生活在一个父母管教很严格（而且看起来父母之间关系并不幸福），很宗教化的家庭里，看来不是一个快乐的事情。因此Ben找了一份照顾退休女演员Evie的工作。Evie寡居，性格怪僻。一个人独居太久，总会有点变变的。不管是年纪大的还是小的。因此片子的Tagline是：All Ben wanted was a job. All Evie needed was a friend.
互联网上有着无数的博客服务网站，用户需要选择最好的。通过RSS和博客搜索引擎就可以简化工作。Technorati虽然有时候比较诡异，但是一般情 况下是一个可以值得信赖的博客导航网站。Icerocket很善于粘住用户。网民需要在网上找到能包含自己最感兴趣的事，那么Newsgator 和 Google Reader就是一个很好的选择。另外，Bloglines也是一个很好的信息获取网站。
在Google地图和人造卫星图像出现以前，每个人都会看Ordnance Survey的数据，这意味着它们之间没有什么区别。Ordnance Survey已经升级了自己的网站，可以告诉你该买一个地区的哪个地图。它的地名搜索非常棒。与此同时，New Popular Edition能够显示地区在上个世纪40年代时的样子，这非常不错。
a. 拍人最好少用广角，zoom 35+, 特别是妹妹,除非想达到这样的效果 http://www.flickr.com/photos/aimeeyang/335108190/ b. 大太阳下强制闪光 c. 室内最好用bounce-off light, 但是你没买外置闪光灯呢，就勉强用用吧 d. 想突出妹妹模糊背景，用A(look at your dial)调到最大光圈左右(f4-6) c. 拍风景的话用f9-16左右, 但是也要保证快门速度(at least 1/60) d. 光线不怎么好的时候注意快门速度，如果快门太慢了，就调高ISO (或者就设auto ISO).
今天楼里比以前空旷了不少，office只有三分之一的人来，其他的或者还在travel，或者选择work from home。当然我也可以WTH，只是真要呆在家里，估计就是什么活都干不了了。假期中我还偶尔打开电脑整理数据，发现硬盘很慢，不知道是不是因为加密的缘故，于是就找到借口放弃了无偿自愿加班的伟大思想了，专心地享受了这第一个长假。工作后的生活和当学生的不一样了，work hard, play hard，上班的时候努力干活，下班了回家就再不想干活。我喜欢这样的节奏。当然，更喜欢自由的生活，如果可以选择的话。
Michael: I found that everything is predictable. Everything is planned out. (so it's boring and I am tired). 莫非自然的太容易得到的就不值得珍惜吗？或者是年轻人对安定生活的恐惧？
Jenna要的是完美，所以她很难原谅Michael的一次放纵。Michael刚开始只是想出轨但是又不敢，但是在被Jenna发现并赶出家门后，就去了女孩家里然后肉体出轨了。最后他已经得到原谅了，却因为觉得honest is the most important thing，就告诉了Jenna自己肉体出轨，结果又是一番周折。不过最后的最后结局还是有意思的。
不妨一看。个人感觉比The Lake House要更喜欢一些。年轻人的片子。Lake House用网上看到的一个评论说，是描写都市寂寞中年人的片子。
In a great scene from "The Lake House", Kate Forster (Sandra Bullock) tells Alex Wyler (Keanu Reeves) what she loves about Jane Austin's "Persuasion". What Kate loves about the book is that love can occur at the wrong time, and even when the characters wait it doesn't work out. Alex again inquires why it is Kate's favorite. Kate laughs. Magical chemistry. This is part of the brilliant charm of Director Alejandro Agresti's "The Lake House". It is a touching and funny love story about Kate's conceit that you wait for the right time and for the right one.
Love at first sight? or love at second sight? Many people know that love is to meet the right person at the right time. But how to judge? Maybe sometime people just worry that it would be too late.
