Journal – 14/09/2015 – Review of ‘Mission Impossible V’ – 「碟中谍5」观后感

(English version follows Chinese Part)

前一周实在忙的不可开交,缺了一次周记,着实可惜。事情忙过,看了一场电影来放松,写写完全个人且主观的观后感,凑篇周记。权当娱乐,请勿认真: )

声明,这里没有剧透。

先放一张电影结束时拍的,好证明我确实去电影院付费看了正版,以示支持导演和演职员的劳动(图1)。

20150913-MI5

图.1(Fig.1)

显然,是迟了许久才上映的碟中谍5。

阿汤哥毕竟是五十多的人了,现实中又是奶爸,着装、气质自然都走熟男路线。我真正熟识阿汤哥并不是因为「碟中谍」系列,而是源于观看「壮志凌云」,作为航空爱好者,这是部必看的作品。之后才补看了「碟中谍」各部。

「碟5」故事架构上并没有什么惊讶的地方。前半的伏笔,后面的着墨,前作的梗,自嘲的台词,角色立的flag……甚至有些都能预料到。看「碟5」,就是老友再会,无须严肃认真,依旧相谈甚欢。

自然,特工们的科技又上一层楼,在现在流行的设备上添加些酷炫的功能,好似中现实没有这么犀利的设备,却又好像即将能够触及。

我最喜欢的地方是延续了「碟4」以来加入的西蒙·佩吉。「碟1」到「碟3」多少算是硬汉和技术特工结合的动作电影,总感觉和马达的「谍影」还有「007」系列有些扎堆。佩吉的表演,加上编剧的创造,让「碟4」「碟5」都带上了笑料元素,动作喜剧,也挺不错。颇有些成龙「尖峰」系列的即视感,我喜欢。

听说阿汤哥要拍「壮志凌云2」,我看好你哦!


 

So many works last week and such a pity that missed a journal. I watched a movie for taking easy after those work, how about a movie review for this week journal. Totally personal and subjective, just for relax, don’t be serious : )

First of all, no spoiler here.

Show a pic took at the end of movie to prove that I’ve spent money  for authorized movie in cinema, to support director and those fellows contribute to it.(Fig.1)

Obviously, it’s ‘Mission Impossible V’.

After all, Tom is 50+ years old and acting a dad, dressing and temperament of him could not leave ‘Mature Man’ so far. Where I really knew this tough man was not ‘MI’ series but the famous one ‘Top Gun’. As a aviation fan, I could not miss it. Then I turn to watch the ‘MI’ series.

‘MI5’ showed not much surprise. Foreshadowing, climax, punchline of previous MI, self-mockery etc. Sometime you can even predict what is gonna happen! Watching ‘MI5’ is like chatting with old friend, don’t be serious and just fine.

Definitely, tech equipment coming better than past, again. Adding something WOW~! into devices we have today, then you have WOW~! future tech.

I enjoy most was Simon Pegg taking part in again after ‘MI4’. Fisrt three MIs are some kind of tough man movies which already have The Bourne Identity series and 007 series. Simon Pegg brought laughingstock into MIs. Comedy action movie, little sense of Jackie Chan ‘Rush Hour’ series, I like it.

Hearing about that Tom preparing for ‘Top Gun 2’, looking forward!

Journal – 01/09/2015 – Biking, Sport APP, Personal Record – 骑行,运动应用,个人纪录

(English version follows Chinese Part)

八月份结束了,这一个月里按照锻炼计划比较规律地进行骑行,最后的纪录是总里程159km,运动均速达到25km/h。感觉挺不错,也积累到一些东西,希望能在九月有所提高。这篇周记就写写这些东西吧。

首先要介绍一下骑行的路线。由于住在中国南部丘陵地带的城市,所以路线设置为12km的右转(这样就可以在多数路口直接通过,提高骑行的连贯性)环线,全部是城市道路,途中包含丘陵(陡、缓坡,陡、缓降),沿河公路(平直道、弯道),交通灯(减速、休息点),即能够提供运动量,丰富的沿途项目又增加骑行乐趣,山路和沿河比较好的绿化又使运动环境比较健康。

这一个月的骑行最大的收获是练习了爬坡和下降的力量分配技巧。刚开始的几次试图通过上坡前的平道或下坡大幅度加力提速来储备动能,后来发现会提早消耗上坡的力量储备。所以最后采取上坡前的平道或下坡高速档位自然增速,上坡后梯次降档保持踏频的方式上坡。反而取得了更高的运动均速。

关于运动记录器,为了给自行车尽量减重,我并未加装过多设备,所以直接使用手机做码表。对比多款运动APP,依据我个人的使用喜好和界面习惯,选择的是<行者>,APP官方网站是http://www.imxingzhe.com/,主要的一些界面截屏如图1。xingzhe-app

图.1(Fig.1)

