http://www.hiradio.net/images/action/124_hiradio.html

Saturday, April 30, 2005

奇怪的理論-Cable<新增點>談Blog

在<<聞.見.思.錄:>>處下載了CableTV《新增點》談Blog的一集(謝謝分享!)。

覺得他們根本沒誠意去了解Blog,research嚴重不足(居然對內地和台灣的Blog發展完全無視,在他們眼中Blog只是屬於美國和曰本的?)大概是因聽聞Blogger在美國大出風頭,又知道了香港Blogger出現在 “國際獎項”上才凑興報導一下?

感覺上本地媒體一接觸到新事物,特别是和年青人有關的,就會用一種 “自以為很了解其實老氣橫秋”的姿態去報導,其中有兩種理論必然出現:

1. 父母也是時候看看X,了解一下年青人在想什麼。

2. X有什麼好處和壞處,對年青人有什麼正面及負面的影響?

就好像為了要表示自己很了解時世而跑去嘗試新事物,其實根本不了解也不投入,又要令自己和年青人有所區分而發出以上貌似“高層次”實則只是普通 “二元區分”的疑問。

只要一天以這種高高在上的姿態去接觸新事物,一天也不能了解它的價值,也不能了解它給社會帶來的意義。


Links:

Just a Sidekick…… » Blog文化?主流媒體的食古不化!
http://sidekick.myblog.hk/archives/2005/04/30/511

<<聞.見.思.錄>>新增點:Blog熱潮
http://blog.hoiking.org/2005/04/blog.html
http://blog.hoiking.org/2005/05/blog352005.html

延伸閱讀:
http://del.icio.us/tag/hk_blog_discuss

Monday, April 25, 2005

創地標、睇Kill Bill、添香油 - 小評東宮西宮2005

(以下含少量演出內容)

今年的<<東宮西宮2005 - 西九龍皇帝>>保持一貫水準,而且內容update得很,有不少內容應該是在創作流程中因應世事變化而作出改動的。印象中有報導過他們曾因董生突然下台而改劇本,但想不到連 “阿Paul” 都趕上了遷移場地在天堂作 “聲音演出”!(才三月尾四月頭發生的事呀!)

東宮西宫系列一直有一個Flow,開始時最熱鬧(務求令觀衆極速warm up?),中段以冷笑話/劇場諷刺時政、最後來段有點令人感觸的片段讓觀衆cool down之餘作一點思考(今次以 “砍樹”為題,尾段有點長,不知是否想讓觀衆感受到真的有這麼多樹被砍了?)

其中穿插的打油詩/冷笑話精彩不已,哪首集40首熱門K歌的串燒歌更是全場焦點所在,散場後人人都去拿歌詞,在地鐵站所有人都在看!

Sunday, April 24, 2005

How to Blog Safely?

別誤會,這篇文不是教人如何防治Spam comment之類的,被騙的話請認命看下去吧!呵呵呵呵呵呵(自大狀)

好吧好吧,香港Blog文化還未發展至美國哪樣蓬勃,還没有人因Blogging而被開除,但最近在EFF(Electronic Frontier Foundation)看見這篇 “How to Blog Safely”的文,姑且看看自己究竟Safe不Safe 。
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Anonymity/blog-anonymously.php


Blog Anonymously

- Use a Pseudonym and Don't Give Away Any Identifying Details
連Title都叫Absolut Regina 了,難道還睜着眼晴堅決否認本人是Regina?不過我是中國人!可以睜着眼晴堅決否認Regina是XXX!

- And remember that almost any kind of personal information can give your identity away
以前的Blog名還有生日日子呢,後來覺得很沒個性(給有這種Blog名的朋友:以上只用來形容我,閣下無論怎樣改名都滿有個性的…..逃…),加上要參加聯播,心想還是不要太明顯才改的。

- When you write about your workplace, be sure not to give away telling details.
我有寫過workplace,不過已極其詭秘地删除了公司名 –待我日後更詭秘地建立一個Anti-XXXXX的Blog “唱衰”它!

