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之前買了個Mygica MP833 media player，原本只是想用來看BT下來的片，但原來還可以上網，看PPS上的大量電影和日劇韓劇。家父是土豆擁躉，家母也喜看韓劇，所以替他們裝了一台，他們都覺得不錯。家母向朋友推荐，所以剛過去這個星期，也替她一個朋友家裝了一個。

這個MP833報稱支援Levelone WUA-0605的wifi手指，所以為省錢和簡易設定，買了一個試用。除了接收較差和速度差之外，這個組合亦令media player不能播出很多的PPS片（不能辨認），而一轉用router這些PPS片播映絕無問題。結論是，wifi手指以後永不錄用！

結果買了兩個Buffalo的WHR-HP-G300N wifi router，皆刷了dd-wrt的firmware，一個設定為以PCCW上網的gateway router，另一個設定為client-bridge接MP833，運行暢順，成功！

這款router也支援Buffalo自家的dd-wrt firmware，可是我花了整個下午，也無法令兩隻routers以無線連線。一氣之下，我再刷了從dd-wrt網上download下來的非Buffalo自家版，問題即消。

The home WinXP workstation only had a 80GB PATA HD. Although I put an additional 600GB SATA HD into the casing, the machine was running out of space on the boot disk now and then. Following World Backup Day, I decided to fix the problem.

I copied everything on the internal 600GB HD into another HD, then used Macrium Reflect to backup the boot disk into an image file, and restore said image file onto the internal 600GB to be used as the boot drive. First time didn’t work. The new boot disk would boot half way and reset, or just kept on loading without completing the boot procedures. A Google search suggested driver problem (from PATA to SATA), so I dragged out the WinXP installation disk and tried to repair but that didn’t work. One last attempt, I booted into the WinXP installation disk and used that to partition the HD, then restored the image file onto it. Ta-da! It works!

w/ Jasper and his Rugby team-mates on 25/26. It was windy and cold (9°C during the night in the tent). We bought some new sleeping bags but they weren’t quite up to the task, so maybe we’ll get something a little warmer for next time. Nice walk down to Chuen Lung for morning tea. Food was good, and that Chinese tea house is worth visiting.

家中PCCW電話線剛約滿，看過網上討論區有提過，最低可以平均每月$44，不過是最後留客plan，未簽cut-form寄回不能啟動。果然如是，寄回cut-form之後幾日就有PCCW顧員電我offer留客plan，簽一年約，六個月免費另外六個月有回贈，平均每月即$44，成功！

朋友想知我上星期日看了甚麼展覽。

這個周末到廣州博物館的主要目的是看一個專題展覽。

「考古中華」是由中國社科院考古研究所主辦，之前已經在北京的首都博物館展覽過了，可惜我未看過。據曾經在北京看過展覽的人透露，今次移師廣州的展覽，並未包括全部展品。

照片其實我沒有拍得很多。

這個銅頭盔造形有趣。

Cartier!

同行的朋友中有牙醫。他說以現代人的尺寸標準，這個會是小孩子的上顎。

在頭蓋骨上穿洞，中外也有。真正原因不詳，究竟是為了治療，還是一種宗教禮儀？

這個周末，我與教授和一班同學上了廣州，一探新開不久的「廣東省博物館」。

精采的建築！

下午一時左右我們離開時門口的人龍。入場基本上是免費，不過我們今次去的特別展覽，要二十人仔入場費。入口的左邊有個售票亭，買特別展門票便不用排隊入場。

幾個常設展都不錯，要看完最少得三小時左右。值得一遊！

We still love you.

真奇怪，幾十歲先來遠視！個視光師話，遠視越老越深。頂！散光亦加深咗。

用返副舊鏡架，配乜鬼「全視線」變色鏡。

舊嗰部公司機側邊個wheel打柴，換咗部Bold俾我。需則我重未搞掂wifi上網，不過初步感覺部機幾好用。個screen好靚，d字好睇，制好噤。

I have decided that I want to start afresh with a new installation of Windows Vista on my Lenovo Thinkpad X61. Yeah, waking up from sleep used to take ages, because memory content was written to highly fragmented disk, but the excellent Auslogic Disk Defrag Screen Saver has helped somewhat, when it had the chance to run. I am not sure my Vista installation has reached its half-life yet, but it certainly felt slower than when I first got it. Afterall, it’s a Core 2 Duo with a 7200RPM HD, so it should be anything but slow.

Lenovo Rescue and Recovery, unlike the previous incarnation from IBM, no longer does incremental backup, so each backup takes about 6-10 hours. Did that.

I also used Microsoft SyncToys (which is really quite excellent) to backup my home directory, so restore would be easier. However, I messed up somewhat: directory creation dates on the backup were not preserved. There should be ways to do it, but I didn’t RTFM. I hope it doesn’t come back and bite my ass.

