Saturday, May 26, 2012

Typical Idol Drama Storylines

最近看了几部偶像剧。。。


从我看过的所有偶像剧里,九成以上的剧情大概都围绕着以下几个概念。。。


  • 门当户对,家庭反对
  • 一方的父母会以金钱/权利威胁自己的儿女跟某第三者在一起,或对方离开己方儿女
  • “青梅竹马” 的第三者(通常是单恋狂)会出现
  • 双方会背负某种不被接受的社会关系 (例如"兄妹"之类的)
  • 一方会(以为自己)身患绝症,为了不伤害另一方,隐瞒提出分手 
  • 一方会出车祸,昏迷不醒,或,
  • 一方会失去记忆


由其是最后一点,简直是老到牙都掉光的剧情,还在不断重复出现 (super cliche and overdone)。


更糟的是,我觉得大多数的故事根本就没有必要用 - 毫无意义,只不过是为了增加多几集的时间罢了。


下次看偶像剧的时候,不妨验证一下。。。


肯定会有类似以上的情节。

Thursday, May 17, 2012

PC Upgrade 2012!

Been 5+ years since my last PC overhaul.

This time round though, my main motivation isn't for playing games (I didn't upgrade the graphic card).

It's mainly for the processing improvements.
 

To place things into perspective, my old CPU is a dual core with a 1.8Ghz clock speed.

The new ivy bridge i5 has double the number of core, and each core has double the clock speed of my previous CPU.

That's how far things have advanced.

Of course, the 6 year old CPU is a bottleneck even for my 2+ year old graphic card.

Still, it's really essential for my work.

Did some benchmarking before I dumped my old system, and I was able to improve the boot times from roughly 85 seconds to 30 seconds.

Processing speed for my analysis of 60K records went from about 5mins 35secs to 1min 35secs.

Overall it's a good investment...

...

Now all I need is a bigger monitor...

Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-3570K (4 Cores, 3.8Ghz)
Mainboard
ASUS P8Z77-V Pro
Graphics Card
Powercolor HD4870 1GB GDDR5
Memory
G.Skill Ripjaws 1600Mhz DDR3 CL9 4GB x 2
Storage Drive
- Seagate 250GB (SATA 2)
- Seagate 500GB (SATA 2)
- Western Digital Caviar Black 64MB 1TB (SATA III)
- Crucial m4 SSD 256GB (SATA III)
Display
Philips 220WS
Audio
-
Optical Drive
Sony DVD R/W -> HP dvd1270 24X SATA Writer
Power Supply Unit
FSP Aurum CM Modular 650W 80 Plus Gold
Casing
Coolermaster 690 II Advanced, Black & White Edition
Operating System
Windows 7 64-Bit Professional
Speaker
Logitech X-230
Keyboard
Logitech Wave
Mouse
Logitech M705

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Double Edge Sword

Wow, finding a job is really not easy.

Thankfully, I don't have any of the financial obligations (yet) to settle for something that's not to my liking.

It can be a double-edge sword though, since it reduces my urgency to look for one.

...

...

...

Sometimes, I wonder if my side income have anything to do with this.

Through some hard work, I've made enough to pay for my monthly expenses, enough to buy a new system, and (very luckily) enough to even completely repay my study loan.

Most importantly, it's something I really enjoy doing.

And I know it'll be something that I'll enjoy doing for life - which is exactly why I don't want this to turn into a chore.




End of rant.

Monday, May 07, 2012

Hug A Developer Today

Sometimes, I wonder if I still want to be a developer. :'(