Sunday, December 24, 2006
Saturday, December 23, 2006
We all know at DSSC
we have a poet
we have a report writer
we have a few good cooks
we have several super dancers
we have a professional cake maker
yet very few know
we have a great oil painter
He has his own style
He could be tomorrow's Picasso
榮華富貴[click on pic to see bigger image]
White flowers
A classical Chinese lady
Flowers
A Chinese beauty in the garden
Beauty and Lilies
An Oriental and Western mix
Edison at his early twenties
This is when Stella got married
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
電腦研討會
人的一生
受社會恩賜太多
趁還能行動思考之年
抱着回饋感恩之心
在上週日舉辦了一次電腦研討會
將自己過去數十年所摸索出來的
一些淺薄知識與技能
與眾人分享
與會十數人皆為合唱團團員
大家相聚一堂額外親切
學習情緒亦高
我事先花了許多時間
收集了一大堆資料
準備了七十幾頁的PowerPoint
還印Handouts 燒CDs
每人一份
務必讓出席者有所收穫
[以下是研討大綱與出席人團體照]
Agenda
• Pixel and Resolution
• PPI
• DPI
• LPI
• NTSC
• PAL
• SECAM
• Resolution and Print and Email
• Size vs Print
• Size vs Email
• Digital photo formats
• BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000
• TIFF, GIF, PCD
• PCX, PDF, PNG
• PSP, TGA, WMF
• ICO, CR2, NEF
• ORF, RAF, DNG
• MRW, FEF, SRF
• Digital photo programs
• Adobe PhotoShop
• ACDSee
• FastStone
• IrfanView
• Picasa2
• Microsoft Picture Manager
• Microsoft Photo Story 3
• Adobe PhotoShop Album Starter 3
• Manipulating Digital Photos
• Find, View, Organize
• Crop, Covert, Save
• Search, Scan, File
• Rotate, Resize, Slideshow
• Edit, Thumbnail, Photo music CD
• Digital & Analog Music
• Digital vs Analog
• Differences on CD
• Popular Music Programs
• MediaPlayer 11
• iTune 7.02
• RealPlayer 10.5
• Musicmatch Jukebox 10
• WinAmp 5.32
• Music Recording
• Microphone to Computer
• Tape to/from Computer
• Digital Recorder to/from Computer
• Record streaming MP3 audio from Internet broadcasts to hard drive
• Music Format Conversion and Storage
• Program conversions
• Music tape to Computer
• CD to Computer
• Computer to CD
• Music CD vs MP3
• CD-ROM (0.7GB)
• DVD (4.7 GB / 8.3GB)
• HD DVD (15GB / 30GB)
• BR DVD (25GB / 50GB)
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
前天
JJ去一個遙遠的地方
和一群朋友
參加一個非常特別的集會
回來感慨萬千
寫一封email告訴我
與達拉斯許多合唱團相比
海天是最「全球化人和」的合唱團
他說:
…I think SeaSky is more like "Glocalized" (Global localized) as a transformation, our next step is harmony, and then we can be qualified to be a world citizen…
他的見解很宏觀
他的話語更感人
我不得不稱讚
JJ真是海天的另外一塊寶
(海天第一塊寶失蹤多時)
x x x x
海天昨晚的2006年最後一次練唱
是我們今年練唱的最高潮
也是今年最快樂的一次練唱聚會
一股濃濃的合諧喜悅融洽都無法描述的感覺
散佈在每一位出席朋友的臉上眼上嘴上心上
映證了JJ的話語
海天是最「全球化人和」的合唱團
今晨讀了秘書Stella生動的報告
一幅動人的畫面
立刻呈現在眼前:
…Conductor Wang came into the rehearsal hall with both hands and arms full of large bags and small bags. She did look like our Santa coming down from a chimney…
除了我們可愛的王老師以外
(表現好的馬上獎一百分糖果)
我們還要由衷地感謝Margaret Pai及 Linda Lin
Margaret為大家帶來了她自製的專業蛋糕
Linda則為我們帶來了法國進口的高級巧克力糖
下課後大家聚集有吃有談有笑
王老師親自serve大家
一大鍋八寶稀飯
王老師還成了紅人
大家輪番與她拍照
九點大家還不捨離去
王老師與Cindy
與大家共渡了一個
令人難忘 溫馨無比的
「小年夜」
回家的路上
內心載回一籮筐舒暢的感受
參加海天的目的
不是為演出時觀眾喝彩的那一霎那
是從年頭到年尾
一次又一次練唱的珍貴過程
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