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Tim, pls find time to read Great ideas!

Saturday, July 25, 2009

19/25-7-2009 讀報 (Wk 30)

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華爾街大行光速交易勁賺 2009-07-25 蘋果日報 A26, 國際新聞 ←Actually this is nothing new.
銀行人跳入藝術圈 發掘新秀 一文不值變投資工具 好壞參半 2009-07-25 香港經濟日報 A13, 新聞特寫, 張少貞
出走商台D.J. Leo為理想再出發 2009-07-24 招職 A04, 招職熱點, 珮君
教壞細路 2009-07-23 明報 D05, 副刊時代, 女人心光明女樂, 黃明樂
廣州黑人罪惡城 2009-07-23 壹週刊 A066-067, 時事, 時事短打
陸東現象 2009-07-23 壹週刊 A110-111, 財經, 第壹流, 蔡東豪
盧海鵬三點式扮?模《亂》收視倍升 2009-07-22 明報 A06, 港聞
「食屍」機械人惹吃人恐慌 2009-07-22 蘋果日報 A27, 國際新聞
Barnes & Noble開電子書店決戰亞馬遜 2009-07-22 信報財經新聞 P14, 放眼國際
《捉智雙雄》新版 英自閉少年騙倒航空大亨 2009-07-20 明報 A23, 國際
一樓一鳳鄭偉強 2009-07-23 壹週刊 A070-074, 時事, 非常人語

Book to watch:
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal Ben Mezrich

Funny: They are not my friend. I am not very fond of trio also.

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the facebook one is SUPER FUNNY!!!

lscpeterman
Yes, it is very funny.

May be Joyce does really mean so.
that was a good laugh!

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Monday, July 20, 2009

New mission!

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I have started a mission to spend 15 minutes a day to read through all the spark notes. There is a total of 491 entries up to today. I will be a super romantic person by then. Here is the full list of classics.

This is inspired by
1. 60 monumentally important books Jeff VanderMeer
2. The Know-It-All A.J. Jacobs
3. Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages Ammon Shea
4. How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read Pierre Bayard

The first three shows that nothing is impossible in reading, the forth convince me that knowing would be sufficient, especially in literature arena. To be a Eng Lit professor could read no Hamlet.

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Jim B likes this.
I do not agree that liberature = romantic.

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

13/18-7-2009 讀報 (Wk 29)

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Finished: (26th in 2009, 254th in total since 2005)
Beowulf on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits
Jack Murnighan / Publisher: Three Rivers Press (May 19, 2009)

New: (52/53/54th in 2009, 410th since 2005)
Faux Pas?: A No-nonsense Guide to Foreign Words and Phrases in Everyday Language
Philip Gooden / Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd (July 27, 2007)
The Rough Guide to Classic Novels
Simon Mason / Publisher: Rough Guides Limited (June 30, 2008)
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
Pierre Bayard / Publisher: Bloomsbury USA; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition (October 30, 2007) ← It is time to do some introspection on my reading life.

Revisiting 百年經典名著, a book that brought in my college years.

Enjoyed Know Your Favourite Orchestral Tunes 2 by HK Sinfonietta on 18 July(Sat).

Watch 17 Again also.

I am unhappy that Life Class: Today's Nude could not be viewed online via BBC 4oD due to copyright issue. The latest one features John Berger.

Jim Parsons from Big Bang Theory was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Lead Actor in a Comedy" on 16 Jul.

創意與成功的秘訣 2009-07-18 信報財經新聞 P25, 理財投資, 管理人管理事, 隨意
用十年紀錄華人變遷坐言起行搞文化 2009-07-18 文匯報 C01, 副刊專題
旺角賣二手書 11少年遭警誡2009-07-18 明報 A07, 教育
未加CC的TVB無線新聞教父黃應士 2009-07-18 信報財經新聞 P05, 政在生活, 政在生活, 盧曼思
占士邦過時 Q博士吃香間諜科技化 2009-07-17 文匯報 C04, 副刊博覽
Netbook旺銷無錢賺 電腦商兩難 2009-07-17 香港經濟日報 A10, 要聞, 國金札記, 嚴智勇
09書展 藝人空群出書 力抗模 2009-07-17 香港經濟日報 C03, 人物, 人物, 黃慕茵、鄺素媚
十兄弟 2009-07-16 壹週刊 A102, 財經, 第壹流, 蔡東豪
金錢之王股海引路 2009-07-15 蘋果日報 B01, 財經要聞, 財經頭條
沙田新城巿廣場書藝雕塑展 2009-07-13 信報財經新聞 P42, 體育.商情

Another classic Bansky. With reference to our CCTVB.


This is also a tribute to Christophe Aghirre Schwar, who was fined HK$6.74mn by Armani for doing art in Central, HK. His aim is to liquidated logos.