- Obviously, don't use real names or post pictures of yourself
Obviously, Regina絕不是XXX,更不會Post Pictures of myself以免嚇走難得到此一遊的綱友。

- don't use pseudonyms that sound like the real names they're based on
雖然某混蛋真配得起混蛋之名,不過即使知道了是指他又如何?本人熱烈歡迎某混蛋對號入座自認混蛋!(到時要再加 蠢材 兩個字)

- Also, if you are concerned about your colleagues finding out about your blog, do not blog while you are at work. Period. You could get in trouble for using company resources like an Internet connection to maintain your blog, and it will be very hard for you to argue that the blog is a work-related activity.
我不會有閒情在公司Blogging的,要get in trouble的話不會是因Blogging, 應是Surfing。

- Use Anonymizing Technologies. There are a number of technical solutions for the blogger who wishes to remain anonymous.
用不着做到這地步。

- Limit Your Audience
- Don't Be Googleable
本人極其貪慕虛榮渴望揚名立萬,絕不會做以上之事。

Blog Without Getting Fired

1. Political Opinions
Many states, including California, include sections in their Labor Code that prohibit employers from regulating their employees' political activities and affiliations, or influencing employees' political activities by threatening to fire them.
香港還未進步得有此條例保護員工,敝公司某類同事的規章中好像有規定不得在工作時間內發表政治意見,但本人不屬此列。

2. Unionizing

In many states, talking or writing about unionizing your workforce is strongly protected by the law, so in many cases blogging about your efforts to unionize will be safe. Also, if you are in a union, it's possible that your contract may have been negotiated in a way that permits blogging.
哪……..在美國的話anti-XXXXX 的Blog 早開了!

3. Whistleblowing

Often there are legal shields to protect whistleblowers--people who expose the harmful activities of their employers for the public good. However, many people have the misconception that if you report the regulatory violations (of, say, toxic emissions limits) or illegal activities of your employer in a blog, you're protected. But that isn't the case.
這個不要緊,我沒有閒情去告什麼密,也不打算為這種公司花心思。

4. Reporting on Your Work for the Government

If you work for the government, blogging about what's happening at the office is protected speech under the First Amendment. It's also in the public interest to know what's happening in your workplace, because citizens are paying you with their tax dollars. Obviously, do not post classified or confidential information.
本人既非CIA/FBI或長江一號,這個與我無關。

提到First Amendment……….想起了23條。

5. Legal Off-Duty Activities

Some states have laws that may protect an employee or applicant's legal off-duty blogging, especially if the employer has no policy or an unreasonably restrictive policy with regard to off-duty speech activities.
這個….不知要到何時才有 。

Blog without Fear
Blogs are getting a lot of attention these days. You can no longer safely assume that people in your offline life won't find out about your blog, if you ever could. New RSS tools and services mean that it's even easier than ever search and aggregate blog entries. As long as you blog anonymously and in a work-safe way, what you say online is far less likely to come back to hurt you.

說得好!既決定了要寫,就盡情的寫吧!

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本想整篇都是惡搞的,怎麼最後正經起來?

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

注意力渙散的原因:資訊泛濫?

最近看到了這篇文章: Why Don't we pay attention anymore?
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9589_22-5643561.html

文中所有的"症狀",和自己的很相像。

其實很久以前已發現了,我的集中力比從前差了很多。

很久沒有靜下來看一本書。家中有大量買了沒看的書,但硬是定不下心來,要看文字的話總是寧願選擇一些輕鬆雜誌; 不能缺乏"語音"剌激 - 雖然已戒絕了看電視,但平常一定要有一些"人聲"陪着,總是開着收音機或聽電台Archive,而且選擇的一定是清談節目。已很少聽CD..... ;喜歡的日劇及電影傾向選擇喜劇,嚴重起來連看喜劇時遇見稍微沉重的情節時都Fast Forward!
- "you become increasingly distracted, irritable, impulsive, restless and, over the long term, underachieving."

患上"上網依存症"即使不知要看什麼都堅持不Log off 找其他事做!
- "the person who stays up late at night because he can't log off the Internet."

和人說話時感覺腦子很渙散,沒有從前俐落。
-"when they know they're smarter than their output shows; when they start answering questions in ways that are more superficial, more hurried than they usually would."

