My DVD writer had failed for over a year but I was not so interested to replace it since we used to use USB drive for file copying, it's just much faster, cheaper and more reliable and higher capacity as well.
Last night my kid wanted to read a CD from her school and so I checked the price of a new DVD writer, and to my big surprise, it's just $143 HKD!
At that price, I wonder why the factory would still produce it... you can always make a mouse which should be way easier, and then the cost is about the same!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Photography in a Crowdy City
Pretty long ago, I found that I love to use those high range zoom camera (my first DC has a zoom range of 10x). I don't really know the answer for that until maybe recently when I bought a fisheye.
In Hong Kong, fisheye lens is intrinsically hard to use. The problem is, it's so crowdy in terms of people, building and whatever, and it makes the composition very complicated if you use a wide lens.
In a highly complex (I mean non-organized) environment, you simply cannot find a view big enough for a fisheye. I guess taking portriat with a large background could be nice, but then the usage is still very limited.
Therefore, I wish that I will be able to get chance to shoot the night sky, and also for the coming trip to another country shortly. I guess I will want to sell it soon afterward.
In Hong Kong, fisheye lens is intrinsically hard to use. The problem is, it's so crowdy in terms of people, building and whatever, and it makes the composition very complicated if you use a wide lens.
In a highly complex (I mean non-organized) environment, you simply cannot find a view big enough for a fisheye. I guess taking portriat with a large background could be nice, but then the usage is still very limited.
Therefore, I wish that I will be able to get chance to shoot the night sky, and also for the coming trip to another country shortly. I guess I will want to sell it soon afterward.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Defishing
Recently I bought a 8mm f3.5 Korean fisheye lens. It built like tank and the focuser is extremely smooth like L-class lens. When you stop down to f8, you remove any need of focusing virtually.
One of the usages for fisheye lens is to work as an ultra-wide lens, however, we might want to remove the fisheye effect in certain situation. There is a simple way to do that, for example, in Photoshop, you may use the "transformation" function under the "edit" manual to do it.
This is the original:-
In less than one minute, you can fix the curve and then you may crop the edges:-
One of the usages for fisheye lens is to work as an ultra-wide lens, however, we might want to remove the fisheye effect in certain situation. There is a simple way to do that, for example, in Photoshop, you may use the "transformation" function under the "edit" manual to do it.
This is the original:-
In less than one minute, you can fix the curve and then you may crop the edges:-
Thursday, April 28, 2011
我是祢眼中的瞳人
給自我形像低落的你, 也當然包括我自己:
我只有一個地方不怕看見自己 ---
那就是祢眼中的我...
我從我自己眼裡只看見自己的不足, 但從祢的眼裡, 我卻看到真正的自己, 那藏在基督裡的我真!
我只有一個地方不怕看見自己 ---
那就是祢眼中的我...
我從我自己眼裡只看見自己的不足, 但從祢的眼裡, 我卻看到真正的自己, 那藏在基督裡的我真!
Monday, April 25, 2011
讓小孩子到我這裡來 (可 10:13-16)
經文:
[13]有人帶著小孩子來見耶穌，要耶穌摸他們，門徒便責備那些人。
[14]耶穌看見就惱怒，對門徒說：「讓小孩子到我這裡來，不要禁止他們；因為在神國的，正是這樣的人。
[15]我實在告訴你們，凡要承受神國的，若不像小孩子，斷不能進去。」
[16]於是抱著小孩子，給他們按手，為他們祝福。
門徒責備那些人的原因:
1. 那些人要耶穌 "摸" 那些小孩子, 但那些小孩子顯然沒有任何病患
2. 地點: 屋子內 (見上文), 門徒正在屋企問耶穌問題 (屋子: Markan secrecy motif)
3. 氣氛: 馬可筆下的主耶穌都是非常忙碌的, "沒有事" 的人似乎不應該找耶穌, 祂有更重要的事情要處理
耶穌的反應:
1. 上述理由都看似合理, 但在耶穌心目中, 這些都不成理由
2. 因此, 我們要更新我們的觀念
耶穌是誰:
1. 耶穌把來見祂的人視為進天國的人!
2. 門徒或許以為耶穌是醫生 (cf. 摸), 是教師 (cf. 上文), 是先知 (broader context), 但其實耶穌就是神自己 (cf. 進神國), 沒有人不需要耶穌, 包括那些表面無病無痛的人
像小孩子:
1. 小孩子的語意範圍 (semantic range) 可以很廣闊
2. 參考下文, 那位來見耶穌的人, 他守律法, 又有財有勢, 但卻不能進天國
3. 因此, 小孩子應該被視為未懂律法 (未夠 13 歲的猶大人, 未行成年禮, 未能接受律法), 不能靠律法, 也不能倚靠錢財和今世事情的人, 他們凡事都只能領受
[13]有人帶著小孩子來見耶穌，要耶穌摸他們，門徒便責備那些人。
[14]耶穌看見就惱怒，對門徒說：「讓小孩子到我這裡來，不要禁止他們；因為在神國的，正是這樣的人。
[15]我實在告訴你們，凡要承受神國的，若不像小孩子，斷不能進去。」
[16]於是抱著小孩子，給他們按手，為他們祝福。
門徒責備那些人的原因:
1. 那些人要耶穌 "摸" 那些小孩子, 但那些小孩子顯然沒有任何病患
2. 地點: 屋子內 (見上文), 門徒正在屋企問耶穌問題 (屋子: Markan secrecy motif)
3. 氣氛: 馬可筆下的主耶穌都是非常忙碌的, "沒有事" 的人似乎不應該找耶穌, 祂有更重要的事情要處理
耶穌的反應:
1. 上述理由都看似合理, 但在耶穌心目中, 這些都不成理由
2. 因此, 我們要更新我們的觀念
耶穌是誰:
1. 耶穌把來見祂的人視為進天國的人!
2. 門徒或許以為耶穌是醫生 (cf. 摸), 是教師 (cf. 上文), 是先知 (broader context), 但其實耶穌就是神自己 (cf. 進神國), 沒有人不需要耶穌, 包括那些表面無病無痛的人
像小孩子:
1. 小孩子的語意範圍 (semantic range) 可以很廣闊
2. 參考下文, 那位來見耶穌的人, 他守律法, 又有財有勢, 但卻不能進天國
3. 因此, 小孩子應該被視為未懂律法 (未夠 13 歲的猶大人, 未行成年禮, 未能接受律法), 不能靠律法, 也不能倚靠錢財和今世事情的人, 他們凡事都只能領受
Sunday, April 24, 2011
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