笑話一則：買汽水

話說小強從小就有口吃.....常常令他吃虧...
有一天，小強來到一家雜貨店...

小強：老...老...老...板...
老闆：什麼事?
小強：汽...汽...汽水...一...一...瓶...多少...錢...
老闆：五十蚊啦....
小強：開...開..
此時老闆就把汽水「波」一聲打開了.....
小強：開...開...什麼...玩...玩...笑...五...五...十蚊...這麼...貴...

萬梓良風波

隨著萬梓良的離去，這幾個星期街頭巷尾議論紛紛的《萬梓良風波》，似乎要告一段落了。
個人看來，嚴重的不是他在《才華2007》的評語空洞，而是作爲一個資深的演藝人員，曾經獲得演繹獎項的公衆人物，竟然一朝得志語無倫次，問權怡鳳是否跟郭亮有一腿？！

難怪權怡鳳要發這麽大的脾氣。

請看權怡鳳的博客：http://www.quanyifong.com

中秋節快樂！

祝各位中秋節愉快！開開心心吃月餅 :)
聖安娜餅屋：http://www.sthonore.com

德國人與中國人的分別

在郭亮的博客看到這有趣的文章，轉載一下，和大家分享：

１．一日三餐

２．人际关系

３．心情和天气

４．生活方式

５．交通工具

６．老人的生活

７．自我

８．周末的街景

９．孩子

１０．美丽的标准

１１．胃痛时的饮品

１２．准时

１３．旅游

１４．排队

１５．淋浴

１６．理想中的对方

１７．意见

１８．聚会

１９．餐厅分贝

２０．处理问题

２１．对待新的事物

２２．对待愤怒

２３．时尚

２４．领导

Interesting facts

People with higher number of moles tend to live longer than people with lesser number of moles.

Thinking about your muscles can make you stronger.

If left alone, 70% of birthmarks gradually fade away.

Grapefruit scent will make middle aged women appear six years younger to men. The perception is not reciprocal and the grapefruit scent on men has no effect on women's perception.

Women blink twice as many times as men do.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening. Layers of cartilage in the joints gets compressed during the day.

There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow.

The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.

The life span of a taste bud is 10 days.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime.

If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange.

The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT.

A baby is born every seven seconds.

You breathe about 10 million times a year.

The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.

The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects.

The most common time for a wake up call is 7 a.m.

The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day.

The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.

The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger.

The human body weighs 40 times more than the brain.

After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp.

Your urine will turn bright yellow if you eat too much asparagus.

There are more people alive today than have ever died.

The human body is better suited to two four-hour sleep cycles than one eight-hour one.

A man's beard contains between 7000 and 15,000 hairs.

A hair is 70 per cent easier to cut when soaked in warm water for two minutes

Women's hair is about half the diameter of men's hair

During an average lifetime, a man will spend 3,350 hours removing 8.4 meters of stubble

4.5 million people have their health 'adversely affected' by air pollutants each year.

4 million children die each year from inhaling smoke from indoor cooking fires that burn wood and Dung

4 million people die annually from diarrhea infections, caused by poor sanitary conditions

The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone.

Forum thread about Chinese Singaporeans

Saw this interesting thread in sgForum.com, talking about Chinese Singaporeans are not taking pride in their mother tongue language, especially the younger generations.

Click here to read the sgForum thread.

笑話：生氣的程度

有一天，兒子問爸爸：「生氣的程度可以分為哪幾種？」
爸爸：「很難解釋耶，不過，我可以實驗給你看。」

然後，拿起電話開始撥號，
爸爸：「喂，你好，請問林國偉在嗎？」
線上：「不好意思，你撥錯電話了。」
爸爸：「喔，抱歉。」

收線了以後，爸爸按了重撥，
爸爸：「喂! 你好, 請問林國偉在嗎？」
線上：「你又撥錯電話了喔！」
爸爸：「啊！真對不起。」
線上：「沒關係。」

掛上電話後，
爸爸對兒子說：「現在就讓你看什麼叫很生氣。」

然後，又按了重撥，
爸爸：「你好, 請問林國偉在嗎？」
線上：「要說幾次你才懂啊？這．裡．沒．有．這．個．人！」
然後用力甩掉電話。

接著，爸爸笑笑的對兒子說：「現在我來告訴你，什麼叫氣得說不出話來。」
然後，又按了一次重撥，
爸爸：「你好，我是林國偉，請問有沒有人找我？」

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The guy found out the gal is a man?
If she's really a gal, probably he can't have such reactions :)

