Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Shifting

是一年搬家时,每年7月,狂风不止,阴雨绵绵,正直搬家的好日子。正所谓每年一搬,年年都住新房子,心情怎能不好。不过呢,新的是我们,倒不一定是房子。吃够了上上次搬家时候用的出租车队的苦,这次请了搬家公司的小货车以及司机小胖,另外高价雇佣了PhD肌肉男民工若干,浩浩荡荡开往心中的那片净土——油池。这次的新家是真的新,看图说话。

Friday, March 24, 2006

My music store and storage

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为一个喜欢音乐的人,其实早就暗暗想要买一个了。虽然原先的sony CD/mp3 player还健在,不过携带起来很不方便,再加上原先的歌曲零散的放在好几张CD上面,有的甚至已经读不出来了,大有退休的趋势。当然,上面的是借口,真正的原因是,作为一个健康的男性,自己没有办法抗拒包含最新科技元素的小玩意儿,特别是一个set the standard的小玩意儿。 星期天和小艳出去逛街,借着将就做一个活动硬盘的目的(还是借口……)买下了她--最新的ipod video 30GB。

在FUNAN逛了一个大店和一个小店,小店便宜20块,小艳说,反正也不是很多,还是在大店买比较放心。小艳的直觉比较灵,另外发现自己最近做事情谨慎了许多,最后决定以一顿晚饭钱来加以补偿,结果出去逛街晚饭居然还是回家做了吃的(2袋饺子5块钱,外加西红柿卷心菜鸡蛋汤大概3块,还算比较省:-))。

晚上开始充电完毕,遂开始摆弄。其间死机一回,按任何键都无反应,不能standby,想起以前徐熹的新手机因为类似问题烧掉重换了一个,突然觉得很郁闷。好在小艳不停的开导我,更年期情绪过去之后静下心来google了一下,发现可以通过按键组合来reboot。我这个对电子产品颇有天赋的人,败在了坏情绪上,值得检讨一下。后来使用的感觉都很pleasant,ipod video放电影效果确实很好,320x200的分辨率,甚至比以前的VCR和VCD还要好,在小屏幕上真是cristal clear。mp3 now playing可以显示专辑的artwork,刚好前段时间买了Gozillaz demon days的CD,压成mp3,再google了一张artwork,播放的时候就和上面右边的图一模一样了:-)。正因为pleasant,这两天逢人就show一下俺的ipod。Cool enough~

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

D70s -- Passion Reloaded

Posted by PicasaNikon D70s

了将近两年的怒气终于在公元2005年6月29号的这个星期三全部的释放了出来,结果就是以一个月的全部工资抱回了这个曾经垂涎了1年多的DSLR Camera。上一个DC,也就是在数码相机刚刚成为热门消费产品的2002年11月,喊着“不要最烂,只要最便宜”的口号买下的Fujifilm Finepix A303,也从此在我的仇恨列表里面消失了。哈哈:-D

其实早在一年多前就开始在D70上面展开不屈不挠的思想斗争了, 不过煎熬归煎熬,始终还是没有下决心买下来。一来太贵,二来貌似没有什么迫切的需要。前两次去美国的时候,都是借的小萍同学LAB里面的牛机,特别第二次,体积庞大的Fujifilm Finepix 602S真正让我体验到了一台好DC的重要性(无论是在性能方面还是在外观 - 照相时候的pose方面)。在DSLR没有盛行的时代,602S的大镜头和类单反取景方式(也可以用LCD)还是蛮震撼的。至少自那次以后,我的思想斗争越发激烈啦,哈哈。

这次下决心的主要原因有两个,一个是我要到瑞士实习三个月,其间可能会有机会游历欧洲各国,向小萍借LAB的东西3个月不还实在太过分了;再一个就是小艳 这次突然决定放假回家和他爸爸去西藏玩。当我还在第一个理由上犹豫不决的时候,第二个理由在天平的一边“咣”地砸了块石头,所以就在小艳回国前的一天,跑了N家断货了的店之后,再次在Chinatown的MaxPhoto买了这个D70s宝宝。

小艳回国20天,满载着西藏山水的相机终于在7月23号顺利抵达意大利,被同去一个夏令营的labmate小胖子Ram交到我手里。自此开始了我的狂拍旅程。

Friday, October 29, 2004

Fur-elise about to finish

It has been 3 months since I grabbed the electronic organ from Zhou Zhi, the one he used to enter the palace of music but not enough for further advancement. Before I carry it back, he said, "fur-elise, that's the first piece I played". Fur-elise, the tiny elegant piece by Beethoven, although not my favorate, but probably the first classic piece I heard when I was a small boy. I decided to crack it FIRST. Searched on the omnipotent google, the score found was supprisingly 3 pages long. Except for the familiar "3#23#237216", two other parts come along to form the complete piece. Also, I found a midi version and listened to it again and again while practicing to get the feeling as well as the rhythm.

The hard things as a beginer are left hand, two hands conversation and the rhythm. I played accordion for a few years in primary school, so right hand is not a big problem. But I really cannot remember how to get the two hands work together, and the left hand needs more concentration otherwise it will be left behind. However, every skill can be learned, the only difference is how fast you learn it. I practiced many times either hand separately until the upper and the lower score could naturally flow. Then kept the rhythm slow and looked for the feeling of two hands conversation. Gradually, I found I already can play the first part which does not require two hands to talk a lot at the same time. Although simple, the success was a great inspiration. Now, after 3 months playing once and a while, the difficult and fast second part is almost finished. The 3rd part requires to control the rhythm steady and show enough strength, but not that skill required, i believe i can master it within a few tries. :D

I must say that life tastes very good if you can play some piano, in fact, very musical.