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By admin, September 19, 2011 3:16 pm

週末閑逛本地拍賣場的時候﹐無意間發現了這個絕版已久的Autoart桃木製底座車模展示盒子﹐跟賣家聯絡後﹐發現原來他也只有這麼一件而已。

其實多年來一直都想購買一個比較高級的木紋底座展示盒子用來展示那些五六十年代經典的法拉利或者是CMC的那些精密車模﹐無奈市面上只有寥寥可數的兩款可供選購。

其中一個就是這款Autoart的﹐但2004年後已經絕版已久﹐聽說是製作成本高昂﹑利潤過低﹑較少人傾采的原因導致了Autoart停止了這款車模展示盒子的持續生產。

另一款則是CMC製作的﹐價格比AA貴上一倍不說﹐竟然底座沒有桃木紋理﹐當然在近距離仔細觀察下﹐你會發現Autoart的木製底座其實也是鋪了層仿真度極高的桃木表皮(應該是塑料做的)﹐但遠看還是觀賞度和實用性大大高于CMC的那款﹐因為自己認為CMC的那款只局限于CMC自家出的車模﹐並不太適合擺放比較現代的車款。

其實AA還有另外一款大一倍的木製底座車模展示盒子﹐那是個可以並排裝兩台1比18的樣式﹐雖然實用性也不高﹐但現在還是絕版了。

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By admin, September 17, 2011 7:56 pm

It’s been more than one month since my last appearance on the court. I enjoyed playing again today with my partner, I feel so good being able to come out and play again under the sunshine. 

I started slowly and picked up the pace gradually, worked on my forehand, then backhand, then volley and finally the serve. In particular, I emphasized on my form, not to “late hit” on every single shot and completed my swing motion more fluidly than before, there I see the effect immediately, my shots is more speedy and more spin. Now I regret that I was being so lazy and hurt myself eventually, stupid really!

Finally, I started to use Nike Patella Band for my left knee for extra protection. After the game, I rushed to Gigasport and bought another one for my right knee. The Petella Band worths the investment and it’s only HK$62 after discount, they worked pretty well I must say for my knees that’s getting older every day.  

Well, I simply try to use every possible method to extend my tennis game till 80 years old!

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By admin, September 17, 2011 7:28 pm

Dell added eMLC drives from SanDisk (with technology acquired from Pliant Technology) in its EqualLogic PS6100 storage arrays launched this month.

The 5.1 firmware handles tiering and load balancing that can help manage SSDs by moving data based on access patterns, Vigil said. Although EqualLogic has been offering single-level cell (SLC) SSDs in the PS6000 line since 2009, Vigil said less than 10% of EqualLogic systems ship with SSDs. “We’re seeing that our customers don’t need a lot of SSDs, but SSDs gives a nice performance boost for those who do need them,” he said.

Does it make sense to use “not so reliable” MLC SSD for enterprise storage? Well, it really depends on your situation. Hitachi is the first vendor launching eMLC SSD, I am sure others will follow this trend. MLC costs a lot less than SLC (at least 50%) and SSD is known for its huge READ IOPS performance, so it may be a good alternative for your database, exchange type of appilcations.

Of course, for those who can afford, FusionIO is your only choice currently, think about the IOPS coming from a 5TB SSD (also based on MLC), it’s just unbelievably fast and expensive as well!

Finally, I enjoyed reading this article related to Equallogic and SSD: “Are costly SSDs worth the money?”

He bought three SSDs to serve as top-tier storage for business intelligence (BI) applications on his SAN. The flash storage outperformed 60 15,000rpm Fibre Channel disk drives when it came to small-block reads.

However, when Marbes used the SSDs for large-block random reads and any writes, “the 60 15K spindles crushed the SSDs,” he said, demonstrating that flash deployments should be strategically targeted at specific applications.

 

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By admin, September 15, 2011 9:52 pm

Were these two playing video game?