—————————————————————————————————————————————————— 加州旅馆中英文歌词 Hotel California (the Eagles) 文章来源：未明
hotel california (the eagles)
on a dark desert highway,cool wind in my hair warm smell of colitas,rising up through the air up ahead in the distance, i saw a shimmering light my head grew heavy and my sight grew dim i had to stop for the night
there she stood in the doorway; i heard the mission bell and i was thinking to myself, ‘this could be heaven or this could be hell’ then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way there were voices down the corridor, i thought i heard them say…
welcome to the hotel california such a lovely place such a lovely face plenty of room at the hotel california any time of year, you can find it here
her mind is tifiny-twisted, she got the mercedes bends she got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends how they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat. some dance to remember, some dance to forget
so i called up the captain, ‘please bring me my wine’ he said, ‘we haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine’ and still those voices are calling from far away, wake you up in the middle of the night just to hear them say…
welcome to the hotel california such a lovely place such a lovely face they livin’ it up at the hotel california what a nice surprise, bring your alibis
mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice and she said ‘we are all just prisoners here, of our own device’ and in the master’s chambers, they gathered for the feast they stab it with their steely knives, but they just can’t kill the beast
last thing i remember, i was running for the door i had to find the passage back to the place i was before ‘relax,’ said the night man, we are programmed to receive. you can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave!
〉up ahead in the distance, i saw a shimmering light 〉my head grew heavy and my sight grew dim 〉i had to stop for the night 〉抬头向远处眺望 〉我看到一点微弱的灯火 〉我的头越来越沉重,视线慢慢变的模糊 〉我必须停下来过夜了
head grew heavy 是疲累的状态，同时也是吸食大麻会出现的一个现象。
前面的远处 我见到一丝灯光 我的头混沉视线迷糊 我得过夜在这地方
〉there she stood in the doorway; 〉i heard the mission bell 〉and i was thinking to myself, 〉’this could be heaven or this could be hell’ 〉then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way 〉there were voices down the corridor, 〉i thought i heard them say… 〉她站在门口那里 〉我听到了教堂的钟声 〉我告诉自己 〉这里可能是天堂也可能是地狱 〉然后她点燃蜡烛给我带路 〉走廊深处传来说话声 〉我好像听到他们说。。。
〉welcome to the hotel california 〉such a lovely place 〉such a lovely face 〉plenty of room at the hotel california 〉any time of year, you can find it here 〉欢迎来加州旅馆 〉多么可爱的地方 〉多么可爱的面容 〉这里有许多的房间 〉任何时候 〉你都能找到它
〉her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got the mercedes bends 〉she got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends 〉how they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat. 〉some dance to remember, some dance to forget 〉她的心像打结的纱 〉她拥有默西迪斯奔驰车 〉她拥有很多漂亮的男孩 〉她说是她的朋友们 〉他们在院子里跳舞 〉夏日大汗淋漓 〉有些让人回忆,有些已经忘记
〉so i called up the captain, 〉’please bring me my wine’ 〉he said, ‘we haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine’ 〉and still those voices are calling from far away, 〉wake you up in the middle of the night 〉just to hear them say… 〉我吩咐领班 〉请给我一些酒 〉他却说 〉我们从1969年以后就没有烈酒了 〉那些说话声仍然从远处传来 〉在深夜把你吵醒 〉模糊地听到他们说…
spirit ，是指高酒精度的烈酒。
我叫过来领班 “给我来点好酒。” 他说，我们再无供应自从一九六九。
遥远处依然传来那些声响 在深夜将你唤醒 听见他们在讲
〉welcome to the hotel california 〉such a lovely place 〉such a lovely face 〉they livin’ it up at the hotel california 〉what a nice surprise, bring your alibis 〉欢迎来加州旅馆 〉多么可爱的地方 〉多么可爱的面容 〉他们在这里享受人生 〉让人多么惊奇 〉带给你的堕落的托辞
〉mirrors on the ceiling, 〉the pink champagne on ice 〉and she said ‘we are all just prisoners here, of our own device’ 〉and in the master’s chambers, 〉they gathered for the feast 〉they stab it with their steely knives, 〉but they just can’t kill the beast 〉天花板上镶嵌着镜子 〉香槟酒在冰中 〉她说 〉我们只不过是把自己囚禁在这里 〉与世隔绝 〉在主人的卧室 〉他们正在聚餐 〉他们用钢刀切着 〉但他们却杀不掉野兽
“镜子在天花顶，粉红香槟浸在冰块上，”这是好莱坞中糜烂与色情的代表镜头。
of one’s own device ：of one’s own wish （某人自己的愿望的意思。）
〉last thing i remember, i was 〉running for the door 〉i had to find the passage back 〉to the place i was before 〉’relax,’ said the night man, 〉we are programmed to receive. 〉you can checkout any time you like, 〉but you can never leave! 〉我记得最后 〉我向门口跑去 〉但是我必须 〉找到我来时的路 〉别紧张,守夜的人说 〉我们只是按照程序接待 〉你任何时候都可以结帐 〉但你永远也无法离开