印度版的超人和蜘蛛人

看到這段影片，我[也]崩潰了。

相關文章：http://blog.yam.com/stee/article/10272959

龍兄鼠弟 (追日者)

《龍兄鼠弟》是TVB 1993年度的台慶劇，沿用九十年代的台慶劇御用班底；是金牌監製劉家豪與實力派男主角萬子良繼91年的《大家族》及92年的《巨人》後另一部出色作品。其他大卡士還包括張衛健、鄭則仕、朱茵、陳法蓉及宣萱等。此劇更是TVB當家花旦宣萱入行初期的作品，亦是她與張衛健的訂情之作。

劇情講述主角雷文鳳(萬梓良飾)是一位天才腦科醫生，為人執著認真，對追尋心中的真理鍥而不捨，甚至鋌而走險，不按常規辦事，因此常惹是非，是一個既不合群亦不受歡迎的人物。鳳童年時其母親垂危，因醫護人員疏忽，誤以為其母返魂乏術，便送往火葬場，鳳親眼目睹其母被活活燒死。可惜沒有人相信鳳所言，使鳳幼小的心靈無法忘懷此事。鳳成長期間凡事執著不茍，因而與兄弟姊妹反目成仇，而鳳父雷嶄由於當年簽下其母死亡證明書，故鳳也一直無法與他和睦共處。與家人關係惡劣的鳳，自預科畢業後取得獎學金遠赴美國，憑著不懈苦讀，終成為傑出華人腦科醫生。鳳有一同居女友葉敏(宣萱飾)，是醫院護士，敏一向對鳳的狂妄行徑感到憂慮，擔心鳳會惹禍。後來鳳為了揭發一宗二十年前的藏屍案，竟然掀起了一場一發不可收拾的大風暴……

產品名稱 : 龍兄鼠弟 DVD (TVB劇集)
DVD區碼 : DVD全區碼 - 沒有區碼限制 DVD All Region Code - Region Free
影像制式 : NTSC制式 NTSC Picture Format
藝人名稱 : 朱茵 / 張衛健 / 萬梓良
出版日期 : 2007年8月10日
語言 : 粵語 / 國語
字幕 : 繁體中文 / 簡體中文
出品商 : 電視廣播國際有限公司 (HK)
其他資料 : 8DVDs (Ep.1-30)

監製：劉家豪
製作：電視廣播（國際）有限公司

繼《巨人》之後，集合更多實力派演員，打造另一金裝巨獻！

雷文鳳(萬梓良)是一位優秀的腦科醫生，為人執著認真，有時為求目的不按常規辦事，因此與家人關係惡劣，雷的同居女友葉敏(宣萱)一向對他的狂妄行徑感到憂慮，因此兩人常有爭執。

八歲的吳小東(鄭柏林)因腦癌隨舅舅陸亞彩(張衛健)往美國就醫。期間，吳寫給聖誕老人的信，輾轉落入雷手中。雷不但為吳實現願望，更不顧院規替吳動手術，令醫生資格被取消，輾轉回到香港發展，幸得陸收留，並介紹他到鄭氏藥廠工作。雷無意間發現二十年前的灶底藏屍案與藥廠老闆鄭登(鄭則仕)有關。為揭發此事，他掀起了一場大風暴……

LUI MAN FUNG (MAN TSE LEUNG) is a top neurological surgeon, a very earnest and resolute type who will try to achieve his goals by hook or by crook. Because of his character defects, he has been on bad terms with his family. Even his girlfriend YIP MAN (HSUAN JESSICA HESTER) is worried about his raging temper. The relationship between the pair therefore involves frequent quarrels and arguments.

Eight-year-old NG SIU TUNG (CHENG PAK LAM) has been suffering from brain cancer. Wishing for a medical cure, he follows his uncle LUK AH CHOI (CHEUNG WAI KIN) to the United States to seek consultation treatment. By chance LIU comes across NG's letter to Santa Claus. He feels for the child and offers to help him realize LUI decides to operate on NG regardless of the hospital's policies and procedures, for which he is disqualified from practicing as a doctor. LUI returns to Hong Kong and is put up at LUK's home. On LUK's recommendation, he gets a job with Chang's Pharmacy Company, which leads him to a shocking discovery later on. LUI suspects that the owner of the pharmacy CHANG TANG (CHENG JUT SI) may have something to do with a murder that happened ten years ago. To find out the truth, he has set off a wave of disturbances.....

