Sunday, June 28, 2009

一幢13层在建商品楼的倒塌


6月27日6时左右,上海闵行区莲花南路罗阳路口一幢13层在建商品楼发生倒塌事故。
坏消息总有好的一面:幸亏这是一幢没有入住的楼盘,否则就不是只死一个人了。幸亏楼间距比较宽,否则就是超级多米诺骨牌。

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Google.com blocked in china

I don't know what happened for Kaifu and Google China. He was on a China Mobile 3G ads with several other IT celebrities to prompt 3G several weeks ago. And there was hot news about damn Green Dam. From nowhere, CCTV criticized Google as a searching provider for porn, twice!

Since last night, Google.com is blocked in China. Baidu never works well for info outside China. Now Google.com is blocked. That's just absurd.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

A traffic mess

I left for work this morning around 7:30AM, and arrived at office at 8:45AM. It cost me 40CNY. Shit! Normally it is a less-than-half-hour ride, costs around 24CNY.

This is what happening, in the name of massive Economic stimulation plan, and City Expo 2010. All the major roads in Shanghai are under construction or reconstruction. The business along the roads is hit badly because the roads are locked down and digged upside down. The restaurants posts huge posters crying out loud business as usual.

Traffic will be this mess until the merry City Expo opens. This is the problem related to the culture, they just can't lose. Whatever it is, whatever it takes, it will be the most successful event, the biggest, the tallest, the largest.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Cracking

This site is hosting a very intriguing contest.

When you view those photos, you might get strange feelings. Why? Because normal human being thought beautiful thing never fades away, but it does.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

a puppy

Install XP on a HP Pavilion DV2-1105AX laptop

Normally I will downgrade preloaded Vista to XP, for better and wider software selections. It is straightforward for Dell. It always comes with the utility CD, including all the drivers for popular OS (2000, XP, and Vista).

Based on this expectation, I thought to install XP on a HP Pavilion DV2-1105AX laptop is just as simple as that. I was wrong.

After XP is installed, the poor thing can't find the drivers for network, sound, video and whole bunch of other cards. The laptop doesn't come with any companion CDs. If you don't have network access, you are stucked.

First thing, I need locate the driver for network card. And after some googlings, I realize there are some work. I looked for drivers at HP official site, and found nothing. It only supports for Vista.

After extensive tryings, I finally got almost all working, except the video card, which is now just in Windows generic driver.

Here is the list.

1. BIOS flush. It mentioned somewhere, and not necessary.
2. Chipset
3. Sound card
3.1 Microsoft UAA bus dirver (install first)

3.2 Sound card driver

4. Video card (I just can't get this works)

5. Quick Keys

6. Modem (who needs this today?)

7. Touchpad  

8. NIC

9. Wireless

10. SF Reader

11. Webcam

12. 3D DriveGuard

13. Bluetooth

Man, what a pain! Why HP can't just provide a CD, as Dell? What the big deal about HP laptop that people can't choose the OS they want?

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Mandatory filter software installed

"Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Tuesday announced that all computers produced or sold in China after July 1 would be installed with the software package combining Green Dam and Minor Escort programs."

Now my question is, who made this software? how well it is tested (potential Trojan horse)? how it works (smart enough to scan and recognize image, and block if the software detects reproduction system?). If we uninstall this software, can we be porn-safe?

Followup, post an evaluation report

Monday, June 08, 2009

满文军涉毒事件

不就是个过气的老男人想咸鱼翻身嘛,这么作践自己?谁关心你是谁啊?娱乐界的人就是这样,被老大控制着,随便玩。这么巧,就被警察突击到了?现在又来个公开道歉。趁着摇头丸的劲儿还在,赶紧出张个人忏悔大EP。