Winter F00l

来西藏有一个月了，本来主要目的是来旅游的，结果忙得到现在连布达拉宫都还没进去过，至于日志就更没时间写了:P

大概是从小生长在商人家庭里的关系，我发现自己从学生变成社会人就好像是件自然得不能再自然的事，一点也没出现过渡期的不适感或是不良反应，耳濡目染的积累变成了潜在的第二天性？难怪很多心理专家都强调家庭环境对于一个人的影响。

第一份工作做了三天，实在不喜欢那种规规矩矩，每天都一成不变的职业，轻松是轻松，就是感觉太无聊了，有点虚耗生命，所以第四天我就换了一份工作。第二份工作我挺喜欢，因为每天都可以和很多不同的人打交道，三教九流，层次高低，什么样的人都有，对于长期把“研究”人性当作兴趣爱好的我来说，这就像开了一道难得的天窗，反正我是偷偷乐在其中，这也是这份职业（or两份？）吸引我的主要原因之一，当然了，自由的时间安排，挑战带来的刺激感，成就感，以及不错的收入也是不能忽略滴的原因:D

暂时写到这里，公司有急召。。。

Laptops tend to lose their charm quickly when you’re constantly looking for the nearest power outlet to charge up.  How do you keep your battery going for as long as possible?  Here are 15 easy ways to do so.

1. Defrag regularly -  The faster your hard drive does its work - less demand you are going to put on the hard drive and your battery.  Make your hard drive as efficient as possible by defragging it regularly. (but not while it’s on battery of course!) Mac OSX is better built to handle fragmentation so it may not be very applicable for Apple systems.

2. Dim your screen - Most laptops come with the ability to dim your laptop screen.  Some even come with ways to modify CPU and cooling performance.  Cut them down to the lowest level you can tolerate to squeeze out some extra battery juice.

3. Cut down on programs running in the background.  Itunes, Desktop Search, etc.  All these add to the CPU load and cut down battery life.  Shut down everything that isn’t crucial when you’re on battery.

4. Cut down external devices - USB devices (including your mouse) & WiFi drain down your laptop battery.  Remove or shut them down when not in use.  It goes without saying that charging other devices (like your iPod) with your laptop when on battery is a surefire way of quickly wiping out the charge on your laptop battery.

5. Add more RAM - This will allow you to process more with the memory your laptop has, rather than relying on virtual memory.  Virtual memory results in hard drive use, and is much less power efficient. Note that adding more RAM will consume more energy, so this is most...

仅管投资这个网站对于小比来说无疑是出于商业考虑，但我还是要说God bless you,Bill!this world will be a better place without stupid discrimination towards race,religion or sex.

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Bill Gates, operating through his Cascade Investment arm, is among the investors participating in the $26.2 million funding of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender online community PlanetOut.

PlanetOut, which trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker LGBT and also operates the Web site Gay.com, went public at $9 per share in October 2004.

But since that time, the stock has been in free fall. It closed today at $1.59, up 15 percent.

Last year, PlanetOut reported revenue of $68.6 million --up 93 percent over 2005. But it also reported a net loss of $3.7 million last year.

Gates is not really known for investing in money-losing Internet companies, with some of the Microsoft co-founder's bets including companies such as Six Flags, Four Seasons Hotels, Pacific Ethanol and others.

怎样判断你的另一半是不是真正适合你的那个人？怎样维持一段成功的恋爱关系？听听专业心理医生的意见。推荐。

有意思的答案，当你想记住一件事的时候要集中精力忘掉它？

The answer: don't try so hard to control your thoughts! Instead, see if you can't get your secret preoccupation out in the open. Find a confidante to whom you can confess the idea—or perhaps write about it. Probably, says Wegner, you'll get bored of it fairly quickly, and the pesky thought will die away of its own accord.

Or, instead of following the impulse to get rid of it, says Wegner, just go with it. If you have a song in your head, trying to get rid of it is a great way to make sure it comes back. In this paradoxical therapy, you do the opposite of the thing you want to do. And that, he says, is what ends up being the cure.

全文：psychology today

最近突然发现记忆力有些衰退，哈哈，大概我也快老年痴呆了。

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• Stretch Your Mind. Don't let your thinking gears get rusty. Mental activity strengthens brain cells and neural connections, and may even give rise to new nerve cells. Engaging in stimulating leisure activities throughout your life can reduce the risk of dementia by about half, according to Australian researchers. Reading, writing, completing crossword puzzles, or even visiting a museum produces positive changes in the hippocampus, part of the brain affected by dementia. Mastering a new language is also beneficial: Among bilinguals, the onset of dementia begins some four years later than it does for monolinguals.

