Site idle for 2+ months...  Supposedly quite a few things to write - about my recent tests on some mini-ITX systems and also the WTO disturbance (hey, it's far from being called a "riot" as stated by the Hong Kong Police.  We don't need to follow closely the PRC standards by exaggerating a simple matter for justifying a police action!)

However, it's Xmas/New_Year time - So, I treat my wife and myself an accidental trip to Macau instead (just an hour's trip from Hong Kong by sea).  Wine & food make the day...

I like my job, I hate my job.  Whichever is the reason, I work long hours.

Perhaps to the modern man, work is the only objective in life.  Disregarding the proliferation of health clubs and entertainment centers in modern cities, we don’t really entertain.  We are just looking for a re-charge before the next day for yet more work.  If a boss tells someone that s/he doesn’t need to work on the next day, I don’t think health/entertainment comes first to the mind.

Another round of statistics after The real reasons you're working so hard... posted earlier:

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Download with BT - it's perfectly legal this time...

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Oops, CMM, cMM... I now understand why corporates never produce decent software. Those 'specs' look more like law book rather than tech book... I even read a spec in which numerals were written in English rather than Arabic (say, one thousand two hundred seventy five, instead of 1275) - I almost laughed to death that time!