pic courtesy of Bobby Yip/Reuters from New York Times

昨天发现自己space的主页居然没有任何人的更新信息，以为msn已经进入了网络金盾工程的黑名单，今天才发现一切又恢复正常，原来只是一个小小的系统bug.

但是确实有个很牛的网站在牛年被加入了黑名单，让我把阅读网页的时间挪用到写网页上。

 

最近发生的事情很多，也不知道是因为正值多事之秋还是因为我所谓的“最近”时间跨度比较大。

经济危机也好，巴以冲突也好，这个世界上讨论最多的话题还是“希望”。 而这个希望，是由于七千多万美国人把他们的选票投给奥巴马。难怪时代周刊在年度最有影响力名人的候选名单里，有一条提名是“American people”，民族自卑心作祟的我又联想到一首不曾流行的台湾流行歌曲，歌名叫《漂亮的中国人》，词曲作者和演唱都是侯德建。在大陆的朋友可以试着搜一搜，我猜搜到的可能是百度奥运吧。

 

最好看的一期金球奖，最喜欢的Kate和Tina都两次捧杯，Kate的真情流露和Tina的诙谐幽默，都将珍藏在我的笔记本电脑和遍布全球每个角落的网络服务器里。喜欢看美剧的朋友一定不要错过《30 Rock》，因为它的创作者拥有世界上所有最值得珍贵的东西----才华，智慧，气质，正义和美貌。

 

其实金球奖的外语片，应该搬给我们中国导演张艺谋，他总算把他的大成本大制做发挥到极致，用鸟巢作现场，用黑夜做幕布，用几十万人做主演，用百亿的资金作成本，用千计的婴儿的肾作牺牲，换来的世界范围内绝无仅有的block buster --- 北京奥林匹克开幕式。

 

虽然通过了博士资格考试，可是实验室的形势不容乐观，实验室今年4篇投出的论文只有一片被录用，经济上也出现通货紧缩的前兆。失望无聊之时，看到老罗blog里大将军吴汉的故事[1]，很是振奋，决定提前结束这篇blog，赶紧磨刀去。

 

末了，恭喜飘哥艳玲夫妇！！

 

[1]http://luoyonghao.blog.sohu.com/108331861.html

You Might Be An Engineer If...

1)You have no life - and you can PROVE it mathematically.
2)You enjoy pain. (sort of ...)
3)You know vector calculus but you can't remember how to do long division.(Kind of) 
4)You chuckle whenever anyone says "centrifugal force".
5)You've actually used every single function on your graphing calculator.
6)It is sunny and 70 degrees outside, and you are working on a computer. (Oh my god!!)
7)You frequently whistle the theme song to "MacGyver". (I would love to watch it)
8)You know how to integrate a chicken and can take the derivative of water.
9)You think in "math". (Hopefully)
10)You've calculated that the World Series actually diverges. (I cannot tell baseball from softball...)
11)You hesitate to look at something because you don't want to break down its wave function.
12)You have a pet named after a scientist. (Markov will be the name of my first dog)
13)You laugh at jokes about mathematicians. (Oh my god!!!)
14)The Humane society has you arrested because you actually performed the Schrodinger's Cat experiment. (I quit every single Physics class when in College )
15)You can translate English into Binary. (Yes I can!!)
16)You can't remember what's behind the door in the engineering building which says "Exit".
17)You have to bring a jacket with you, in the middle of summer, because there's a wind-chill factor in the lab.
18)You are completely addicted to caffeine. (Oh my goodness)
19)You avoid doing anything because you don't want to contribute to the eventual heat-death of the universe.
20)You consider ANY non-engineering course "easy". (That's what I am thinking)
21)When your professor asks you where your homework is, you claim to have accidentally determined its momentum so precisely, that according to Heisenberg it could be anywhere in the universe.
22)The "fun" center of your brain has deteriorated from lack of use. (That's the reason!!)
23)You'll assume that a "horse" is a "sphere" in order to make the math easier. (Oh my god)
24)The blinking 12:00 on someone's VCR draws you in like a tractor beam to fix it.
25)You bring a computer manual / technical journal as vacation reading. (If "Ruminating C++" counts)
26)The salesperson at Circuit City can't answer any of your questions. (I don't even ask)
27)You can't help eavesdropping in computer stores... and correcting the salesperson.
28)You're in line for the guillotine... it stops working properly... and you offer to fix it.(if I can!!)
29)You go on the rides at Disneyland and sit backwards to see how they do the special effects.
30)You have any "Dilbert" comics displayed in your work area. (I like the story though)
31)You have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.
32)You have never backed up your hard drive.
33)You haven't bought any new underwear or socks for yourself since you got married.
34)You spent more on your calculator than on your wedding ring.
35)You think that when people around you yawn, it's because they didn't get enough sleep.
36)You would rather get more dots per inch than miles per gallon
37)You've even calculated how much you make per second.
38)Your favorite James Bond character is "Q," the guy who makes the gadgets. (OH my God)
39)You understood more than five of these jokes. (OH my god)
40)You make a copy of this list, and post it on your door (or your home page !) (Oh my dearest GOD)