  The brain's malleability allows for neural connections to continue to form late in life. Researchers at UC Irvine discovered that short, repeated learning sessions slowed the buildup of a protein in the brain known to lead to plaques and tangles—symptoms of Alzheimer's. The take-away for humans is that it's never too late to begin exercising your mind. Even ordinary activities done in a novel way, such as brushing your teeth with the opposite hand or taking a different route to work can enrich brain cell connections.

• Keep in Touch. A strong network of family and friends can also lower your risk of dementia. Social activity lessens depression and reduces stress levels, which helps maintain connections among brain cells. Volunteering, joining a club, or traveling can add four years to one's life, according to Harvard researchers. It's no surprise then that lonely individuals, in their later years, may be twice as likely to develop the type of dementia linked to Alzheimer's.
• Hit That Treadmill. One of the best ways to care for your mind is to keep your heart healthy. Aerobic exercise improves oxygen consumption, which benefits brain functioning. A brisk half hour walk, bicycling, swimming, or dancing each day promotes good blood flow to the brain and stimulates new brain-cell growth. Such activity lowers the risk of dementia and slows cognitive decline in those who already have dementia. Because of the connection between the brain and cardiovascular system, reducing risks of heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes also protects against Alzheimer's disease.
• Brain Food. Eating an apple a day could keep Alzheimer's away. Apples and apple juice, along with a balanced diet, can protect against cell damage linked to age-related memory loss, according to research from Cornell University and the University of Massachusetts. Fresh apples contain high levels of the antioxidant quercetin; eating at least one a day can help protect brain cells against oxidative stress, a tissue-damaging process associated with Alzheimer's.

  Fresh veggies and fish are just as good for your brain as they are for your body. Eating foods rich in folate, along with the use of supplements, may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's, suggests a report in Archives of Neurology. Folate can be found in spinach, dry beans, peas, fortified cereals, grain products, and some fruits and vegetables. And those who eat fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids (salmon, trout, and albacore tuna) have higher levels of the fatty acid DHA in their blood, which significantly lowers the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's.

初步决定在联想，ACER和惠普三个品牌中选择。thinkpad 61好像还没在内地销售，继续观望中...

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天逸F41标配130万像素的摄像头，它具备了应用领先的人像识别功能。同时这款机器在改善了双独立重低音音响系统的同时，还采用了专业领先的杜比认证音响系统，并且配备了方便易用多媒体快捷按键与不开机听音乐(Audio DJ)功能。

配置方面，天逸F41（GT7100）采用了14.1英寸WXGA宽屏幕，分辨率为1280*800项岁。搭载英特尔酷睿2 T7100双核处理器(1.80GHz, 800MHz 前端总线)处理器，基于GM965芯片组设计，内置1G DDR2 667内存，120G SATA硬盘，DVD-RW光驱，集成GMA X3100显卡。网络方面，F41配有英特尔PRO/Wireless 3945ABG 802.11a\b\g无线网卡与蓝牙模块，方便了您的个人应用。

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如果你喜欢《关于莉莉周的一切》，《香港制造》之类的电影可以试试这部。

和《莉莉周》相比，《莉莉周》更艺术化，Imaginary Heroes更写实；

和《香港制造》相比，《香港制造》的疼痛是清晰而彻底的，彻底地粉碎，Imaginary Heroes则像从鞋底的水洼里中反射出的霓虹灯光，色彩是一抹混沌，模糊的暗影，让人压抑。

不过IH有一个情节我觉得有点多余，似乎想使电影风格显得更阴暗，反而显得做作了。

另外导演的功力也似乎不如那两位，能够在电影中烙上自己鲜明的个性“签名”，让人感受到强烈的个人色彩。

但总的来说这部电影已经算不错了，推荐。

电影里的这首插曲和电影风格挺接近，安静,微伤的独立小调。

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Number 10

Regan Teresa MacNeil - The Exorcist (1973)

Generally, we like films that feature women in nightgowns, but The Exorcist is a different beast altogether. Possessed by the Devil himself, Regan abuses priests, breaks out in boils, levitates, and spews pea soup across the room. Actually, aside from the levitation part, it sounds a lot like a typical Saturday night to us.

The film's special effects and intensity were considered so gripping that it garnered 10 Academy Award nominations. Take that, Bride of Chucky!

Most evil scene: Every moment is practically scarier than the last, but few are more evil than when Regan tells Father Karras, "I'm the Devil. Now kindly undo these straps." The movie was considered so disturbing that it was banned from video in Finland...