背影

好久沒幫兩個小朋友寫網誌了，雖然心中想的是，那應該是我老婆的責任吧！！

一直到前天，整理照片時，看到親愛的老婆幫綠豆和小寶照到的這張，心中真的是百感交集呀！！(心酸的成份比較多，但是也不知道在心酸些什麼)再者，看到他們姐弟兩個互相扶持的樣子，突然感到欣慰。同時也感到，自已是不是能夠幫他們、給他們更多呢？他們只是兩個小孩呀！！

當老爸的，好像永遠只能這樣的、默默的看著小孩長大，有些東西還真是來不及參與呢。

改裝：悠遊卡職員證-小型化

因為小弟任職於台北巿政府的相關單位，所以職員證是悠遊卡的特別版。用這樣的卡，還蠻方便的，上下班刷卡、開會簽到、門禁都一卡解決，甚至你也可以儲值，坐公車捷運使用。但是，最大的缺點就是，一但你的卡壞了or丟了，就麻煩大了。

最近我的卡就是莫名奇妙的斷了(應該和本人體重無關吧)，申請又曠日費時，至少到現在1週過去了，好像還沒有下來的跡象。我的辦公室在門禁區內，總不能老叫我call同事來開門吧。所以，舊卡還在我手上，沒回收回去，我只好"拜拜"Google大神，看看有沒有什麼策略可用。果然，拜完大神就下了明示，要我去這兒、這兒和這兒看看、找資料。

原來還有這樣的改法呀！！當下就決定好要改，只是再多花了兩三天來構思步驟和選定比較完善的辦法(主要是感應線圈的部份)。我主要還是選用丙酮當溶劑來處理悠遊卡拿晶片，這樣就不必弄熱水了。而線圈的部份，我傾向花個20元，買個單程票來溶，因為手邊也沒有合適的漆包線、或是有報廢的電源供應器(其實可以去買感應線圈組)。接著，就是開工啦。

先找了個鐵杯，再去隔壁要一些丙酮。用鐵杯的原因是，丙酮會溶掉不少種然的塑膠。這是剛丟進去沒3分鐘的樣子：

[引用] CrunchPad: The Launch Prototype

CrunchPad: The Launch Prototype

by Michael Arrington on June 3, 2009

We've been working hard behind the scenes on the CrunchPad since our last update in April, and have just about nailed down the final design for the device. We're showing the conceptual drawings here today. In another few weeks we'll have the first working prototypes in our office.

This launch prototype is another significant step forward from the last prototype. The screen is now flush with the case and we've decreased the overall thickness to about 18 mm. The case will be aluminum, which is more expensive than plastic but is sturdier and lets us shave a little more off the overall thickness of the device.

I believe the device now actually looks better than the original concept design we published last summer. Compare the images below to the first prototype and you can see how far we've come. If you're interested, here's Prototype B. Pictures of Prototype C, which is the device we're actually demo'ing to people now, are here.

A lot has happened behind the scenes, too. Our partner Fusion Garage continues to drive the software forward, and we are in deep discussions with key partners to bring the device to market. If you'd like to see the previous CrunchPad in action, we have a previously-private video available on YouTube that shows our vision for the user interface and the last version of the software stack. This is a Linux based operating system and a Webkit based browser. The device boots directly into the browser.

The next time we talk about the CrunchPad publicly will be at a special press and user event in July in Silicon Valley. If you'd like to be emailed when new news comes out, send an email to crunchpad@techcrunch.com and we'll put you on the list.

Here is the near-final industrial design for the CrunchPad:

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JAM Project Live "Gate of the Future" in Taipei

每年在台灣開的演唱會真是不計其數。我也一直到了現在這個年齡，才開始接觸。去年第一次去到JAM Project，No Border全球巡迴的第一站：台灣。著實感受到那150分鐘不間斷的熱情。雖然主辦的場地、尤其是音響設備，實在是太破了(太容易破音了)讓我有點微詞，不過台上台下所散發出的激情，還真的是要親身經歷才能瞭解。當然，這也拜那些看地球儀的小朋友之賜，和網友的幫忙，不排隊和守在電腦旁，就拿到vip區域的票，更是感受到所謂"偶像"的魅力。

今年，當然就又再參加一次了。同樣的，也要讓那些看地球儀的小朋友，和網友們再幫一次忙了：這是看完後的票根：

看到沒，不一樣吧，10塊錢的票(哈)，看來某k姓友人要報帳會更好報了，不必再說是二手的了吧。特別還標了是貴賓卷說，真高級。今年特別在台灣開了兩場演唱，而主題是Gate of the Future。我參加的是星期六的第一場。

到了場地，其實有點不太爽，這樣的位置也和我們收最貴的票價。相對於去年，整個坐位是向後移了10多排吧，簡直移出了所謂的hot zone。再仔細一看，前面的原來是日本團，從日本追星追來台灣了。難怪我們的"貴賓卷"硬是被向後擠了出來。(話說，那些日本團還有人很應景的穿了"水手服"出來，還真......優呀)