Blog from the Loft

Apple and iPod

Think Secret
iPod Lounge

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Today was a travel day. So to busy to know what’s going on in the world. Picked up a UK newspaper in the airport lounge and found that Denis Thatcher just died. Flying through London though, there was not much attention paid to this news. I guess he is old news for England. Oh well. [...]

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Sony came out with a subnotebook called the VAIO TR1. It looks completely different from the normal VAIO. It has that whitish look that resemble the iBook design. The spec of this thing looks great — 3+ pounds, 10 inch wide screen, DVD/CD-RW drive, wifi, bluetooth, a portable note taking DVD viewing carry anyway machine. [...]

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The United State’s Postal Service is actually quite web enabled. You can issue hold mail request on the web (For certain zip codes) here.

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How much smart should computer software have? Should a piece of software anticipate user error and correct or prevent it? Case in point — Teamware, a source control system from Sun. When work is being done on the same source file between two releases, this system detects it and offer a way for you to [...]

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Part II
Start facing East.
1. turn left into left bow step, double punch to North.
2. swing arms back, left arm elbow strike towards front, right arm straight back, stand on one right leg, left foot point downwards, still faces north
3. step forward with left foot into left bow, left back fist press/chop horizontal down, lean forward [...]

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A recent Forbes article talks about the new Esprit, the clothing company. I did not know this, but the U.S. Esprit was going very badly, and eventually the independent Hong Kong based subsidary went public as Esprit Far east, then bought out the rest of Esprit. Then Michael Ying stepped aside and now Esprit is [...]

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Hong Kong is doing some pro active marketing to remind people what a wonderful place it is for business and pleasure !

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See this job posting. I agree with them completely, give or take the Microsoft specific requirements, depending on the actual job, of course.

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May seems strange to you, but when I walked into the loft this afternoon, I was lost for a second, as to where to put my wet umbrella. City Living. I don’t remember the last time I had to do this. Used to be : click the garage door opener, drive in, leave the wet [...]

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