I really can’t make myself to study…

So after testing out a Dell x50 (520 Mhz version), I agree that it is basically n times superior to my old Palm IIIxe (okay this obvious I know):
-Basic organizer? Fine enough
-Watching movies? Magnificent
-Listening to music? Brilliant
-WiFi Web-browsing? More than satisfactory

However, the 320×240 display is just that little insufficient for reading journals from JSTOR or reading comics. Now I am thinking of a Dell x50v/x51v with 640×480 display…

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Not until I browse through ebay in search of a multi-card reader do I realize how many listings are Hong Kong sellers–and regret that I did not buy it during summer.

FAQ of usps.com

I really have nothing to say…

Just bought two See’s Mike Chocolate with Almonds bars from two kids (9 and 10 respectively) working for their school’s fund raising. One seldom see this kind of activity in Hong Kong, not without someone elder surpervising. Well cats here are allowed to wander around the neighborhood as they wish too, so kids are no-big-deal.

2005年10月24日

【明報專訊】全港學界最高水平的游泳賽事，港九區學界游泳錦標賽(第一組)上周五在九龍公園泳池揭幕，初賽即產生7項新大會紀錄及一項平大會紀錄。拔萃男書院的林政達在男子丙組初賽打破了50、100米自由泳及4×50米混合泳3項賽事的大會紀錄。此外，拔萃女書院的施幸余在女子甲組，以27秒05平50米自由泳平大會紀錄。

就讀中二的林政達在男子丙組100米自由泳初賽雖然排在第2水道出賽，但未有影響發揮，他在前50米先以25.26秒觸池打破50米自由泳大會紀錄，之後再完成餘下50米距離，仍能以57.20秒刷新100米的紀錄。此外，他更協助男拔萃在4×50米混合泳接力賽上，以2分0.2秒打破大會紀錄，成為當日賽事締造最多大會紀錄的泳手。林政達賽後表示﹕「很開心可以造出3個紀錄，特別是在100米賽事中，創了兩個紀錄。我希望在周三的決賽能夠繼續保持表現。」

周三將進行各項賽事決賽，男拔萃及女拔萃分別力爭總成績13及18連勝的紀錄。

Transforming real individuals into comics is often a tradeoff between realism and aesthetic. Comics characters usually have unrealistic features like big eyes, pointly hair and exaggerated body proportions that enhance their appearances. This is probably not a great issue in political comics, since individuals were usually portraited, let’s say, humorously. In other cases where aesthetic is not negligible, significant tradeoffs often occur. Can we possibly have the best of both worlds? Well, take a favorite comic character of yours, try imagining a photo of him/her and see if it works out.

Hair plays a very central role in comics, or more specifically manga. The distinguishment of different characters relies heavily on hair designs. Next time you read a comic book try to mentally remove the hair from different characters; very often you would find the faces of different characters are indistinguishable from each other. This also means actually portraiting real individuals (as in political comics) require more effort, for simply changing the hair design would not work.

So “the end of the world” (as some described it) has come when I diverged my attention away from computer graphics–Autodesk, the maker of 3ds max, has aquired Alias, the maker of Maya (one hundred pages of “wow” followed).

Finally got a set of speakers. My room’s sound system now consists of a single mixed output from the desktop and the keyboard, switchable between the speakers and headphones.

Finally fixed my desktop computer today–it turns out that the ps/2 ports are malfunctioning. Acccompanied me for over four years and crossed nation and state borders, this computer has seen its days; how long will it be able to stay with me?