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看了作者的自我介绍和FAQ。有二段话值得在这里post出来。
Why can’t I see any posts from those first few months?
Because I was very naive and stupid when I first started this website, wrote horrible things about my family and their religion, and when they found what I had done I took everything down and had a little meeting with myself about boundaries.
I was very naive and stupid when I first started this website这句是不是使你联想起阿妖的那句话呢？如果阿娇在被拍之前看了dooce，说不定还不会出事~。(作者是2001开博的，这个应该是后补的，不过我猜应该是07之前。)
I started this website in February 2001. A year later I was fired from my job for this website because I had written stories that included people in my workplace. My advice to you is BE YE NOT SO STUPID. Never write about work on the internet unless your boss knows and sanctions the fact that YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT WORK ON THE INTERNET. If you are the boss, however, you should be aware that when you order Prada online and then talk about it out loud that you are making it very hard for those around you to take you seriously.
dooce的作者当起全职blogger就是因为写了一些关于公司的同事被开除的，snowonrails的主人也因为涉及公司的一些事务而停博一段时间，远至木子美女士。
所以建议大家还是少写关于和自己公司的文章。
感觉dooce.com这站还是值得一看。
王垠-Cornell感受
我不想用是对是错来评论王垠这两篇文章，我只想说：“一个人敢以把自己心里真实的想法说出来是可敬的!”
Cornell 感受(1)
早就有人问起我的学习情况，问我有没有找到理想的研究环境。我却总是弄一些小动物，要不就是好玩的内容在这上面。真是惭愧，因为一直觉得自己还没有什么发言权，一直觉得是不是自己搞错了。不过来了 Cornell 已经一年半，也可以说一下对美国教育的感想了。我的感觉可能是错的，或者局限于我的专业或者学院。不过总的感觉就是，美国教育其实很大部分是商业性的应试教育，而外国研究生基本上是用来骗本科生钱的廉价劳动力。本科生能学到的真东西，相对于他们交的学费，也是少而又少的。巨大的作业和应试压力，已经剥夺了学生思考的自由，真正潜心研究的环境是很难求的。还是让我慢慢的回忆一下这一年半的经历吧……2006 年的8月3号，我们经过20多小时的飞行，来到了 Ithaca。面对这个小山村，我们是非常新奇的。这里的夏天是如此的美，到处是绿草，到处是瀑布，自来水都是可以直接喝的，房间里全都有地毯。貌似一切都是那么的美好，人都是那么的有礼貌。刚走到人行道边上，路上的汽车就缓缓停下来，让行人过马路。路上遇到一个不认识的人，他会莫名其妙跟你打招呼，说： “Isn’t it beautiful?” 总之 Ithaca 的美是不用多说了的，居民的总体素质还是比较高的。不过很快，这种新鲜感就随着在 Cornell 遇到的各种事情消失了。Cornell 给我的第一印象就是非常差的。
