After rocking on john’s guitar for the entire last night on the new rock band, Yuan can play with 5 keys now and is marching on expert level.
Later that night Yuan had a dream on his vacation in shanghai on december 29th, got all excited and woke up the second morning, walked to family dollar store, spent $18 on a blender, made the first batch of smoothie ever. It’s got strawberry, vanilla yogurt, protein powder in it, it’s fuxking delish.

在辦公室裡好好得突然之間發現外面很吵，也沒在意。後來有什麼東西在拉扯我的褲子，頭一低就發現這只毛茸茸的小動物，黑色的毛，抬起頭來瞪著我，正好那天問一個同為攝影發燒友的朋友借了個28-300的白頭，抄起鏡頭就對企鵝一陣猛拍。

不一會兒我們樓面就擠滿了湊熱鬧的朋友。

Anheuser-Busch擁有兩個Amusement Park，兩個Sea world，美國最大的一個在San Diego。還有一個在Florida。還有6個Busch Garden，就是跟Six Flags性質差不多。現在公司被吞並，這一塊可能就要獨立了，過去公司每年會帶企鵝來我們樓裡來“觀光”，今年恐怕是最後一次了。

不光有企鵝，還有一些其他動物，比如鱷魚，蟒蛇，等等，不過我這輩子從來沒摸過企鵝，感覺軟軟的，滑滑的，感覺很好。

這個小孩不一定是被鱷魚嚇得，很有可能是被我的鏡頭嚇的，哈哈，Canon白頭實在是太性感了。

小孩還是喜歡企鵝，幸福的小孩，身高跟企鵝一樣大，我是他我就去騎企鵝了。

这个好玩。

不錯，居然還支持PS3，當然還有支持各種各樣的記憶卡。售價3000美金。

這個網站是從bestwebgallery.com找到的，感覺比較震撼，內容很充實，不過上海和北京的污染真嚴重。看了就讓人感到心寒。

突然發現自己開始喜歡無印良品，原本一直以為無印良品是一個賣文具的店。這個誤導是因為此前紐約唯一一個賣無印良品的店是MOMA（紐約現代博物館）。今天在Moleskine的博客上發現MUJI在紐約SOHO開了一個專賣店，好奇地去看了看，驚愕地發現人家居然還賣傢具和衣服。。。簡潔，漂亮。正好最近搬家在找傢具，IKEA很遠，看來現在又找到一個alternative了。

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awesome design, although the performance sucks (only 1.6 ghz or 1.8 ghz, hard drive can only go to 80g max). if you buy a macbook, with the same screen size, same keyboard, much better configuration and performance, only costs you $1000. Who REALLY cares how thin it is?

哎，她要是在就好了。

Love Mattress red dot red dot award: design concept 2007   design: Mehdi Mojtabavi The Love Mattress offers a simple solution to the limp arms that often follow a lovers’ embrace. Embracing is a magical human behaviour, and one that distinguishes us from other animals.  A loving embrace, especially between partners, is one of the most calming actions. Embracing, and bodily proximity and connection after lovemaking, are very important for strengthening relationships. However, what usually stops this pleasant state is not mental tiredness; it is physical weakness. Studying the embracing styles of couples in bed showed that placing the arm under your partner’s body causes abnormal pressure on the arm muscles, blood vessels and nerves. It occasions weakness and pain in the arms. In some cases (usually in the first months of marriage), tolerating this continuous pressure on the arms causes an affliction called “Radial Neuropathy”. The symptoms are typically weakness in wrist dorsiflexion (i.e. wrist drop) and finger extension. The Love Mattress offers partners a simple yet effective position for embracing. This mattress allows you to hug your loved one intimately without any wrist or arm weakness. The assembled mattress has the same dimensions as other mattresses, with the added advantage that you can make a gap between joined parts. Your arm and shoulder can occupy the gaps when you are lying on your side. In other lying styles, you can easily find your most comfortable position. For example, if you are lying on your tummy, your foot can project comfortably into the mattress. Anatomical research supports the claim that The Love Mattress provides greater comfort than existing mattresses. For more comfort, the middle portion of The Love Mattress in a single unit, and other parts add on to both ends. Each part is covered by special smooth fabric, which lets the arm dip easily below. The whole mattress can be covered by bed linen. The cover material lets the linen slide towards the gap. As The Love Mattress is made of modules of polyurethane injected foam, it can be purchased and be assembled at home. Since its parts are separate, no van is required for carrying it. Additionally, customers can easily assemble it. The foam density must be suitable for its application – dense enough to support the body, and yet flexible enough to distort comfortably. The foam shape has been designed for maximum vertical pressing resistance and minimum horizontal bending resistance.

MacBook Pro + SSD installed, originally uploaded by rblock.

在网上看到这哥们儿耍新花招（有可能是旧花招）

总之，它把自己原本的硬盘给换成SSD了（图中电脑的最下角的银色的砖头就是它了）。旧让我在这里先解释下什么是SSD（Solid State Drive）。（EE，CompE或者CS）旧可以捂住耳朵或者眼睛直接往下面跳了。

原本的Hard Disk Drive （HDD）是一个物理光盘在那里转然后有一个激光头在那里读。转的越快的硬盘读取速度越快。SSD是用NAND Flash或者是 SDRAM组成的。不过我在这里说的SSD硬盘纯粹是Nand Flash组成的。说的简单一点，你的U盘就是NAND flash组成的。不过大小通常最大也就8G。不过这哥们的SSD（电脑左下角）好比8个U盘接在一起（他的硬盘只有64G，道理等下说）。

先说下用SSD的好处。

• 速度比现在的硬盘快多了。因为没有（Spin Up Requirement）

• 受命长。一个同学用Lenovo Thinkpad，每次Hybernate以后总归要等硬盘停转才肯把电脑塞包里。

• 耗电能力弱。 可以增长笔记本电脑电池的寿命。

• 温度小。耗电能力小，消耗的能就少，这个道理应该都懂。

• 声音小。 没有硬盘转动的声音，因为耗电能力小所以不会让电脑升温，所以风扇转的就少。

• 耐冲撞能力强。

• 轻。

不过SSD不是很完美的，下面是它的缺点：

• 万一SSD遭到损坏，Recover能力几乎是0。

• 读写速度还没有现在的硬盘快。

• 最最重要的：价钱相当贵。我看了下128G的硬盘，3999美金，Forget about it.

总得来说，SSD还是未来硬盘所走的趋势，速度和价钱只不过是一个时间问题。

This “Daylight” concept from Phillips is being touted as “the hotel room of the future” thanks to a window that can be customized to suit the visitor’s preferences. Guests can change the ambiance, lighting, block out noise, and add some awesome virtual foliage with a simple wave of the arm. In time, Phillips hopes that guests will be able to pre-order the atmosphere in their room to help them recover from the stresses of traveling and the effects of jetlag. Still, if you have the cash to stay in a hotel like this you shouldn’t have too much to be depressed about in the first place. After all, the only “ambiance” you are likely to get a a Motel 6 is a room strewn with condom wrappers and drug paraphernalia.