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Bill Gates shrinks role in Microsoft

http://science.andnetwork.com/index?service=direct/1/Home/top.titleStory&sp=l40027
或者真的是这样，有钱就有事干就有point了

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marketing news for marketers by marketers

http://www.marktd.com/
喜欢市场营销信息的，这是个好地方。

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WILL RETURN CLOCK

http://www.stupid.com/stat/WILL.html
如果把秒针也去掉，那就更像了，hehe

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Mazda Miata flips a new lid with retractable hardtop

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/06/20/mazda-miata-to-flip-a-new-lid-with-retractable-hardtop/
太正点了，如果我是疯子，我会再买一辆。

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from Val’s space 强者的秘密(转）

强者的第一个秘密就是：内在的强，而不是外在的强   强者的第二个秘密就是：只要相信自己的潜力，就会产生更大的能力；很多人认为一个人要自信必须有理由，实际上自信是不需要有理由的，有理由就不是自信了。   强者的第三个秘密就是要接纳磨难；当磨难到来时，如果怨天尤人，就完了；但是如果努力在这时还保持信心、冷静和从容，那么磨难就会自己更加优秀。

http://users.powernet.co.uk/philnet/bazfree.mp3

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Everybody’s Free
(to wear sunscreen)
 
Mary Schmich
Chicago Tribune
 

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’97… wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

You are NOT as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you’ll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you’re 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.
 

Rojam, here we go,

《在中国谁能过上好日子？》
。。。“好日子”不是耍大牌。什么叫“妥协”？妥协不是简单地让步，放弃，而是在知己知彼的基础上达成了一种共识。无论是工作还是生活，妥协不仅是为了“安定团结”“家和万事兴”，而且妥协还潜藏着一种坚持，这种坚持可以被理解为一种坚定的决心——无论怎样，我们都要把事情做成；无论怎样，我们都要把日子过好——我可以妥协，直到达成协议。

。。。总之中国人提倡“先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐”。我个人赞成这种忧国忧民的政治态度，但如果是生活态度，想想看如果一个人总是在别人不高兴之前就不高兴，在别人高兴之后再高兴，那他还能过上好日子吗？。。。你必须把自己的生活和别人的生活分开。

。。。所以，去做一个丰富的人，只有最丰富的人才能过最简单的生活。

。。。借用当年齐白石老人的一句妙语，“贵在似于不似之间”，这说的是画儿的道理——“不似”则“欺人”，“全似”则“媚俗”。我觉得好日子也是一样，要在“欺人”与“媚俗”之间获得平衡。

。。。想想我们那些发生在生活中的庸俗的事情吧，我们还以为那是好日子呢！我们模仿我们心目中的成功人物，学习他们的俏皮话，学习他们的穿着打扮，学习他们的休假方式，甚至学习他们对事物的看法。他们鼓掌的时候我们不能闲着，他们皱眉的时候我们叹息，他们对什么东西着迷我们就一定要熟悉那样东西，他们对什么东西失望我们也要跳出来摇头！偶尔有几个提出质疑的人，我们立刻嗤之以鼻——你们连门票都买不起，有什么资格谈论演出的好坏？最可笑的是，我们努力要使我们自己成为“正版软件”，也就是有授权被许可的，然后我们嘲笑那些“盗版软件”。

。。。我觉得凡是那些能过上好日子的人，都是那种处理问题能力强的人，一件事儿来了，轻重缓急分得清清楚楚，该吃的苦吃掉，能少受的罪少受。把生活控制得特别好。”

。。。我的这个朋友是生意人，他的观点是“做英雄，成本太高，万一失败就没有本钱重头再来了；而做常人，小本经营，一辈子都忙忙碌碌又太平常了；最好的做人是使投入和产出有个平衡，也就是以最小成本获得最大收益。”那么，究竟什么样的人最容易过上好日子？就是这样的人，同流不合污，随波不逐流。

。。。我问他如果你的客户是童话故事中的皇帝，你怎么让他知道他没有穿衣服。我的朋友想了想，跟我说：你问的问题是高级班的课程。但有一点我可以肯定地答复你，像那个孩子那样嚷嚷出来是绝对有问题的。