總之,我不能静下心來,依頼外來動力來剌激思维,結果越來越懶,越來越退步。 -"You don't get the fulfillment that comes from creative activity. You live at a much more surface level. "

難道真的如文中所言,是因為資訊泛濫?

不不不,水能覆舟亦能載舟,況且我從小就擅於自得其樂,不會因"沒外來刺激"而慌張,也喜歡思考各種問題,偶然享受一下"發呆"的樂趣 - 現在好像遂漸失去這些能力!

是生活步調的調節上出了問題,生活太安逸,越來越懶於從內在"發功"!
- "How you allocate your time and your attention is crucial. "

之所以說"水能覆舟、亦能載舟",是因為寫Blog,看Blog也是其中一種訓練"內在動力"的方法。

因為要寫Blog,眼界必能擴大,且要自已找題材、搜集資料、思考內容,組織文字去表達想法,偶然說說無聊事,真是好處多多。(Blogger.com,給我廣告費!)

就像太久沒做運動容易腰酸背痛一樣,腦子也應自發性"運動"一下。

工作中的思考不算,無論有多忙,該篇文章以證卷界為例子: "You can have a whole stock brokerage. Everybody's running around, looking at their Bloomberg, looking at the latest quotes, answering everything. They're pouncing on every bit of stimulation as if it's going to make a big difference. And they have no strategy, or their strategy changes every day.

They're all running around, working their tails off. But they're really at the whim of the market. They think they're working hard, and they think they're being productive, but they're not. They're busy, but they're not thoughtful."

無論原因是否資訊泛濫,我要懂得調節步調,不再依賴,奪回"主權"!(熱血貌)

"We need to take charge of it. Right now, it's taking charge of us. We need to preserve time to stop and think."

Monday, April 18, 2005

抺殺歷史

想不到上月寫完"憑什麼?"一文後,今月就發生了日本改竄歷史書、反日示威逐漸升級的事。

中國政府好像強硬一點了,會強到哪一步,拭目以待。

有些人可能會說,過了這麼多年還要追究日本侵華戰爭的話,難不成所有以前的戰爭(如蒙古人侵歐"黃禍")都要追究?還是省點氣力,建設未來吧。

這是歪理。

在評 《Persepolis:我在伊朗長大》一文中曾對Marjane Satrapi 的序言"人可以原諒,但絕不應該忘記" 有感而發。

"對歷史的態度應該是這樣的,即使哪些對某段歷史親歷其境的人全都去世,但他們的一切經歷、所受到的傷害還是應該流傳下去。若然忘記了,就是最大的不公道!"

抺殺歷史,不可原諒。

可惜的是,無論中外,主流歷史的筆桿從來只在當權者手上。

Friday, April 15, 2005

現代都市的冷酷異境 - 漫畫<<地雷震>>(1)

最近想寫一些冷門漫畫。

要選在我書架上最冷門的漫畫,一定是高橋努的<<地雷震>>。

為什麼冷門?表面上看它齊集熱門漫晝的元素:有強烈個性的畫風、偵探故事、都市傳記、深入人心的橋段、刻劃各類社會問題的情節、冷酷帥氣而且有黑暗過去的男主角加傻氣熱心的拍擋、中段再加一個剛強美麗的女拍擋..........

有以上這些元素的話,通常會在某段中賦以令人感動的熱血情節、加插一些精彩動作場面或鬥智鬥力的場合、披露一下男主角的黑暗過去、加深男女主角的糾葛、在每件案件中表現對社會及人性的批判,偶然由傻氣拍擋搞笑一下.........

沒__有__

全都沒有。

沒有什麼"終極大罪犯"要對付,沒有"英雄本色"式的男子漢情義,所有場面皆用靜態表達、案件很快就破沒什麼鬥智場合、男主角的過去完全不透露、男女主角連有"暖昧關係"也算不上、對任何案件都沒有多餘的感言、傻氣拍擋完全不搞笑.......