we are programmed to receive ，应该是指我们天生容易屈服于（欲望）之意。
（”we were all middle-class kids from the midwest,”henley said of the eagles. “‘hotel california’ was our interpretation of the high life in los angeles. it was meant to be a metaphor for the united states, for the excesses this country has always been known for. it wasn’t meant to be just about california or beverly hills.”）
另 《加州旅馆》中英文歌词翻译 文章来源：福达乐器论坛
On a dark desert highway cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself ‘This could be Heaven or this could be Hell’ Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say… Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place Such a lovely face Plenty of room at the Hotel California Any time of year, you can find it here 月黑大漠路迢迢，风高凛冽客思归， 人倦眼乏昏欲睡，闻香忽见灯火碎， 但见有女娉婷立，耳畔钟声如乐起， 天堂地狱两相忘，浑然不似在人间， 秉烛引路过画廊，人声嘈杂迎客至： 加州客栈诚待客，虚位以侯游子回，
Her mind is Tiffany- twisted, she got the Mercedes bends She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat. Some dance to remember, some dance to forget So I called up the Captain, ‘Please bring me my wine’ He said,’We haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine’ And still those voices are calling from far away, Wake you up in the middle of the night Just to hear them say… Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place Such a lovely face They livin’ it up at the Hotel California What a nice surprise, bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling, The pink champagne on ice And she said ’We are all just prisoners here, of our own device’ And in the master’s chambers, They gathered for the feast The stab it with their steely knives, But they just can’t kill the beast Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before ‘Relax,’said the night man, We are programmed to receive. You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave
on a dark desert highway,行驶在昏黑的荒漠公路上， cool wind in my hair.凉风吹过我的头发。 warm smell of colitas,温馨的大麻香， rising up through the air.弥漫在空气中。 up ahead in the distance,抬头遥望远方， i saw a shimmering light.我看到微弱的灯光。 my head grew heavy my sight grew dim.我的头越来越沉,视线也变得模糊。 i had 2 stop 4 the night.我不得不停下来过夜。 there she stood in the doorway;她站在门口那儿招呼我 i heard the mission bell.我听到远处教堂的钟声。 and i was thinking 2 myself,我在心里对自己说 “this could b heaven or this could b hell”.这里可能是天堂也可能是地狱。 then she lit up a candle,然后她点燃了蜡烛， and she showed me the way.给我引路。 there were voices down the corridor.沿着走廊传来阵阵说话声。 i thought i heard them say…我想我听到他们在说…… welcome to the hotel california!欢迎来到加州旅馆！ such a lovely place!如此美丽的地方！ such a lovely face!多么可爱的的面容！！ plenty of room at the hotel california!加州旅馆有充足的房间！ any time of year,u can find it here!一年的任何时候,你都能在这找到房间。 her mind is tiffany-twisted,她的心为珠宝所扭曲， she got the mercedes bends.她拥有豪华奔驰车。 she got a lot of pretty,pretty boys.她有许多漂亮的小伙子。 that she calls friends.她称之为朋友。 how they dance in the courtyard,他们在庭院里翩翩起舞， sweet summer sweat.夏日的香汗伶俐。 some dance to remember!有些舞是为了回忆！ some dance to forget!而有些舞是为了忘却！ so i called up the captain,于是我叫来领班， “please bring me my wine.”请给我来些酒。 he said”we haven’t had that spirit here,他说我们这不供应列酒 since nineteen sixty nine.”从1969年起。 and still those voices are calling from far away.远处仍然传来他们的话语。 wake u up in the middle of the night.在半夜把你吵醒。 just 2 hear them say…只听到他们在说…… welcome to the hotel california!欢迎到加州旅馆来！ such a lovely place!如此美丽的地方！ such a lovely face!多么可爱的的面容！ they livin’ it up at the hotel california.他们在加州旅馆尽情狂欢。 what a nice surprise,好得令人吃惊， bring your alibis.使你有来到这的借口。 mirrors on the ceiling,天花板上镶嵌着的镜子， the pink champagne on ice.冰镇着的粉色香槟 and she said”we are all just prisoners here-她说我们都是这的囚徒 -of our own device”.但是是我们自愿的。 and in the master’s chambers.在主人的卧房里。 they gathered 4 the feast.他们为宴会聚在一起。 they stabbed it with their steely knives.他们彼此间用钢刀相互砍杀。 but they just can’t kill the beast.但他们甚至不能杀死野兽！ last thing i remember,我所记得的最后一件事 i was running 4 the door.是我跑向门口。 i had 2 find the passage back,我必须找到来时的路， to the place i was before.回到我过去的地方。 “relax”,said the night man,守夜人说放宽心， “we are programmed to receive.我们只是照常接待 u can checkout any time u like.你想什么时候结帐都可以。 but u can never leave！”但你永远无法离去！
Anyhow, it's a good movie to watch at holiday with friends.
