聽中國Post-Doc講課

昨天上課是一位中國Post-Doc講課

講到small G protein時，說

「So this turns 雞踢屁 into 雞滴屁......」

嗯，口音很妙......XD

不過還是輸以前大學時的「神經與神經之間有漿選」orz

Flumpool / MW ～Dear Mr. & Ms. ピカレスク～

全部の全部、思い込んだ夢だ......

What if Apple decided to make Digital still cameras?

Taking a page from how they made the iPod/iPhone...

1. It would be ultra thin, with an amazingly glossy finger-print-collector shell
   
2. Called the iCam
3. Non-replaceable battery & built-in 16GB memory, no memory card slot
4. It would only cost $600 at launch (which would drop to $400 2 months later, "isn't that fantastic?")
   
5. Photos are locked in, you can only, "easily" get them out with iPhoto sync
6. iPhoto would be available on Windows; iPhoto on the Mac would start blocking importing in photos from other cameras
7. Natually, installing iPhoto on your Windows machine would also install Quicktime, iTunes, Safari and Apple software update
   
8. It would only have a power button and a shutter button; double click to record videos, triple click to view photos... it's just that easy (maybe add on a touch screen)
   
9. It would come with a lens that produce photos in your choice of mosaic art or Mr. Blurry cam; you would need to buy an overpriced, "designed for iCam" add-on lens to get usable pictures
10. The 1st generation product would have no flash, with Steve Jobs claiming that people don't need flash (actually, that's coming in the 2nd generation)
11. Again, zoom would not be added until the 3rd iteration
12. AppleCare would cost $120
    
13. It would be the #1 selling camera in the USA as long as there is an Apple logo on there
14. Oh, and it would come with Apple logo stickers, free in the box
    

Gotta find a sense of direction in this vastly unknown world, and build upon it.

You feel lost because no body knows anything about it; yet knowing nothing about it is exactly the reason why you do research on it.

隔壁實驗室老闆...

話說一兩個月前隔壁實驗室搬進來了新鄰居

午餐時我跟實驗室的postdoc、學長姊在討論著

我說「我覺得他們實驗室的人都不錯，都很和善；但就是不喜歡他們老闆」

「為什麼？」

「他總是板著一張很不高興的臉穿著夾腳拖經過我們實驗室」（其實是好像大家都欠他五百萬的臉orz）

學長姊回我說「也許他天生就是一副不高興的臉阿～」

囧

幾個月後的今天，他改穿休閒皮鞋，但那臉看起來好像欠他一千萬......

小朋友 push bike

小朋友好可愛阿，有種想抱一下的衝動

童年，真是個只管玩的歡樂時光阿。也許照顧小朋友的大人們除了有照顧人的成就感之外還可以重溫那個天真無邪、未來的一切充滿著希望的感覺吧。

Luxgen 的智慧

裕隆的自創品牌新車標榜「智慧車」，說要善用台灣在高科技產業的優勢。

到網頁看看，怎麼所有的「智慧」都是攝影機 = =|||
停車時有攝影機幫你看死角、變換車道時攝影機幫你看車側、晚上時夜視攝影機幫你看前方......
阿但是LCD銀幕在中控台上一般裝GPS導航機的地方阿，難不成我開車要一直釘著那7吋小螢幕看？那看的到的大概只剩下以前所說的「死角處」吧，窗外在幹啥都不知道orz

Thanks but no thanks, 商品要差異化，但賣點也要是有用的東西吧？這就好像Honda Insight ECO mode一直在銀幕上顯示「你又省了多少油，拿了多少加分」，邊開車邊拿bonus points，又不是電玩...... 乾脆去撞樹算了，車子動不了了，最省油