其实正式开学是在20多号，我们之所以这么早的来，原因是需要参加一个所谓 ITADP Summer Program。ITADP 也就是 International Teaching Assistant Development Program，也就是对 TA 的培训。这个培训是强制性的，不参加就不能做 TA，也就得不到经济支持了。我们连时差都还没倒过来就参加这么一个课程，每天从上午9点到下午3点。我也不记得申请 Cornell 的时候他们提到过这个东西，而是在接受了 offer 之后才收到一封信，说要所有外国TA参加这个培训。没想到 Cornell 的印象就从此在我心中一落千丈。
首先，经过培训的，或者仍然在接受培训课程煎熬的中国同学，我们都痛恨这个东西。我们得出的一致结论就是，这个培训对提高英语水平的效果是微乎其微的，纯粹就是浪费时间和精力。夏天的培训只有一个星期，分小班进行，在培训的末尾老师会进行评定。如果不通过，就需要强制性的修一期的课，叫做 EDUC 578。EDUC 578 期末会有一个评定，如果不通过，就需要修 EDUC 579。接着是 EDUC 580, … 课号换了，但是课程的内容基本没有换，不断反复，无聊之极。总之，这个课耗费大量精力，影响学业。中国学生大多都对这个课程叫苦不迭。很多人都把牢底坐穿了，上了两年还没有通过。如果真能留下来，那还算不错的，各个系情况不一样。我认识有一个电子系的博士生在第一期评定没有通过就被取消了经济支持，他只好自己掏钱转成了计算机系的硕士。
再来看看这个课程的性质呢？我还深刻的记得在 Summer Program 的时候，ITADP 的主要负责人给我们讲的话：“You know why you are here? … You know how important the undergraduate students are to us? You might even find a prince or princess in your class one day, from another country! ” 那个语气呀，就跟大老板差不多。我们是Ivy！是贵族学校！这不是很清楚的暴露了我们的用途吗，是为本科的“公主”和“王子”们服务的。后来我听说，的确是这样的，这个 ITADP 就是在本科生家长的强烈要求下成立的。而王子和公主们，可能还是没有得到他们想要的。
这个课是不可以旷的，旷课两节就会 fail 掉，从而取消 TA 的资格。这个课也是不可以迟到的，否则老师在下课的时候会警告你，要是再迟到就会给你 fail。这个课的规则是如此的严格，真是非常特殊。没有任何专业和非专业的课程有如此的军事化管理。再来看这个课程是什么内容。其实主要的内容就是告诉大家什么是好的 teaching，什么是坏的，大多都是废话。我记得在讨论教育的时候我提到，一个好的老师应该引导学生去思考，告诉他们知识是怎么获得的，而不是把知识灌输给学生；应该减轻学生的压力，鼓励他们创新。结果老师对我的这些说法很木然。很显然我的说法，她丝毫没有预料到过。她所期望的只是写黑板时字不要写得太小之类的。
然后我们做很多所谓的 microteaching 练习。microteaching 就是在课堂上对其他参加课程的同学讲授一些自己专业上最基本的常识。拿我来说吧，我第一次讲的内容就是二叉树。这个练习有一定的好处，就是让我明白了其实很多时候老师认为学生明白了，其实老师只知道自己明白了，而不知道学生其实是不明白的。但是我后来发现，对于 Cornell 的本科生，基本是没法知道他们是否明白。不论是我讲课，或者我和本科生一起听课，很普通的情况是这样：老师经过一段精彩的讲述之后，问：“你们明白了吗？”没有人吭声。再问：“有人没有明白的请举手。”也没有人举手，一片寂静。老师无可奈何，只好继续讲下去。总之，大家都以为别人都听懂了，都很害怕别人笑话自己不懂，感觉非常像国内的高中。不过总的说来，microteaching是很费精力的。讲一两次还行，反复的做就很烦了。课程的另一个内容是对自己的话进行录音，每次10分钟以上，一个星期三次，必须及时提交给老师评语。这个对于英语有一些帮助，不过费时间太多了，为了那10分钟，经常需要准备一两个小时。而且经常找不到有趣的话题，所以觉得很无聊。
因为第一期的时候，系里有一个教授碰巧给我一个 RA ，所以我没有参加 EDUC 578 （当然，像所有中国学生一样，我夏天的评定是没有通过的），所以第二期的时候我才被迫参加了这个课程。每个星期这个课程都耗费我太多的精力，以至于我在第二期的时候选的唯一的一门理论课后来没有精力完成。一方面这也是由于教课老师的问题，他只会在黑板上写定理……证明…… 所以后来我drop掉了那门传说中的牛人讲的课程，导致第二期就只修了 ITADP 的课程。一个系里都不认为是课程的课程，就这样占用了我一学期。
