Part V

Tai Vo's China Photo Gallery, Randurian' HK Roads Photo Gallery, Jimmy Koo's Hong Kong Photo Gallery, Tom Jackson's Hong Kong 70s & 80s Photo Gallery, Ross' Hong Kong Photo Gallery, gchong2426's China 2004 Photo Gallery, Howard Sheard's Hong Kong Photo Gallery, William Bina's China Photo Gallery, Ted Ch's Hong Kong Photo Gallery, Eddie Cheung's Photo Gallery, hclphoto's Central, Hong Kong Photo Gallery, Jongky Kurniawan's Guilin - Yangshuo Photo Gallery.

Wow, Bob, It Was Huge!

[image] I think, Live 8 is now concerned as the greatest show on Earth ever. 10 concerts, 150 artists, a million spectators, 2 billion viewers, and 1 message: To get those 8 men, in that 1 room, to stop 30,000 children dying every single day of extreme poverty. Now let's wait for the Final Push! Read What to do (even if you can't make it to Edinburgh in person). Visit www.makepovertyhistory.org.

Pink Floyd's Reunion

[image] Yesterday was a unique day :). Not only because of Live 8, but also because it was the day of Pink Floyd's reunion. It was their first concert together in over 24 years. They played Breathe, Money, Wish You Were Here, and Comfortably Numb. It was great! Unfortunately, I couldn't be there in person to see this amazing event, but I watched it on TV, and even took some photos! Check out my special gallery.

There is a theory, called Six degrees of separation, that anyone on the planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries. Based on this theory, there is a party game, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, which requires a group of players to connect any film actor to Kevin Bacon in as few links as possible. I have noticed that a more general Six Degrees of ..., has recently become very popular at the Internet Movie Database. I once even participated in this game. Finally, check out the Oracle.

[image] I recently discovered The Friend of a Friend (FOAF) project, which is based on the idea of creating a machine-readable social networks. Thus, using FOAF RDF, one can describe oneself, things one does, creates, people one knows, etc. I like this idea, so I have decided to create my own FOAF file and make it publicly available.
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Tonight I went to see the long-awaited Revenge of the Sith and I am really pleased with this final episode of the story. Now I finally know how Supreme Chancellor Palpatine became the Emperor, why he looks as he looks, how Anakin became Darth Vader, how the crumbling Republic became the first Galactic Empire, and many other plots. Of course the visual effects were really stunning, absolutely first-class. For me, this is a great movie. Thank you George for creating the Star Wars Galaxy, a great entertainment.

... it's a wild hurricane, all right, hold tight...

Today I bought Deep Purple's Machine Head on SACD. This is the original quadraphonic mix from 1972. It sounds great on my 6.1 home entertainment system, even if this is "only" a quad mix. I especially enjoy Lazy, but remember to... listen to it LOUD! ;) A superb album...

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The Free Software Foundation has moved to a new office and they released the third revision of the GPL version 2. Their new postal address is:

Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
Boston, MA 02110-1301
USA