On / Off Toggle

I remember when I first started design, I always have trouble to come up a good digital representation of on / off switch.... Ok, I still have the trouble. It's really hard to show what's "on" now - you can show "on is pressed in" but is that really feel like it's on?

Today I encounter TV.com's lights on | off button.


First, it has the instant feedback... thanks to Ajax. The page flip between White and Black, with some (bad) delay. Second, doesn't matter what you press, it switches.

It didn't solve the issue from its root, but I felt it's a good recover from users' mistake. ONLY.... with that delay... I toggled many times before I finally landed on the Lights ON stage.

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Google: Creative Reel

It's hard not to skip a heartbeat for chip like this... I am nerdy + geeky.
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Facebook V2

Facebook has released another portfolio redesign. As many people said, it's more like the first one, however, the applications are more hidden. I agreed! I don't see my applications anymore. Out of sight, out of mind. Sometimes, that's a good thing for the application developers. I used to have a habit of "spring cleaning." I went in my profile from time to time (especially the first version - that's called that version 2007). I moved those I didn't interact on regular basis to the bottom of the page, and removed those I don't care anymore applications out of my profile. I believe, I believe the companies behind the applications will no longer receive my information.

Soon, version 2008 came, I don't see my applications anymore. I only go applications that I "think" of: Poker game, then Playfish applications. Even that... is a bit too much. Good that they have "shortcut" at the bottom of the page. I totally just use those space and only work with those applications. I rarely touch any other application. Just leave them on my app pages.

Now, 2009 comes! I almost use facebook like multimedia twitter. I don't even look for the application. And I felt, the "highlight" on the right hand sides are things I once cared: those already earned my eyeball once / twice / three times. To a point, it's no longer a highlight to me~ However, ads are now in between my "highlights." It blended into what supposely be my "surprise" of the day~ Resulting, I dont' really want to read beyond my first highlight.

Also, I like the multimedia twitter aka status page. It combined the wall content and status. I actually like the "Like" link. However, with the revision in 2009 portfile facelift... sigh~ it tries wayyyy too hard to invite me to give my comment. I dont' like that feeling. Maybe I am a "cleaning freak" type of user. I want to "go through" my page and clean all the "blank spaces."

but now.. sigh~ it's a bit psychologically messy for me. I see too many "my icons." Might just be me. But... it ticks me.
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北海岸、澎湖 爭取世界地質公園

更新日期:2009/03/10 03:32 黃如萍／台北報導

雖然台灣位於兩大板塊的地震帶，卻也賦予世界難得一見的豐富多變海岸地形。國內外專家指出，北海岸野柳女王頭、燭台石等七處，以及澎湖群島的鯨魚洞、蓮花座、柱狀節理的玄武岩等十處獨樹一格的地景，都是國際上少見的多重地形同在一處的奇景，具有不可替代性。交通部已決定，以北海岸及澎湖兩處，申請成為世界地質公園。

交通部觀光局委託台大地理系教授林俊全進行的地質公園資料庫已初步完成，四月底將召開首屆東亞地質公園國際研討會，正式向國外宣布台灣爭取申請世界地質公園的決心。

林俊全去年邀請國外著名的大地學者及世界地質公園委員來台實地勘查，以了解台灣申請世界地質公園的可能性。經專家評估，確認北海岸及澎湖具有世界地質公園的條件。

林俊全指出，台灣位於歐亞大陸板塊與菲律賓海板塊交界帶，北部海岸擁有火山和板塊擠壓傾斜的峽灣，加上台灣處於副熱帶季風帶，北部海岸冬、春兩季受東北季風影響，在侵蝕、風化及搬運等作用下，形成如蘑菇般的蕈狀石、豆腐似的豆腐岩，蜂巢式的蜂窩岩等各種渾然天成的奇怪岩石。

野柳的燭台石、女王頭的蕈狀石、拱狀石及海蝕地形等特殊小地形景觀，更是世界少見的多種特殊地形集於一地；鼻頭角也有海階、海崖及海蝕平台等三種地形景觀，相當罕見；石門為全台灣最大的海拱；龜山等是台灣地區可以確定的活火山。