But I just couldn't see why they could fall in love. Not curious for the quick pace, but for the reason. Maybe that's the difference between eastern love and western love. Well, I like their courage.
Judy Law was in Closer. He is handsome. But a style of childish, both in this and Closer.
Kate Winslet was known from Titanic. That was nine years ago! She looks skinny than before. She also casted another movie Little Children which was released not long time ago.
The theater was almost full. There was a preview of Hugh Grant's Music and Lyrics. People screamed. Geez, he is so hot now.
It's made by Sony. No wonder they use VAIO.
Internet has become more and more popular in the movies. (just name few, e.g., from "You have gotten an email", to "the Closer", to this).
haha, thanks to the recommendation from my friend, I really love this (these) movie. Both one and two (the MeltDown) are very good. Cute, funny, fantastic. I couldn't help laughing again and again when I watched them.
I have known this movie from long time ago. But from the title I thought they are SciFi so I didn't watch it at the beginning ...
In my opinion, two is even better than one. Beautiful scene, wonderful music and cute characters. Some funny dancing parties. I read one report said that many families watched this together. Last weekend I saw somebody bought DVD at Costco. Strongly recommend if you haven't watched them and want to relax during this holiday (not in cinema now. go rent or ...).
And so it is Just like you said it would be Life goes easy on me Most of the time And so it is The shorter story No love, no glory No hero in her skies
I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes...
And so it is Just like you said it should be We'll both forget the breeze Most of the time And so it is The colder water The blower's daughter The pupil in denial
I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes...
Did I say that I loved you? Did I say that I want to Leave it all behind?
I can't take my mind off you I can't take my mind off you... I can't take my mind off you I can't take my mind off you I can't take my mind off you I can't take my mind... My mind...my mind... 'Til I find somebody new
老板说能不能明天赶完下一个版本，我说再等等吧一天时间哪够啊。听老板口气也不是很满意，不过电话里我也不管他了。还是开了一个小时，大家聊了聊讨论。本来昨天我说今天我给presentation的。中午我才把ppt赶出来发给大家。我英语实在还是很差，电话里那个WFH的问一个问题，我说oic，然后大家沉默了一阵，边上的tech lead看我没继续反应，赶紧提醒：he was asking u a question... 分特。。。恍然大悟赶紧让对方repeat一下然后回答。丢大了。
I hope that this week's tip will benefit hosts and guests alike, because there seems to be a lot of confusion about the meaning of the above term.
Lack of RSVP's - A Growing Problem
I hear more and more often, and have found in my personal experience, that hosts often do not receive firm indications whether guests plan to attend their parties, even if R.S.V.P. is clearly printed on the invitation. This could mean either one of two things. First it could mean that rudeness is a growing trend in our society. Or, as I would prefer to believe, people no longer understand what the term means. Assuming the best, and that the decline in R.S.V.P.'s can be attributed to ignorance and not rudeness, I will clarify this for the record.
What RSVP Means
The term R.S.V.P. comes from the French expression "répondez s'il vous plaît", meaning "please respond". If R.S.V.P. is written on an invitation it means the invited guest must tell the host whether or not they plan to attend the party. It does not mean to respond only if you're coming, and it does not mean respond only if you're not coming (the expression "regrets only" is reserved for that instance). It means the host needs a definite head count for the planned event, and needs it by the date specified on the invitation.
Why It's Inconsiderate to Not RSVP
An incomplete list of respondents can cause numerous problems for a host including difficulty in planning food quantities, issues relating to minimum guarantees with catering halls, uncertainty over the number of party favors and difficulties in planning appropriate seating, among other things.
So the next time you see R.S.V.P. on an invitation you receive, please call your host and respond promptly.
