Regardless of political stance, no one can deny the joy felt upon seeing your loved ones return home safely.

Yes, we are home!

Luv Deluxe by Cinnamon Chasers
Album: A Million Miles From Home
Director: Saman Keshavarz ( samankeshavarz.blogspot.com )
Producer: Francis Pollara
Associate Producer: Nate Eggert
Cinematographer: Justin Gurnari
Editor: Nate Tam
Actress: Darcy Ripley ( pasmaldarcy.blogspot.com )
© Modus Records / Koch Entertainment 2009

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**Shot entirely on the Canon 5D Mark II w/ a custom face mounted rig — Canon Lenses used: 14mm (f2.8) & 24mm (f1.4)**

很久不用德語寫東西，我一直覺得，我的德語水平還無法達到讓我把內心想法表達到淋漓盡致的地步，所以我也就不裝了。離論文一稿寫完也有段時間了，搞得我現在有點忐忑，辯論大概離我還有半個月的時間了吧，現在我唯一希望的，就是能順順利利畢業。前幾天有個朋友改了條狀態，說是離畢業還有50天了，但是怎麼一點要畢業的感覺都沒有，或許那種傷感只會在最後吃散伙飯的時候才有吧。

班裡一個好朋友就在前段時間被公派去了斯里蘭卡，突然覺得好遙遠，4年，大家生活在一起，如今卻分道揚鑣，每當到了畢業的時候，我總是心底會有一絲不捨，雖然，在這幾年當中，我心裡一直會壓著諸多不爽的事情，會有看不慣的人，但是快畢業的時候，我真的很想對身邊那些曾經陪伴過我的人說句謝謝，哪怕留我記憶裡的不太完美，我覺得我沒有選錯離開家，一個人跑去北京唸書，因為我不出去，我永遠無法體會到，原來全國各地每個地方的人都有他們各自的特點，我也無法知道，其實我的生活壓力還是要比他們小很多，這也是為什麼，很多時候，我覺得做一個上海人，讓我有種莫名其妙的社交壓力。

昨晚，跟一個認識了快7年的朋友聊天，他告訴我一件讓我很驚訝卻十分相信他的事情。他說，就在前段時間，他跟我打完電話非常興奮，第一，可能是因為我們差不多4年沒怎麼聯系了，第二，他覺得他找回了久違了的自己。關於第二點，我很是贊同。很多人在我還非常“年輕”的時候跟我說過，別覺得自己不開心，到你離開那個呆久了的地方，你就會發現，還是年輕的好，還是現在這種生活開心。我很是不削，但是現在不得不承認，原來大家都是過來人。雖然生活中充斥著人與人之間的勾心鬥角，但是我們也在慢慢長大。一開始我們會回擊，會憤世嫉俗，漸漸地變學會了讓自己地心胸開闊點，於是現在，我們知道怎麼樣讓它一筆帶過，怎麼樣去原諒他人，怎麼樣也更多為別人去考慮，畢竟每個人地底線跟價值觀不同，沒有人是錯的，因為人類就是自私地，所做地一切，說到底，不都是為了自己嘛，那有什麼好責備地呢？！

最近真是心底堆積了太多，好多感觸不知道從何說起。我活到現在快23年了，才開始領悟很多道理，有時候恨不得想一巴掌把自己拍醒，因為我是個急於求成，沒有任何耐心的人，屬於知錯不改的典範。我要哪天當媽了，我大概就慢慢的會改變了吧。

這幾天最開心的事情還是要提一下，第一，我拿到了CITYU的CONDITIONAL OFFER，我那天看到網上出來結果的時候，放聲大哭，因為這個裡面，包含了所有人對我的不看好，這些壓力只有我自己知道，好在我就是脾氣像頭牛，不願意不做就放棄，當然，沒有親愛的，我可能這次不會那麼堅持，也搞不定那麼多。雖然現在我還在等待當中，至少讓我看到一絲希望，就感覺欣慰了很多。希望一切可以順利吧，儘管德國那邊的學校也都申請好了，準備做足了，我才可以安心。第二，晶晶從英國回來找我玩了，儘管可能她回來的理由不讓人愉快，至少明天就要回去的她，現在心情應該是好的，這已經足夠讓我欣慰了，對於她的感覺，很多時候我覺得我就是個大姐姐，時不時地還是為她擔心，總是覺得她有點弱不經風，不過沒事，慢慢地我相信她會好的，一個月後地暑假，我們依舊約好要一起哈皮呢。

