
http://www.economist.com/printedition/index.cfm?d=20110205
- 埃及革命的主因:許多人民貧苦,每日只有2美元過活;政治腐敗。
- Danel Bell: The more people are free to rise on their own merits, the more they will race on the treadmill for status.
- 回教世界的動亂對於油價及糧食價格的影響。

http://www.economist.com/printedition/index.cfm?d=20110205

http://www.economist.com/printedition/index.cfm?d=20110129

http://www.economist.com/printedition/index.cfm?d=20110122

http://www.economist.com/printedition/index.cfm?d=20110115
找相關資訊時,看到New york times 排行榜,有本書叫 The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell,居然在榜上已經327週了,真是神奇。中譯書名叫引爆趨勢,找來看,還蠻有趣的。
洪蘭教授的演講,原標題是”愛你一輩子領航系列二講座洪蘭講座20081003 影片欣賞”。內容相當充實,非常值得一看!
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2008/vangoghnight/
《羅納河上的星夜》仔細看還有北斗七星 ;-P 來源:維基共享資源
梵谷的畫作即將要來台灣展出,又要打聽曾淑芸老師在什麼時候要帶團導覽,不過這次梵谷展門票看來要排時間,似乎比較不容易安排呢。
記得之前曾在ptt的museum版發過一篇:MoMA梵谷夜色展的網站。雖然紐約MoMA這個展已經結束了,不過網站依然存在,MoMA把這個展的網站做得很棒,十分值得一看,在此把它轉發過來。如果有時間,希望可以把每個細節都翻譯回來。
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2008/vangoghnight/
雖然沒機會去現場參觀,但是它的網站做得很好,畫作有特大張的圖片可供欣賞整體感覺及細節(按”enter site full screen”全畫面顯示,在大的顯示器上看,效果更好),也有很詳細的說明,及當時他對於這方面所寫的信件,讓人可以體會到當時他所付出的心力及心境。
以下節譯自網站的簡介(翻譯得不是很好,請見諒)
梵谷在他的生涯之中描繪了夜晚
在十九世紀末,在黑暗之中畫畫是個挑戰的問題,尤其是對於一個需要依靠觀察力的藝術家而言,梵谷承認不能完全依照想像力來作畫。但他也是一個在真實之中結合了象徵的藝術家,他開始去捕捉,環繞在他身邊的這個世界,他所感受到靈魂特質,這是他在夜晚,用想像力加上漸漸消散的記憶,所做的實驗。
VAN GOGH AND THE COLOR OF THE NIGHT 檢視了梵谷的夜晚的室內及風景,並還常混合了其他常在他作品中出現的場景–鄉村生活、播種者、小麥田、及現代化漸漸入侵鄉下的景色。這個展覽包括了油畫,草稿,及影響了他在這個領域的信件。
自己很喜歡上面這幅畫作,看大圖其實還蠻感動的。以下是MoMA網站的說明:
在1888年,梵谷寫的數封信中提到他很想畫一幅充滿星星的夜空。他發現,與其依靠想像來作畫,其實自己還是直接看著自然景色來做畫最好。但是他就必須面對一個問題,如何在黑暗中作畫?最後他找到了解決方案:在阿爾(Arles)附近的羅納河邊,架好了畫架。城裡遙遠的瓦斯燈,提供他足夠的光來作畫。在他描繪的廣大星空,籠罩著寧靜的羅納河。梵谷捕捉到了實際環繞在週圍的光線,及他感受到夜晚的意境。他把這個場景描述成他自己具有詩意的主題之一,由前景中的情侶來加深這個印象。
今天無意見看到了一個asukabook(飛鳥相冊)被代理進台灣的新聞,覺得蠻有趣的,就搜尋了一下相關的資訊(看起來飛鳥相冊其實並不是第一次進入台灣,原先的代理是”美簿子”)。之前多少有些聽過這類少量快速印刷的服務,像Mac上的iPhoto就可以直接上傳製作。台灣在這方面的服務,看起來有些也還不錯,價位也是在可以接受的範圍。
以前如果要做作品集之類的,大概只能用洗相片再去拼貼。要花好幾天來做,做出來也是厚厚一本像相本,有點業餘的感覺。使用這樣的服務,若印刷品質夠精美,是絕對值得的。
下載了其中一個範本來看,要求檔案是300dpi,所以電腦算圖算到3000px塵該是有其必要性。U_U
攝影集 Hypo, 好感動IngTouch和正點 Photobook 的比較 by 從陌生人到朋友
線上個人印刷的幾點觀察 by 許力仁
BCDEDIT /set IncreaseUserVa 3072
復原就是3027改成2048就可以了。
XP把BOOT.ini修改
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Windows XP” /FASTDETECT
加 /PAE /3GB
也就是
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Windows XP” /FASTDETECT /PAE /3GB
這篇也是來自Google Tech Talks的Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph.D.演講,主要內容是談到人的智力。從嬰兒的智力,慢慢演進到成人的階段;而成人在三十歲之後,又會隨著年紀而漸漸失去腦力。有方法可以提高腦力的效能,減少衰退的速度,其實也就是多動動腦筋。經由特定的程序去強化,吃好,運動,和人互動,做白日夢,持續成長,精心計劃自己的人生,積極拓展自己的視野。
Google Tech Talks
June 16, 2008
ABSTRACT
Explore the brain’s amazing ability to change throughout a person’s life. This phenomenon—called neuroplasticty—is the science behind brain fitness, and it has been called one of the most extraordinary scientific discoveries of the 20th century.
PBS had recently aired this special, The Brain Fitness Program, which explains the brain’s complexities in a way that both scientists and people with no scientific background can appreciate.
This is opportunity to learn more about how our minds work—and to find out more about the latest in cutting-edge brain research, from the founder of Posit Science and creator of the Brain Fitness Program software, Dr. Michael Merzenich.
Speaker: Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph.D.
Michael M. Merzenich, PhD: Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Merzenich leads the company’s scientific team. For more than three decades, Dr. Merzenich has been a leading pioneer in brain plasticity research. He is the Francis A. Sooy Professor at the Keck Center for Integrative Neurosciences at UCSF. Dr. Merzenich is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes, including the Ipsen Prize, Zulch Prize of the Max Planck Institute, Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award and Purkinje Medal. Dr. Merzenich has published more than 200 articles, including many in leading peer-reviewed journals, such as Science and Nature. His work is also often covered in the popular press, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time and Newsweek. He has appeared on Sixty Minutes II, CBS Evening News and Good Morning America. In the late 1980s, Dr. Merzenich was on the team that invented the cochlear implant, now distributed by market leader Advanced Bionics. In 1996, Dr. Merzenich was the founding CEO of Scientific Learning Corporation (Nasdaq: SCIL), which markets and distributes software that applies principles of brain plasticity to assist children with language learning and reading. He is an inventor on more than 50 patents. Dr. Merzenich earned his BS degree at the University of Portland and his PhD at Johns Hopkins
自己的服務能為別人創造出什麼價值,別人才會願意付出薪水或是購買你的服務。(也要讓人看得出來)。 領導力,照顧到其他人情緒的能力。 執行的時機:天時、地利、人和。