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今天天气很阴沉，中午抬头看天空满是低低的乌云，云层下面一大群鸟儿飞来飞去。一下子就想到了很多恐怖或者悬疑电影里俗套的镜头。用打牌的术语——有大事要发生。过了一会儿就下起大雨，还好只是阵雨。下午回到家后，想起以前在北京时如果这样的天气，肯定是赖在床上睡懒觉，很舒服地。要是在以前周末，我也经常是拉上窗帘睡觉，同时电脑上还播着音乐伴睡。如果不用出门，那么我还是很喜欢雨天的，至少可以帮我洗车。而很久以前在校园里我也喜欢学着Rhythm in the rain一边出去淋雨一边踢踏笨拙的脚步。在回忆的路径，那些时光好像都很遥远似的。
晚上两个party，我选了一个。还成。大多数的party其实都一样，不同的只是遇到的人。唯一的发现是人们都是八卦的，而这其实又是早已知道的事实而已，因此没有新的发现。只是有几次突然觉得心里就空了。最后跟着大家一起唱Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way，真的放松下来，感觉还是很美妙的。
突然什么都不想说了。想起老江说的闷声发大财，还有想起了李大嘴搞笑说的低调。其实我们有时说得再多想得再多，如果不愿意去做或者做不到的，又有什么意义呢。就像唐朝的天堂：多年以来，总是感觉匆匆忙忙，想法太多，希望太少。Life is not planable, although we always expect something。因此还是少说多做为好。晚上在Jingle bells中我想，如果一定要许愿的话，那么愿望就是不再有什么愿望，这样生活中就会发现很多的惊喜了。
中午一个朋友让我帮忙点那个amex的coupon，老板就坐在我身后，可义字当头，我还是像地下党员一样奋斗了40分钟，结果是清一色的please don't give up, you may get it soon。唉，最后我们两个还是灰溜溜地give up了。据说点到了最多可以节省150刀，但是显然这个钱太不好挣了。想起听说过有些人发明了机器人程序用来点这些东西，很羡慕啊，要是有机器人帮忙的话就不用折磨自己了，虽然有人会说对别人不公平，可是这游戏设置得就不一定公平，虽说愿赌服输，但点到精疲力尽之后我觉得像是被晃点了，又有一种想杀人的冲动。
昨天终于收到了在公司商店上定的东西，本来准备寄给几个小朋友的X'mas小礼物。但是很郁闷，东西被寄错了！这个商店其实是公司授权给另一个公司办的，东西贵得离谱，对员工还收运费（对其他人却免）。今天打客服电话询问，结果他们居然查不到我的order history。原因是checkout用了google checkout system因此公司那边没有我的信息，信息都保留在google system里。后来查了大半天出来据说是一个agent名字在我的order上，闻所未闻的名字。前天我还在帮学校一个老师查询她的X'mas gift order地址错误问题，在内部发了一个case提了几个建议，今天我自己又亲历了。真郁闷。眼看马上就X'mas了，早上我只好又下了一个订单，而且只好选了2day shipping，这样就贵得更离谱了。但是还没完，刚才和客服那边联系了好几个来回，才知道order will be shipped soon。也就是not yet，估摸着那边也要下班了，不知道这个soon又是多久。还是想杀人。
A microbiology paper by an all-Taiwan group that made a media splash in Taiwan when it was published in the 20 October Cell is being retracted after anonymous online sleuths charged that images in the paper had been manipulated.
On Tuesday, Ban-Yang Chang of National Chung Hsing University in Taichung, the corresponding author, confirmed in an e-mail that he had written Cell asking the journal to retract his team's paper. The study questioned prevailing views of how transcription of a gene's DNA begins in bacteria. The move came after an investigating committee convened on Friday by the university recommended the retraction. In an e-mail to Science, Yu-Chan Chao, dean of the College of Life Sciences at the university, called the episode an "unfortunate case" and added that "the university will take this as a serious lesson for ethics education at all the colleges in the future."
Chang maintains that the paper's conclusions are correct. "We want to stress again that the results reported in the Cell paper are real and reproducible,"he wrote. Cell so far has not published a retraction notice.
For a more detailed story on how the anonymous Internet postings challenged the Cell paper, see this Friday's issue of Science.
