不可思議的是把問吊 (and him he hanged) 譯為 "被掛起來了"。筆者每次都以嚴肅、虔誠之心打開<<聖經>>,可是這類翻譯實在太富娛樂性了。」

林行止未知此譯為中文聖經的"和合本", 已有"現代中文譯本", 甚至廣東白話譯本, 然未知譯文有否改善。香港教會大多通用和合本譯文, 時人多不能以其翻譯當時的文化背景理解, 唯有不求甚解, 誤解之餘不明所以。讀翻譯文本, 應引以為鑑。


posted by Campion @ 6:55:00 AM  


Monday, July 10, 2006

施丹...做乜啊!!

I thought Italy was to win the WorldCup, with its track record of steady performance this year. But France was however a better team in the match...
Zidane...why did you head-butt Materazzi?! Pity Pity Pity!! How can you end your career-on-field like this? ...~~||
"Not that. Not now. Not today. Not after everything that you have done."


posted by Campion @ 4:17:00 AM