Outdated Poster - 新城慈善K戰24小時@KCP

Just for memory. This event is held at Kowloon City Plaza of Hong Kong during 19~21-Oct-2007.

Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare

Just for information.

美女魅力攝魂

Just for reference!!

20070719 Showcase of Liverpool Classic Jersey and Kits

Showcase of Liverpool Classic Jersey and Kits

A collection of classic jerseys and kits from Liverpool football team will be showcased till end of July. Don’t miss the chance to meet the actual sized portrait of world-class player Steven Gerrard MBE, John Arne Riise、Xabi Alonso and Dirk Kuyt!

16-31/7
11:00 – 23:00
L4 Atrium

Free LFC Collectibles
With spending of HK$100 or above from now on till 31 July, you can redeem a limited edition postcard of LFC soccer stars by adidas, together with 10% discount on adidas products and cash voucher valued at HK$100 offered by Futbol Trend.

With spending of HK$500 or above from now on till 26 July, you can also receive an official LFC collectible for free!

16-31/7
13:00 – 23:00
L4 Information Counter

Street Dancing - Samsung Promotion

Street Dancer - Promotion of Citicall Limited

This is the movie I took with my digital camera A710is. Enjoy!!!

所周知，Windows XP集成了許多功能和服務，但是有很多服務是我們個人用戶所用不到的，開啟只會浪費記憶體和資源，而且，還影響啟動速度。經我試驗和參考了眾多的文章和微軟的資料，關掉大部分沒用的服務以後，系統的資源佔用率有了大幅度的下降，系統運行當然也就更加順暢了。

關閉服務的方法：控制面板-管理工具-服務。

如果調整後電腦出了問題，重新開啟那個服務就可以了。設定時右擊一個服務，可以選擇關閉，手動，還是自動(自動為跟Windows一起啟動)。手動為需要時它自行啟動。禁止為永遠不啟動。以下是每個服務的詳細說明。

注意：只要開頭帶*的服務不要關閉！！不然，後悔別怪我。

alerter—錯誤警報器，垃圾。(你絕對要關的，不然，非煩死你不可)

application layer gateway service—給與第三者網路共用/防火牆支援的服務，有些防火牆/網路共用軟體需要。(例如瑞星某版本的防火牆等)

application management—用於設定，發佈和刪除軟體服務。 (不要改動它)

automatic updates—windows自動更新，滾！ (不管是哪個版本的XP，都關！)

background intelligent transfer service—這個服務原是用來實現http1.1伺服器之間的資訊傳輸，微軟稱支援windows更新時中斷點續傳 。(就是V6的中斷點續傳，既然都不更新了，也關閉吧)

clipbook—用與局域網電腦來共用/粘貼/剪貼的內容。(等於打開你電腦中的後門讓黑客和木馬程式攻擊你的電腦)

com+Event system—一些 COM+軟體需要，檢查你的 c:programfilesComPlus Applications 目錄，沒東西可以把這個服務關閉。(先看看那個文件夾再決定)

COM+Event system application—同上(不說了)

Computer browser—用來流覽局域網電腦的服務，但關了也不影響流覽！(就是提前把局域網中的資訊cache，沒什麼用處，有點消耗記憶體)

cryptographic services—windows更新時用來確認Windows檔指紋的。 (都不更新了，要它幹嗎？！)

DHCP client—靜態IP者需要(xDSL等)，小貓就不用了。 (開著吧，省的出現莫名其妙的問題)

Distributed link tracking client—用於局域網更新連接資訊，比如在電腦A有個檔，在B做了個連接，如果檔移動了，這個服務將會更新資訊。佔用4兆記憶體。 (一般用戶用不到，可以關閉；但企業用戶就別關閉了)

Distributed Transaction coordinator—無聊的東西。 (還是一般用戶用不到)

DNS Client—DNS解析服務。 (還是一般用戶用不到；前提是你的電腦不做功能變數名稱解析)

Error reporting service—錯誤報告器，把windows中錯誤報告給微軟。(關，及其讓人反感的東東)

＊Event Log—系統日誌紀錄服務，很有用於查找系統毛病。(你要是強行關閉了，你別後悔.....)

