性感的Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari

By admin, September 24, 2011 9:22 pm

鄰居最近買了台很可愛的白色Fiat 500﹐我個人認為這車只適合女孩子開的﹐男人開這款有點彆扭﹐覺得太娘娘腔了。上次見到的那台Gucci版本﹐覺得也應該是時尚女孩的恩物。 

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今天在中環鬧市居然見到了這款戰意濃濃的Abarth 695﹐Fiat +Ferrari的結合代表了180匹馬力的迷你超級小跑車﹐加上法拉利Scuderia的外表﹐這回Fiat 500終于找到適合男士的“外套”了。唯一的代價就是車主要付出極不成正比的昂貴價格﹐正如著名英國汽車節目Top Gear所說“這樣算來﹐到不如買台Abarth 500的普通版再戴頂法拉利帽子﹐這樣更為合算﹗”

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最後不得不提的是近來發現有個白頭髮的鄰居伯伯經常開著台70年代的Caterham Super 7頻繁出入小區﹐引擎聲簡直就是震耳欲聾﹐聽聞他還是香港經典老爺車會的會長呢﹐以前根本就不知道這個是個好東西來的﹐現在才知道﹐雖然Caterham Super 7樣子很簡陋﹐但性能一流﹐這麼歷史悠久的開篷車也能上公路﹐我真服了那個伯伯﹗

80年代跟法拉利F40抗衡的一代傳奇﹕Porsche 959

By admin, September 23, 2011 10:55 pm

如果說法拉利F40是80年代的天之驕子﹐那麼當年唯一可以和其匹配的肯定非保時捷959莫屬。

如果說法拉利F40是代表著傳統機械的顛峰﹐那麼保時捷959肯定是新一代電子控制的先軀。

當年保時捷959的嶄新設計馬上吸引了世界各地無數的眼球﹐如網壇名將Boris Becker就在19歲那年買了台罕見的開篷959﹐並在德國無速度限制的高速公路上刷新了最快的紀錄﹐就連微軟主席Bill Gate當年也抵受不了誘惑﹐即使加州對大馬力歐洲超跑有入口限制﹐但最終還是排除萬難進了加州唯一的一台。

多年前Exoto就推出過多色的Porsche 959系列﹐去年Autoart也在一片期待中推出了其所謂的進階版本。我之前也曾經對兩間車模廠的產品做過詳細的比較(令人失望的Autoart Porsche 959)﹐直至AA推出了白色的保時捷959後我就完全死心了。因為我是一個注重車型準確的收藏家﹐自己認為外形準確比細節豐富來的更加重要﹐正所謂“金玉其表,敗絮其中”也就是這個道理了。

這就是AA紅的近乎橙色的古怪顏色﹐好像最近AA的經典車紅色調的都很不準確。除了車型不準確外﹐顏色尤其是紅色是AA最大的致命傷。

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尤其是看過今年的一期Top Gear﹐裡面的主題講的就是兩雄爭霸﹕F40 vs 959﹐而且兩台都是同樣的鮮紅色﹐同樣的出類拔萃﹐也同樣的最後都發生了機械故障﹐經過了近20幾年的風雨﹐廉頗老矣。

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最近終于有幸用合理的價格在本地得到了這款絕版已久的Exoto紅色保時捷959﹐下次可以把京商的法拉利F40拿出來重現Top Gear兩雄決斗的場景。直到現在為止﹐我已經收到了4種顏色的Exoto保時捷959﹐它們分別是珍珠白(銀車輪子﹐這款最珍貴)﹑棗紅﹑銀和這款紅色﹐沒辦法﹐實在太愛959了。

最後﹐多謝Tiki兄的建議﹐買了罐Brasso來幫車模美容﹐有人問道﹕“不怕侵蝕油漆嗎﹖”正如Tiki兄所回答的“車都起泡了﹐還怕什麼﹖”答的真TMD痛快﹐我喜歡﹗

 

1/18 Exoto Porsche 959 Red

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Differences between Veeam Replication and VMware SRM

By admin, September 22, 2011 11:00 am

Just another good one from Veeam’s Anton!

Functionality wise, top 3 differences between host based replication Veeam v5 and SRM v5 are:

1. Multiple replica restore points vs. single restore point
In other words, if you don’t spot the corruption immediately, your replica will have absolutely no use. Consider virus infection, or application data corruption – both are very hard to spot immediately.

2. Application-aware image processing vs. basic file-level consistency
We perform application-specific VSS backup step when grabbing the image, as well as application-specific VSS restore steps upon failover (when replica VM is first started) as per Microsoft requirements. vSphere replication just picks up the image without looking inside or trying to meet any Microsoft requirements on how application should be backed up and restored. Exchange webinar goes into specific details using Exchange as example.

3. File level restores from replica
You decide how this is important for you, I know many customers love it.

v6 adds much more stuff to this list (big focus on replication there), but since v6 not generally available yet, it is not fair to use its features as differentiators (even though we are so close!)