Something To Ponder

The following is something to ponder if you don't know what to be thankful for.

If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep ... you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation... you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

If you can attend a church or synagogue meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death ... you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.

If your parents are still alive and still married ... you are very rare, even in the United States.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful ... you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder ... you are blessed because you can offer a healing touch.

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.

Now isn't that something to ponder about?

Phua Chu Kang

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, also known as PCK Pte Ltd or Phua Chu Kang for short, is a Singaporean sitcom on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. The show debuted in Singapore in 1996.


Plot Summary and Cast

Phua Chu Kang

The series revolves around the Phua family, most notably Phua Chu Kang (Gurmit Singh), a contractor who boasts that he is the "Best in Singapore, and JB, and some say Batam" - this is despite the fact that he has only two men working for him and they are both inept and lazy. He is also noted for his famous cliché or catchphrase: "Don't play play" (pronounce as "pray pray" according to his articulation). There is also another famous catchphrase which is being used in his famous 2003 music video called "PCK Sar-vivor Rap", that is, "Use your brain!" (pronounced as "blain"). His personal clothing trademarks are his yellow pair of boots, curly hair, a giant mole, and long nails on his pinky fingers. Phua Chu Kang is portrayed as an "Ah Beng", Singlish slang for a stereotypical Chinese gangster, complete with habits such as hoisting one leg up on the seat of a chair when he sits down and growing one long fingernail to scratch his ears.

His family and others

Phua Chu Kang lives with his wife, Rosie (Irene Ang) who loves playing mahjong and wearing loud, colourful clothing. At the end of Season 6, she gave birth to twins, Romeo Ferrari and Crystal Jade. Chu Kang's brother is Anthony Phua Chu Beng (Pierre Png) who works for PCK Pte Ltd as an architect (his specialty is designing toilets). While Chu Kang is often regarded as strong but stupid, Chu Beng is the sissy but smart son. The one person who drives Chu Beng crazy is his obsessive compulsive vegetarian wife, Margaret Phua (Tan Kheng Hua) who consistently makes fun of her brother and sister in law. Together, they have a son, Aloysius Phua (Marcus Ng), most notably known as "Aloy" for short, who worships his uncle more than his dad. Another family member is Ah Ma (Neo Swee Lin), Chu Kang and Chu Beng's mother. She left at the end of Season 4 to be with her new love. Chu Kang's two lazy workers are fat and lazy King Kong (Charlie Tan) who loves "tau huay" (a Chinese bean curd dessert) and slow-witted eyecandy Ah Goon (Ray Kuan) who dresses in revealing denim cut-offs all the time. Along with Gurmit Singh, Charlie Tan has been an original cast member with the series, winning hearts from Season 1.


Production history

The Phua Chu Kang character made his first appearance in the second season of "Gurmit's World", a comedy in which Gurmit Singh portrayed his 'relatives' in a series of skits.

In addition, PCK handed out clues at one of the detours of The Amazing Race 3. Participants in the race were required to locate a HDB apartment in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore where they would be given the clues by PCK. Apparently, the original idea was to have PCK at the pit stop alongside Phil Keoghan (at the end of every stage of The Amazing Race, there would be a local person dressed in traditional clothing welcoming the contestants to the country), but Singaporeans protested that this would give foreigners the wrong impression of the local people in general.

In the debut season of the show, Edwin Chong played Phua Chu Beng but ceased to be in the cast as of season 2. Pierre permanently took over the role from the second season and has made the role popular ever since.



In the year 2003, during the SARS outbreak, PCK had also appeared in a music video called "PCK Sar-vivor Rap". This 4-minute long music video is to teach the local on how to prevent SARS in their country. Sar-vivor Rap (Video) Moreover, it also comes with an audio version (with remix) of the song. Sar-vivor Rap (Audio Remix) In addition, his music video also comes with a limited edition compilation album which the album name is "The Sar-vivor Rap" which was announced for its album launched on July 1, 2003 and it was available in all Singapore local music stores. This album also includes 14 bonus tracks from artises such as Mandy Moore, Destiny's Child and Jessica Simpson.

Recently, the character had also made a guest appearance on the seventh episode in a local sitcom called ABC DJ.

PCK had also appeared on two TV advertisements. He, along with Chu Beng, made his first advertisement appearance regarding the introduction of 3G mobile services and phones in Malaysia by Maxis and recently, an advertisement called Bob's Big Surprise.

