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Simple healthy delicious! 簡易健康佳餚: 蒜苔 Garlic Scapes

2011-10-30T12:34:00.000-07:00

Simple healthy delicious! 簡易健康佳餚: 蒜苔 Garlic Scapes

The Future of Media #81 Get Out Your Crystal Ball

2010-03-20T12:52:00.000-07:00

1. For all the developments listed above, I think the Internet will redefine
culture in the future. The Internet and World Wide Web will be the most
important technology that influence our daily life.
Compared to other technology; broadcast, cable and satellite, the cost of
the internet is going down and the cost for those three are going up.
By the way,the Internet is faster and cheaper.

The merger of Comcast and NBC is the consolidation of Video and Broadband.
I think the Internet/Television combination will be the major trends shaping
the Media Industry.

2. I am not an early adopter of every technology gadget. But I do appreciated
the new inventions that enrich our daily life, such as Personal Computer,
World Wide Web, Video Game, Digital Music, Digital Video recorder, Computer
Animation, Music Synthesizer and Remove Control etc.

My favorite media gidget is Region-Free DVD Player, since DVDs are coded
to a region of the World . It breaks down to 10 Regions (0-9).
So, here in the US, we're Region 1 , In the UK, DVDs are Region 2, DVDs
won't play in Region 1 players and vice versa.
The Region-free DVD Player enable users to view any DVD from anywhere in
the world.
Both BestBuy and Sears carry inexpensive Region-Free DVD Player,and the Players
work very well. I am able to watch the shows, performance and films from
Asia, Europe and elsewhere.
I recommended it wholeheartly to everyone.

The Future of Media #80 : Movie

2010-03-17T12:46:00.000-07:00

1. I watched a free full-length special program of "Audrey Hepbur Remembered" on HULU. By the way I am able to watch some foreign classic movies on Youtube, such as "Sissi" (German )and "The Singer, Not the Song" (British). Youtube provides the full coverage. I searched some US Movies on Youtube, the coverage is incomplete(Copyright issue?) I like Hulu which provides a broad range of collection.

I still prefer watching DVDs on TV, since TV has larger screen and better
sounding effects.

2. IMDB is my favorite site to check out the current or coming-soon movies, it
provides the info on Director, Plot, Cast, User Rating etc. I always read
the reviews before I watching the movie.

3. If I consider using any of the fee-based service, I would definitely choose
Netflex. First of all Netflex has a huge collection (over 100,000 DVD Titles)
Secondly Netflex provides pretty good service , the customers received their
DVD in about 1 business day.
We were used to go to local Blockbuster for Movie Rental, the New Release (One
Night Only) charges is expensive and we had to watch the DVD hurry-hurry.
As always, the movies needed to be returned on time , since the late fee is
high too.
Netflex is very customer-friendly and I personally think that's the key
reason for it's booming business.

Chinese New Year; Year of Tiger - Feb 14,2010

2010-02-17T17:44:00.000-08:00

I wish everyone have a Happy and Healthy New Year! I wish the world with lasting
peace to all the nations.

Both natural and man-made disasters continue to cause pain and suffering to
people. Human life is more important than profit.

The Future of Media #79: Television

2010-02-12T15:19:00.000-08:00

1. I visited Hulu, TV.com, Joost,viewmy.tv and casttv, I watched some episodes of "The Office","family Guy", "Dog Whisper" and "CSI", the episode is the most recent one and each episode including commercials (at least 9 seconds). I searched my favorites such as Scooby Doo,CSI and Dog Whisper. They are all on the list. I am able to watch the full episodes. Sometime the viewer has to search by "Air Date" to link the previous episodes. 2. I am unable to watch any TV show on my celler phone, since my cell phone is quite old. By the way I am not interested in watching TV shows on cell phone and I prefer the traditional and more relaxed way to watch TV. Watching TV on a tiny screen is not enjoyable. 3. I watched some puppy show and Cat says show on Ustream. I have not posted any videos onthe streaming programs.

Text Message

2009-05-11T09:13:00.000-07:00

1. I have not sent a text message befroe the iHCPL Training. Thanks to iHCPL
which enforced all staff to keep up with the new knowledge and skill.

