Going Green - 5 Easy First Steps You Can Do Today

1. Bag It

Today: When you go out shopping, bring your own reusable bags. This preserves resources by cutting down on the huge number of paper and plastic bags that are discarded after a single trip.

Tomorrow: Combine your routine shopping trips with other errands, which will save you time and fuel.


2. Save on Electricity

There are many ways to trim those electric bills. Wash your laundry in cold water instead of hot, line dry your linens, and use a toaster oven for small heating needs instead of a bigger electric stove. Open windows to let the light in, turn off unneeded lights and appliances, and unplug unused electronics to counter the 'energy vampire' effect.


3. Save on Gas

Every gallon of gasoline you burn produces 19 pounds of carbon dioxide, so it pays to conserve (in more ways than one). Your car will work more efficiently if you obey the speed limit and avoid rapid, unnecessary acceleration. Keep your tires properly inflated and get regular tune-ups. Forget warming up under most conditions.


4. Shop a Farmer

Today: Shop at your local farmers' market. This will help support farmers in your area, so they won't be forced to sell off their land for development, and it will decrease your food miles, meaning less fuel will be used to provide your daily meals. Your food will be delicious and better for you.

Tomorrow: Eat as much local and seasonal food as you reasonably can. Your meals will be fresher, and will require much less fuel to transport, store and refrigerate.


5. Water Smarts

Today: Drink water from the tap, instead of buying single-use bottled water, which requires much more energy to produce, store and transport. Barely 20% of those plastic bottles end up getting recycled, and most are made out of petroleum. Use filters if you are concerned about your local water supply.

Tomorrow: Buy a reusable bottle to take with you on the go, so you can always refill it from a tap and avoid buying bottled water. Stainless steel is a good choice, because you don't have to worry about the potentially toxic chemicals that can leach out of many plastics over time.

理由

老师骗学生，需要理由吗？
当学生问个清楚，老师又会向学生坦白吗?
理由，只不过是个用来掩饰的道具,
去掩饰有心人的目的。
结果还不是那一句，“都是为了你好”。
说的好听！答得绝！
你以为学生都是无知的吗？
一个平常不理会学生死活，
只顾自己利益的老师，
真的是那么关心学生吗？
你明白，我清楚，天知道，不需任何理由！

Web 2.0 and Jazz Workshop

I attended a workshop on last Friday in IBM. It was talking about Web 2.0 concept and Jazz. Basically, it is talking about new technology to deliver product/project in a more collaborative way. Imagine you could have the best project management team in USA, the best designer team in Europe, the best software developer team in Asia and the best quality assurance team in Australia, how all the teams communicate and collaborate together during the project for about 15 months? How to make thing easy in different geographical area? New technology, Jazz can meet this can synchronizes people, process and assets associated with software development projects. Jazz is an open source built on Eclipse. It's a technology platform and not a product.

Register yourself at www.jazz.net to learn more about it.

And lastly, IBM have it's own product, "IBM Rational Team Concert", the first offering to be delivered on the Jazz technology platform.

月光

人生难免会沮丧，
总想躲藏或逃避，
孤单，徬徨与不安，
永远都挥之不去。

谁不曾感到失望，
谁不曾受到伤害，
只有勇气和毅力，
才能让自己发光。

追逐梦想旅途上，
又有谁能明白我，
人是各有各理想，
奔向目标不退让。

也许是好胜心强，
不愿向命运低头，
不想被现实打败，
坚强的勇敢面对。

我望着天上月光，
心里充满着期待，
独自孤单的想像，
寻找梦想快乐园。