Technology

As many of friends, I recently acquired a HP Touchpad largely due to its low price. I don't really need a tablet, as I am sitting in front of computes almost all the time. My original plan was to turn it into an interactive cat toy, at least sometimes, so I can keep the two cats entertained while I am working.

Unfortunately, I could only find one game designed for the cats "The Catnip Collection". According to its website, it "is a variety of toys that will amuse and challenge your cat and its human".

The reviews seem pretty decent (4 out 5).

https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?packageid=com.wtflolomgbbq.haxe.vct

It has turned out that Netflix has abandoned the plan, finally.

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When Huahai told me the news late last night that NetFlix is splitting into two, my first reaction was that he must be reading from Onion! After all, based all what have learned from the business school classes and information economics classes, it makes perfect sense to provide bundled services, especially when it comes to information product.

However, the news is definitely true, as further confirmed by the following letter that I received this morning.

《1434》是一个英国退役的潜艇舰长Gavin Menzies写的书，是他的《1421》的后续。《1421》主要是说是中国
人，具体的说，就是郑和舰队的一支，发现了美洲。自然，有很多人质疑。其中一个观点就是如果中国人发现了美洲，咋没到更近的欧洲？《1434》就主要讲郑和的舰队的一支，在最后一次出航的时候的确到了意大利，并且带去了技术引爆了文艺复兴。 这本书也花很大篇幅介绍了中国舰队使用的星相航行技术的细节，弥补了上一本书的一些缺陷。 Continue reading »

昨天我的从中国来的访问学生说他的电脑中病毒了，然后很形象的给我合掌鞠躬，说，熊猫烧香。这个病毒我听说过，没想到在美国还有人中招，很吃惊。来美国以后，我很有一些年没被电脑病毒所困扰了。唯一的一次病毒事件，还是中了那个有名的‘爱情信’病毒。 Continue reading »