2. I read through the basics , practice couple times , send several messages
to my children and they reply to the message immediately. It is fun.
I think I am able to send a message in an emergency.

3. I have not use text Lingo yet and I will try later.

4. Texting while driving spells big troubles. It is dangerous and stupid.
Since you are unable to type and drive at the same time. The article on
New York Times brought to us pay attention to this serious issue.

Spring Cleaning in Cyberspace

2008-04-19T11:56:00.000-07:00

I deleted some old messages from my email, the oldest one was back in 2004.
I also deleted some files from the special folders, such as the out-of-date
Library policies and information.

In the meantime, I move some of my favorable pictures and photos to the
permanent storage (USB drive).
Don't clutter up the cyberspace is very important.

It is better organized to check the files as well as to improve the
efficiency of the computer.

The cleaning job should be done regularly.

2007-12-06T13:18:00.000-08:00

Week 10 #23

2007-11-30T14:40:00.000-08:00

Flickr, Zoho, Podcast, Overdrive, Pixer.us and Bloglines were some of my favorite web programs. I am enjoying learning the technologies about the emotion icons
in Zoho Writer. I am very excited about the image generator. It has been a great
learning experience, and I will look forward to learn more about these technologies.

I wish I had more time to practice using the above programs.

Week 9 #22

2007-11-30T14:20:00.000-08:00

I listened to portions of these ebooks / eAudio clips on the LibriVox site : LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection, An Irish Airman Forsees His Death by William Butler Yeats and By The Arno by Oscar Wilde . I would consider downloading any of the above. Also listened to The Ugly Duckling in portion at this site : http://hcpl.lib.overdrive.com. I think the Overdrive site of HCPL is user friendly - more so than the Librivox site.

Week 9 #21

2007-11-29T14:54:00.000-08:00

At Podcast.net I listened to the Lone Ranger 1938 show. Also looked at the Library Channel too. Both are very interesting! I posted to bloglines.

Week 9 #20

2007-11-29T14:45:00.000-08:00

I saw Italy, both the Venice Film Festival and the Venice Canals clips.

Week 8, #19

2007-11-29T14:20:00.000-08:00

I tried Zoho Writer and Zoho Sheet - no problems !

Week 8 #18

2007-11-26T15:32:00.000-08:00

I visited Myspace, Yahoo360, Infieldparking, Xanga, and Dogster social sites.
All had their interesting social interactions with one another. I liked Dogster because I like dogs very much.

Week 7 #17

2007-11-26T15:19:00.000-08:00

I find the digital camera technology very convenient. It makes it very easy to distribute the photos to friends. One issue is that the photos can be edited so that the result is not so true to the original!!

I posted a comment on the djcputek.blogspot.com blog page.

Week 7 #16

2007-11-26T14:45:00.000-08:00

Tuscany is definitely a place I would really enjoy visiting in my future travels. I posted this link on the iHCPL wiki.

I also added my blog link to the iHCPL Favorite Blogs Page.

Week 6 #15

2007-11-26T14:25:00.000-08:00

From the Icebergs article : .....it can be equally disastrous when a profession fails to acknowledge and adapt to radical, fundamental change in the marketplace it serves. At this point in time, our profession is far closer to the latter type of disaster than it is to the former. We need to shift direction, and we can’t wait for the big ship of our profession to change course first. It’s going to have to happen one library—one little boat—at a time. I agree with Rick Anderson
on this matter.

Librarianship article :Michael Stephens on Librarianship says,"he does not create policies and procedures that impede users’ access to the library. This librarian tells users how resources and funds will be expended. Decisions and plans are discussed in open forums and comments are answered. This makes the library transparent." Also he says, "This librarian seeks out information and news that may impact future services."

I think he is on the right track. Libraries need to provide updated and complete information from all available resources.

Week 6 # 14

2007-11-26T10:52:00.000-08:00

I looked at some popular blogs - some were interesting ( blog links to YouTube - humor ) and exciting. I did 2 types of Advanced search - results vary a little - some formatting differences but similar info.

Week 6 #13

2007-11-26T09:38:00.000-08:00

Delicious is used as a good organizer of social websites. Tutorial not very good - bad ..... poor quality video !! A very boring speaker. I viewed the bookmarks on internet safety and an interesting ( Simpson ) link at Delicious. Viewed some sites via tags on photos.

