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My old man has been using an old BBK DVD player with his plasma TV.
I saw the Pioneer 410V HDMI upscaling DVD player in PCM (local computer-AV-gadget mag) and told him about it. He went around shopping and bought one from Fortress in Causeway Bay. But he forgot to grab an HDMI cable, so it [...]

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From inmediahk.net:-
無線電視生活台的《全民開講》一般會在播出前兩天錄影。七月二十四日，原本該播放七月二十二日錄影的節目，內容是關於警權的，除了慣常幾位評論人外，來了兩位被警察拘捕及脫衣搜身的年青人。可是，觀眾在七月二十四日看不到這一集，而且，可能永遠看不到。為甚麼？無線的官方說法是，錄音方面出了問題。
七月下旬，無線《全民開講》的負責人，打算以「警察濫權」及修訂的「搜身指示」作為題目，透過邵家臻，找到麥家蕾及王浩賢兩位，他們與其他十幾位朋友，於去年十月五日，抗議市建局清拆利東街，後被警方帶回警署，警察要求他們脫衣搜身，有女示威者更指有男警經過觀看。
麥家蕾與王浩賢於七月二十二日到達無線電視在將軍澳的錄影廠，出席《全民開講》節目錄影，出席的除了主持邵家臻外，亦有何國良、游清源與涂謹申作為評論嘉賓，無線亦曾邀請香港警察公共關係科派出代表出席，但最後不知何故沒有警方代表出席。麥與王兩人在節目內主要講述被搜身的經過，評論人亦討論了警權問題及搜身指引所涉及的問題，全程大概花了兩小時便完成節目錄影。錄影期間及之後，負責製作的工作人員亦沒有表示有任何技術問題。
節目原定七月二十四日播出，但是，王浩賢發現該集節目沒有播出。王浩賢表示，他於翌日致電該節目的一名編導，她解釋說，當日節目的「聲音錄得唔 好」，所以沒有播出來。王浩賢即時說，他們二人可以來無線補拍，因為，他們覺得這議題重要，希望能願市民知道。該編導說，此事她不能作主，星期六開會，會 再跟監製及導演商量。但是，該編導或任何無線電視代表均沒有主動聯絡二人。
七月二十八日，王浩賢再打電話給該名編導，她表示，開會當日沒有正式討論，而接著的星期四，有其他「hot issue」，要錄影也要再遲一段時間，但至於「遲」到甚麼時候，她也表示不知道。
一位在本港電視台參與電視製作差不多二十年的收音師指出，他從來沒有聽過或試過事後才知道錄音失敗，因為，錄影過程中會用多個喇叭監聽，甚至會回帶 （playback）檢查。另一位在電視台工作了十年的編導亦指出，這是幾乎不可能的，他自己亦沒有試過或聽聞發生這樣事情，他甚至斷定，有人故意臨時把 錄影片段抽起，令人懷疑無線受到某些壓力。
一群關注警權濫用的市民組成了「民權行動組」，決定於星期日( 八月三日)晚上七時半，在旺角西洋菜街舉行一次民間版的「全民開講」，並邀請原有的主持及評論人，以及麥家蕾與王浩賢，一起討論警權，並向市民交待無線電視台「臨時抽片」這事件。

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I had a wisdom tooth extracted from my lower left jaw yesterday. Will deal with the rotton molar next Thursday (or Sunday if I am lucky) but the infection is still giving me pain.
Some big-gun oral surgeon did the operation. Small complication (extra leg on the wisdom tooth) so it lasted a little longer than [...]

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I checked out the new iPhone 3G at a Hutchison 3 outlet in Tuen Mun yesterday.
I loaded Google News on Safari over the 3G network. Performance was quite agreeable, and the gorgeous screen! I could read it all day!
It is not cheap thou. HK$4,680 and HK$5,640 to take the 8GB and 16GB models out respectively. [...]

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The download was fast (over 300KB/s!) and the upgrade was pretty much seamless. A few plugins are not yet compatible with Firefox 3 and have been automatically disabled, pending update.
A total non-event, which is the best kind of upgrade.

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is a total pain in the neck.

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I have heard of it, but never seen it before, until yesterday. In Justco, Shenzhen Nantau. Kyocera ceramic knifes. White blade. Cool looking. Light and well balanced. Very sharp. Wicked.
Not cheap thou.
Update (20/5): Over the weekend I saw Justco in Tuen Mun selling them. The tubby guy had no idea how to sell this piece [...]

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Modern as in, available for sale today.
Around August 2006 I set up a computer running Ubuntu for my old man as he wanted something for the Internet. The Intel Celeron chip was a late version just before they went multi-core. Not too shabby for the day, and works okay.
Then the computer died. I suspect it [...]

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UK Office of Government Commerce cracks one off.

Hint: turn the logo clockwise 90 degrees.

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We went to the local public library last Sunday w/ Jasper to pick up some English readings. There I found Arthur (ex-NPCer) with his gigantic desktop computer in the children’s section, occupying one round table all by himself. He recognized me so I went up to him and was just about to ask him WTF [...]

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So Crackberries are selling extremely well. While I really enjoy using mine and wish them well, I am a little worried that the good sales may not last and there might be some tight time ahead.
I have been told that one of the major U.S. law firms has entered a serious budget crunch. The normal [...]

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A client is about to adopt a new corporate logo, and I did a trade mark search, which reveal an identical logo already registered by an unrelated company. It turned out that the logo was “designed” by a designer in their in-house design department in China. The client didn’t think too much of it, but [...]

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I might have over-committed myself. It has gotten pretty bad that I am somewhat behind on a few things. MUST. SLOW. DOWN.

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The customer demography of Apple dealers, especially those in Central is very different to that of the average computer shop in SSP or MK. Their customers are often rich and powerful, and maybe even famous, and those dealers try very hard not to annoy them, ‘cos otherwise there may be dire consequences.
If I were a [...]

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Tor
Annoymous pre-paid SIM cards. Paid with cash.
How do you know it wasn’t an extreme form of publicity stunt?
I like Bo Bo.

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Landslide victory for the GMT at the Legislative Parliament. Most folks seem to think that GMT’s presidential candidate Ma will win in the forthcoming presidential election. I am afraid that they are overly optimistic.
Let’s face it, noone in Taiwan really likes the communists, although they do like communists’ money. The best thing the Taiwanese could [...]

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Don’t be fooled by the fat chick on the poster, this is an excellent movie. Highly recommended.

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The Edge Annual Question 2008: What have you changed your mind about? Why? Lots of good stuff. It was Slashdot that bought this to my attention, and quoting Sam Harris :-
Mother Nature is not our friend.
So Sam finally agrees with Laozi. In Tao Te Ching, paragraph 5:-
天地不仁，以萬物為芻狗
(which I roughly translate to “Mother Nature is [...]

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