The World's Shortest Personality Test

上班鬼混的時候，看到這個小測驗...(還真是小...)沒事大家可以試試！

Your Personality Profile

You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant. Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle. You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs. For you, comfort and calm are very important. You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection. You prefer to protect your emotions and stay strong.

The World's Shortest Personality Test

要吊到何時??

實在很好笑，可是當事人可能快瘋了吧.....

PS. 經過Stanley的研究，看來最後一張是用第五張合成的...我想，應該不會真的有人這麼倒楣吧...

Super Volcano

Just watched the show about the seismic-active Yellowstone on Discovery Channel. Here's some links showing the research of the possible catastrophic disaster.

• Super Volcano Yellowstone

"......Scientists have revealed that Yellowstone Park has been on a regular eruption cycle of 600,000 years. The last eruption was 640,000 years ago…so the next is overdue. The next eruption could be 2,500 times the size of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption."

• Yellowstone Supervolcano Getting Ready to blow its cork

"......In reality, if there is an eruption, larger than Mt. St. Helens, we would need at least a year's worth of supplies because no food could be grown, farm lands would be useless, temperatures would drop by as much as 15 degrees. Within 3 months, the entire world would be covered by clouds."

• Truth, fiction and everything in between at Yellowstone by Jake Lowenstern

“......The term ‘supervolcano’ implies an eruption of magnitude 8 on the Volcano Explosivity Index, meaning that more than 1,000 cubic kilometers (250 cubic miles) of magma (partially molten rock) are erupted. The most recent such event on Earth occurred 74,000 years ago at the Toba Caldera in Sumatra, Indonesia.”

Should I still schedule a trip to Yellowstone??

麻省理工學院開放式課程

上班前，在各Blog中逛來逛去的時候，無意間在Inside the box那兒發現了「麻省理工學院開放式課程」的消息。 在網站中，有不少課程的資訊。很快的找了幾個有用課程先列著，有空再來好好研究：

• Advanced Geotechnical Engineering, Fall 2003
• Groundwater Hydrology, Fall 2004
• Advanced Soil Mechanics, Fall 2004

PS. 英文版網站 (MITOPENCOURSEWARE)

Coming Musicals

West Side Story November 1 thru 13, 2005 American Musical Theatre San Jose San Jose, California

Mamma Mia November 29 thru December 4, 2005 American Musical Theatre San Jose San Jose, California

Masse's Pastries for Jamie

趁著幫Jamie過生日的機會，特別讓Stanley從Berkeley帶來二個Masse's Pastries的蛋糕。Masse's的糕點，目前還是個人在Bay Area裏甜點、下午茶及生日蛋糕的第一選擇。 第一個是Tiramisu，上面舖滿了巧克力做成的小捲子，四周圍著Lady Finger；入口甜而不膩，令人回味再三。

第二個，二層的Fugde Brownie夾著Chocolate Mousse，說真的是太甜了一點，very rich and chocolate-y。雖然並忘了明確的名稱為何，但整個蛋糕以巧克力包裹，並做成的仿布料般的波浪及皺摺，光看，就令人心醉不已。 PS. 享用之前，還得先把刀身加熱，不然還真難下刀。

生活中的表情符號

從酥餅那兒看來這個有趣的串連遊戲，就像回應所說的，「藉由這個遊戲不自覺的就會更用心的觀察周遭的細小事物。」 星期五在工地混了一天，東看西看還真找著不少表情。 「去Robots試鏡，人家還是不要我。」 「那......中午吃什麼？」 「Where...Where am I??」 (Dory from Finding Nemo?) 灰頭土臉，眼神到是挺深邃的。 還是開心過日子卡實在！

我們都是中年人

節錄自一篇在世界周刊上看到的文章，似曾相識?? :P

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還有十年，我們到是等著瞧......

Annie - the musical

September 17, 2005 Golden Gate Theater San Francisco, California 一 開始是沖著"Tomorrow"、"It's the Hard-Knock Life"這幾首歌去的，對"Annie"的故事其實並不是太熟悉。大概查了一下，此劇時代背景為1933年，美國大蕭條(Great Depression)之時，全劇大意是描述在孤兒院裏長大的小女孩(Annie)一心一意想尋找親生父母，而卻意外的結職富豪(Oliver Warbucks)的故事。 整齣劇中，不但小女孩們準確而清亮的嗓音令人驚豔，在第二幕的當Warbucks決定要收養Annie，並準備舉辦X'mas party，在賓客名單中，除了Babe Ruth等當時的名人，最後提到了一個......"Chiang Kai-Shek"！?等等，如果沒聽錯的話，我們空一格蔣公的大名竟然在百老匯舞台劇裏出現了！功過不論，看來起碼空一格蔣公在當時還真算得上一號人物！

A morning at the City Hall

Second floor, City Hall, 9:15 am “Hi, I’d like to apply for the excavation permit. Can you verify if the locations are on City’s property?” “Well, if the locations are on private property, then you don’t need a permit.” “Yes, I understand that. Are those locations under City’s jurisdiction?” (showing the aerial photo with proposed boring locations) “Well, you tell me.” “err……err……” “If the locations are on private property, then you don’t need a permit……” “err……err……Is there a map or something that I can look it up?” “You might want to talk to the Real Estate Dept. on 4th Fl.” “Oh, thanks!” Fourth floor, City Hall, 9:45 am “Hi, we’d like to find out whether our boring locations are on City’s property” “Do you have the street number?” “Actually, it’s on city street.” “Do you have the APN numbers?” “err……no……” “Sorry, we don’t have the mechanism to find out whose property if you don’t have those information.” “err……ok……thanks……” An hour at the City Hall, what have I learned?? NOTHING!!……%*^&%)(*&^%(&$……damn…