幸亏我表现还好，每次都貌似很积极的样子，很配合老师，其实心里在骂这个 program。同时我也比较同情老师，因为她也是打工的，讲了这么久这个课也觉得有点无聊了，虽然她没有直说
所以很幸运的在期末勉强通过了评定，以后就再也不用上那个可怕的课了。不过还有不知道多少中国学生仍然在经受 ITADP 的煎熬……
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如何改善Photoshop技能
Bert Monroy总是在他的播客(Podcasts)里提及，如果你想学习一个工具，最好的方法是不断使用它。我非常同意他这一观点。我想最好的的学习方法是去尝试重新创造我们喜欢的图象和效果。
我在这里列出10个tips来改善你的Photoshop技能，这些方法应用在其它工具也适合。
除了在评论里给些tips和链接，你的想法也同样能帮助我们改善Photoshop技能。
1、 马上开始行动
我知道这很废话，但你真的要行动起来，像素描、绘略图、构想，这总比你什么都不做要好。虽然你每次尝试设计一些东西,结果每次却设计出同样的东西,但你不要放弃。从别的网站获取灵感，如Flickr，这有一些非常棒的Photoshop群体。或者直接从网上获取灵感，下面是一些能获取灵感的链接，2007年的。
Masters of Illustration - Smashingmagazine
12 Invaluable Sites for Web Design and Design Inspiration
2007 Graphic Design Inspiration
2、 不要不满
当你的图象或效果不是你想的那样时不要恼火，继续努力。我也经常有这种情况，当我刚开始做设计时，通常我的作品不是像我原先设想的样子，我就感到灰心，然而当我收集好我作品的所有元素时，就很容易制造出我想要的效果。
3、 尝试重新创造你喜欢的效果
每次我找到一个我喜欢的图像效果，我就会保存它并且尝试用Photoshop制造这种效果。这个火球的效果是从Nike的广告中仿制出来，而这黄金效果则是从Jewelry的广告中仿制出来的。
4、 在你创作之前请阅读教程
通常我们直接启动Photoshop来尝试如何制作一个效果，这很好，但如果我们在开始之前能找上一些提示或大体的步聚，这能省下许多时间。下面是一些非常棒的站点，你能从中学习如何去制造所有类型的效果，从发光的字体到炽热的效果都有。
5、 学习如何使用Masks
我知道这话有点废，但还是有许多人不明白如何使用Masks！So stop deleting parts of your image and start masking them。下面有一些非常正点的视频教我们如何学会使用Masks。
6、 学会灵活使用滤镜(filters)
你能通过滤镜来制作所有效果，从模糊到灯光效果。最吸引人的是如果你混入一些滤镜，你总会得到一些新的效果，像Render Clouds。
7、花更多的时间去学习层样式（Layer Styles）
层样式是Photoshop里最有用的功能之一，你可以不应用任何滤镜效果，甚至不涉及字体来制作一些令人惊奇的文字效果。
8、 Brush Engine
老实说，6个月之前，我从未把太多的心思放在它身上，但我用它制造流星效果之后，我简直就不能停止使用它了。你能用它来制造火花、星、云和任意的形状效果。你能令你的brush随意无序或统一的。使用不同的颜色和不透明性，就有不同的效果。因为这是无穷无尽的可性。
Very good video explaining how the Brush Engine works
9、 聆听学习别人的播客
我想看播客(podcasts)是极好的学习Photoshop方法。如果你想学习Photoshop和看一些例子，Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy这站你一定要看看。
Adobe Photoshop Quicktips - Video Podcast
10、 和别人分享你的学习
我想当我们学习完之后和别人分享经验是没有错的，除此之外，你还能帮助其他朋友，你能宣传你的工作，甚至通过写教程来获取金钱。Psdtuts.com为你写的每个教程支付佣金，并且如果被选中还会发表出去。
PSDTUTS - They pay you for tutorials
原文链接:How to improve your Photoshop Skills
翻译:8drink
自己的photoshop都忘得差不多了,而且因为不常用,技术总是没长进,从高手哪里看到这文章,的确不错.自己要多动手才行.