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What business really craves: Simplicity

With the need to work faster and better, who has the time for owners’ manuals? Thus a new premium is being accorded to ease of use. The iPod nano nails it.
[这年代，简单的提供功能可以赚钱，但只有提供高度集成资讯的才可以耀眼。I’m always thinking of the industry oriented web portal, I don’t currently have the time and power to make it come true, I will get it done once the right time comes, as long as it hasn’t been accomplished by sb. else. ]

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DNA is not necessarily destiny after all

In anohter blow to the gene-centric world, scientists are exploring the power of what used to be called "junk DNA" – the 98% of our total DNA that is found between the genes.
[人真是奇怪，这里已经超过了20-80定理，2-98是个挺夸张的数据，从正态分布的大自然来看，人类活在两倍标准偏差之外，赫赫，挺玄的]

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正视大陆“鼠标”现象

值得一提的是，虽然中国经济有由“高成长期”进入“高成本期”的趋势，但由于政府推展“本土型经济”的步伐很慢，加上廉价劳动力的供需不断。。。这样的“增长”而“不发展”的经济现象，不就是前述的“拉美现象”？不就是前述的“鼠标”现象？
[中国要努力打造品牌，在世界才有地位，廉价劳动力可以令人望而生畏，但说到打心里尊敬又是另一回事。名利双收才是最好的结果]

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Time out of mind

…So while time on the clock may be constant, the time in one’s brain is elastic and personal – something to remember in a boring meeting when time seems to grind to a halt. Time is not simply a fourth dimension in which we exist. It’s something we, at least partly, create in our minds.

 

这段时间真好，早上和晚上都有可以保证的空间，让我抽空读读书。

 

Experience a 50" widescreen…Anywhere…Anytime

http://ezgear4u.com/ezvision.html
Though the price can buy you a decent 21" LCD, it’s something used to be in fiction.

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Make Amazing Movies Online, free and easy
http://www.jumpcut.com

I just tried it out. Really great and easy to use. Make your movie look professional.

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《受欢迎的个性》

提升共鸣的能力：
1。吸收他人不同的人生经验，进而丰富自己的知识
2。藉由阅读来获得知识
3。懂得关心别人
4。懂得尊敬他人
5。具有接受他人缺点的雅量
6。率真地表达自己的情绪

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《在中国谁能过上好日子？》

从瓶子的blog上面读到的，觉得整个价值观比较值得参考，很多地方有见地。不过瓶子的blog是不转载的，有兴趣读全文的，这里有个连接：

 

以下是一些摘录：

。。。想一想白雪公主和7个善良的小矮人混了这么长时间，但是她最后嫁给了谁？再想一想为什么灰姑娘不好好坐在厨房削土豆皮，而是排除万难去争取到王宫里跳舞的虚荣？有谁在少女时代梦想自己的白马王子时，希望他穷困潦倒——上无片瓦下无力锥之地，双亲卧病在床另有兄弟数头无人抚养？嫁人又不是扶危济贫，如果要扶危济贫索性像特丽莎修女那样，终生不嫁，坚持生活在穷人中间，为他们奔走呼号，那不是更彻底？！说老实话，至今也没有什么有说服力的证据使我完全相信，作为一个女人嫁给有钱人会比嫁给穷人更糟糕。

“有钱花，有人爱，有事做这大概就算好日子了吧？”

。。。当然我得承认过好日子就要让人看见，否则不是相当于衣锦夜行，有什么意思？问题在于不要把自己搞得太累了。如果是强撑着，那就跟好日子完全背道而驰了。再说上午在香港吃早茶，下午到台湾喝么么茶，黄昏的时候到纽约看百老汇演出，你觉得是耍猴还是过日子？

。。。后来读了经济学，才知道我说的是“恩格尔系数”，什么叫恩格尔系数？说白了就是一个人用于维持生存的钱(主要是吃饭钱)占总收入的比例。比如我一天赚10元钱，但是9元用来吃饭，那么我的“恩格尔系数”就是0.9。什么叫“好日子”，“好日子”就是把自己的恩格尔系数降下来，最好降到可以忽略不计。

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The Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments

http://eepybird.com/dcm1.html
What can I say?!