今天开了三次会，小组的小小组的点对点的，还有一个video conference因为技术故障没有参加。下午最后一个讨论会的时候我实在是昏昏欲睡了，突然听到老板总结的时候说now let's wait for the review from jj and then we can proceed to next step，赶紧提起精神来，汗颜，最近比我计划的落后了点。而转眼好像就要放假了。
顺便提一下，今天一开始用电脑播放，我的系统默认是Real Player v10，不行，copyright protection问题，换用Windows Media Player v10，还是不行，一样的cp问题。我的系统是正版的dvd是bb那里租的，怎么就播不了呢。麻烦。Windows提示WMP可以升级，就升到了最新版的v11。界面风格很像vista时代风格。但是菜单都隐藏了，花了两分钟根本找不到如何open file。后来不知道怎么好像是在library选项里找到一个dvd选项才开始播放。不知道MS的UI怎么设计这些产品的。那天跟一个朋友谈起Vista菜单，说到那个关机菜单的笑话，像我们这样用了十几年电脑的都要琢磨半天还找不到答案，那些新警察估计就更找不着北了。难道MS现在产品开始只面向精英了不成：没有最适用，只有最花哨（而且其实也不美观，虽然努力盗用Apple等的成果）。今天还顺便升级了IE7，除了一样把菜单隐藏起来让人找不着外（可以自己打开，但这不是多此一举吗，而且我觉得知道怎么打开的比例不会太大），唯一的“创新”就是盗用了firefox等的tab browser。唉，现在对MS连鄙视都有点疲劳了。
后知后觉，昨天晚上才看了这个97年就出来的电影。慕名已久。IMDB上的评分很高（8.4/10 from 51,936 votes，Top #82）。不过我觉得比我想象的还是要差一点点：life is beautiful，是通过对比纳粹的残暴来体现父爱的，但是在刻划残暴上电影的表现力不够。也许是不想太刺激？而且只有大概1/3的是讲集中营的故事，也就是我认为影片本来要表现的主题的发生地。而且集中营大部分人还活着出来（除了老弱病残幼），和以前读过的教科书里写的似乎也不是很像。
最近好像有很多的想法，可是暂时都没有时间做，而且大部分估计也被别人先想过了试过了，也许已经too old。手头的本行都还没做出来。每当我郁闷地想起自己工作了还没什么收获的时候，同事们朋友们总是善意地安慰我说你还是新警察别着急。我也知道，不过有时候还是有点急躁，有时候也静不下心来耐心地做一点东西。今天想起公司的信条之一，是"It's best to do one thing really, really well"。有点醒悟，长久以来我的缺点之一就是想得太多做得太少。饭要一口一口吃掉。
Google's famous for hiring the best and the brightest, but when they get bored, they're bound to create the son-of-Google, warns Fortune's Jeffrey O'Brien.
"Yahoo!'s Senior VP Brad Garlinghouse sent out a company-wide memo calling for layoffs of 15-20% of Yahoo! staff and reversal of priorities to concentrate on major issues facing the company. (The Wall Street Journal posted a copy of the memo.) MarketWatch quotes Garlinghouse: 'I've heard our strategy described as spreading peanut butter across the myriad opportunities that continue to evolve in the online world. The result: a thin layer of investment spread across everything we do and thus we focus on nothing in particular. I hate peanut butter. We all should.'"
Yahoo Inc. is tackling its most difficult challenge since the dot-com bust with sweeping organizational changes aimed at cleaning up a mess of the Internet icon's own making.
今天读CNN的这篇文章的时候我就想，作者跟我好像很有灵犀，很久以前我也在想古狗的那些老虫子们都是千万身家了吧岂不是个个都可以出去买个豪宅然后周游世界腐败去了，还天天对着电脑编程干啥啊。这是当时看到古狗上市后大涨时我很单纯的想法。现在我终于也挤进来了，但是为时已晚，因此暂时还是只有羡慕的份：第一周在总部参加培训的时候，每次听到讲课的人说“我来了四年了”“我是00年进来的”之类的时候我心里就很嫉妒：wow那你现在肯定千万家产了！很受刺激。但是他们看上去和平常人（这个要是定义起来我就不知道该怎么描述了）好像也没什么区别，一看就是个IT民工的那种，穿着公司的免费T恤没有破洞的牛仔裤腋下夹着一个笔记本另一只手里也许端着咖啡或者拿着一小包零食路上遇到人停下来边嚼边聊。第一次参加公司TGIF（Thanks God It's Friday，狂欢）见到Larry Page这个家伙，我非常受刺激，居然他的穿着看起来比我的还朴素（当然价格肯定不是我的BR可以比的），头发还乱糟糟的。和我想象中的几百亿身家的钻石王老五形象很不相符。后来我才明白其实这才是真正的形象－－不需要行头打扮，浑身自然显出身份。可惜那天没有带相机因此没照下来。
当然公司付钱不是让大家来玩和吃的（比我想象中的差好多，当然，也许也是因为我自己不适应西餐的缘故，而且其实我也想象到这点）。Work hard, play hard。重点还是work。大家上班还是很卖力的。和其他IT公司一样大家上班时间很灵活，反正没有人管，只要自己把任务完成就好，就是不来公司留在家里工作也可以，只要事先和manager说好。很多人是晚到晚走型的（当然晚走和在公司吃晚饭也有一定关系），像我的同事每天晚上在office干到10点之后才回家，周末还来自觉加班，把我佩服得不行。我现在留在这里也很晚了（9点半），但其实今天9:20a-8:30p把活完成了，现在只是为了把这个blog八卦完而已然后就回家放心休息了。那个CNN文章提到这里有很多很聪明的人，这点我是很愿意相信的。但是因为我刚来，玩的东西属于体力活还算比较容易上手，但是脑力活还在学习和适应阶段，因此暂时还没有和其他同事有太多的交流，因此对牛人们没有太深的体会。
