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Total Solar Eclipse 2009

pic via @wuqing

Apologies :( So like the weather nuts predicted, the party for millions of people hoping to watch Wednesday’s solar eclipse was ruined by heavy clouds and raining in Shanghai. I have not got any pic and vids of the eclipse, sadly. But I got three nice pictures from other parts of China. They're amazing. (You can view'em on my Flickr .) Also you can check out loads of videos on YouKu’s special eclipse page.
When the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century started at 8:30 am (0030 GMT), I did live tweet up(@lyanghsueh), in case you missed it:

  • The cloudy sky gets darker, but still no sign of the sun in Shanghai downtown. #
  • Shanghai has turned on its street lights. #
  • It's raining hard here, can't see the sun, sadly. But darker more. OMG #
  • Enjoy this special dark moment... well, we missed the total solar elicpse. Shanghai #
  • Gettin' brighter now, a new day starts. Wait! My power, my powers gone. No ;) #

While it may have been a bit of a letdown to not be able to actually see the eclipse, and only experience it through the night-like daytime darkness it gave us for a few minutes, it was cool none the less :)


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Coming Soon: Total Solar Eclipse 2009

This summer, those of us living in China have the spectacular chance to see a total eclipse of the sun, a truly rare opportunity because the moon completely covers the sun, leaving a colorful ring around it called a Corona (meaning crown). Thousands of people from the rest of Asia and all over the world will be coming to China to witness the phenomenon. If you have never seen a total solar eclipse, then this is your chance to see this China solar eclipse 2009 from several major cities. This 22nd July will be the only solar eclipse of this kind this year and remarkably, instead of the usual 200 Km spectrum of visible areas, there will be 254Km, providing a magnificent area from which to view the eclipse from Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou,Wuhan, Nanjing, Chongqing, Chengdu, Suining and Yichang. You have plenty of options to choose from if you want to go and see it yourself. The eclipse will also be visible for a full 6 minutes and 39 seconds, which is the longest visibility period of the 21st century.

pic via NASA

This coming 22nd July, (If the weather's good) I'll put some real pics and vids of the eclipse into my blog, and live tweet from my twitter account : @lyanghsueh, welcome to follow!

Warnings: Never view the sun with the naked eye!


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Win a Piece of Moon Rock

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
You will doubtless know the words relayed from Neil Armstrong when he stepped off Apollo 11's lunar module and onto the moon itself , 21 July 2009 sees the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing.

Now, New Scientist magazine competition to celebrate that historic event offers a rare and fabulous prize for the winner: a scrap of genuine moon rock weighs almost 1.4 grams. Typically, they are worth around $1000 per gram!

(* pic: The piece of moon rock is part of a lunar meteorite found by French collector Luc Labenne, in the Dhofar region of Southern Oman, on the eastern border of Yemen.)

Wow, a real moon rock? yep. And the competition is simple. Think of something better for Neil Armstrong to have said, something even more memorable, or perhaps something funnier...

How to enter?

  • Your entry should be no more than 75 characters long (including spaces).
  • Use the comment form at the foot of this article to submit your answer.
  • Start a new thread, rather than replying to an existing comment.
  • Remember to include a working email address (not in the comment itself), they can reach you if you are the winner.
  • The winning entry will be chosen from entries received by 5pm GMT on 29 June.
  • The winner  will be published in the 18 July issue of New Scientist, along with the best runners up.

Please read the Terms and Conditions before entering. Good Luck!


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Apple捧巨奖等待第10亿次App下载

pic via engadget.com

苹果又在搞噱头了...

iTunes Gift Card (价值10,000$).
1 iPod Touch
1 Time Capsule
1 MacBook Pro.

这些都会以免费的形式送给iTunes App Store的第10亿次点击下载者.偶猜到时候彻夜等待卡位的人肯定很多.苹果也早有打算,所以设置了一些小把戏来防止.但是遗憾的是,国内有兴趣的朋友可能要失望了.事实上,这次活动只对北美地区以及欧洲的个别国家开放.也许现在偶所关心的就只有...谁会是那个幸运儿?

刚才去活动官网看了下,已经接近950,000,000了.以这个速度偶估计还需要1周多的时间.不过算算iTunes App Store正式上线也才9个月而已.就已经达到10亿次下载了.确实令人佩服.

BTW,就在几分钟前偶得到了一个好消息.短信得知偶妹妹今天进了产房.也就是说,这几天偶就要做舅舅了! ^^


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2009 CSS Naked Day

4/9,得知是2009 CSS Naked Day (CSS裸奔节)的举办日.

这个活动是从06年开始兴起的.其目的就是号召尽可能多的网站去除页面上所有的CSS样式和广告1~2天,向世人展示如果这个世界没有CSS将会是怎样的.第一年的活动就吸引了全球多达800个网站和博客的参与.去年这个数字甚至已经接近3K.看来喜欢裸奔的人还真不少.:)

So,如果你也希望支持这个活动来裸奔一把的话,

使用这段PHP代码:

<?php
function is_naked_day($d) {
  $start = date('U', mktime(-12, 0, 0, 04, $d, date('Y')));
  $end = date('U', mktime(36, 0, 0, 04, $d, date('Y')));
  $z = date('Z') * -1;
  $now = time() + $z;
  if ( $now >= $start && $now <= $end ) {
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
?>

在<head>中调用:

<head>
...
<?php
if ( is_naked_day(9) ) {
  echo '<!-- naked day has no styles -->';
} else {
  echo '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" />';
}
?>
...
</head>

如果你有一个Wordpress博客的话.这里还有专门CSS Naked Day插件帮助你完成.除了WordPress,还有其他的一些开源程序的插件,都可以在官方页面找到.

完成裸奔以后,接下来的事情就是向活动官网递交你的网站.他们会在一个工作日之内将你的网站添加到活动展示列表中,随机的.因为数量太多了.lol

真的是很有意思的活动,你可以看下他们2006,2007以及2008年的活动情况.

BTW,其实偶也挺想裸奔下自己的博客的.可Posterous不让偶改代码:( 但是回头想想,Posterous做的已经够简洁了.快跟裸奔差不多了.哈哈...


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Posterous免费赠送Peek Pronto.

Peek Pronto 是一款新型移动邮件客户端,类似于黑莓最初设计的形式.

目前正和Posterous合作搞一个推销活动.现在你只需注册一个Posterous帐号,然后写一篇开头以"I need a Peek because..."的文章(Not 回复)发布在自己的Posterous个人主页上,阐述自己为什么需要这么一台Peek.(因为偶认为它很酷?) 如果你的答案令人满意和惊喜,就有机会获得由Posterous送出的免费Peek Pronto一台.数量不多,只送5台.获奖者将在本周五公布(活动已过期).

Peek Pronto从设计角度来看,的确非常漂亮.不过目前还不知道是否支持除英国以外别的国家的移动网络.各位可以去其官网了解更多http://www.getpeek.com/.

活动详情请参见The Offcial Posterous Blog.

获奖者已公布.他们是:

http://tuyennhatvo.com/i-need-a-peek-because-i-need-a
http://aviraj.com/i-need-a-peek-because-15
http://ditisrooi.posterous.com/i-need-a-peek-because-1
http://danica_eric.posterous.com/i-need-a-peek-pronto-pronto
http://chris-nash.posterous.com/i-need-a-peek-because-well-ema

看了下,偶觉得当时要是好好编一下,也许也能赢一台回来.哎,总之,恭喜他们!


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