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By admin, September 14, 2011 9:12 pm

可愛的Fiat 500竟然也搞起了不同的Crossover﹐這台限量版的Gucci Fiat 500真的很特別﹑很型格﹐當然也很貴﹗值不值得﹖那真的見仁見智了﹗

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By admin, September 11, 2011 10:21 pm

中午外出吃飯的時候在尖東見到一輛罕見的銀藍色法拉利612﹐還配備了令人心動的漂亮車輪﹐612真車來的極之高貴大方﹐相比之下Hotwheels Elite做的實在太差勁了﹗

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By admin, September 10, 2011 7:15 pm

The first release of HIT/VE (Version 3.0.1) was back in April 2011, it did make storage administrator’s life a lot easier particularly if you are managing hundreds of volumes. Well, to be honest, I don’t mind creating volumes, assigning them to ESX host and setting the ACL manually, it only takes a few minutes more. I feel that I need to know every step is correctly carried out which is more important because I can control everything, obviously, I don’t have a huge SAN farm to manage, so HIT/VE is not a life saver tool for me.

Today, I came across a new video about the latest HIT/VE, in the video, it shows clearly the version being 3.1.0, which is a new version that has the option of VASA added, too bad it works on vSphere 5.0, but not vSphere 4.1.

However, version 3.1 cannot be found at EQL support web site, I guess it’s only for internal evaluation.

Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for VMware 3.1 — provide customers with enhanced storage visibility and datastore management as well as improved performance and availability through tight integration with VMware vSphere 5, VMware vSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness, VMware Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS), and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager™ 5.

Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for VMware 3.1, Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft 4.0, and SAN Headquarters 2.2 software are in beta now and planned for release this year.

Update Sep-13, 2011

EqualLogic has released HIT for VMware V3.1 Early Production Access, I don’t prefer putting any EPA products into production as it might contains bug that will create disaster which no one can guarantee it won’t happen, so I shall skip it and wait till the official release.

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By admin, September 10, 2011 12:06 pm

臨近中午的時候﹐樓下突然傳來一陣與眾不同的引擎啟動聲音﹐憑經驗估計應該是屬于意系一類的超跑。一看之下﹐喜見那意大利浪漫的紅色﹐但款式則完全摸不到頭腦﹖雖然陌生﹐但好像又在哪套電影裡見過似的(God Father系列﹖)。

紅色的歐洲開篷小跑車流露出80年代獨特的硬朗線條。這是什麼Classic來的﹖車尾油蓋上那隱約的海神之叉道出了此車的真正身份﹕Maserati﹗

但如何看都不太像Maserati的出品﹐小弟學淺才疏﹐上網查出原來是台80年代的Maserati Biturbo Sypder﹐連這麼冷門的跑車現在還有人開﹐可見香港中產欣賞Classic汽車的文化水平已經到達了一個很高的層次。

可要知道懂得欣賞Classic汽車的文化水平不一定跟錢扯得上直接關系﹐很多富二代幾百萬買台F458只為炫耀財富﹐幫爸爸做廣告(其實跟自己一點關係都沒有﹐因為錢不是他掙來的)﹐懂得欣賞Classic汽車的文化水平是一點一滴累積回來的﹐更跟整個社會和城市的教育水平有著直接的關係。

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By admin, September 7, 2011 4:42 pm

單反 單鏡反光機（SLR, Single Lens Reflex），現在通常指數碼單鏡反光機（DSLR）
小白 / SW 指 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM，由於 Canon 的長焦 L 鏡鏡身為白色塗裝，而此鏡推出時為焦距最短的一支白鏡，因此被暱稱為「小白」。

