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Since the last incident I have gain much confidence in RAIDframe the software as well as my own proficiency in controlling it. Now when I setup new RAIDed OpenBSD servers I do the installation on one HD, then put in the second HD and let RAIDframe reconstruct onto it. This allows me to shuffle my [...]

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Heather just got hers. Mine is about six months away, after I have paid off the Canon S50 I bought for mum.

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in Hong Kong in the summer is not fun.
It took me 15 minutes to take the car from home to Lai Chi Kok. However, Tai Kok Tsui, which is just down the road from Lai Chi Kok, took another 15 minutes, without any traffic jams. All the pointless traffic lights were a major PITA. Driving [...]

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James is enthusiastic about some Java moblogging and web browser applications for his new mobile phone.
I could imagine a Bluetooth FrogPad, if it works, may be handy for moblogging on a mobile phone, but I am evermore convinced that as far as mobile devices are concerned, the Palm Tungsten C, the RIM Blueberry or even [...]

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A good domain name, an ambitious project, an over-ambitious project leader, sucky designs, uncooperative and idle project members, resulting in an never-ready website.
Professional web publishing is still costly.

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And I didn’t know Torrence was a villain…

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For James.

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as reviewed by Dan.

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USB printer sharing. Analogue and optical output to your stereo, from iTunes.
Neat.

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Last week Jasper was behaving so badly from about half way thru Sunday church service till bed time, so we decided that today is a training day for him. The idea is that, if he becomes out of control in public at church or while we are (pretend) shopping, we would just all pack [...]

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Dan has reviewed a very good-looking PC case, which I suspect draws some inspiration from the Apple PowerMac G5.
Turns out that this new Lian Li case is available in Hong Kong.
Did I mention it looks good?

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One might not agree with him.
One might think he is a nutcase (in which case one just ain’t seen no Socialist Workers yet.)
But it certainly is fun to see him sending black coffins to TCH, so this year he gets a measly HK$100 from me. Come to think of it, I think I’ll send him [...]

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The Tech section in today’s Hong Kong Economic Journal has an interesting bit about Adobe’s LCP. Those fine folks at Adobe’s local office are sending out agents to visit folks who have bought and registered Adobe products to conduct checking and verification, to make sure that they have bought enough licences.
Yeah, right! Like anyone would [...]

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Menugniu, the biggest dairy products manufacturer in China is doing public offering. In the next decade the Chinese dairy product market will experience enormous growth.
Deadline for PO is 4/6/2004. Grab your prospectus and application form from any China Bank.

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A colleague asked me what laptop computer to get. After talking to her over her needs and requirements I recommended the IBM X series.
She bought an R series, citing the problem of the X series not having everything built-in. Having everything built-in means 3Kg to lug around. Good luck.

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