林俊全說，北海岸有七處地質景點，具備申請世界地質公園的稀有性、不可替代性、獨特性及重要性。

另 外，由玄武岩構成的澎湖群島有十個地質景點具備世界地質公園所需的稀有性、獨特性或不可替代性，被視為台灣爭取世界地質公園最具希望的景點。林俊全指出， 國際上許多地區有玄武岩地形，但一大片多樣且獨特的玄武岩地形、且容易觀賞則並不多見，加上特有的海洋生態與文化，澎湖玄武岩地形非常特殊與稀有。

桶盤嶼的蓮花座和粗大特殊的柱狀玄武岩、員貝嶼的北海岸玄武岩柱狀節理地景更是獨樹一格、小門嶼的鯨魚洞是澎湖最獨特的海岸地形之一、望安島有澎湖群島座早期的玄武岩、東吉嶼旁邊的鋤頭嶼和海崖地形雄偉獨特等，使澎湖有最深的海蝕洞景觀。

觀光局長賴瑟珍表示，因政治因素及歷史地理先天條件，目前台灣沒有任一景點或文物被聯合國教科文組織列為世界遺產，讓台灣在觀光與旅遊競爭力上的世界排名受限，推動世界地質公園認證，可向世界證明台灣的觀光實力。

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/090310/4/1frf0.html

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One hundred and ten percent...

One hundred and ten percent is like me,
and I like one hundred and ten percent.
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Greener Gadget Top 50 Semi-Finalist Laundry POD

For convenience sake, Greener Gadget Top 50 Semi-Finalist Laundry POD, designed by RKS Design Team, combines the salad spinner and the laundry machine, creating a new way to clean our clothes while saving energy at the same time!

While re-engineering and re-designing a salad spinner, we learned resourceful women were buying salad spinners to wash their delicates. This sparked the idea that the salad spinner technology we innovated could be used to create a portable, hand-powered laundry machine that would be far more appropriate for the task, than a salad spinner. The Laundry POD combines innovation and eco-conscious style to save energy, water and answer the need for a quick, easy, eco-friendly way to do small loads.

Like this design? Wanna vote for it or leave a comment? Check out this entry or the entire Greener Gadgets TOP 50 Gallery and help determine the TOP 10 for live judging at the upcoming Greener Gadgets Conference.

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方便行事 最常用也最易被盜密碼：1234、password

央廣 更新日期:"2009/02/12 09:45" 楊明娟

在選擇電子郵件、銀行帳戶或機票密碼時，請多思考一下，因為根據調查，太過沒有想像力、沒有辨別度的密碼，最容易被盜用。

美國資訊週刊InformationWeek報導，一項針對28,000個最近被盜用的密碼進行分析後發現，過於簡單行事是造成帳號被盜用的最主要原因。

分析指出，在這些被盜用的帳號中，有16％是用自己或家人的名字當密碼、14％是依照鍵盤排列方式、例如1234或12345678等。在美國，人們常用QWERTY，而在歐洲則因鍵盤排列方式不同，AZERTY是設定密碼的最愛。

另外有5％的人是以電視節目或偶像的名字來設密碼，例如當紅的歌手HannahMontana(孟漢娜)、Pokemon(神奇寶貝)、Matrix(駭客任務)、Ironman(鋼鐵人)。

調查發現，4％的人喜歡用容易聯想的字，例如password、password1等；3％會用表達自己態度的字眼來設定密碼，如「Idon'tcare」、「Whatever」、「Yes」、「No」、「Iloveyou」、「Ihateyou」等。

專家建議，為了防止密碼被破解，在設定密碼時最好不要少於8個字，而且其中應該包含大寫、符號等。
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wujwuj

This has been my "pocket" invention for the longest time. Now, someone has tried it (and failed).
http://www.crunchbase.com/company/wujwuj

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After the Economic Crisis is Over

I find these creatively funny (though in a sad way...)!

You are Stand up firmly, but this is what various logos will look like when the crisis is over.

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女子求租男性肩膀哭哭 隨傳隨到

= rent a shoulder for crying

Wow, I thought I was being original when I had this idea! Not that I cry that much, but ... :-p
Anyway, I will recommend her to get a taller guy... but I guess 5'10 is not bad :)

重慶一名幼稚園謝姓女老師在網路上徵求「租個肩膀讓我哭」，每小時願付約新台幣246元，已經引起網友熱烈討論。討論一些需不需要帶紙巾之類的技術性問題。也有人認為價錢太便宜。

謝姓女老師貼文表示，如果五官端正，身高175CM以上，肩膀靠著舒服，願意出租，50元人民幣一 小時，就和她聯繫。還強調非誠勿擾。　　23歲的謝姓女老師表示，時常都有哭的衝動，但一個人哭覺得自己太造孽了。她要租的肩膀只要讓她靠著哭一下，不開 腔、不說話、不問原因，也可以一起哭。出租條件必須是男性，出租地點要安靜的公共場所，只要她想哭的時候就要隨傳隨到。

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YouTube

is improved :)

I wanted this feature for the longest time~

Randomize... YES!