The last season of this show, Season 8, was aired on October 31, 2006 in Singapore. In this season, there were many guest appearances from other famous local television shows to mark the end of the PCK series. Moreover, according to Gurmit Singh, season 8's shows were more exciting and interesting ever than the episodes in the previous seasons.

Singlish criticism

This popular comedy is notable for its Singlish language conversation and dialogue amongst, by, or between the characters in this comedy show most of the time. Thus the other word or term for Singlish was coined by some local people: "Phua Chu Kanglish".

Much like another Singaporean sitcom, Under One Roof, the show was put under pressure by the government to use proper English instead of Singlish. Critics of the show have labelled Phua Chu Kang as an inaccurate or disgraceful representation of Singapore. However, it has to be acknowledged that Phua Chu Kang is immensely popular in Singapore and Malaysia.


Trivia

* Gurmit Singh, who played the lead role of PCK, is also one of the Singapore Idol hosts, along with Daniel Ong.

* Ah Goon (played by Ray Kuan) is the goondu (stupid) of the show. In reality, Ray is actually the one with the most impressive academic qualifications of the entire cast. He graduated with honors in Building and Real Estate from the National University of Singapore.

* Ah Goon is the worker replacing Ah Boon and Ah Soon who also played as Chu Kang's employees in the earlier episodes. They are related as cousins in the series. They also appeared together in an episode featuring them as an upcoming boy band.

* Gurmit had also make two appearances on Living with Lydia. In his first appearance we learn his PCK character once had a somewhat romantic encounter with the series' main character Lydia Lum (Lydia Sum) when she first arrived in Singapore in 1979 to be a "Singapore Girl." His second appearance was in a cameo as himself with the judges from Singapore Idol.

* Chu Kang's mole is actually made of papier-mâché. It is moulded into a ball, painted black, and attached to his face with cosmetic glue.

* Gurmit once ate his prosthetic mole, after it fell into a bowl of bubur-chacha which he later had to eat for a scene.

* Marcus Ng, who played as Aloysius Phua in the show, was only aged 11 years old when he made his first debut in PCK in the year 1997.


Phua Chu Kang - Season 5 Episode 4 ~ Kang, to his shock and amazement, wins the Toto grand prize of ten million dollars. Everyone starts making plans on how they are going to spend it. Kang bursts their bubble by declaring he's keeping all the money for himself, closing down PCK Pte Ltd and moving to a seaside bungalow in Perth.

The family slowly falls apart from greed and mistrust. And there is another minor complication. Every time Kang tries to collect his ten million dollar winnings, he keeps getting knocked unconscious, and waking up to the very same day...over and over and over again. Kangs curse is that only he realises its the same day being repeated. How will he ever get the money?

External links

1. Official website
2. IMDb profile

今日語錄：曾蔭權

“我曾經異想天開，以爲成爲政務司司長後，工作會輕鬆些，結果我錯了。之後，又突發奇想，以爲成爲行政長官後，工作更加輕鬆自在，很明顯，我又錯了。”

~ 香港特首曾蔭權笑談仕途的心路歷程

the mrbrown show: the worshipping

There are some rites that should never be started. That's the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth.

Click here for the podcast, from mrbrown show.

(Photo by Nemo's great uncle)

Too stressed at work?

Guess these guys are too stressed at work :p
Now we know play around with photocopier is not something wise. haha!

孖仔孖心肝 (1990)

電視劇名稱：孖仔孖心肝
參與演員：劉青雲／陳秀雯／周星馳
語言 : 粵語, 國語
字幕 : 繁體中文
出品商 : 電視廣播國際有限公司 (HK)
其他資料 : 10 VCDs

　　周星馳＋劉青雲＝停不了的歡樂！

　　一對孿生兄弟王名成（劉青雲）與王利就（周星馳）自小失散，名成與母相依，而利就則為老粗魯輝（梁家仁）所養，改名魯細。日月如梭，成已是影壇上之新浪潮導演，為人精明，有綽頭，敢作敢為；而細則成為通天經紀，性格爽朗，具正義感。機緣巧合下兩人相遇更共住一屋，但卻不知大家身份。

　　細鍾情於童年好友嘉楠（陳秀雯），而嘉楠是名成之下屬，對名成心儀已久，後兄弟兩人鬧出一段糾纏不清的三角戀愛。魯輝接得一單裝修工程，因而認識了嘉楠之阿姨卓齡，齡為人高貴具教養，與輝本屬於兩個世界，但齡欣賞輝為人老實忠誠，加上與男友余超文感情日淡，齡與輝終展開了一段浪漫戀情。