小白 IS / SWIS Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM，小白的 IS 版本。
小小白 / SSW Canon EF 70-200mm f4.0L USM，比小白細一級光圈，因此被稱為小小白。
小小白 IS / SSWIS Canon EF 70-200mm f4.0L IS USM，小小白的 IS 版本。
大白 Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM，Canon 最長焦距的變焦 L 鏡，因此被稱為「大白」。
小黑 / LB Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 或 70-200mm f/2.8 變焦鏡，名稱來源應該是因為與 Canon「小白」對應。基於版本的不同，第三代的 AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED 被稱為「小黑三」（LB3），第五代的 AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED 就稱為「小黑五」（LB5），如此類推，至於同型號灰色塗裝的就稱為「小灰」。

大三元 Canon 的 f/2.8 大光圈變焦 L 鏡系列，包括 EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM、EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM、EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM 或 EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

小三元 Canon 的 f/4 光圈變焦 L 鏡系列，包括 EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM、EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM、EF 70-200mm f/4L USM 或 EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM

Nikon 三寶 Nikon 的 f/2.8 大光圈變焦 ED 鏡系列，包括 AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED、AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED、AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED 或 AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

三公主 Pentax FA 31mm f/1.8、FA 43mm f/1.9 及 FA 77mm f/1.8 三支 Limited 鏡頭
三餅仔 Pentax DA 40mm f/2.8 Limited、DA 70mm f/2.4 Limited 及 DA 21mm f/3.2 AL Limited 鏡頭
384 300mm f/4 長鏡，伸延應用為 684、584
328 300mm f/2.8 長鏡
百微 焦距約為 100mm 的微距鏡頭，如 AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D。
俄仔 俄國出產的鏡頭，透過特別的轉接環可用於 135 系統 DSLR。
福仔 福倫達鏡頭
C 記 Canon
N 記 Nikon
OM Olympus，有指當中的「M」字是指 Olympus 前常務董事、Olympus PEN 設計者米谷美久 Yoshihisa Maitani
奶 Leica 的暱稱，伸延應用為「奶味」（相片的色彩或質感有 Leica 的味道）、「奶鏡」（Leica 鏡）
大奶 Leica D VARIO-ELMARIT 14-50mm f/2.8-3.5 ASPH MEGA O.I.S.（4/3 系統）
細奶 Leica D VARIO-ELMARIT 14-50mm f/3.8-5.6 ASPH MEGA O.I.S.（4/3 系統）
菜 Carl Zeiss 蔡司鏡頭的暱稱，伸延應用為「菜味」（相片的色彩或質感有 Carl Zeiss 的味道）、「菜鏡」（Carl Zeiss 鏡）

天涯鏡 焦距覆蓋廣角以至遠攝的鏡頭，可以「一鏡走天涯」的意思，如 18-200mm、18-300mm、28-200mm、28-300mm 鏡頭等。

外閃 外置閃燈
直倒 用於單反的垂直手柄，通常可以加裝額外電
失打繩 快門線，「失打」為 Shutter 的意思
雞腳 看似弱不襟風的鋁質腳架
Full Film Full Frame 的誤稱，即是全片幅的意思
技術類
Fo 對焦（Focus）的簡稱，伸延應用為「Out Fo」（Out Focus）、「中 Fo」（Focus 準確）等
打雀 拍攝雀鳥，伸延應用為打蟲、打蝶等
飛燈 外置同步閃燈，將外置閃燈設置在與相機相隔一定距離的地方，以營造更有立體感的燈光效果。飛燈方法一般為以有線或無線方法將閃燈與快門同步，在按下快門時同時觸發遠距離的閃燈。伸延應用為飛燈線（離機閃光燈同步線）。

打 Bounce 中文正講為「跳燈」，意思是將閃燈燈頭扭向天花板或牆壁，以反射的光線來為主體照明，產生較柔和的燈光效果。

拉爆 中途曝光拍攝手法，在曝光中途中進行變焦，令相片出現放射性的線條。
長曝 長期曝光
高炒 / 低炒 高角度拍攝 / 低角度拍攝
Over 曝光過度
Under 曝光不足