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

5/12-7-2009 讀報 (Wk 28)

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New: (51th in 2009, 407th since 2005)
Around the World in 80 Days
Michael Palin / Publisher: BBC Books (September 30, 2004) ←You may know that I am a big of Jules Verne, and read A Journey to the Center of the Earth for at least 3 times, always dreamt to be Axel. This actual title of course excite me.

Finished: (25th in 2009, 253th in total since 2005)
大學生一定要做的100件事
作者:真敬 / 出版日期:2009年06月24日

非去不可的全球百大展覽 - This is the content of a book with this title. That's already enough.

Watched:
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Jack Black

廣東漢維衝突背後 2009-07-12 亞洲週刊 P42, 特別報道, 張潔平
專訪:紅牛「新舒密加」維特爾衝上雲霄 2009-07-12 蘋果日報 AA6, 體育要聞
亞馬遜Kindle 2割價 冀獨佔市場 減至299美元 書商利潤恐大減 2009-07-10 香港經濟日報 A23, 國際動態, 陳國勳

Funny:
1. Mobile Home made of 3 containers. I have seen it in China, but this one is in Sydney. It stun me that the condition is pretty good inside.


2. For those lazy "news" people's reference that all below are fabricated:

一、德州奧斯丁

有位叫 Catherine Robertson 的婦女,告贏一家傢俱店得到七十八萬美元的賠償,原因是她在該傢俱店內奔跑時,被一小孩絆倒而扭傷了腳關節,店員沒有制止小孩在店內玩耍。該小孩不是別人,正是她的兒子。

二、洛衫磯
一位十九歲的青年 Carl Truman,得到七萬八千元外加醫療費用的賠償,因為他的鄰居開車壓過他的手。 為什麼會發生?那位鄰居開車時,沒有注意到這位青年正在偷他汽車輪胎上的車蓋。

三、賓州
有位笨賊名叫 Terence Dickson,他在一家住宅行竊,當他試圖從車庫離開時,車庫的自動開門裝置壞了,門打不開,而回到房屋的門又關上鎖住了。不巧屋主在外度假,於是笨賊 被困在車庫達八天之久,只靠一罐可樂和一袋狗糧度日。 義憤填膺的他怒告屋主的保險公司,贏得五十萬元賠償。

More: 壹大押

3. Tagage - An introduction to world of board games. Awesome!

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Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Is HK newspaper trustworthy?

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Recap from 27 Jun:
港資廠爆漢維兩族衝突女工被姦觸發300人群毆2死118傷 2009-06-27 蘋果日報 A20, 兩岸要聞

More true:
China says 156 dead in Xinjiang unrest July 6 2009 04:28, FT, FT Home, World, Asia-Pacific, China

Riot may not happen if every news agency checked reference.

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Monday, July 06, 2009

More...

9:17 PM 0 comments

New: (45/46/47/48/49/50th in 2009, 406th since 2005)
图说天下:环球国家地理(亚洲·大洋洲) 吉林出版集团有限责任公司
图说天下: 俄罗斯 吉林出版集团有限责任公司
图说天下: 德国 吉林出版集团有限责任公司
世界名片--各國貨幣上的人物故事 長虹出版
15分鐘快寫素描:風景中的人物篇
作者:山田雅夫 / 出版社:楓書坊 / 出版日期:2007年04月02日
大學生一定要做的100件事
作者:真敬 / 出版日期:2009年06月24日

Finished:
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
Matthew Frederick / Publisher: The MIT Press (September 30, 2007)

An accident victim’s journey back to health July 3 2009 13:01, FT, Arts & Leisure, Reportage, Justine Lau ← I always wonder why she disappeared... She returned to her reporting job in Hong Kong just 10 months after she was hit by a citybus in HK.

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Saturday, July 04, 2009

29/4-6/7-2009 讀報 (Wk 27)

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New: (44th in 2009, 400th since 2005)
3天讀懂德國:讓你著迷的國家、值得效法的人民
作者:大野(日正) / 出版社:大是文化 / 出版日期:2008年12月29日

訴說投行打拼10年辛酸 《香港華爾街的孩子》 2009-07-04 香港經濟日報 A13, 新聞特寫, 陳靜儀
鄉村大學生的滑轆轤 2009-07-04 文匯報 C02, 副刊采風, 百家廊, 洪巧俊
男生圍洪永城裸體主持喪遊世界 2009-07-04 蘋果日報 C17, 娛樂名人
落難ibanker 轉行教考MBA 重拾創業夢 天之驕子拔尖子 2009-07-03 香港經濟日報 A20, 新聞特寫, 張少貞
耳機教父羅偉明 2009-07-02 壹週刊 S014-016, NEXT 2.0, $Maker

Funny: Creative protest.
There are 76k HK people go to strike on 1 Jul 09. I think it is more effective than shouting "曾蔭權仆街".
via Economist

Funny 2: Chinese name:
吳連明
單新漢
李露媚
劉牛奶
廖直標
吳小得
王子
王揚偉
程婦
俊嵐
羅友行
Via :o)

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