婉兮清扬

黄灯笼

发表时间：2008-08-23 08:17:57

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咪咪带着清扬婉兮到工字厅去玩。在甲所的旁边有几棵鹅掌楸，叶子已经开始黄了，还有些叶子掉在地上。小人将掉在地上的叶子拣起来穿成一串，跟妈妈说：“妈妈你看，这是我做的黄灯笼。”

过了一会，小人又发现手里的树叶可以发出沙沙的声音，说：“妈妈你看，这个可以作成乐器呢。这是我发明的。”

太阳是甜的吗？

发表时间：2008-08-23 08:02:33

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昨天，咪咪给清扬婉兮吃干桂圆，小人吃得津津有味的。咪咪告诉她说干桂圆是桂圆晒干后做成的。小人吃着吃着，突然问了一个问题：“妈妈，太阳是甜的吗？”

咪咪一楞，说：“这个我也不知道呢。”

小人信心满满地说：“我觉得太阳肯定是甜的，不然晒出来的东西怎么这么甜。”

没有人工干预？

发表时间：2008-08-09 22:56:26

评论：2

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Google总是标榜说自己的搜索结果是没有任何人工干预的。不过我可不相信这样的谣言。只要搜索一下我的中文名字，就可以得出一个显而易见的结论：Google不仅人工干预搜索结果排名，而且人工篡改搜索结果本身。

对于这样的做法，我还是用那句老话来评价：即要......又要......是不合适的。Google干预和篡改搜索结果这个事情是否合适，我个人没有资格作出评价。但是，如果Google的确干预和篡改了搜索结果，就不要标榜自己没有对搜索结果进行人工干预。

在我的这个特例上，我颇想了解Google为何选择某个条目进行了篡改，并且配了一个与该条目风牛马不相及的标题。－－ 是的，我说的就是目前排名第一的那个条目。

小野果

发表时间：2008-08-07 16:07:11

评论：5

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这是在我的园子周围野地里采到的野果。在一小片不过几十步宽的灌木丛中，竟然一小会时间就采摘了十多朵。沉甸甸的全都提溜回家洗了给清扬婉兮吃，小人连声称赞说好吃极了。

小的时候，农村里的孩子基本上都没有什么零食。有空的时候，小孩子们便结伴到野地里去摘野果吃。因为野果长得慢，缺乏耐心的小朋友们总是迫不及待地在野果刚刚由黄转红的时候便摘来吃掉。如果一位小朋友发现了一串尚未完全成熟的野果却又没有摘下来，结果往往是果子很快就被其他的小朋友摘走吃掉。象今天这样一次在一个很小的范围里面摘到这么多熟透的野果，放在我小时候根本就是不可能的事情。可见现在的小孩子确实没有我小时候那么饿，至少不用眼巴巴地等着绿色的野果变成红色然后拿来充饥了。

在园子周围的野地里还有其他几种野果，明天再去采一点来。

所罗门王的指环

发表时间：2008-08-06 08:36:41

评论：3

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作者：康拉德.劳伦兹
译者：游复熙，季光容
出版：中国和平出版社

最近咪咪总是能够掏到好书。这本被纽约图书馆推评为20世纪10本最佳自然科学著作之一的科普作品，实实在在地让我们两个都废寝忘食了一把。我本来是打算这个星期好好地读一读《罗念生全集》第九卷的，结果还是抵挡不住劳伦兹的诱惑，暂时将罗念生放在一边了。

最喜欢的一句话，在本书德文版序的开始那里：“我生平所写的第一本书固然是源自我对动物之爱，更是源于我对民间流行的动物行为学著作的愤怒。我必须承认，如果我这一生当中曾经因为愤怒尔做出什么事，纯是由于看不惯这些动物书籍的胡扯。”其实，胡扯这样的事情，可不仅仅局限于劳伦兹的时代和劳伦兹的领域呢。我们上学时候用的教材，大部分不都是东边剪刀西边浆糊炮制出来的么？又有哪个编者著者仔细地检验过那些挂在自己名下的印刷品是否真材实料名副其实呢？受了这样的影响，我们自己也有习惯性地胡扯的倾向。被别人问到不懂的地方，脸皮薄一点的就顾左右而言其他，脸皮厚一点的干脆就自己发挥想像力了。