Creating the Restoration Disks was uneventful. Wiping the machine and restoring it to the original out-of-factory state same-wise. Updating and upgrading all the Vista system software and Lenovo software (drivers etc.) however took fscking hours (we are talking ~6 hours min) and many reboots. WTF!

Maybe I should really look into putting together a Ubuntu development machine. Last I check, setting up a new machines involves downloading the latest CD/DVD from the Internet (probably w/ Bittorrent these days), installing and updating the system, probably taking no more than a couple of hours. I recently did a major system upgrade (i.e. jumping major revision number) over the Internet on my old man’s machine. It was entirely uneventful, and user intervention was totally unnecessary. I couldn’t be bothered to download the DVD and burn it beforehand, so it took a few hours (I left it running overnight), which I think is really nice.

But then, Linux systems don’t have a half-life, and don’t really suffer from disk fragmentation.

New battery for the X61 ordered (it would take over 4 weeks to deliver). Need to acquire another bar of 2GB of SO-DIMM RAM for it.

Update (17/11 07:21): WOW! The update has reached the stage of Vista Service Pack 1! Fscking unbelievable.

Update (18/11 08:45): WTF! Three days and the updating/upgrading is still going on. Tons of licence agreements to click on, so it isn’t an automatic process. This is NOT right.

Update (18/11 09:10): WTF WTF! Service Pack 2. Probably to be followed up a bunch of smaller updates. Noone deserves this crap.

之前看邱福龍改編自九把刀《少林寺第八銅人》漫畫，需則結尾有點失色，總是意猶未盡的，不過整体來說，我對這個故事仍然十分喜愛。

《少》漫畫完結了之後，緊接著的是《功夫》，開頭十分不錯。買了小說來看，這些流行讀物，我幾小時就看完，結論是，十分不爽。整個故事，開頭真的不錯，人物的描寫和發展其實也好，可是去到接近故事大plot時，突然一切急轉直下，不知所謂，好像不完整，也好像是大故事入面一段小故事。

《功夫》之後，我想短期內我未必會再看九把刀的著作了，而福龍的漫畫自然亦不需要再追下去。

via JoikuSpot running on my Nokia E71.

Ping time is quite reasonable, but bandwidth is kinda poor.

1.6MB in, 349.92kB out. I have not paid for tethering, and shall see how much this is going to cost.

因為外圈壞了，掃了牙，也可以兩個方向轉動。不爽。

TF2初出時有PC版及Xbox 360版，不過是分開不同server的。路邊社消息說因為用Xbox控制器玩第一身射擊遊戲十分不濟，Xbox用家反應比PC用家慢得多，完全變成魚腩。

有推友之前說控制器是其次，人才是決定性因素。

上星期在中環瘋宅試玩Xbox上最新的Halo，終於体驗到console控制器問題在那。在PC上，個人移動方向用WASD控制，移動速度是線性恆定的，需則並不是十分理想但還可以。Aim及視角用滑鼠控制，移動速度則可快可慢，得心應手。Xbox控制器上有左右兩支sticks，左邊的控制個人移動方向，右邊的控制aim及視角。個人所見，兩支sticks所反應出來的皆是恆定線性速度，aim/視角控制變得十分遲鈍。

唔怪之得新Halo game冇PC版！

阿仔學校原本昨天是運動會，可惜天雨關係取消，所有同學在校內玩集体遊戲。阿仔說集体遊戲不大有趣。

原來現在依照香港小學的編排，在校曆中定了運動會日期之後，基本上是不能改變的，如果有任何原因（例如天氣）取消，不會另日舉行，該學年就沒有運動會！

見微知著。香港体育之都？！伸辦亞運？！想都別想了。

我計劃今年冬季仍然會繼續潛水，實行年中無休。季初五月第一次下水時我已經添置了一件背心，與潛水衣同穿時二十多度水溫仍可以應付，不過十一月之後當水溫降至二十度或以下就不足夠，加上氣溫下降，上水後可能會很難受。正準備買半乾衣，或是更理想的乾衣。

ANALOX EII CO portable CO analyser. Available in November 2010. Great for diving locally and abroad.

港台網上新聞2010-10-10 HKT 20:26:-

大 約 20 名 網 民 下 午 到 中 聯 辦 門 外 慶 祝 劉 曉 波 獲 頒 諾 貝 爾 和 平 獎 ， 其 中 一 人 開 香 檳 時 ， 濺 濕 閘 內 一 名 保 安 員 。 之 後 有 人 向 警 方 投 訴 ， 警 方 以 普 通 襲 擊 罪 ， 拘 捕 1 名 22 歲 女 子 。 被 捕 人 士 已 經 保 釋 候 查 ， 將 於 下 月 尾 返 警 署 報 到 。

熱烈祝賀中國人獲得了諾貝爾和平獎！

「高氧」同「沉船」。