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宮崎駿專訪

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Laid Off

I have been shelled from economic downfall...
I have been living inside of my bubble for awhile...
till yesterday we went into the "conference room."

I wasn't surprised what I have heard a few sec after I got into the room... just said, my 6th sense was pretty sharp. Still, I was a bit interested how it would be carried out.
No biggie, laid off. I didn't even need a box but I got a free USB. Company actually handled it quite nicely. Everyone got a day off.

It's a sad day for many people. I heard people crying.
Thank God I was on the better side.
Thank God for the provision in the past year.
So now, when "the small bump" comes, I can still be the same old me.
But I know, it's a long way to go... I hope it's not that long... but if it is, O My God, I better hold on to You tight... I am not good @ waiting.

More to be shared in the upcoming days... b/c I think this was not a surprise. God was prepping me before I left AOL. I am grateful for friends around me. Even though I am a tough cookie, you guys made this so much better... warmer on the coldest day of this winter so far.

Today...
I downloaded Photoshop CS4
I learned a few more trick using Photoshops
- add a boarder
- rotate a layer (it's not as easy as illustrator)

I had MacD for lunch. Meant to use it to have some time alone and to clear my head... but drink sucks, fries ok, nuggets alright - and I left in 20 minutes. I guess MacD is still my comforter food. I think I am going to mature into a cup of warm drink soon. I guess I did learn something in the past two months... not sure it's good haha.
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G-Gloves

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/thanko-usb-bear-gloves-dont-inhibit-your-typing-keep-palms-toa/

Ah, how timely! Over two years after the USB-powered G-Gloves hit the scenes, in comes Thanko to bring a much needed new face to the niche. These Kumasan mittens both get powered from a single USB port and even have cutouts to allow your fingers to move freely. There's no mention of a price nor any indication that these will ever be released outside of Japan, but this is definitely a must-buy if you're headed to that side of the globe anytime soon.

My IM dialog with a friend... discussing over this product:

"best thing... best UX thing about it is that it's the glove that cut half way - so you can still feel the keyboard. It's powered by USB, so heat will be generated."

I think they should start invent things NOT from USB. But use the FAN to generate some power
everything is from USB... that's so OLD~ my laptop is hot most of the time. they should use the heat to warm my hands or to convert it into the power to drive some other accessories."

"u hear that HERE first! Anyone who come up products like that... they COPIED me."
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God is amazin creator

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Biking glasses

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/21/cool-sunglasses-give-you-super-vision/




it's just a concept submitted to Nike. But, I believe, we are going to see it soon ;) My eyesight is about -350 with -250 astigmatism. :-p So, prescription it?
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Biking glasses

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/21/cool-sunglasses-give-you-super-vision/




it's just a concept submitted to Nike. But, I believe, we are going to see it soon ;) My eyesight is about -350 with -250 astigmatism. :-p So, prescription it?
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small projector

http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/11/olens-technology-adds-another-projector-to-endless-stream-of-pro/

I always imagine there is a projector can easily project and share what I am watching on my small media player (like my ipod video again) to a wall (or the back of seat). Ideally, 2 devices are the similar size. I think that's a quick way to show and tell (and share).
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small projector

http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/11/olens-technology-adds-another-projector-to-endless-stream-of-pro/

I always imagine there is a projector can easily project and share what I am watching on my small media player (like my ipod video again) to a wall (or the back of seat). Ideally, 2 devices are the similar size. I think that's a quick way to show and tell (and share).
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Flip Camcorder Goes High-Def

http://www.theflip.com/
http://solution.allthingsd.com/20081111/flip-camcorder-goes-high-def/

It's cool about the instant play back idea
but it will be even better if it's a media player (so I can USB stuff to Flip and then play back)...
of course, the screen has to be a bit bigger. Maybe as big as my iPod Video (speaking of that, iPod sucks for that reason... it's so limited with media types!! I dislike conversion... what a time wasted).
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