Dragging and dragging and dragging....

Sometimes it is astonishing to know how realistic Dilbert illustrated the office environment.

And damn it, he is accurate.

I am working on a project. One project team member seems to have difficulties in grasping essence of the project details, whichever the details. So he always come up with suggestions that others mentioned, ask questions that other asked, frame questions in words of empty meanings such as "Users would like to see a logical presentation of the information".

Damn it, we knew it. But what is the way to do it and the ultimate deliverables? That's the point. And the clock keeps ticking.

I better concentrate on my hobbies.

Kaiyodo toys

Recently I came across a robot developed by Kaiyodo which is my favorite, Shin Getter Robo.

This one is real cool for 2 reasons: it is very posable and very affordable.

Hmm... A few lunch savings should be ok...

My PC running OS X & wireless LAN 

The Mac OS screen

The Mac OS screen on my PC

My external USB 2.0 HD  

My PC running Mac OS X

My PC running Athlon X2 3800+

One of my friends is curious to know if my PC is running Mac OS X. Here are some photos.

iPod hifi

Apple comes out with a new product. Seems like that are aiming at becoming a Sony.

Doubt if such arrangement of speakers can produce good sound. Really need to try before reaching conclusion.

Robots

I grew up in an era that robots start to surface.

When I was small, I was always fascinated by those Japanese robots like Mazinger Z, Getter Robo, Ultraman, ... flying here and there, fighting evils and monsters, protecting the world ...... in cartoons. While the memories were still there, the toys were not.

In particular, I love Japanese toys because of the built, the precision & the beauty. I think this company created one of the coolest Getter Robos. In cartoons, the Getter Robos are transformed by different combination of "merging" three fighter jets. In reality, there is no such toy models until I saw this one. Marvelous. Still, too expensive.



Well, appreciation is one thing, owning is another. There is always a distance.

iMac dissection

Cool! Found this site so that I do not have to shell out money to buy an iMac in order to open it and see what's inside.

Decision about technologies

In Hong Kong, the Government is always being critized here and there. From cleaning the street to handling avian flu. From WTO event to universal suffrage. The long and pain-staking road to transforming the economy from the over-reliance on real-estate to a bunch of buzzwords-driven ideas is not yet over.

What if the official and the legislators sitting in the council, really get into the crowd, the people, the market, to learn what is going on?

This is an interesting article about getting an iPod for all US senators.

Building OS X on PC

For those interested in building a home-brew Mac OS X on an Intel or AMD PC, you can start here.

OSX86 project is a project to build OSX on X86 PCs. It got tons of information in the forum that you can dive into.

If you are like me who likes to roll up the sleeves and do it, check out wiki of OSX86 project. Follow some of the installation guides. This one is my favorite.

OS X on PC

I am a PC guy on the surface but an Apple fan at heart.

Recently I built an AMD PC which is quite good in terms of price-to-performance for general use. Intel-based iMac caught my attention again because of its beauty.

I went through a lot of online articles and learned that I could build a Mac on PC hardware. Wild thought: wouldn't it be good if I can use my newly built PC to build a Mac? So I started surfing the web.

I browsed through many articles and got a bunch of software downloaded. Cool.

Installation went smoothly, well well, as compared to the Windows installation, I must say the duration is more or less the same. Takes time.

Initially, there are some teething problems. The external hard disk is not stable. The wireless adaptor is not functioning. The video card cannot be set to other resolutions, etc. Through some wrestling, got some of those resolved.

Now I got a Mac on PC. Cool and fun.