Two days ago, I was helping one of my juniors to rescue his laptop. However, I didn’t bring any tools. And I recalled a LiveCD, SystemRescueCd. Then I tried to download it. Luckily the internet connection was good. The file size is 234 Mb (version 1.2.0). And immediately burned it to a CD using CDBurnerXP.

However, I am not familiar to the Linux command. Fortunately, SystemRescueCd provides GUI. So, used the wizard to start X Windows. Then, I needed to copy the data from C: drive. Firstly, I tried to copy the data to a pendrive. But the pendrive did not have enough disk space. Then, I tried to copy to D: drive. But the D: drive is NTFS filesystem. I knew about ntfs-3g before, but I did not know how to use it. The start screen of SystemRescueCd did provide information on how to use ntfs-3g.

I played Totem Tribes 3 times, because I want to see the different endings. Besides that, it is quite a good game, the storyline is good.

It combines War Craft and “seek and find” game genre. But the “seek and find”, is very very difficult. Sometimes, need to search for the solution from internet.

Now, I want to talk about cheating in the game. Because playing it for 3 times, without cheating, it will be very boring. Besides that, remember backup the files before editing for the cheating.

The followings are the reviews of several open source file synchronizers which I tried.

WebSynchronizer - Can work with network, FTP, etc. Delete the files to recycle bin, does not have backup. Use the synchronisation in order to delete the destionation file, but the source folder will download the newest file. Not very easy to use.

JFileSync - Interface is not good, cannot copy the hidden file as hidden file at the target, do not delete the file in recycle bin.

I prefer freeware rather than commercial software. However, since recently I needs to involve some 3D modelling, I am wondering which 3D modelling tools is better.

I have tried both Blender and Autodesk 3ds Max. There are other 3D modelling software. You can find the comparison of 3D modelling software from CG Society Wiki and TDT3D [from Wikipedia].

Blender can be said is the best of the other free 3D modelling software. However, the user interface for 3D modelling is quite different from other commercial software, such as 3ds Max, Maya, and MilkShape3D. For the usability perspective, Blender is difficult to use. If compare to the 3ds Max, 3ds Max is far more better than Blender. If Blender follows the interface as other software, I think it would be better during modelling.

Just finish an old game, Suikoden II. Easy to play. The story is good, with good ending. Though there are 4 kinds of ending, but still has a best ending. All the main characters survived at the end. Besides that, there are 108 stars (characters) can be recruited. And you can switch anyone you like in the game.
刚玩完一部旧的游戏，“幻想水浒传Ⅱ”。容易玩。故事很好，有很好的结局。虽然有四种结局，但是有个完美结局。所有的重要角色都活着。另外，有108个星（角色）可以录用。你可以换上你喜欢的角色。

An old game doesn’t have 3D objects and beautiful scenes, but if the story is good, even it is old, it is valuable to be played.
一部旧的游戏，没有三维物体和美丽的画面，但是如果有好的故事，就算是旧的游戏，还是值得玩的。

Recently, I played Devil May Cry 4 PC version. This is very nice, because Devil May Cry 4 not only released in PS3, but also XBox 360 and PC version. This is cross-platform. Hope that all the games in future will target cross-platform.

I seldom play the action game. And this is the first time playing DMC, never played the series before. Firstly, found that it is quite difficult, because the game system uses “Proud Soul” to equip new moves. And earning “Proud Soul” is quite difficult. Because I played RPG game, thought that secrets are the important part of the game. So, I tried to play DMC by following the walkthrough. And this makes the game become boring. Because secrets are few, and wasting time to look for the secret items causes the final score of the mission decreased. Finally, just play to finish the mission. Then, I earned a lot of “Proud Soul” in every mission. This should be the correct way to play DMC4.

I found a search engine from Gizmo, it is midomi.

I tried it by humming the melody of “Big Big World”, it works. Really nice. You can search a song by humming the melody. That is good. If you know a song’s melody, but don’t know the artist and the song title, then you can search by humming.

I wonder how is the searching algorithm of the website. Very interesting.

“海賊王”，我非常喜愛的一部漫畫。一部少年漫畫。除了精彩的故事及突出的角色性格，它還反映了社會的問題。

所謂的“海軍”，掛著“正義”的招牌，但故事裡，“斧手 蒙卡”、“老鼠”等等，就是海軍裡的敗類。並有人相信，“海軍”=“正義”。所以，就有人仗著“正義”的招牌，剝削民脂民膏。但，故事裡，也不是所有的“海軍”都是惡勢力。比如“斯摩格”，就是真正站在“正義”一邊的“海軍”。

“七武海”，海軍承認的海賊。既然海賊都可以被海軍承認。這就好像，警方不抓某些大賊一樣，因為那些賊很有實力。

“海賊”，就是海賊，也沒什麽好說的。反正就是一些壞蛋。雖然故事裡，主角一行人等和他的朋友，比如“紅髮”，都不算壞蛋，但整個故事裡，多數的海賊都是壞蛋來的。

“100年空白歷史”，這是故事裡神秘的一點。因為，歷史都可以修改。真是神奇。如果歷史被修改了，那後人只是在一個欺詐的世代，扭曲真理的世代。這就是為何“歷史”是非常重要的。因為它記載的，應該是真實的事情，并能讓後人知道過去的因果。因為每一個今天，都有一個昨天。如果你昨天做錯了事，這就是事實，因為它已經發生了。你不能說，你沒做錯，因為事實就是事實，不應該被否認。

