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By admin, May 22, 2011 11:08 pm

上星期來球聚的兩位師兄都是用Babolat AeroPro Drive的﹐分別是第一代的Babolat AeroPro Drive Cortex和最新的Babolat AeroPro Drive Cortex GT。

兩代拿度的球拍其實感覺很相近﹐第一代的Cortex好像沒那麼硬﹐而最新的Cortex GT則加強了擊球的穩定性和重些﹐底線大力抽擊的時候其穩定性尤其明顯。自己以前曾經擁有過Babolat Pure Drive GT﹐但更喜歡AeroPro Drive的感覺多些﹐因為AeroPro Drive打出的球好像沒那麼飄。

兩塊AeroPro Drive的避震都做得非常好﹐但對于一個打慣了20年Classic POG的人來講會略嫌它缺乏手感。那位持有第一代AeroPro Drive Cortex的師兄開玩笑說我的POG很震手(的確是有點相比起AeroPro Drive)﹐但就是這樣的手感令我完全感受到每一個回球的質數﹐誇張點說令人著迷﹐開始覺得自己有點變態﹐哈哈﹐所以說刀無兩面利﹐不可能什麼都完美。

近半年在球場上試了不少新網球拍﹐自己最喜歡的和感覺相似的是以下的幾款﹕

- Babolat AeroPro Drive Cortex GT
- Head YOUTEK IG Extreme Pro
- Yonex V Core 100 S /  Yonex E-Zone 100

最後發現Babolat AeroPro Drive Cortex GT這個月有了Roland Garros的新Paint Job﹐開始有點心動了﹐今晚馬上去W6問價。

想轉是因為同樣的FORM﹑力度﹐方向﹐用新拍擊出的球快了很多﹐而且多很多SPIN。尤其在網前VOLLEY的感覺太明顯了﹐POG板頭經常會因為對手的力量回球和SPIN而變得不穩定(TWIST)﹐但新拍就比較少出現這樣的問題。最後就是開球﹐速度明顯快很多﹐有時候打不中SWEET SPOT也不震手。

肯定的是現今網球拍科技一日千里﹐20幾年的那些幾乎已經不能相提並論了。POG/PS85/HEAD PRESTIGE CLASSIC這些早已經變成我心目中HOLY GRILL。

我繼續用是因為我是個業余的網球愛好者﹐不會參加正式比賽的那一類﹐所以贏了不會特別高興﹐輸了也不會不開心﹐反而有一兩球CLASSIC SHOT更能提昇我的興趣﹐哈哈。。。

其實想轉好久了﹐但就是舍不得POG那令我沉醉的手感﹐實在矛盾啊。。。

Update June-4

The real one arrived at Gigasport today and I found I like the original paing job better.

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By admin, May 22, 2011 1:42 am

I thought I have found another nice and Free apps for SSL-VPN, SSLExplorer, now a Barracuda company, but it turns out it’s been stopped updating since 2008 and configuration part is too difficult.

1. Use VMware vCenter Converter 4.3 to import the virtual appliance (sslexplorer-1.0.0_RC17-x86.vmware.tgz) and converted it to VM Version 7 on ESX 4.1, it took about 15 seconds.

2. Open console, login as root with no password and configure the management interface with an INTERNAL IP address as public IP won’t work for some reason. (wasted 2 hours on this part)

3. Follow the wizard, start the sslexplorer service and the point your browser its IP address, configured many things until step 4.

4. Unable to publish sslexplorer port 80 & 443 via Untangle UTM. (wasted 2 hours on this part)

Finally Give up after 4 hours!

Update May-22 3PM

Figured out why Step 2 doesn’t work, because I enter the wrong CIDR format for Network and my mind isn’t clear at all after 12AM! Damn!

It’s been explained clearly in the sslexplorer manual:

Network: Network address for this subnet in CIDR format. In the screenshot above a private subnet of 192.168.70.10/24 has been created. This is the same as using 192.168.70.10 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 which will provide 256 hosts (254 useable addresses as 192.168.70.10 is the network address and 192.168.70.255 is the broadcast address).

What I did was 255.255.255.0/24 or 192.168.70.0/24 which is obviously wrong, the correct format for Network (or netmask) really should be 192.168.70.10/24, no wonder! Forgot the most basic could cost an eye or a leg in some case is true!

ANYWAY SOMEHOW STILL DOESN’T WORK!

Update May-22 5PM

The Network Setup Wizard contains A BUG FOR NETMASK PART, so I manually edited /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

SIMPLY CHANGE NETWORK=192.168.70.10/24 to NETMASK=255.255.255.0

You can verify this by ping to Google, if it works, then it’s been correctly setup!

Finally, found the pre-built VM missing GCC compiler so can’t upgrade VMware Tools, as well as missing traceroute, strange!

I guess that’s all the fun and pain for a Free and Community based software, actually I start to like it which is gain pleasure from most dreadful painfulness: )

After that, everything worked, so simply give it a public IP and configure the rest will have your SSL-VPN ready in less than 10 mins. Of course putting it behind Untangle has no problem as I’ve got the NIC interface setup correctly this time!

So the best solution is not to struggle with the problem, but go to bed early! After a good night sleep, suddenly, BINGO!  Still No Pain No Gain, after almost 6 hours, it’s been trimed down to a 15-20 mins job.

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By admin, May 21, 2011 12:10 pm

I’ve encountered a very strange problem this morning that ping simply won’t work no matter what even after enabling the ICMP Ping on Windows 7 Ultimate firewall. Turn on the firewall log shows ICMP is being dropped, what? I did enable it in Windows Firewall, restart the VM with nothing changed.