之前有个同学推销信用卡，说办张卡吧，你办了之后不开就不收费了，帮帮忙吧。我就办了一张，今天看报纸看了这tips…过几天要跑银行去销卡才行:-(
没有激活仍可能要缴费
许多同学认为，信用卡只要不激活就可以不用交年费，办了之后不用也无所谓。没想到，办卡一年后银行寄来了信用卡对账单，要求支付100元的信用卡年费。隔断时间又被告知欠费200多元，客服电话的回答是年费产生了利息。
银行解释，年费与信用卡是否激活、是否使用没有必然关联。银行在完成对客户的申请审查核准发卡后，信用卡中心便会启动相关收费程序，这意味着无论信用卡是否被激动，用户尚未拿到信用卡，依然需要缴纳年费。推销信用卡的工作人员，常常没有告知办卡者这一点，甚至采用欺诈的手段。还款不能留“零头”
葛同学用信用卡透支买电脑花了1407元，还款时疏忽7元零头。后来他发现：银行账单上显示本期账单金额除7元欠款外，还多了上百元的利息。原来，银行计息并不是按照欠的7元，而是按所有的欠款1407元来计息。
银行信用卡中心表示，信用卡使用者逾期没能还清所有欠款，多数银行都按照全额欠款计收利息。在此提醒持卡族：申办信用卡，务必仔细阅读账单，弄清该银行计息方法和各类收费标准和途径。
择自：中大青年
Top 20 Amazing Science Facts
Another trivia list! This list explores a variety of fascinating scientific facts that you probably are unaware of. Science is still a very mysterious subject so there are millions of trivial facts about it - this will be the first of many scientific fact lists in the future.
Facts 1 - 5
1. There are 62,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body - laid end to end they would circle the earth 2.5 times
2. At over 2000 kilometers long The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth Read more »
how do you get people to help you?
Find the best in everybody. One of the things that Jon Snoddy as I said told me is that you might have to wait a long time. sometimes years, but
people will show you their good side just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting,
it will come out.
每个人都有闪光点。我提到的乔恩.史诺曾告诉我说，人们会向你展示自己善的一面，但你可能要等待很长的时间，有时甚至好几年才能见到。但不论多久
都要等待。没人是完全邪恶。每一个人都有善的一面，只要继续等待，它就会显现。
So. How do you get people to help you? you can’t get there alone. People have to help you and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. you
get people to help you by telling the truth. Being earnest. I’ll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term.
Earnest is long term.
如何让别人来帮助你？你不能单打独斗。你需要人来帮你。你相信因果报应。我相信回报。你讲真话，你们就来帮你。真挚做人。我会毫不犹豫的选择一个
真诚的人，而不是一个时髦的人，因为时髦是短暂的。真诚是长远的。
择自关于梦想-生命的最后讲座 的一段话，同时这个讲座也是非常值得一看的。片中的主讲人Randy Pausch是卡耐基梅隆大学的计算机系教授，他的肝脏上发现有多个恶性肿瘤，很可能只有3-6个月的健康了。Pausch教授就是在这种情形下作的这次演讲，演讲的题目是“实现儿时的梦想” （Achieving Your Childhood Dreams And Enable Dreams of Dreams）
Study links smoking to female offspring
A study in Britain suggests that parents who are smokers at the time of conception are more likely to have a female child.
The Independent reported on the study, which suggests that having a male baby drops by as much as 50 percent if the parents are both smokers.
The research, done by pediatricians at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, also suggests smoking raises the chances of a miscarriage. Researchers reportedly found that substances contained in cigarettes, such as nicotine, inhibit sperm carrying male chromosomes from fertilizing eggs.
The study looked at 9,000 women who gave birth between 1998 and 2003 at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. The Independent reported that the study also found that women who were exposed to secondhand smoke during pregnancy were also less likely to give birth to male infants.
Copyright 2007 by United Press International
英国的一项调查指出夫妻在怀孕期吸烟，那么生出来的孩子偏向于是女孩。
Self Introduction
复试时准备的一篇英文自我介绍，记下来以后也用得上。。。
Good morning, I am glad to have a chance for this interview, and I hope I can make a good performance today, eventually enroll in this prestigious university in September. Now let me introduce myself briefly.