　　及後兄弟終於相認，但因二人性格各異，仍存隔膜。名成與余超文合伙營商，超文出古惑，名成犯上官非，患難中細明白到打死不離親兄弟，與眾人共施計策，營救胞兄。

　　全劇輕鬆有趣，對白生鬼，繼「他來自江湖」後又一溫情喜劇！　


(電視劇主題曲)

The Pink Panther (1963)

Director:
Blake Edwards

Writers:
Maurice Richlin (screenplay) and Blake Edwards (screenplay)

Release Date:
20 March 1964 (USA)

Genre:
Comedy / Crime

Tagline:
A Madcap Frolic Of Crime and Fun.
You only live once, so see The Pink Panther twice!

Plot Outline:
In the first movie starring Peter Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, he tries to catch a jewel thief who is right under his nose. As a child, Princess Dala is given, by her father, the largest diamond in the world, in which if you stare into it can be seen a "Pink Panther" hence the name. However, now as a young woman, rebels in her home country have seized power and are demanding the return of the jewel. Dala relaxes on holiday in an exclusive skiing resort but noted British playboy, Sir Charles Lytton is in town. He is secretly "The Phantom" - infamous jewel thief who has eyes on the Pink Panther.

Charles's playboy nephew George follows to the resort in an attempt to steal it and blame it on "The Phantom", not knowing that it's his uncle. On the Phantom's trail is Inspector Jacques Clouseau, from France, and his wife who, unknowingly to Jacques, is the lover of Charles and helper in the Phantom's crime. Jacques tries to stop the attempts but he is so clueless that when several attempts are made at a fantasy-dress party, Jacques looks everywhere but the right place...

Cast:
David Niven ... Sir Charles Lytton
Peter Sellers ... Insp. Jacques Clouseau
Robert Wagner ... George Lytton
Capucine ... Simone Clouseau
Claudia Cardinale ... Princess Dala



Trivia:
* The role of Inspector Clouseau was originally offered to Peter Ustinov. Despite being relatively unknown internationally, Peter Sellers was offered the part, and was paid 90,000 pounds.

* Peter Sellers modeled the character of Clouseau on the trademark of a box of matches which includes an image of Captain Matthew Webb, who in 1875 became the first person to swim the channel (his heroic mustache and proud stance are both mimicked). To lose weight, Sellers took dieting pills for a year.

* In the bath scene with Capucine and Robert Wagner, an industrial-strength foaming agent is used, which burned both of the stars' skin. Wagner, who was completely immersed at one point, became blind for four weeks.

* The film was intended to have David Niven's character Sir Charles Lytton as the main character. However, Peter Sellers' portrayal of Inspector Clouseau was so loved by the crew (and later by the audience) it became his character this film and the sequels focused on.

* The Pink Panther is a diamond which gets its name from a flaw in its structure which is shaped like a pink-colored panther.

* Between 1964 and 1993, nine Inspector Clouseau (or related) films would be released, although Inspector Clouseau (1968) and the movies made after Peter Sellers's death are mostly not considered canon. All but two would carry the "Pink Panther" title, but only four of the films actually deal with the Pink Panther diamond itself: this one, The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) and Curse of the Pink Panther (1983). The reason they still kept The Pink Panther in the title was because it had become synonymous with inspector Clouseau.

* An animated Pink Panther was created for the opening credits because writer and director Blake Edwards felt that the credits would benefit from some kind of cartoon character. David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng decided to personify the film's eponymous jewel, and the Pink Panther character was chosen by Edwards from over a hundred alternative panther sketches. The Pink Panther introduced in the opening credits became a popular film and television character in his own right, beginning with the cartoon short The Pink Phink (1964) the following year.

* The second Clouseau film, A Shot in the Dark (1964), was released only three months after this film.

* Claudia Cardinale could not speak English, so Princess Dala's dialog for the entire film was dubbed.

* The role of Simone Clouseau was offered to Ava Gardner and Janet Leigh before Capucine got the part. In her autobiography, Leigh states she turned it down because she had recently gotten married to her fourth husband Robert Brandt and didn't want to go off on location and away from her new husband for the duration of filming. Ava Gardner accepted the role but both her salary and personal demands were deemed unacceptable to the producers.

* In one scene, there's a night club called "Les Nus les plus osées du monde": The boniest nudes in the world, or, perhaps, the most stripped-down nudes in the world.

