Comments (0) 這兩天聽畢Rolling Stone Magazine 500 Greatest Songs of All Time，發現了以下4首從未聽過的金曲，奇怪的是歌手竟然全部都是黑人，難道我真的喜歡上了Soul和R&B?
Fats Domino – Blueberry Hill
The Impressions – People Get Ready
Bob Marley And The Wailers-No Woman, No Cry (Live Version)
Ray Charles – I Can’t Stop Loving You
這幾天書局在做特價，無意間找到了這本很便宜而且很有意思的車書，覺得很滿意。
看完後驚訝地發現原來當時很多影星/貴族出現在歐洲的Concours d’Elegance或者康城影展上都是乘坐著地道的豪華美國車，而不是歐洲車。
同時在其中一頁找到了老爸那台50年代末的Rollieflex相機蹤跡。
15年的合作關係終於終止了，而最新的版權卻驚訝地落在了意大利老牌廠商Burago手裡，當然這可不是什麼好事。但是如果Burago的製作技術有明顯進步或者交給京商/BBR代工那又另當別論。
另外根據以前2009年京商(Kyosho)失去法拉利版權的經驗，某些絕版了的Elite/Super Elite如F40, 458 Italia, 250 California, 288 GTO等的市場價格如無意外將會越來越高。
Hot Wheels Elite Announcement
10:33:09 – 30/06/2014
We would like to let you know that after a very successful 15-year partnership, the Mattel Hot Wheels licensing relationship with Ferrari will end on December 31, 2014.
That is the date that Mattel’s current contract with them expires and has been mutually agreed not to renew it.
Here are the next steps:
All the remaining 2014 Ferrari products will be produced and released over the next six months including standout key releases like the 1:18th 1976 Niki Lauda 312 T2 race car as seen in the hit movie RUSH and Ferraris latest super car, the LA FERRARI.
There are a few Hot Wheels Elite Ferrari cars scheduled for production in 2015 and therefore these will all be dropped.
They are as follows:
BLY36 Elite 1:18 Ferrari California T – Red
BLY37 Elite 1:18 Ferrari California T – Colour #2
BLY38 Elite 1:18 Ferrari California T – Colour #3
BLY41 Elite 1:18 Ferrari F1 2014 as Driven by F. Alonso
BLY48 Elite 1:43 Ferrari California T – Red
BLY49 Elite 1:43 Ferrari California T – Colour #2
BLY50 Elite 1:43 Ferrari California T – Colour #3
BLY42 Elite 1:43 Ferrari F1 2014 as Driven by F. Alonso
BLY55 Heritage 1:18 Ferrari 458 Speciale – Red
BLY56 Heritage 1:18 Ferrari 458 Speciale – WhiteWhile Mattel are sad to be saying good-bye to Ferrari, they are excited about the future of their Hot Wheels Elite, Heritage and One brands which will feature releases of outstanding film and licensed products like the Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger car and the 30th Anniversary edition Ghostbusters ECTO-1 car.
I’ve received an alert this morning saying “Time-of-day clock battery charge is low” from my Equallogic array.
Googled a bit and turned out to be a false alarm (this was also double verified with Dell Pro-Support with EQL Diag log), it only happens with older firmware prior to v5.2.10 (and currently I’m still using v5.2.2). The only way to dis-alarm such warning is to upgrade to the latest firmware release (ie, >v5.2.10).
However I do remember there are certain EQL components depend on specific firmware version. Luckily, I’ve found out this chart, it’s really a time-saver and it’s advised to check out this list every time you plan to do a major firmware upgrade.
For me, my MEM is v1.1.0, SANHQ is 2.2.0, EQL Virtual Storage Manager for VMware is v3.1.1, so my best and most safe play is upgrade to EQL firmware v5.2.11 which is the latest. If I upgrade to v6 or v7, then many related components may not work.
Of course this chart also shows the possible upgrade path:
Extra Notes:
* Something special for latest MEM v1.2 only supports ESXi v5.0 or above, so for those of you still running ESX/ESXi 4.x, please stay with v.1.1.2.
* Also found out all Release Notes contains tips regarding upgrade path or different versions compatibilities, so better check out this document first.
Finally, saw this Unfortunate Reminder from the latest EQL v7.x firmware Release Notes…so older Equallogic arrays can loaded with the latest firmware IS NO LONGER TRUE, sigh…
In additional, there is a good stuff that finally we can use 4k or 512-byte sectors, so this should save a lot of wasted space in Snapshots.
Update: July 6, 2014
Problem still exists after upgrading to v5.2.11, what the hell? Local Pro-Support at XiaMen remains unprofessional probably even worst than 4 years ago as he asked me “Can you accept Downtime” when restarting the controller? $#%R$#@!@!!!!!
The other thing I found out is the Restart Button in EQL Group Manager GUI is actually a way for active controller to failover, so your volume will still remain on-line just like firmware upgrade controller restarting process.
Update: July 7, 2014
Dell L2 support team head called me this morning, he mentioned US EQL support also noticed this specific error remains even with latest firmware v6.x applied, and it will be fixed in a later firmware hopefully.
想不到這次Aston Martin One-77首先推出的顏色竟然是我最喜歡的黑色加棕色內飾，太好了!
另外TSM稍後也會推出同是1比18 Diecast開門版的Mclaren F1 LM Papaya Orange，這樣同場撕殺的場面歷史上還是比較少見的，噢，最近的一次對壘應該是AA和迷你切的那台Mclaren MC4-12C，當然AA完全KO Minichamps。至於這次的 F1 LM，因為TSM明顯有技術上的優勢，所以驅逐中原，還未知鹿死誰手，哈哈。
最後發現Minichamps終於用回了UT多年前的模具，再次推出了#59的 Mclaren Le Mans冠軍車，的確精細了不少，但是各部位的縫隙也確比以前大了一點點。
平均都要4千多港幣，比eBay平均成交價加運費還要貴，看來這些絕版的經典Exoto一級方程式賽車市場價格隨著時間只有”沒有最貴，只有更貴”!!!
Sir Stirling Moss今年再次出現在Goodwood Festival of Speed，並駕駛著#8號的W196R Monoposto奔馳在賽道上，領隊的則是由Lord March(Goodwood的創辦人)駕駛的W196R Streamliner，兩台完全可以並稱為50年代的F1神器!
昨晚在英國Chichester Goodwood的Bonhams汽車拍賣會上，一台1954的法拉利 375 Plus創出了1.4億港幣的成交價，竟然比2010年那台黑色紅嘴的250 Testa Rossa還要貴，! 成為Classic Car拍賣成交史上第3名，僅次于去年Fangio的那台奔馳W196和法拉利1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S N.A.R.T。
原來我曾經讀書的英國小鎮Chichester自1993年起就開始舉辦Goodwood Festival of Speed，週邊的環境是如此優美，當年竟然全錯過了。
最後也是剛看到的，有人估計以下這台McQueen的GULF 917K很可能在今年8月的拍賣會上刷新紀錄成為另一台的最貴，更有可能打破去年那台W196，所以說”沒有最貴，只有更貴”，就讓我們拭目以待吧! 