人要找到一個知己就已經是非常困難的事情了，我不得不在這裡炫耀一下，大肆地吼叫說，我有好多個這樣的死黨，這是我最近心情不斷糾結中唯一讓我非常自豪的事情了。現在回了上海，儘管HONEY她也開始上班了，但是我只要想她了，心情不好了，她依然對我隨叫隨到。公猩猩還在美國，不過下個月也快回來了，據說她有好多事情要跟我八卦，同天生日的小妞看來確實就是跟我有緣。還有就是那個在法國的老男人，我承認我答應過他等他暑假一起學車，我更承認自己就是個無賴，以至於我怕曬黑現在就去學了，很疑惑的想問他，應該不會介意的吧，哈哈哈。

最後放幾張照片吧，前段時間去跟久違了的高中同學聚會，發現大家其實都沒怎麼變，但我卻被某人說整過容了，這我應該開心呢還是不開心呢，O SHIT！我老了嘛那是？？？

TCZ我對不起你哈哈哈，為了我們你就放棄自己的形象吧

全家福，但其實那天還有好多朋友沒去

我們是算三朵花還是。。。？？？這光線有點妖

還好我沒有站在最下面，那個位置的光線總是讓人顯得慘白。。。才～才～

最近的我很是頹廢，希望過段時間精神點的時候，可以多拍點照片傳上來，現在這樣多的文字，很不是我的風格阿哈哈哈，還是那個什麼都不怕，什麼都無所謂，什麼都要試試，什麼都要無理取鬧，外加西格格的我比較真實阿。只有那樣，我才覺得自己是真的在活著，而不是做了一個永遠不會醒的夢。

Opera Software has a version of its Mini browser prepped and ready for the iPhone. Opera Mini 5 for the iPhone will be available in the App Store in a matter of weeks, but the company is demoing a beta version of the tiny mobile browser here at South by Southwest Interactive.

We got to see a live demo of the app in action, but we weren’t allowed to photograph it due to the company’s agreement with Apple. The screenshot at left is all that’s been approved for distribution.

The next generation of mobile browsing. Runs on almost every phone.

Opera Mini 5 has the same features as all other implementations of Opera Mini for other mobiles. It syncs history and preferences data (like Speed Dial), it has a customizable search field, and it can discover and subscribe to RSS feeds. It also has an elegant tab switcher that lets you browse your open tabs like you’re shuffling a stack of cards.

All versions of Opera Mini use proxy servers to squish pages and images before they’re delivered to your phone, greatly speeding up page loads over slower connections. Opera claims a 90% compression rate, which is impressive, but the trade off is that you lose one of the iPhone’s special features. There’s no multi-touch on the iPhone version of Opera Mini. You can double-tap to zoom, but not pinch to zoom. Even so, it’s nice to have the option to load an alternative browser onto the iPhone, which right now only has Mobile Safari.

Look for it in the App Store some time in the next few weeks. An Android version was recently released as well. Try it out at Opera’s site.

Highlight Features

Speed

Time is precious. Opera Mini compresses pages by up to 90% before being sent to your phone, meaning faster page-load times than in other mobile Web browsers.

The new Opera Mini lets you search for text within a Web page, so you can get to the information you need even more quickly than before.

Full Web in your hand

When visiting a Web page, Opera Mini displays the overview of the page and suggests where to begin your reading before you zoom in. Opera Mini also detects when you are on a Web page designed for a mobile phone and displays it optimally.

Speed Dial

Get your favorite Web page with just one click. Speed Dial is a set of visual bookmarks you see when you open a new tab, like a dashboard for your online life. To add a new page, simply click an empty dial, and Opera will make suggestions based on your browsing history and bookmarks.

Password Manager

There is no more hassle with those hard-to-enter usernames and passwords. Opera Mini 5 will remember your credentials, and you can log on to your favorite Web sites with just a single click. The passwords are stored on your phone for your convenience.

Tabbed Browsing

Browse several Web sites at the same time. Check your e-mail in one window, Facebook in another and, Twitter in a third, all while being able to jump easily from one tab to another. With a touchscreen phone, you can enjoy even easier tab switching with visual tabs. On keypad-style phones easily mange desktop-style tabs in the Opera Mini user interface, above the address bar.

Touch and Keypad

The user interface has been designed for both touchscreen- and keypad-style mobile phones. With a touchscreen, you can enjoy even easier navigation with our new zooming and kinetic scrolling.