Mini Biography of Peter Sellers:

Date of Birth:
8 September 1925,
Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK

Date of Death:
24 July 1980,
London, England, UK. (heart attack)

Birth Name:
Richard Henry Sellers



Often credited as the greatest comedian of all time, Peter Sellers was born to a well-off English acting family in 1925. His mother and father worked in an acting company run by his grandmother. As a child, Sellers was spoiled, as his parents' first child had died at birth. He enlisted in the army and fought during World War II, where he met Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine, who would become his future workmates. After the war he set up a review in London, which was a combination of music (he played the drums) and impressions.

Then, all of a sudden, he burst into prominence as the voices of numerous favorites on "The Goon Show" (1951-1960), making his debut in films in Penny Points to Paradise (1951) and Down Among the Z Men (1952), before making it big as one of the criminals in The Ladykillers (1955). These small but showy roles continued throughout the 1950s, but he got his first big break playing the dogmatic union man, Fred Kite, in I'm All Right Jack (1959). The film's success led to starring vehicles into the 1960s that showed off his extreme comic ability to its fullest, but after the relative failure of What's New, Pussycat (1965), which was Woody Allen's first film, Sellers embarked on a rapid downfall to "Grade Z" movies in the 1970s, all of which he claimed to have made only because he needed the money.

In 1972 he read the book "Being There" and decided to make it into a film. It took him seven years to finally bring it to the screen, but it earned him a Best Actor Oscar nomination (he lost to Dustin Hoffman's portrayal of "Superdad" in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)). Being There (1979) proved to be somewhat of a last hurray for Sellers, as he died the following year. His last movie, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980), completed just before his death, proved to be another flop. Director Blake Edwards' attempt at reviving the Pink Panther series after Sellers' death resulted in two panned 1980s comedies, the first of which, Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), deals with Inspector Clouseau's disappearance and was made from material cut from previous Pink Panther films and includes interviews with the original casts playing their original characters.

Ubuntu 台灣行

第51期: Ubuntu 台灣行
[源碼報報] Google 研發桌面 Linux 外界猜測進軍桌面作業系統市場
謝良奇/編譯 2006/01/31

日前傳出 Google 正在研發採用 Ubuntu Linux ，代號 "Goobunto" 的自有 Linux 桌面散佈套件的傳聞，引發外界猜測 Google 將要競逐桌面作業系統的聯想。Google 承認的確在公司內部使用 Ubuntu Linux，其它細節則拒絕多談。

技術新聞網站 Register 日前報導 Google 正以開放源碼 Ubuntu 作業系統，開發自有的 Linux 散佈套件，似乎有意競逐微軟的核心事業版圖，也就是桌面作業系統。報導中指出 Google 的 Linux 散佈套件代號為 Goobuntu。

Ubuntu 是由南非企業家 Mark Shuttleworth 創立的開放源碼專案，Ubuntu 在多種非洲語言中表示「對於他人的仁慈」，而 Ubuntu Linux 正是以高親和力與易用性著稱，在桌面 Linux 中已成為領導性散佈套件。

外界猜測 Google 可能將投入競爭桌面作業系統這塊微軟的核心版圖。由於Google 不願公開其餘細節，該作業系統也可能僅是 Google 程師用來打發閒暇的個人嗜好。

對於 Google 可能投身於桌面作業系統競爭的猜測並非空穴來風，Google 近來為提高自家公司在桌面系統上的能見度，下了不少功夫。日前美國消費性電子展 CES 2006 上，該公司便發表了桌面軟體組合 Google Pack。該組合包括有 Google Talk、Google Desktop、Mozilla Firefox、Trillian 即時傳訊軟體、RealPlayer 以及相片管理軟體 Picasa。

Google 發言人表示該公司的確在使用 Ubuntu 的技術，但僅為內部使用，沒有計劃對外釋出，並且推翻報導中指出該套件以 Goobunto 作為代號的消息。

但是暫且不論 Google 的背後用意，對於 Ubuntu 專案來說，Google 開發者投入撰寫新功能或除錯勢必對該專案有相當大的幫助。

許多分析師也認為 Google 不太可能挑戰微軟在作業系統上的領導地位。Google 很可能利用 Ubuntu 作為軟體開發的平台、或是該公司的基礎架構。

有趣的是，Goobuntu.com 這個網站名稱在最近已經被註冊，不過註冊者不是Google，如果 Google 真的有意要推出作業系統，可能要先想好新的名字。


相關網址：
1.Google 承認使用 Ubuntu Linux，但意圖不明
2.Google 發展 Goobuntu Linux 專案，引爆新作業系統傳聞
3.Google 發展桌面 Linux

