2010-02-25

密底算盤

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見２０１０年２月２５日的都市日報
2010-02-15

塔勒布 在 【黑天鵝】的名句

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舊年（２００９）在深圳書城買了本"THE BLACK SWAN: The Impact of the Highly Improbable"中譯本，發覺題材非常新鮮，有很多發人心醒的內容。但由於是中譯本，始終不知原著的語句。 上星期，終於在圖書館借到原英文本（２...
2010-01-28

不是小兒科的數字

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近期在新聞報導常常聽到一些很大的數字，如多少百億興建高鐵，金融海嘯有關的天文數字等，令我覺得其實有多少人知道其真正「份量」？ 有次在街上，聽到一母親教她的兒子數十進制：個、十、百、千、萬、十萬、百萬、千萬、 億萬 ...我覺得愕然，為何會由千萬特跳到億萬呢？難怪現在的小孩不識理財...
2009-12-20

Gimp Polaroid Filter

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To make my photo posting on my blog more interesting, I have usually resorted to use Gimp's "Round Corner" Script-Fu. I like ...
2009-11-06

Using LINQ to retrieve XML data

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Although it is like "to use a cannon to kill a mosquito", I find using LINQ to read XML has a clear advantage - to read the node...
2009-11-03

Using VB 2008 Express as client to consume SugarCRM Web service

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In additional to my previous example of using AXIS as web client, I now use VB.NET as another example to consume web service. Moreover, I ...
2009-10-23

CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) for SugarCRM

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Recently I come across SugarCRM . It has a Community Edition which I do not need to pay. Moreover, since it is open-source, I can realize ...
2009-10-12

Why DC cannot shoot a picture with shallow depth of field

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I carry an Optio S3 to make ad hoc photography. According to the specification, the tiny camera has an aperture f2.6 - f4.8 However, even at...
2009-10-09

Using COM objects in VB.NET

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I am an old-fashioned guy and right now even though I uses VB.NET for my new programming, I still need to resort to old COM objects sometime...
2009-08-24

高清無用！

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當人人都「講」高清時，我發看很多人其實都將Windows的display解像度set得比native低（可能使用者有老花？），見MSDN Blog Follow-up on High DPI resolution 從圖可見，只有55%的人用native resolution，可悲...