就像武俠小說中的"一把劍耍起來,滴水不進"。外國有"冷硬派"推理小說,<<地雷震>>絕對更冷更硬。

但作者就是能從這種表現方式散發極強烈的感覺,無論情節、人物都像黑洞一樣把讀者吸引並深陷進去 - 你不會"迷上"這部漫畫,卻會被深深震動。

如何開始評論?就由主力牽動整個故事情節及感情的男主角開始吧。(待續)

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<<地雷震>>Fansite(英文)(在日本以外的東南亞地區真的很冷門.....)http://www.crysania.com/jiraishin/

華麗大改版!

咳咳......其實"華麗"指的是source code......."華麗"得亂七八糟!

若見亂碼,請轉 UTF-8 code (轉encoding不用big5其實是有原因的....)

新增功能:文章分類(其實只是"土法分類",Blogger沒有此功能的)Click到另一category會是 Del.icio.us Bookmarks版面,可click"Back"回首頁(其實我真長氣...)

其實..(還其什麼實!) 請慢用! (?)

Sunday, April 10, 2005

email account大檢閱

自去年禺人節Google宣佈推出1G的Gmail後, yahoo 等紛紛upgrade郵箱, 本來付費的Magicaldesk.com已被Junk mail完全攻陷,於是速速移自Yahoo, 250M空間,好得沒話說的Filter System(免費還好過付費的,想起就有氣),至今用了近一年了,滿意得很,雖然使用後幾個月得到了Gmail Account,但已用慣了Yahoo,主要都是用它,"忠心"得很。

但是!但是!我實在不只有一個郵箱的,每看見什麼1G2G3G的字樣,腦子的"Get a free GB email account申請程式"便自動運作,發了瘋似的申請!還有以前申請的小型郵箱,我究竟有多少個Account?

計有:

萬年廢棄郵箱:
Netcenter mail一個(Netscape還存在麼?我都用Firefox了,AOL在幹什麼?)
Excite Mail 兩個(為什麼會看上Excite的,還有兩個.........?????????)
Hotmail 一個(完全忘記了username and password)
Mail.com 兩個(這是什麼?有apply過麼?存在於Bookmark的迷之account)
Adventure Mail一個(這又是什麼?...........汗)
She.com account一個(從未Login過.......)

已斷絕關係郵箱(關係?......):
Magicaldesk.com(什麼強勁的Smart office System,呸!Server慢,user interface越Upgrade越差,Filter 極度不行,CS 永不答email,office電話永遠沒人接 - 還要收錢?)

有情意結的郵箱:
Gmail 一個(GB Mail account啟蒙者啊.....)

鬼上身自動執行"Get a free GB e-mail account程式"申請的郵箱:
Spymac account 一個(1G)
UnitedEmailSystem account一個(3G)
XASA mail account一個(2G)

要是"郵箱"是"油箱",我就發達了........
要是有哪麼多男朋友(忠心的,廢棄的,斷絕關係的,有情意結的,鬼上身迷上的.......),我就煩死了.........

Thursday, April 07, 2005

賀文一則(陸續有來!)

熱烈慶賀陳先生謝小姐九月聯婚之喜! ((散花...))

Saturday, April 02, 2005

無能萬歲!(鋼鍊迷會完全明白內容)

病足5日.......寫D無聊野調劑下....不知我說什麼就算了..(飄走)

mm......繼跳躍大搜查線及織田裕二後,又迷上了鋼之鍊金術師及Roy Mustang(第二男主角也!)

已"煲"齊動畫51集及漫畫,積極追連載中.......(以後會寫篇正經評論推介的........唔.....((望遠)).....)

結論:有關男人:還是個性重要!Roy Mustang這個無論在動/漫畫中都是大餅臉咪咪眼的傢伙(mm...動畫中面比較尖一點"美形"一點,整體上算不錯的....但絕不算"英俊",又不高...),隨劇情發展由只會裝有型至越來越man兼剛柔並重令本人傾倒不已!果然!面孔是不重要的!

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不爽本人在痴迷中的某君:要是Roy長得像Alex Louis Armstrong大叔(鋼鍊另一配角),又如何?

我(想像中,大量畫面浮現):.............................(汗)

結論:男人的一張臉還是重要的!P.S.無能萬歲!(我無寫錯字!) Roy X Risa 萬歲!(又來了,已無藥可救,不明白就算了)(跑走)