Looked at a tag on a China mountain issue.
I saw a story about a woman soldier in Iraq helping children - she want to compete for Miss America in 2008.

Volcano

2007-11-21T09:50:00.000-08:00

The volcano looks very peaceful!

2007-10-13T11:20:00.000-07:00

Week 5, # 10

2007-10-13T10:51:00.000-07:00

Week 5, #12

2007-10-11T15:05:00.000-07:00

I am very concerned about the lack of security of LibraryElf Website. But I did
register.

Week 5 , #11

2007-10-11T14:34:00.000-07:00

I enjoyed the Library Thing Catalog,

and here are my choices.

Week 5, #10

2007-10-11T14:22:00.000-07:00

I enjoyed the Comic Strip Generator.

elephant dancing

2007-10-10T18:01:00.001-07:00

elephant dancing
Originally uploaded by jojo27tpe

Elephant is very intelligent., sensitive and fun-loving.

Sage%20w%20puppy

2007-10-05T13:27:00.001-07:00

Sage%20w%20puppy
Originally uploaded by jojo27tpe

Mother and daughter talk!

tianchi%2010012341tm

2007-10-05T11:32:00.001-07:00

tianchi%2010012341tm
Originally uploaded by jojo27tpe

This is Tianchi ( sky lake ) which located at the northeast part of China.

It is the Great Gorge.

Flicker & Pixer

2007-10-05T10:33:00.000-07:00

I need lots practice on Flickr and Pixer, since I am umfamiliar with both.

RSS Searches-Week 4 # 9

2007-10-04T14:40:00.000-07:00

Feedster search engine is very poor. Topix city news search is OK. Syndic8 user interface is too plain. Not user friendly but has good search results.Technorati is user friendly - nice layout-very good !

white labrador-Week 4, # 8

2007-10-04T11:39:00.001-07:00

white labrador
Originally uploaded by jojo27tpe

She look happy and healthy!

I did the 10 RSS Newsfeeds and some staff blogs.

Sichuan-Jiuzhaigou-01

2007-10-03T18:22:00.001-07:00

Sichuan-Jiuzhaigou-01
Originally uploaded by jojo27tpe

The lake is not polluted and the water is so clean !

pug

2007-10-03T17:07:00.001-07:00

pug
Originally uploaded by jojo27tpe

This is the practice, I need to do more.

pug

2007-10-03T17:03:00.001-07:00

Week 3, # 7

2007-10-03T15:22:00.000-07:00

I edited the picture using Picnik which was connected to Flickr.

A beautiful lake

2007-10-03T15:18:00.001-07:00

A beautiful lake
Originally uploaded by jojo27tpe

I cropped this picture in Picnik.

Week 3 #7

2007-10-02T11:54:00.000-07:00

The beautiful lake photo was edited using Pixer.

Week 3, #6

2007-10-02T11:45:00.000-07:00

I enjoy the Colorpicker. It's fun.

A beautiful lake

2007-10-02T11:36:00.001-07:00

A beautiful lake
Originally uploaded by jojo27tpe

This picture I got from Dr. Smith.

Week 3 #5

Pucci_Dog_Parka_Jacket

2007-09-27T13:55:00.001-07:00

Pucci_Dog_Parka_Jacket
Originally uploaded by jojo27tpe

My hero dog!

the dog with gray jacket

2007-09-27T13:48:00.000-07:00

The dog with gray jacket

Online Safety and Sharing

2007-09-22T08:50:00.000-07:00

According to the article on 09-14-07 Guardian (London, England), "It's said the everytime
you use a credit card, your details are passed through 6 different countries."

The internet enables anyone anywhere to public anthing anytime. We appreciated all the information we got from online . We have to be very careful to protect our confidential information.

Lifelong Learning

2007-09-22T08:00:00.000-07:00

Life is a continuous exercise in learning and learning is what most people will do for a living in
the 21 century. Learning how to learn is the most important skill for everyone .
Confucius said " Learning is like rowing upstream, you have move forward otherwise you
draw backward".

I am very excited about iHCPL and glad to create my own blog; since I enjoy reading the articles and comments in blogs.
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