After a close inspection, I found out why, by default Windows 7 Remote IP Address under Scope is set to Local Subnet only, no wonder, after change it to Any IP Address, life is back to normal!

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By admin, May 19, 2011 10:17 pm

I really start to like this FREE virtual appliance from Untangle, it’s basically an UTM with almost everything you need, not to mention the nice looking GUI, it’s highly recommended for any SMB who seeks for an ultimate all-in-one network protection solution!

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By admin, May 18, 2011 12:47 pm

如果我星期五中左﹐一定開間車模Coffee Shop﹐播放些Oldies音樂﹐當然除了眾多的車模外﹐還要有我其它的興趣主題。Coffee Shop主要還是供我廣交天下朋友﹐吹水為樂。。。到時真是優哉悠哉。。。想著都笑出來﹐你看﹐這$10六合彩用得是多麼的值得。。。哈哈。。。。

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By admin, May 14, 2011 9:14 pm

將近6年沒去澳門了﹐這個星期六和朋友們結伴去澳門環島玩了個夠﹗

威尼斯人度假村沒什麼特別﹐可能多年前去過Las Vegas的正版﹐感覺就一個大場景﹐旁邊的Galaxy明天才開﹐可惜﹗

這幾年澳門經過了翻天覆地的改建﹐碼頭附近已經完全不同了樣子﹐多了好多雄偉的賭場建築物。但細看下澳門的風土人情依舊﹐佛笑樓﹑禮記雪糕﹑山度士餐廳﹑金錢餅﹑蛋卷﹑葡國大屋﹑大利來豬扒包﹑大菜糕等等依然迷人﹗後來竟然在大三巴後面發現了一條古老的小巷子﹐讓我們喜出望外的是那裡的葡國風情完完整整地保留了下來﹐真的是一大收穫﹗

唯一以前沒有的奇特的情景就是發現多了不少清一色平頭裝的權貴﹐身邊總有一個或多個濃壯艷抹的妙齡女郎陪伴﹐在國際賭場內穿梭不息﹐賭桌前上下幾十萬面不改容﹐NND﹐還真“牛B”﹗

最後離開前﹐去了金光閃閃的永利賭場﹐門口就看見兩輛Rolls Royce Phantom+無數妙齡女郎﹐而且裡面竟然有間法拉利專賣店﹐那台1:4的500 F2還真像我CMC的那台﹐但超過7萬的價格令我打了個冷顫。

好吃﹑好玩的東西太多﹐值得再去﹗

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By admin, May 12, 2011 10:58 am

Just found this handy tool for windows platform, it’s quite informative in fact!

Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>pathping www.google.com

Tracing route to www.l.google.com [74.125.71.99]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
  0  gateway [x.x.x.x]
  1  pcd-mkk5-2-gx.netvigator.com [218.250.100.254]
  2  n219076124098.netvigator.com [219.76.124.98]
  3  pcd507202.netvigator.com [218.102.39.202]
  4  TenGE10-1.br01.hkg05.pccwbtn.net [63.218.254.9]
  5  63-218-144-253.static.pccwglobal.net [63.218.144.253]
  6  TenGE0-0-2-0.cr04.hkg04.pccwbtn.net [63.218.60.221]
  7  TenGE10-4.br01.hkg04.pccwbtn.net [63.218.60.218]
  8  72.14.196.133
  9  209.85.241.58
 10  209.85.253.71
 11  216.239.48.230
 12  hx-in-f99.1e100.net [74.125.71.99]

Computing statistics for 300 seconds…
            Source to Here   This Node/Link
Hop  RTT    Lost/Sent = Pct  Lost/Sent = Pct  Address
  0                                           gateway [x.x.x.x]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  1   45ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  pcd-mkk5-2-gx.netvigator.com [218.
250.100.254]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  2   55ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  n219076124098.netvigator.com [219.
76.124.98]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  3   49ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  pcd507202.netvigator.com [218.102.
39.202]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  4   48ms     1/ 100 =  1%     1/ 100 =  1%  TenGE10-1.br01.hkg05.pccwbtn.net [
63.218.254.9]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  5   54ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  63-218-144-253.static.pccwglobal.n
et [63.218.144.253]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  6   45ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  TenGE0-0-2-0.cr04.hkg04.pccwbtn.ne
t [63.218.60.221]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  7   58ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  TenGE10-4.br01.hkg04.pccwbtn.net [
63.218.60.218]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  8   55ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  72.14.196.133
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  9   47ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  209.85.241.58
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 10   53ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  209.85.253.71
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 11   41ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  216.239.48.230
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 12   57ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  hx-in-f99.1e100.net [74.125.71.99]
Trace complete.

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By admin, May 11, 2011 9:46 pm

I was surprised when I saw this carton shape Salty Roasted Drum Stick for dinner!

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By admin, May 8, 2011 2:37 pm

The installation of vCloud Usage Meter OVF Appliance is very easy, just remember to assign its network NIC to your vCenter subnet and then browse to http://vCloudUsageMeter:8080/serviceprovider, add vCenter and configure all the email settings.

I found vCloud Usage Meter is very useful even you are not using vCloud Director, it serves as a good measurement of your virtual infrastructure and you can generate reports to have a better understanding of your VM usage, best of all, it’s a free!

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By admin, May 8, 2011 12:57 pm

I really enjoy cooking this kind of stuff on a quiet Sunday morning. I still remember Nonna (Grandma in Italian, my land lady) used to cook this yummy dish every Sunday during my 2 years stay in Chichester, West Sussex, England, wow…that was 20 years ago.