Fast user switching compatibility—多用戶快速切換服務。 (就是開始-注消中的用戶切換，自己決定)

help and support—幫助。(就是開始-幫助；一般可以設置為手動)

Human interface device access—支援“弱智“電腦配件的。比如鍵盤上調音量的按鈕等等(一般不要關閉)

IMAPI CD-burning COM service—XP刻牒服務，用軟體就不用了。(關了吧，沒什麼用處)

Indexing service—恐怖的xp減速的東東！！(具體資料沒有，非關它不可！)

Internet Connection Firewall(ICF)—xp防火牆。(就是一個網路防火牆，關了吧，不如其他殺軟的防火牆)

IPSEC Services—大眾用戶連邊都沾不上。(具體資料沒有，但我是關了的)

Logical Disk manager—磁片管理服務。(別關，特別是菜鳥)

Logical Disk manager administrative service—同上。 (不說了)

messenger—不是msn；不想被騷擾的話就關。(注：妖刺就是利用這個)

MS software shadow copy provider—無用。(是備份用的，我看什麼用都沒)

Net Logon—登陸Domain Controller用的。(大眾用戶快關！ )

Netmeeting remote desktop sharing—用Netmeeting實現電腦共用。(誰還用它，一個很土的軟體，關！)

Network Connections—上網/局域網要用的東東！(別關，共用功能就靠它)

Network DDE—和Clipbook一起用的。(關不關，自己決定)

Network DDE DSDM—同上(不說了)

Network Location Awareness—如有網路共用或ICS/ICF可能需要。(伺服器端使用）

NT LM Security support provider—telnet服務用的東東。(關了吧~)

NVIDIA Driver Helper service—nvidia顯卡幫助。(關了它，可減少2MB記憶體使用空間)

PDEngine—perfectdisk引擎 (一般不要動)

PDScheduler—perfectdisk計畫服務 (同上)

Performance logs and alerts—記錄機器運行狀況而且定時寫入日誌或發警告。(內容可能過於專業，所以~~自己決定)

＊Plug and Play—自動查測新裝硬體，(就是即插即用)

Portable media serial number—絕對無用。(關了吧~)

Print Spooler—印表機用(就是把準備列印的東東先cache，一般可以關了)

Protected Storage—儲存本地密碼和網上服務密碼的服務。(常?撓校禾畋硎鋇摹白遠瓿傘憊δ? )

Remote access auto connection manager—寬帶者/網路共用可能需要！(關了它？除非你是用電話線上網)

Remote desktop help session manager—遠端幫助服務。(安全與方便，你選擇哪個？)

＊Remote Procedure Call (RPC)—系統核心服務！(你敢關它？！無語ing......)

Remote Procedure Call LOCATOR—管理RPC資料庫服務。(這個倒沒什麼用)

remote registry—遠端註冊表運行/修改。(大漏洞，還不快關！)

removable storage—一般情況下不用。(磁帶備份用的)

routing and remote access—不知者關！(絕對沒有壞處)

secondary logon—給與administrator以外的用戶分配指定操作權。(默認吧)

security accounts manager—像Protected Storage，IIS Admin 才需要。(不要修改)

server—局域網檔/列印共用需要的。(網路印表機的必須品)

shell hardware detection—給有些配置自動啟動。(例如：U盤和有些cd驅動器等)

smart card—關。(你還用N年前的設備麼？)

smart card helper—關！ (同上)

SSDP Discovery service—沒有什麼硬體利用這個服務。(XP的核心果然是N年的產物）

system event notification—記錄用戶登錄/登出/重起/關機資訊。(產生的LOG檔足以讓你頭痛，關了吧)

system restore service—系統還原服務，吃資源和記憶體的怪獸。(不說了，自己決定)

task scheduler—windows計畫服務。(你還用它麼)

