Good Science vs. Bad Science

I find the following article quite interesting, but it is quite true. So good or bad, its up to your choice.

http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200908/zerogravity.cfm

The most high-tech flight

Yes, the most high-tech flight I have ever taken - Virgin America. Not to mention the romantic blue light of the cabin, just the touch screen of the LCD display is what I have been longing. But more surprising is the Internet service on the flight! Yes, its Internet, the one that now you are using to read this blog. Can't believe? me too. I can't even believe in the quality and the pricing. How much? its 5.95 (promotion, originally 12.95) for the long haul. Just can't beat. With such a service and convenience, it's worth every penny. What more is that the whole entertainment system is so nice. Not only you can watch movie and some TVs, but also order food and drinks electronically. And for Google fans, you definitely can't miss it because it uses Google Map for GPS, fancy enough? Richard Branson, you are really changing the world! At least the way people do business.

Written on the plane from San Francisco towards New York, while flying over Iowa.

再度蜜月

兩個月的假期很快便過去了,一轉眼就離開了香港四年多的時間,實是一段很不容易的日子.這幾年間發生了很多大大小小的事情,亦有一些很大的人生轉變,包括暫停了五年多的IT工作,攻讀博士學位,結婚,等等等等.回想起結婚的種種,就好像是昨天的事一樣.今次的旅程又把我帶回了三藩市,令我不禁又想起跟太太的夢幻蜜月之旅,起點就正是三藩市.已經是兩年了,但感覺仍像昨日.雖然今次暫不能跟太太一起回美國,但相信好快就可以團聚.今次回港,不同的是幾乎沒有跟朋友會面.原因有二,一是真的希望再聚的時候可以知道自己何時畢業和未來去向,二是希望可以多一點時間跟太太相處.很開心的是令次可以跟太太慶祝生日和兩週年紀念,而且我們的週年慶祝是到廸士尼,就好像再度蜜月,浪漫非常.事在變,人也在變.一樣的三藩市,不一樣的人...這更教人要珍借所擁有的,為擁有而開心,為相聚而感恩.

Life. Lessons. Legacy.

Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you wanted... The brick walls are there for a reason. (Dr. Randy Pausch)

The best lecture which summarized the whole philosophy of life:



by Prof. Randy Pausch at Carnegie Mellon University specialized in Virtual Reality, the greatest man forever.

• The reprised: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ya9BXClRw
• The interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZbOQqtDAW0
• Good morning America: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVFmFof6aXg

Another inspiring talk, one of the best lectures I have ever seen, by Steve Jobs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Re: Fantastic March (夢幻三月)

The easy-come-easy-go Spring Break vacation is finally over this year. March would not be as fantastic without Spring Break, and Spring Break would not be as nice without a reunion. Though the 3-week vacation had a tight schedule (originally two-week), it was indeed quite substantial. Thanks to 'Dolphin Travel'!

So where did I go this time? Visiting friends (including bumping into couple friends) and relatives, and of course, Macau again! I go to Macau like everytime I come back to Hong Kong. No wonder Don suggested that maybe next time I should just directly land at Macau instead :-) But why I like going there so much? Well, it's the food and the relaxing atmosphere. And of course it also depends on who you are going with. Though we don't really gamble, but we do like playing the 10 cents slot machines, which is actually cheaper than playing arcade games :-P This time, we also went to a concert called gold-typhoon concert, which was a very special concert with more than 12 artists performed.




Time flies, especially happy time. Now I am back to the ordinary same old days. Work again. Not April Fools though :-( Howsoever, it shall be the harvest year finally. Good luck, good health, and best wishes for everything to you and me!


In response to post: http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/news/carinna/3/1312472169/20090331173935/

09 Spring Break - 牛年春假

真係一年容易又Spring Break。不知為何讀書比做工來得更要忙碌，更大壓力。可能因為讀PhD根本就是沒有真正的休息和假期(尤其是思想上)，如果不是“神童”或Ivan或equivalent，也很難會有真正的假期. 無論如何，假總是要放，縱使是帶著千斤Research的擔子。所以正如Felix所料，三月的Spring Break就是回港的日子，好讓我與太太及一眾親友聚聚。大既會在三月六日便抵港，電話無變，見字請速聯絡 :-)

The Icon A5 - Sport plane?

Doesn't it look like a sport car? This little plane can go up to 120mph and requires only a 20-hr sport pilot training, it's going to turn the aviation of mankind to a new page.

A Little Gift Box

閒記就是這樣容易令人忘記。筆者忘記去寫，讀者忘記去看。

今天收到太太寄來的小禮物，自不然就想起要「update」這個「龜 blog」。因為這幾天氣溫已降至近乎零度，本想關了外門的小窗，卻竟發現一個小包裹就在門與門之間靜待著，可說是雪中送碳。

想不到一轉眼又回來了美國一個半月，踏入PHD的第四年，要是你不是一個想「hea」的人，總也會覺得壓力及工作都大加，實是不容易過的日子。做PHD或是說做學問的，總算是會有點抱負吧！可以的話，莫論會否投身學術界，也倒想有一點成績或貢獻，如此說來，壓力就是難免的，希望畢業的時候能夠有五份「first author」的文獻，而有一份可達「impact factor」20 的就好了，當然這個是「best case scenario」，但唯有就是盡力而為，無愧於支持我的人！
話又說回那小包裹，內有很多香港特色東西，有玩的，有賞的，有熱氣的，也有清熱氣的，可算是頗有心思。而值得一提的，莫過於森姆與Cathy的遊戲碟，好為沉悶的學習增加點點色彩，多謝熊生熊太同熊女！說到家人及一些老朋友，總令我想起香港的萬分好。
無論如何，盡快畢業才是最實際！