前微软人Joel的文章指出，Vista光一个关机菜单就有7个选项，实在有违潮流。而另一个前微软人Moishe Lettvin则坦诚相认，说这个菜单就是他花了一年设计的，用了200行代码。他还大倒苦水，说这个特性牵扯了Windows Shell组、Windows Kernel组和他所在的Windows Mobile PC User Experience组，一个组差不多都有8个人： # 1 program manager # 1 developer # 1 developer lead # 2 testers # 1 test lead # 1 UI designer # 1 user experience expert
早上躲在被窝里特别不愿意起床，后来也许是因为走得匆忙，把进公司的门卡忘在家里，parking之后又把进parking building的门卡忘在车里，到办公室看到大小managers今天都比我早到一步。以前听说上班后有周一综合症，看来我已经中招了。office还是暴热，看来heater还没修好，每个人一进办公室就感觉到了然后都问一下isn't it insanely hot here，最后都加一句or is it just me。一模一样，哈哈。
周末带了paper回家本来以为没事做就读一读，发现根本看不进去。后来看了一部电影：Love Actually。还不错。尤其是一开头的音乐是改自"love is all around"的一首"Christmas is all around"，旋律很熟悉很好听。英国奶油Hugh Grant主演的。看了一会儿就觉得调子似曾熟悉，果然是Notting Hill同一个制片出来的。里面有几个love stories，不过大多看起来就不真实，或者说都不真实。最好玩的两个一个是love unspoken，一个是love is elementary。
Bruins End Trojans National Championship Hopes with 13-9 Victory
Patrick Cowan passes for 114 yards and runs for another 55 for UCLA.
Dec. 2, 2006
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Step aside, Trojans. Your chase for the national championship is over.
UCLA knocked No. 2 USC out of the Bowl Championship Series title game with a stunning 13-9 victory over its crosstown rival Saturday.
The Bruins did it with a vastly improved defense and a quarterback starting on three days' notice.
Patrick Cowan passed for 114 yards, ran for another 55, and the Bruins snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Trojans in paving the way for a Michigan-Ohio State rematch or an Ohio State-Florida matchup for the national championship Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz.
The final BCS standings and bowl pairings will be announced Sunday.
The Trojans moved into position for a game-winning touchdown, but Eric McNeal deflected and then made a diving interception of John David Booty's pass at the UCLA 20-yard line with 1:10 remaining.
USC's bid for a third straight appearance in the national title game was over.
The Trojans got one final shot at winning, but Booty's desperation pass from deep in USC territory fell incomplete, and the celebration was on at the Rose Bowl. Moments after it was all over, defensive end Justin Hickman led teammates into the UCLA student section.
In addition to having their national championship hopes ended, the Trojans (10-2, 7-2 Pac-10) had their NCAA-record scoring streak of 63 games in which they had scored 20 or more points snapped.
The loss was USC's fourth in the last 59 games. As Pac-10 champions, the Trojans will return to Pasadena on New Year's Day and play in the Rose Bowl game.
The Bruins (7-5, 5-4) hadn't beaten USC since 1998, when they beat the Trojans for the eighth straight time. UCLA, a winner of three straight games, will face Florida State in the Emerald Bowl on Dec. 27 in San Francisco.
No. 1 Ohio State locked up its berth in the BCS title game by beating then-No. 2 Michigan 42-39 two weeks ago in the regular-season finale for both teams. USC moved ahead of the Wolverines in the BCS standings last weekend after beating Notre Dame 44-24.