[via Webmonkey]

JESS3 designed and animated this for the JESS3 lecture at AIGA Baltimore in Feb 2010.

Endlich habe ich mal versucht, HTML zu benutzen, um meinen Artikel zu schaffen!

Seit knapp einem Monat bin ich zurück in Shanghai. Ich beschäftigt mich mit der Frage, wohin ich gehen soll, um mit meinem Masterstudium zu beginnen. In einer langen Zeit habe ich zwischen Hong Kong und Hamburg haltlos hin und her gependelt. Und jetzt habe ich doch entschieden, dass ich EVAN immer begleiten möchte!

Ich werde hier auch meinen ersten deutschen Besucher herzlich willkommen heißen, wer auch uns auf dieser Seite etwas geschrieben hat.

Ich hoffe, jetzt ist ein neuer Beginn für mich.

2.14 ist das chinesische Frühlingsfest dieses Jahres. Zufällig ist es auch der Valentinstag dieses Jahres. Ich bin froh, dass ich in diesem Jahr ein Geschenk für Valentinstag erhalten kann. Lieb´ dich, EVAN! Sobald ich es bekomme, mache ich ein Foto davon!

Nach dem Fest werde ich meine Bachelorarbeit schreiben beginnen. Der Titel von meiner Arbeit ist “Der Differenz von Kleidungsstil zwischen Deutschen und Chinesen durch den beiden Kulturen.” Hoffentlich kann ich es in einem Monat fertig machen. Wirklich eine schwierige Arbeit, besonders für die Studenten wie ich. HAHA~

Gestern habe ich zwei meine besten Freundinnen getroffen. Ich werde ihnen auch danken. Entweder in Peking oder in Shanghai sind sie immer bei mir. Obwohl wir in diesem Jahr wahrscheinlich nicht in einer gleichen Stadt sind, werde ich sie vermissen wie immer.

Am Ende lade ich ein Foto von uns hoch. Das Leben hier in Shanghai ist immer phantastisch! Es ist meine Lieblingsheimatstadt!

Yes folks — the rumors are true. Apple is holding an event on January 27th to show off something the company is calling their “latest creation.” Hair standing on end? Good. The proceedings will take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, and will get underway at 10AM Pacific. We’ll be there live — as usual — covering every little second of the action… so get ready!

There’s always a little piece of text on the invitations that, while not necessarily giving a hint, certainly make you think. On the invitation for this event, it reads:

Come see our latest creation.

Apple doesn’t create new computers, they update on previous models. That’s the same for iPods and iPhones, but what they could create is, oh, I don’t know, maybe a revolutionary touch-screen tablet device? Just throwing that one out there. Tut at this point, with so much heat behind the rumors, I can’t think of much else that Apple could be “creating” right now.

Either way, make sure you’re back here at 10am PST on January 27th, as we’ll guide you through the event from start to finish, and the moment Apple show’s off it’s creation, we’ll let you know.

If you’d like to read (or re-read) a slew of Apple Tablet rumor coverage, click here.

Via [Engadget]

What a happy little film! The daughter wants a guitar, the mom says no. Then she remembers when she was a teenage girl and wanted a shiny red Oldsmobile Cutlass. She thinks of how her Dad reacted, how well he handled it for her.

Kurt Russell plays her dad, and when he first comes on the camera he has a throw away line I could bronze his sideburns for: “I think I’ve lost my edge.” I laughed out loud. I don’t know why I like Kurt so much; I don’t think he could play Hamlet if you begged him, but he is a great Everyman, and he smooths through this little gem surrounded by all around fine performances.

If you have a sense of family ties, I think you will enjoy this movie. It was kind of the nudge for me to get my girls a dog, for which they have been “begging” me for a couple of years. Life imitates art, or at least is influenced by it.

Music title: MARIO BASANOV & VIDIS feat JAZZU – I’ll be gone
Director: Rimantas Lukavicius
CGI: Rimantas Lukavicius
Producers: Martynas Mickenas, Arunas Matacius
Production Company: RGB
Inspired by SOBIESKI
Year of completion: 2008

Single is available at:
junodownload.com/products/1495491-2.htm

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After watching James Cameron’s AVATAR, I really wanted to have an avatar of my own. ) Here is the result, after fooling around in photoshop for a couple of hours.

The music is from the original soundtrack: Track 5: Becoming one of the people. Buy it on itunes store.

Remember to go and watch the movie!

All the best