SRM is great for storage-level replication and whole site failover orchestration, and our replication is great for smaller scope outages and better protection of individual most critical workloads due to multiple restore points. My take is that vSphere 5 replication is way to basic to provide replacement for our replication (especially with v6 functionality), but neither our v6 removes the need for SRM v5 in scenarios where storage-level replication and site failover orchestration are required to meet RTO and RPO in case of large scale site-wide disaster.

Of course, there is also huge price difference, but that does not matter for you since you already own SRM anyway.

城市的清泉﹕Lenka

By admin, September 21, 2011 3:30 pm

最近發現了個新大陸﹐就是來自澳洲的創作女歌手“Lenka”。開始還以為那把清新感覺的磁性聲線是個青春小女孩﹐原來直覺往往是不可靠的。事實上已經介入中女行列的Lenka可謂大器晚成﹐很多人可能都聽過那兩首朗朗上口的The Show和Trouble Is A Friend﹐但其實她的兩只大碟Lenka和TWO裡還有很多其它意想不到的驚喜﹗最喜歡那些輕快的節奏﹐很有大都市小資的感覺﹐如“Everything at Once”﹑“Dangerous And Sweet””﹑“Heart Skips a Beat” 等。

有點可惜的是錯過了今年二月Lenka在香港的新碟發佈會﹐沒能現場欣賞到她的精彩表演。

  

咦﹐突然發現Lenka的感覺很像香港本地的一隊Band “My Little Airport”﹐其中最出名的那首“浪漫九龍塘”﹐不知道有否同道中人認同﹖

 

Update: Sept-25

Lenka will perform live in Hong Kong in Sept 29 (Thur) at the 九龍灣國際展貿中心 (KITEC-Rotunda-3), but HK$380 for 2:30 hours free standing is going to be hard for me, ops…so I guess I just skip it as I can’t queue up as early as 3pm that day like those young kids, too bad!

 

 

Update: Sept-29

Despite Typhoon Signal 8, Lenka Live will go on according to schedule tonight, guess what? I got the last minute ticket, Yeah!

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女人是你的放大鏡

By admin, September 21, 2011 3:03 pm

今天才看到的﹐講的真TMD的到Point﹗

“Whatever u give a woman,she will make greater.If u give her sperm,she’ll give u a baby.If u give her a house,she’ll give u a home.If u give her a smile,she’ll give u her heart.She multiplies&enlarges what is given to her.So,if u give her any crap,be ready to receive a ton of shit”

有可能是最完整的車模目錄收藏

By admin, September 20, 2011 11:53 am

可以說是包羅萬有﹐你想到的﹐幾乎都有﹐尤其是那些年代已久的絕版車模目錄﹐唯獨不見最期待的UT目錄﹐可惜。

http://www.mdiecast.com/news.php?id=1313782181

UFO on NASA Archive

By admin, September 20, 2011 10:50 am

This is the real picture (STS088-724-70) from the real NASA web site (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/)

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When follow the link and click the bigger image, the actual effect is very shocking! Actually, there are 5 more pictures from the same capture time. (STS088-724-65 to 69)

I can’t explain what it is, the most closest explanation is the secret weapon from US or an alien space ship!

Of course the US government can easily make up something like this by putting a space ship image over the original, but why would they do this? But why does US government want to create such a turbulence in pubic by exposing their newly developed secret weapon that doesn’t particular benefit anything financially, politically or similar?

So I can’t think of any motivation behind the making up assumption except it’s the genuine photo.

It could be a Space Junk (could be an abandoned satellite) left there by US or USSR with the possibility less than 1% :) Actually, there are at least 6 other photos showing the strange shape objects standing still in space from NASA web site.

If it is space junk, then how can we explain the extra ignition fire on left of the body and the three fine aligned lights on the right edge, well it could be the reflection of sunlight, but unlikely.

Btw, one thing is sure, it’s not something an ordinary airplane can reach. This photo was taken from outer space with Spacecraft Altitude: 214 nautical miles (396 km) and the highest record for human airplane is only about 112km, so that’s 3 times more than the best aeroplane can reach.

“The highest altitude obtained by a manned aeroplane (launched from another aircraft) is 111,996 m (367,441 ft) by Brian Binnie in the Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne (powered by a Scaled Composite SD-010 engine with 18,000 lb of thrust) on 4 October 2004 at Mojave,”

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_altitude_record)

Well, it is just a really blizzard picture with too many question marks after all.

絕版已久的桃木製底座車模展示盒子

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。

 

1/18 CLEAR COVER & WOODEN BASE PLATE SET (90081)

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First Day of Playing After Injury

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!

sm9337017020_Patella_Band[1]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!

Finally Enterprise MLC SSD Enters Storage World!

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.

 

51a[1]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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