The game at the Rose Bowl was delayed briefly with 5:52 remaining after a punt, when UCLA gathered for a team huddle a couple of yards onto the field. USC decided to do the same thing, and seconds later, the players began bouncing up and down and waving their homes, triggering offsetting unsportslike conduct penalties.
The coaches and officials made the players keep their distance.
USC then moved to the Bruins' 18 before McNeal's game-clincher on a third-and-four play.
UCLA coach Karl Dorrell decided Wednesday that Cowan, who had started UCLA's previous six games, would get the call at quarterback rather than Ben Olson, who started the first five games but hasn't played since tearing a knee ligament Oct. 7.
Dorrell said two days earlier that Olson would get the call if he seemed to be up to it in practice.
Cowan completed 12 of 21 passes and carried 10 times. Booty completed 23 of 39 passes for 274 yards and the one costly interception.
这个秋天，找到工作，买了新车，新的生活开始。二十多年的学生时代就这样度过了。那天和老板道别了两次，也不知道该说些什么，也许因为还在同一个城市，因此不是那么感伤，总觉得可以经常回去。可是其实也很难，因为环境不一样了，就像那天Rocie说的：you will be a guest next time。那天想起两年前炜哥毕业时Tony说的：以后就是你自己对自己负责了。有许多新的理想就在远方，对未来却没有把握。
前几天翻出一张刚来美国时买的原声CD：City of Angels。真是很经典的电影和音乐。男女主角都是我很喜欢的，那时他们也正年轻。这是我买过最贵的CD之一，但是绝对物有所值。
里面最喜欢的则是这首Goo Goo Dolls的Iris，沧桑沙哑的声音很动情感人，完全衬托出整个影片的情调。而歌词写得也是很好很好。当年还算年少轻狂：And I don't want the world to see me / Cause I don't think that they'd understand。
Come with me, stay the night You say the words but boy it don't feel right What do you expect me to say (You know it's just too little too late) You take my hand, and you say you've changed But boy you know your begging don't fool me Because to you it's just a game
So let me on down Cause time has made me strong I'm starting to move on I'm gonna say this now Your chance has come and gone And you know
It's just too little too late A little too wrong And I can't wait Boy you know all the right things to say (You know it's just too little too late) You say you dream of my face But you don't like me You just like the chase To be real, it doesn't matter anyway (You know it's just too little too late)
I was young and in love I gave you everything but it wasn't enough And now you wanna communicate Go find someone else
In letting you go, I'm loving myself You gotta problem But don't come asking me for help Cause ya know
It's just too little too late A little too wrong And I can't wait Boy you know all the right things to say (You know it's just too little too late) You say you dream of my face But you don't like me You just like the chase To be real, it doesn't matter anyway (You know it's just too little too late)
I can love with all of my heart baby I know I have so much to give (I have so much to give) With a player like you, I don't have a prayer That's the way to live, yeah oh
It's just too little, too late Yeah
It's just too little too late A little too wrong And I can't wait Boy you know all the right things to say (You know it's just too little too late) You say you dream of my face But you don't like me You just like the chase To be real, it doesn't matter anyway (You know it's just too little too late)
早上到公司打开信箱一看，有一个"Request to review for ..."，一个journal要我当reviewer。哈哈，第一反应就是：我居然也熬成婆了。想起去年申请工作时看师姐的resume做参考，上面列着好多个journal的reviewer，心里很羡慕，想着有一天要是我也可以review别人的paper就好了，想枪毙谁就枪毙谁。现在看来这个其实也很普通。比如今天这个journal，我都没投稿过，也不知道他们怎么找到我的，也许是别人推荐（我们专业很好的一个journal，我的collaborators在上面发过几次），也许是恰好搜索到我在网上的资料，因为里面的topics和我以前找工作时在主页上写的完全一样。
上下午各参加了一个conference call meeting，之后特别不想干活，就一直听歌。然后开始上MSN，破了戒，却发现linux机器上Gaim没法生成文件，看到很多人在线，却又突然没有了说话的欲望。感恩节就快到了，仿佛大家都在准备happy time：今天大manager选择work from home，明天officemate请假要去旅行，中午吃饭遇到irvine的朋友说明天work from irvine，我在总部的mentor上周末就已经下来work from here然后可以在家里过节了。下午在office里跟大家瞎侃我就想起了那句话：人心散了，队伍不好带了。
