I found my last post was dated last August, which was long long ago.

I’ve used my MacBook Air for 9 months. I’ve to say it’s still a satisfying machine. The performance is good, the battery life can still last most of my meetings. The most correct decision I’ve made is choosing the 250G SSD disk, which was very expensive. I’ve only around 20GB free space left right now. If I’d chosen a small one, my usage would be a horrible memory, in which I will spend much time plugging and unplugging external storage devices.

I bought an iPhone 4s in February, which officially made me an Apple fan. After fiddling with it for a few weeks, I’ve made it almost as productive as Android. Jailbreak, of course. Here is my favorite jailbreak app list:

• Baidu IME: supports Shuang Pin and phone keyboard layout(rather than qwert)
• AndroidLock XT: locks/unlocks by connecting dots
• LockInfo: puts calendar and customized RSS entries on lock screen
• Sogou Haomatong: filters out spams
• Activator, SBSettings, WinterBoard, AppFlow, StartDial, IconBounce etc.

I tried some online music services, like Last.fm, Tunein Radio, Jazz FM91. None of them is perfect. I’ve to use VPN to get Tunein Radio play in China. Last.fm has the same problem, plus Chinese album name ordering problem in iScrob.

The following instructions may give you an idea how to create a virtual machine on a headless server over a network connection. We will create a virtual machine, establish an RDP connection and install a guest operating system — all without having to touch the headless server. All you need is the following:

Note again that on the server machine, since we will only use the headless server, neither Qt nor SDL nor the X Window system will be needed.

And when my wife and I went to see a movie this afternoon, we spent very long time waiting in the line in front of the box office. Their procedure took so long for different customers.

Then I brought up a question: what are the purposes of procedures?

The serious answers:

1. They are supposed to make things simple in every nodes, which would help the overall efficiency;

2. They are used to enforce company policy, making sure powers are porperly checked and accidental damages are controlled.

The funny ones:

1. They are used to scare the customers or colleagues away so that less workload is possible;

2. They are used to display real power, when powerful managers can always get things done while ignoring any procedure;

3. Well, it makes us not bother to think too much.

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The only thing that would not change is change itself. We have moved from our comfortable zone to this new frontier. Our familiar roles are either need to be expanded, or changed dramatically.  That means opportunity. Some may not be so ready, but they have to finish that change of mindset ASAP. We should all be able see this thrilling prospect. I think the only proof we need is 1-2 projects with good performance. I believe I’ve a wonderful team. And we are on the right track, heading to another fantastic adventure.

The sketch pen for iPad, which I’ve bought the 2nd one, could not be sold to any of my friends.

The tiny bluetooth keyboard was only bought by Henry.

The small charging adapter, which converts A/C to USB output and can be used to charge iPad, can not make a sale. But I’ve made the 2nd order this afternoon.

The deluxe insinde-ear earbuds, which can prevent up to 85% noise when its power is turned on is good. I never tried to promoting it to anyone. I think the requirement is not common. It could be a little bit inconvenient if being used at home. But in a noisy environment like Starbucks, it really creates a quiet private space..

The iPhone holder is goood. It can support my iTouch standing in a tilted angle, good for watching podcast.