My name is phinecos.I was born in
In the past 4 years, I spent most of my time on studying. I have passed CET4/6 with a ease. Besides, I have acquired basic knowledge of computer programming both in theory and in practice.
As for my character, I think I am optimistic and confident. My favorite pastime is playing ping-pong , reading books and listening to the music.
Thank you!!!
via: Self Introduction
10 Reasons You Aren’t Rich(你不是富人的10个原因)
The reason why you aren’t a millionaire (or on your way to becoming one) is really quite simple. You probably assume it’s because you aren’t earning enough money, but the truth is that for most people, whether or not you become a millionaire has very little to do with the amount of money you make. It’s the way that you treat money in your daily life.
Here are 10 possible reasons you aren’t a millionaire:
1. You Care What Your Neighbors Think: If you’re competing against them and their material possessions, you’re wasting your hard-earned money on toys to impress them instead of building your wealth.
2. You Aren’t Patient: Until the era of credit cards, it was difficult to spend more than you had. That is not the case today. If you have credit card debt because you couldn’t wait until you had enough money to purchase something in cash, you are making others wealthy while keeping yourself in debt
3. You Have Bad Habits: Whether it’s smoking, drinking, gambling or some other bad habit, the habit is using up a lot of money that could go toward building wealth. Most people don’t realize that the cost of their bad habits extends far beyond the immediate cost. Take smoking, for example: It costs a lot more than the pack of cigarettes purchased. It also negatively affects your wealth in the form of higher insurance rates and decreased value of your home.
4. You Have No Goals: It’s difficult to build wealth if you haven’t taken the time to know what you want. If you haven’t set wealth goals, you aren’t likely to attain them. You need to do more than state, “I want to be a millionaire.” You need to take the time to set saving and investing goals on a yearly basis and come up with a plan for how to achieve those goals.
5. You Haven’t Prepared: Bad things happen to the best of people from time to time, and if you haven’t prepared for such a thing to happen to you through insurance, any wealth that you might have built can be gone in an instant.
6. You Try to Make a Quick Buck: For the vast majority of us, wealth doesn’t come instantly. You may believe that people winning the lottery are a dime a dozen, but the truth is you’re far more likely to get struck by lightning than win the lottery. This desire to get rich quickly likely extends into the way you invest, with similar results.
7. You Rely on Others to Take Care of Your Money: You believe that others have more knowledge about money matters, and you rely exclusively on their judgment when deciding where you should invest your money. Unfortunately, most people want to make money themselves, and this is their primary objective when they tell you how to invest your money. Listen to other people’s advice to get new ideas, but in the end you should know enough to make your own investing decisions.
8. You Invest in Things You Don’t Understand: Your hear that Bob has made a lot of money doing it, and you want to get in on the gravy train. If Bob really did make money, he did so because he understood how the investment worked. Throwing in your money because someone else has made money without fully understanding how the investment works will keep you from being wealthy.
9. You’re Financially Afraid: You are so scared of risk that you keep all your money in a savings account that is actually losing money when inflation is put into the equation, yet you refuse to move it to a place where higher rates of return are possible because you’re afraid that you will lose money.
10. You Ignore Your Finances: You take the attitude that if you make enough, the finances will take care of themselves. If you currently have debt, it will somehow resolve itself in the future. Unfortunately, it takes planning to become wealthy. It doesn’t magically happen to the vast majority of people.
In reality, it is probably not just one of the above bad habits that has kept you from becoming a millionaire, but a combination of a few of them. Take a hard look at the list, and do some reflecting. If you want to be a millionaire, it’s well within your power, but you’ll have to face the issues that are currently keeping you from creating that wealth before you will have a chance to call yourself one.
原文链接
像没有耐心，坏习惯，害怕失败，恐怕每个人都有吧，每个人都在努力，只是有没有成效而已。