“世界政府”，就因為有人要探知歷史的事實，所謂的世界政府，就可以把一座島毀滅，屠殺整座島的人民。那其實只是害怕自己的地位被動搖，所以要將一切障礙消除。人往往都是如此，當自己高高在上，有權有勢時，就會害怕掉下來，因此就做出許多扭曲真理的事情，爲了鞏固自己的勢力。

“天龍人”，故事裡是世界的貴族，說是開拓世界者的後裔。就因為是後裔，所以擁有貴族的身份和崇高的權利。誰要是動了他們，就會株連九族。但，讀者一定認為“天龍人”根本就是垃圾，仗勢欺人，欺人太甚。什麽海賊，多少億貝里，都不敢動他們。但故事裡的草帽，一拳把一個天龍人打到黏在地板，真是大快人心。

“魚人族”，故事裡的種族問題，因為魚人族受到世界的歧視。不要說魚人，人往往會歧視其他種族，這是一個非常不好的態度。因為很多人沒有共識，這是因為自私和驕傲的心理。

“草帽海賊團”。理想的團體。不要說他們的職業是海賊，只說他們的友誼和團體精神。草帽海賊團裡，朋友也是會吵架的，但他們還是會互相幫忙。團長是白癡，但團長不是個自私自利的白癡，所以才會備受其他團員的愛戴。團員既然跟隨了一個團長，就絕對服從，這是個很好的服從精神。每個人都有每個人的才能，各各都發揮了自己的能力。就算沒有才能，還是會努力幫助整個團體，比如“烏索普”，他是到後期才表現出狙擊手的才能。就如團長所說的，團員一個都不可以少，因為少了任何一個，他就不能繼續航海了。雖然各有各的理想，但還是會互相幫忙，這就是所謂的共識，因為他們知道，只要少了一個團員，他們就不能達到自己的理想。

真是一部很好的漫畫。主要不是反映社會，而是故事精彩。因為故事發展，總是意想不到。

（注意！一下評論包括一些劇情透露）

剛剛玩完“漢之雲”。三國真是了不起，因為有很多遊戲都是用三國時代來做故事背景。但是，既然是遊戲，改變歷史故事是理所當然的啦。故事劇情就算了啦，但人物性格，并不是很喜歡。

諸葛亮：真是沒想到，一點都不像諸葛亮。
朝雲：反正在我所玩過的中文遊戲中，各各男主角都是優柔寡斷的。“暮雲”在“軒轅劍伍-一劍凌雲山海情”裡，還比較突出，可能因為他是配角吧。
橫艾：本來是很喜歡的。但因為太多秘密，甚至她可能是個男人也說不定。秘密也該有個限度吧。最讓我疑惑的地方是，為什麽那個“丹道村”的大長老稱橫艾為“壺中仙”？煉妖壺可說是軒轅劍系列的重點，可是遊戲都沒解釋煉妖壺怎會在橫艾手上。

唉，其他角色沒什麽啦。只是不明白，為什麽中文遊戲很喜歡把那些辛辛苦苦栽培的角色，轉眼間變成敵人？或是到最終boss前死掉？劇情真是好無情。那些角色歸類成NPC不是比較好嗎？那樣，玩家就會知道哪些角色是應該栽培的了。

趙雲：他的造型，我還以為是什麽仙人。還不知道他是趙雲時，我還以為他是“劉備”。結果不是。沒想到趙雲的地位那么高。而且值得讓橫艾等人幫他續命。甚至能讓諸葛亮和劉禪的關係和好。

說實在，故事的那些秘密，實在沒什麽意義。就算橫艾在結局說諸葛亮并不是想象中的那么遜色，但我還是看不出什麽厲害。

因為故事一直都是保持秘密狀態，就說說我的猜測過程。
當丹道村的長老稱橫艾為“壺中仙”時，我真以為橫艾就是壺中仙。到後期，諸葛亮說他有個手下在“飛羽”裡，我就知道是橫艾了。但我還以為諸葛亮才是“壺中仙”。原來也不是。
那個被續命的人，我起初以為是“劉備”，後來看到是白衣老人的造型，我以為他才是“真·諸葛亮”。原來不是，是想都沒想到的趙雲。他的身份并不震撼，而是失望。

關於結局，為何朝雲是和耶亞希在一起？明明只是單戀。神器配神器不是比較妥當嗎？算啦，玩家最多只是給個評論罷了。

總的來講，是可以玩玩。但就是故事和人物并不是很喜歡。

When I played Civilization 4, there is a quote I like most

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.
by: Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

This is really true. If we eat unhealthy food, surely we will be unhealthy. If we eat healthy food, surely we will be healthy. When we eat, we digest the food, and the nutrients become part of our body. That is why we are growing when we eat. How wonderful is our body.