陳水扁的罪在哪裡？

自由時報 | 曹長青專欄 - 陳水扁「罪」在哪裡？

陳水扁的罪在哪裡？陳水扁罪大惡極，他的罪在於：

1. 自己不小心，留下把柄給人抓
2. 司法改革沒有做徹底，把國民黨黨國機器完整保留
3. 老好人一個，其實什麼改革都沒做，也不敢做

李登輝當總統大刀闊斧改革，對國家、自己都好。
陳水扁當總統就好像A國入侵B國，卻把B國的核彈好好的留下來，等著人家將來反過來炸你。

想像，聯軍當年若在二次世界大戰結束後還好好的「撫卹」納粹遺黨，那十年後納粹養好傷會不會過來反咬聯軍？

哇，已經有朋友發出紅色炸彈預告了@@

當我靜靜的在實驗室做實驗時，全世界其他人動得好快好快

不過話說某位姓B名X的，還不快求婚，第一屆生科系跨年級同學會就靠你了耶～！

We need a single player health insurance system

Tired of premiums, hefty insurance payments, and most of all tired of knowing that most of our insurance fees go towards the work force that's there to reject payment.

I am all for health care reform, people who think our current system in the best in the world should read more. This would be a big step away from the unethical capitalist tradition of"robbing the poor to make the rich even richer".

Don Henley - The End of Innocence

混亂的情緒中，腦中忽然浮現的老歌

颳著暴風雨的心，試著從平緩而熟悉的旋律中找點慰藉吧

太貪心

想要同時
開發新的大型研究計畫
趕出足夠出版的data (還是雙主線計畫)
多多聽演講

修課還想超修

同時還想要多交朋友、拓展人脈、多到不同的地方玩玩、多發展一點興趣、再多學個語言、甚至研究研究投資理財......

到頭來放棄了很多慾望卻還是放著一堆事情不做跑去睡覺、掛網、騎車orz

阿，兩個月份的實驗筆記怎麼趕阿？一組顯微照片negative data就可以整理一天了，偏偏我就是衝到每個禮拜至少生一組出來......T_T

如果我心中有一百句話想要說

付諸文字、言語的總是只剩二十句

其他八十句話總是在從思緒要轉換成文字時消散在腦海中

出不來



如果我有十件事想做

真正付諸實行的總是只剩兩件事

其它八件事總是卡在幻想中

出不來

Wall street's new toy...... Old people

NY Times | Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance

在房貸市場被華爾街玩倒之後，他們現在要改玩老人的命。

跟老人家「買」他們的人壽險，把受益人改成銀行；然後這些銀行就把這些「受益權」再打包當成「理財商品」賣給投資人。這樣，老人家早死，投資人跟銀行都賺錢；老人家長命，投資人跟銀行都虧錢。

也就是說打賭人家早死就對了，為了賺錢希望老人家快點去死。好棒的點子，華爾街真是創意十足阿。

還說「這是很棒的投資，因為這樣完全不受景氣影響；若跟其他股票、基金做組合，風險沒有關連性也因此不會有風險加成的問題」

我反而比較想打賭華爾街創意十足的投資產品經理們早死。不過也許不久的將來人壽保險公司都會加一條但書「若受益權已經過買賣，保方有權拒絕理賠」，那麼，這個新興市場就可以倒了。

Color printer in lab

The color printer in the lab is thirsty for ink.
There's 4 ink cartridges for black, cyan, yellow, red, and they run out in turns.

It all started with the yellow whining that it's low, so we replaced it.
1.5 weeks later, it's red's turn.
Another 1.5 weeks later, it's cyan's turn.
Then another 1.5 weeks later, now it's black......

So is it time to buy yellow again a few days later? Or am I printing too much immunoflorescence microscopy photos?

就算理智告訴自己要勇於面對

對於不知該如何面對、想不透的事物，驚覺自己的潛意識中還是在強力的逃避

無藥可救的懦弱

Back to normal life

回到了一如往常的日常生活

從自然回到都市、滿街的人取代了滿街的水牛、水泥房間取代了帳篷、從四輪回到二輪、80mph降回了15mph、論文取代了地圖......

從瘋狂又歡樂的旅程回到了日常生活，回首過去幾天有如大夢一場的難以置信