TCP/IP NetBIOS helper—如果你的網路不用Netbios 或WINS。(你只有在安全與方便中選擇)

Telephony—撥號服務。(如果你的寬帶不用撥號，那麼關了它)

telnet—大漏洞。(系統的大漏洞，這跟dos中telnet命令沒關係)

terminal services—實現遠端登錄本地電腦，快速用戶切換和遠端桌面功能需要。(不用這些功能就關了吧)

themes—支持xp華麗的外表。(一般不要關)

uninterruptible power supply—支援UPS的服務。(沒有UPS的就關)

universal plug and play device host—同SSDP Discovery Service ，沒用。(關了吧，垃圾就是垃圾)

upload manager—用來實現伺服器和用戶端輸送檔的服務。(簡單檔傳輸不需要這個)

volume shadow copy—同MS Software Shadow Copy Provider一樣無用。(一個字：關)

webclient—可能和以後的.net技術有聯繫。(安全起見，我關得實實的)

＊Windows Audio—控制著你聽到的聲音。(關了就沒聲音了)

Windows Installer—windows的MSI安裝服務。(建議設成手動)

windows image acquisition (WIA)—有些數碼相機和掃描器用的。(開著吧，不然，MM通過攝像頭就看不到你了)

＊Windows Management Instrumentation—滿重要的服務，是管”服務依靠”的。(跟RPC服務是同一個等級)

windows management instrumentation driver extensions—沒上面的重要。(建議設成手動)

windows time—網上時間校對。(就是螢幕右下角的時間校對，沒用，關)

wireless zero configuration—無線網路設置服務。(你在無線網路中麼)

WMI performance adapter—關！(跟上面的WMI不是同一路服務)

＊Workstation—很多服務都依靠這個服務。(支援聯網和列印/檔共用的)

山門

Here is 南蓮池園 of Hong Kong

Reading Better and Faster

The following article is extracted from the below site. I get a lot from it and hope to share it with you.

http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/speed1.html

Reading Better and Faster

by Dennis Doyle

For most people, it is easy to learn to read faster. Your reading rate is often just a matter of habit. But to begin, you may need to try to change some habits and try these tips:

1. Pay attention when you read and read as if it really matters.

Most people read in the same way that they watch television, i.e. in an inattentive, passive way. Reading takes effort and you must make the effort. A wise teacher once told me that you can learn anything if you do three things:

PAY ATTENTION

PAY ATTENTION and

PAY ATTENTION.

There are some simple methods that you can use to pay better attention and get more out of your textbook reading time. Different authors call it different things, but many researchers say that you will improve your comprehension if you somehow "preview" the passage before you actually sit down and read every word.

To do a preview you:

take 30 to 60 seconds.
look over the title of the chapter.
look at all the headings, subheadings and marked, italic or dark print.
look at any pictures or illustrations, charts or graphs.
quickly skim over the passage, reading the first and last paragraph and glancing at the first sentence of every other paragraph.
close the book and ask yourself:
---What is the main idea?
---What kind of writing is it?
---What is the author's purpose?

You might not think that you could possibly answer these questions with so little exposure to the material, but if you do the preview correctly, you should have some very good general ideas. If you have a general idea of what the passage is about before you really read it, you will be able to understand and remember the passage better.
When you finally get to the point where you are actually slowly reading the passage, read in a "questioning" manner -as if you were seaching for something. It sometimes helps if you take the heading or title of a chapter and turn it into a question.

For example, if the heading of a section in the text is "The Causes of the Civil War", take that title and switch it into a question like: "What are the causes of the Civil War?". Now you have a goal; something to look for; something to find out. When you are goal-oriented, you are more likely to reach the goal. At least you'll remember one thing about the text which you have just read.