我喜欢作者对事物那种无微不至的描写。譬如斗鱼跳舞这件事情，他竟然能够洋洋洒洒地花费三个页面的篇幅 －－ 要是让我们来写的话，恐怕也就是空洞无力地打一两个比方，然后堆砌一些华丽的感叹词吧。我知道这本书仅仅是作者日复一日年复一年的科研观察的一个副产品，但是仍然对作者到底在斗鱼上面花了多少时间和精力感到好奇。

作者将德文版序命名为《这都是基于动物之爱》。照我来看，这些对动物的爱，恐怕是出于对人类本身的憎恶和逃避吧。虽然作者一直试图避免讨论人类本身，不过本书最后一章《道德和武器》中还是忍不住支持了一把华兹华斯的观点：“只有一种生物，他的武器并不长在身上，而是出于他自己的工作计划。因此，他的本能里没有相当的禁忌可以阻止他滥施杀伐。这种生物就是人。”

Our Purpose

发表时间：2008-08-02 08:37:33

评论：1

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很薄的一本小书，是戈尔在2007年诺贝尔和平奖颁奖典礼上的讲话，还有The Invonvienient Truth一书里面的一些片断。上个星期在三藩国际机场的一个小书店里买到的。同时买下来的还有戈尔的另外一本书：The Assault on Reason。

一口气在飞回北京的CA 986上看完了Our Purpose，嘘嘘不已。

炼金术士

发表时间：2008-07-31 20:12:41

评论：2

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作者: (巴西) 保罗·科埃略
译者: 孙成敖
出版: 上海译文出版社

很不错的一本书，咪咪在儿童文学的架子上淘到的。我们两个在不到一个星期的时间内相距看完，算是创下了一个小小的记录。不想太早地做任何评论，因为它引起了我们太多的思考。

卖废铁

发表时间：2008-07-31 20:08:55

评论：1

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4 月份的时候向广州的某个公司订购了一套水汽蒸馏设备，原计划是7 月初进行安装调试的。对方在6 月初的时候通知我已经通过物流公司发货，结果到现在也没有收到。原来那个负责运输的物流公司欠了合作伙伴的款项，一套价值十几万的设备竟然被人家卖了废铁抵债。其实那个炉子不过一吨多，当废铁卖最多不过两三千人民币，却害得我迟迟不能够开始小试。经过无数次电话交涉之后，广州的那家公司最终答应重新给我打造一套设备，但是安装调试时间已经变成了9 月份。原先的计划，是希望这个夏天能够出一点实验性结果的，看来计划实在是赶不上变化啊。

如果你打算创业的话，你能想像的到你订购的设备会被物流卖了废铁吗？

What Are Prohibited During The Beijing 2008 Olympics?

发表时间：2008-07-29 09:37:20

评论：6

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Many people are interested in what are prohibited during the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Well, below is a list of the things that I know of.

First, the mailing of dangerous packages are prohibited at China Posts. In theory, you can mail anything that can be recognized and determined to be safe by the attendants at the post office. In practice, you can't mail anything that can not be recognized and determined to be safe by the attendants at the post office. I myself tried to send a book with a CD from the post office at Tsinghua University, and was denied service because the attendant was not able to determine whether the CD inside the book was safe or not. During this special period you can't mail packages containing solid, liquid, or gas. This policy knocks down the e-business across China, because you can't deliver any orders by China Posts.

If your air conditioner or refrigerator is not working, you can still call the service company, but they will have difficulty in coming to provide meaningful service. To service an air conditioner or a refrigerator, the service workers need to carry with them some necessary chemicals which are now prohibited in all public transportations. Unless they are driving their own Benz-Mercediz to your apartment, your air conditioner or refrigerator will have to remain shut down during the summer.

Strictly speaking moving is not prohibited during the game. However, trucks are prohibited in Beijing from July to September. So, the moving companies are now out of business. This is also true for the renovation companies. Starting from July 15, all residents in Beijing are required to terminate their renovation work, and renovation workers are prohibited to enter residences from July 20.