何謂 Ubuntu？

Ubuntu 是一套由社群開發的作業系統，適用於筆記型電腦，桌上型電腦和伺服器。無論您在家中，在學校或是在工作中使用，Ubuntu 提供了您所需要的程式，從文字處理，電子郵件程式到網頁伺服器，程式設計工具，應有盡有。

Ubuntu 永久免費，您無需支付授權費用；您可以自由下載、使用、與您的同伴分享 Ubuntu，而毫無任何代價。

我們每六個月推出一套新的桌面版本和伺服器版本；您將可以享受到自由軟體世界所提供的最新、最好的程式。

Ubuntu 的安全性考慮深遠，您可以在至少 18 個月的期間為桌面版本和伺服器版本取得免費安全性更新，若使用長時間支援(LTS)版本您將會有至少三年的桌面版本支援以及五年的伺服器版本支援。長時間支援版本無須額外費用，我們在相同自由的條件下努力為每個人製作。升級到最新版本的 Ubuntu 也是免費的。

您所需要的只是一片 CD，其中包含了完整的工作環境，額外的軟體可以在網路上取得。

圖形介面的安裝程式可以使您進行簡單又快速的安裝。一個標準的安裝程序應不超過 25 分鐘。

當您安裝好您的系統，您的電腦就可以立即使用；在 Ubuntu 桌面版本中，您擁有一系列的生產力工具、網際網路工具、繪圖軟體、圖片處理工具以及一些遊戲。

在伺服器版本中您擁有安裝伺服器所需的工具，而毫無累贅。

Ubuntu 是什麼意思？

Ubuntu 是一句代表「以人道待人」以及「群在故我在」的非洲語，Ubuntu 發行版將這個精神帶入電腦軟體的國度。

Ubuntu 桌面版本

您可以使用 Ubuntu 桌面版本上網、收信、製作文件或試算表、修改圖片等等。Ubuntu 在桌面版本的 CD 中有快速而簡單的圖形安裝。在一般的電腦中，安裝程序應該不超過 25 分鐘。

簡化的桌面

當您一開始啟動您的系統時，您會發現桌面乾淨整齊，沒有桌面圖示，而且預設的佈景設計鮮明清楚。

Ubuntu 'Just Works'

我們已經為您效力，當 Ubuntu 安裝完成後，所有基本的程式都應該被安裝妥當，因此您的系統應立即可用。

完整的辦公室生產力工具

OpenOffice 有著與其他辦公室軟體相似的介面與功能，而且包含所有您所需要的重要軟體，包含：

Word processor - 無論要寫一封簡信或寫一本書，都能完全勝任。

Spreadsheet - 一個用來計算、分析、呈現您的數值資料或報表的工具。

Presentation - 一個製作多媒體簡報的簡單而有力的工具。

修改或分享其他格式的文件

您可以簡單的開啟、修改以及與您使用 Microsoft Office、WordPerfect、KOffice 或 StarOffice 的朋友分享檔案。

快速簡易的更新

工作列上有個更新的小圖示，我們會透過這個圖示通知您有適用於您系統的更新，從單純的安全性修正到整個系統版本升級。這個升級的工具使您只需按幾下滑鼠，就能使您的系統保持最新狀態。

一個廣大的自由軟體套件庫

需要更多的軟體嗎？您可以簡單的從 Ubuntu 提供的目錄內上千個軟體包裝中挑選、下載而只需要按幾下您的滑鼠，而且這些東西完全免費。

協助與支援

您將可以從網路瀏覽器或線上取得支援。如果您有疑惑，您可以猜測這個問題或許早就被其他人問過了。我們的社群製作了一系列的文件，您的問題或許可以從文件中找到答案，或是找出問題的關鍵。

您也可以用不同語言在聊天室或郵件論壇中取得 Ubuntu 社群的幫助。除此之外，您可以購買 Canonical 全球支援服務團隊或是地方的提供者的專業協助。

使用您的當地語言

為了達成使更人能使用 Ubuntu 的目的，我們透過自由軟體社群盡全力進行本地化以及設置無障礙環境。

您可以下載 Ubuntu，或是從 Canonical 基金會申請免費的 CD。

系統需求

Ubuntu 可以使用在 32 位元和 64 位元的 PC 以及 Mac 架構。CD 至少需要 256 MB 的 RAM 才能執行，安裝至少需要 2 GB 的硬碟空間。

Ubuntu 英文版網址是：http://www.ubuntu.com/。

其 Live Ubuntu CD 作出以下介紹：

Ubuntu is a complete open source operating system suitable for desktops and servers. The base system and all included software is free, and support is available from the community or by professional support providers. "Ubuntu" is an ancient African word, me aning "humanity to others". The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.