2. Stop talking to yourself when you read. People talk to themselves in 2 ways, by:

vocalizing, which is the actual moving of your lips as you read, and
subvocalizing, which is talking to yourself in your head as you silently read.
Both of these will slow you down to the point in which you find that you can't read any faster than you can speak. Speech is a relatively slow activity; for most, the average speed is about 250 WPM (words per minute).

Reading should be an activity which involves only the eyes and the brain. Vocalization ties reading to actual speaking. Try to think of reading as if you were looking at a landscape, a panorama of ideas, rather than looking at the rocks at your feet.

3. Read in thought groups. Studies have shown that when we read, our eyes must make small stops along the line. Poor readers make many, many more fixations (eyestops) than good readers. Not only does this slow you down, but it inhibits comprehension because meaning is easier to pull from groups of words rather than from individual words or even single letters. Try to read in phrases of three or four words, especially in complete clauses and prepositional phrases. Your mind may internalize them as if the whole phrase is like one big meaning-rich word.

4. Don't keep re-reading the same phrases. Poor readers habitually read and re-read the same phrase over and over again. This habit of making "regressions" doubles or triples reading time and often does not result in better comprehension. A single careful, attentive reading may not be enough for full comprehension, but is often more effective than constant regressions in the middle of a reading. It is best to work on paying closer attention the first time through. Do a preview first before the careful reading and try the tips I mentioned above. You'll remember better without the rereading.

5. Vary your reading rate to suit the difficulty and type of writing of the text. Poor readers always read at the same slow rate. An efficient reader speeds up for easier material and slows down for the hard. Some things were not meant to be read quickly at all. Legal material and very difficult text should be read slowly. Easier material and magazines and newspapers can be read quickly. Poetry and plays were meant to be performed, and if not acted out, then at least, spoken out loud orally. This obviously will conflict with good speed reading method which forbids vocalization. Religious writings and scripture were originally written to be recited and listened to by an audience which was likely to be intelligent, but illiterate. The "fun" of poetry, plays, or prayer is not really experienced if you "speed read" the text.

MK1 Kar Kar

MK1阿思

Gundam

One of my favorite cartoon. This album is just for memory.

Gundam

Peer2Mail
This software seems useful to store large file at web.
Peer2Mail is the first software that lets you store and share files on any web-mail account. If you have a web mail account with large storage space, you can use P2M to store files on it. Web-mail providers such as Gmail (Google Mail), Walla!, Yahoo and more, provide storage space that ranges from 100MB to 3GB.
P2M splits the file you want to share/store zips and encrypts it. P2M then sends the file segments one by one to your account. Once P2M uploaded all file segments, you can download them and use P2M to merge the segments back to the original file.
Peer2Mail is 100% FREE.

Rainlendar Lite

Rainlendar - A customizable desktop calendar

Rainlendar is a feature rich calendar application that is easy to use and doesn't take much space on your desktop. The application is platform independent so you can run it both on Windows and on Linux. The appearance can be customized with skins and you can even mix different skins together.

It is possible to use Rainlendar with other calendar applications too. Rainlendar uses the standard iCalendar format to store its events and tasks so you can easily transfer them between applications. You can also subscribe to online calendars and see your Outlook appointments directly in Rainlendar*.

Rainlendar is an unicode application and support localization so you can use it on your own language.

All the coming events are shown in a separate list where you can see the week's events at one glance. You can decide how many days in advance you want to see in the list. Different events can have a different appearance in the list so you can easily spot the important events from the others. The icons in the calendar are also available in the event list and other windows to make it easier to separate the events.

You can also have a separate list for your long term tasks. The task list can be arranged several ways so that you can keep it better organized. You can also set a due date for the tasks to make sure you'll remember to do them on time.

You'll also get an alarm when an event or task is due so that you don't miss it. The alarm can be defined to be set off any duration before the actual event so you have time to prepare for it.

And that's not all. Check the list of features for better overview of all the things Rainlendar can do. If you find it useful go to the download page and get yourself a copy.