Canine-based cuisine is also prohibited during the game. All local hotels and restaurants have been told by the municipal food safety office to stop serving dog meat to both foreigners and local residents. For an ordinary Chinese person like me, we might accept the idea that animals also have animal rights, but they will certain have difficulties in understanding why dogs are superior to cows, pigs, and chickens. So, there have been suggestions that local government should also respect the muslims, or even the vegetarians.

Peking University is one of the most esteemed advance education institutes in China. Many people would like to visit its beautiful campus while in Beijing but obviously they are going to have bad lucks. At the entrance a guard will politely stop you, ask for your purpose of visit, and inform you that you will need an internal "sponsor" to escort you through out the trip. What? You don't know of anybody working at Peking University? They can do you a favor by allowing you to have a quick peek at the gate, but don't assume that they will be kind enough to let you sneak in.

Many gyms and dancing clubs that I know of have been ordered to shutdown because of safety concerns. Gyms are dangerous because the exercise equipment can be used as lethal weapons. Dancing clubs are dangerous because terrorists can easily launch an attack in a dark and noisy environment. After several bus booming accidents in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Kunming, the whole country are scared, just like the US after 911. Don't go to places where there are a lot of people -- this is what the residents in Beijing are told (implicitly).

Human beings are not the only species subjected to these strict policies. Weather armies are now ready to shoot down any rain clouds approaching Beijing, causing unusual precipitation in adjacent areas. Peonies in the city of Luoyang, as well as chrysanthemums in Beijing, are prohibited to bloom in season. Rather, they are instructed to bloom around the game, outside of their ordinary biological life cycle. Many Chinese people are familiar with the female emperor Wu Zhetian in the Tang Dynasty. To celebrate her birthday she ordered flowers of all species to bloom on the same day. However, the peonies refused because that was not the right time for them to bloom. As a result, the peonies were exciled to Luoyang. For thousands of years, the peonies have been a symbol of free spirit that does not surrender to authorities. However, in 2008, for the so-called Beijing Olympics, the lovely peonies finaly lost their dignity.

You might ask, what else are prohibited during this ridiculous Beijing 2008 Olympics? Well, why don't you try Google for a complete list? I myself actually did that and obtained the answer: according to local laws and policies, some of the search results can not be displayed (据当地法律法规和政策，部分搜索结果未予显示。).

椰风昨夜来入梦 (13)

发表时间：2008-07-28 08:50:06

评论：1

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阿飞的小学边上有一条公路。小孩子们喜欢坐在路边看车，尽管大人们一遍又一遍地告诫那是一件危险的事情。那时侯经常有成队的军车从路上通过，阿飞就会和小朋友们满怀激动地冲着军车挥手欢呼，而车里的士兵也会冲着孩子们挥手致意。当拉着大炮的战车疾驰而过的时候，孩子更是按捺不住满心的欢喜与赞叹，只恨自己不能够长出翅膀飞到那威风凛凛的战车上去。

小学五年级的时候，阿飞的学校里来了一个通讯班。他们在学校的院子里架起了高高的天线，汽车里各种不知名的仪器在阳光底下反射出耀眼的光芒，并且时不时发出嘀嘀嗒嗒的声响。那声响就仿佛是一块巨大的磁石，将阿飞和其他的小朋友们牢牢地吸引在车辆的周围，探头探脑，叽叽喳喳。有时候士兵们会允许小孩子们登上汽车近距离参观那些神秘的盒子，可以看，但是不可以动手。大人们对这些绿色的车子和设备也充满好奇，但是士兵们似乎并不愿意让他们靠近。

这些通讯兵在阿飞的学校呆了两个星期左右。他们有一幅奇妙的地图，上面不但有阿飞的学校，还标明了水井的位置。他们和学校里的人一样从这口井里挑水做饭洗衣服，晚上就住在绿色的帐篷里，有空的时候还给小朋友们讲军队里的故事。等到他们必须离开的时候，他们当中的好多人已经和小朋友们结成了好朋友，并且互相留下通讯地址继续交往。阿飞班里的一位女同学坦言自己已经喜欢上了某个士兵，等到她长大的时候就会嫁给他。他们的来往信件情话绵绵，小朋友们经常从那位女生的抽屉中偷出来相互传阅。

那时节阿飞也和一位士兵成了笔友。在阿飞的信中，总是使用这样一个落款：明天的战士。