This is a Live Ubuntu CD that can be run directly from your CD drive. Simply leave this CD in your drive and reboot the computer to run a demo of Ubuntu. Nothing will be installed on your computer, nor will your current system be altered in any way.

A brief tour

The standard user interface is based around the Gnome desktop environment. When you start the system for the first time you are greeted by a desktop that is unusually clean and tidy. No desktop icons by default! Even the recycling bin has been moved down to the taskbar. The default theme is designed to be easy on the eye. But Linux is inherently flexible; you can customise the look and behavior

of the desktop in a range of ways, from simply changing the default theme to selecting a different desktop environment altogether.

The Applications menu gives you access to a selection of useful programs, such as Firefox and OpenOffice.org. The Places menu provides access to local files and network locations, while the System menu contains system settings. Ubuntu includes more than 1,000 supported pieces of software, starting with the Linux kernel, the Gnome desktop environment, and covering every standard desktop application from word processing to programming tools. If you should require more software, simply use the Add Application utility to download and install programs from the freely available software repository.

Ubuntu switching guide

The Ubuntu Switching from Windows guide helps you to replace your copy of Microsoft Windows with the Ubuntu operating system. The guide will cover each part of the process of changing your operating system, from preparing your files and settings to installing and then finally using your newly installed copy of Ubuntu.

The CD-browser used on this CD was developed by the OpenCD project and is powered by the K-meleon browser, a Mozilla-derivative. The OpenCD contains a wider selection of Windows-based open source, including:

• Audacity - audio editing
• Blender - 3D modeling and animation
• Celestia - desktop planetarium
• Gimp - advanced image editing
• MoinMoin - desktop wiki
• NVU - visual web page authoring
• OpenOffice.org - full-featured office suite
• PDFCreator - make PDF files in any application

As with Ubuntu, the programs on the OpenCD are carefully selected to ensure stability and ease of use.Please visit theopencd.org for more information.

那什麽是Wubi？

若已使用視窗作業系統，而欲與 Ubuntu 搭配成雙作業系統的話，則需要做出很 多煩人的步驟。 在這個大前提下，Wubi 便孕育而生。

Wubi 是一個針對視窗系統所設計的電腦軟件，其作用像一般軟件地將 Ubuntu 安裝在系統中，使電腦成爲雙作業系統。

更多資料，請參考 Wubi 網站。

防止手機被盜？

WhyMobile Telecommunications 介紹兩類防止手機被盜的產品：BAK2U Lost & Found labels 及 BAK2U PhoneBAK CD，到底這些產品有多厲害？

其中，BAK2U PhoneBAK CD 會將其軟件安裝在用戶手機裏，一旦偷竊者將其 SIM 卡插入失竊手機的話，手機會神不知鬼不覺的發出兩則簡訊至用戶指定的手機號碼。而簡訊會包含偷竊者的手機號碼、IMEI 編號、IMSI 編號、GSM 區號，以及定位資料。

WhyMobile 也附上 BAK2U 的網址。不單止於手機，BAK2U 也有個別版本適用于智能電話以及蘋果電腦。

不說不知，BAK2U 是一家於2005 年成立的本地公司，專注於開發失物認領的電腦軟件。本地新傳媒曾經作出相關介紹：


新傳媒8頻道《都市大發現》

手機防盜軟件真的管用嗎？我不知道。

但我認爲：道高一尺，魔高一丈。

Creative idea - Center hole of a CD

Have been buying CD for more than a decade, and seen various designs that have been developing from time to time: from plain text - dull black colour to multi colours; to fully-printed - from text, graphics, to pictures. Yet I had never seen a CD designer has, at least, utilize the center hole of a CD.

Applause for the designer who managed to think out of the circle and came out with these eight designs:


1. Being hit


2. Taking a biscuit


3. Push, push & push


4. Musical Spider


5. Matchstick Tic-tac-toe


6. Cook-it-yourself


7. Treasure hunt


The most humourous :)
8. Rolling stone