不能不提到的就是我的爱车了。2014年适逢世界杯,节省出来的一些生活费觉得应该拿来投资能让我再一次爱上运动的东西,就决定买一台自行车。暑假在美利达的连锁店买下了我的公爵600 (2014款)山地车,价格是¥2500,在运动自行车里不算高级,但足以让我热爱上骑行(本来4岁就学会了骑两轮自行车,中学6年也骑自行车上学,对自行车的偏好从未降低)。在自行车店组装的照片如图2。当时还是一架标准的山地车,从山地胎纹就可以看出来。

bike_original图.2(Fig.2)

因为我的骑行路线大都是城市道路,并不需要山地胎的超强抓地力,况且太强的摩擦也会消耗太多体能。参照自行车论坛里的说法,我给我的爱车换装了城市胎。选择的是米其林的1.75半光胎(如图3上,可以看到城市胎的胎纹与图2的区别)。因为胎宽有所减小,原装内胎无法适用,也另外购买了配套的内胎(如图3下)。因为我中学6年的骑车经历,家里少不了自行车维护工具,又对自己的自行车维护能力充满信心,内外胎网购到手后,换胎工作是自己在家完成的(如图4,右下角就是自行车工具套装)。

tire

图.3(Fig.3)

rim

图.4(Fig.4)

另外一项改装就是增加了休息把(TT把),用以长途骑行时更换姿势,如此简单的工作自然也是自己完成。网店的图片如图5。

TT-handelbar

图.5(Fig.5)

最后改装过的自行车如图6。

bike_reform

图.6(Fig.6)

对比图6和图2,还是有点区别。自此转变为“山马党”(山地车压马路)。之所以选择购买山地车而非公路车,主要是考虑到山地车的避震能够提高舒适度,而且改装余地比较大,可以再改回山地用途以适应更差的路面,方便长距离旅行的骑行。


 

The August was end. My cycling sport plan of Aug has been also finished. Total distance has record of 159 km, average sport speed gone up to 25 km/h. I am looking forward to improvement in Sept. Maybe a journal should be written about my bike.

Where I live in is a Southern-China city, which has hilly terrain. So I design a circle right-turn(can pass most road-cross without stopping, make the journey continuous) route around the city road, which including hills (with slopes), riverside-road(straight, curve), traffic lights(deceleration zone, pause point). It is a journey with interesting sight provides enough exercise. Trees and water alone with the road will also offer healthy sport atmosphere.

The most useful skill I’ve learn is the energy distribution between uphill and downhill. I used to keep sprinting before the slope because I want to store speed power for climbing, but I found that will run out muscle energy too early. So I changed style to keep naturally accelerate until uphill, then downshift regularly to maintain the cycling frequency. Finally the record showed that average speed has been promoted.

To reduce bike’s weight, I didn’t setup too much thing on it. My smartphone is used to mark and record my sport information. Comparing many sport apps, I chose the <XingZhe> (Chinese meaning of ‘walker’ or ‘traveler’)app, whose official website is http://www.imxingzhe.com/, some screenshots posted as Fig.1.

I can’t forget to introduce my lovely bike. It was FIFA World Cup during 2014 summer, I’ve saved little money, then decided to invest into something will make me loving in sports again. Considering about my first ride of two-wheel bike at 4-year-old, and 6 year’s cycling experience for high school transportation, I spent 2,500CNY (≈390USD) on a MERIDA DUKE 600 (type 2014) mountain bike. It isn’t high-grade bike but is the one could light my passion of cycling. The photo I took at the official MARIDA bike store is Fig.2 (attention to the lines of mountain bike on tires).

Most exercise routes of mine are city roads, which don’t need high grip force. In another words, too much friction will burn my energy too fast. Following ideas from bike forum, I chose to change them by MICHELIN COUNTRY ROCK 26*1.75 tire (As Fig.3 top) . With the narrower tire, I had to change the inner tires at the same time (As Fig.3 below) . Believe in my manipulative ability and repairing skills, I decided to do it myself after I received package from the online shop.(Fig.4)

The second alteration is that I added TT handle as Fig.5 for changing relaxing posture during long distance riding.

Appearance of  bike after reform is as Fig.6.

Comparing Fig.2 and Fig.6, there is significant changing. And I also came to a Cycle Crosser(mountain bike for road riding). Finally I have to explain that I bought a mountain bike instead of road racing bike, was by the reason of comfort from absorber of mountain bike.

 

Journal – 23/08/2015 – Home Cooking, Recipe – 家常菜,食谱

(English version follows Chinese Part)

这周主要都在练习英语,所以没有做比较特别的事情,也就没有非记不可的事。周记总归要写,想想这周下的厨房,就谈谈我对家常菜的一些思考。

我从小学低年级就主动学会了家常烹饪,是因为当时比较好吃,父母为了培养规律的饮食习惯又按三餐的时间表来做饭,当我嘴馋的不行(其实并不饥饿)的时候,就只好自己想办法弄吃的。

烹饪的技巧当然来自于负责我家三餐的老妈。但她并没有给我传授任何食谱或者固定菜式,而是让我学习厨房内外的工序,买菜、洗菜、切菜、调料种类、蔬菜种类、肉类品种、搭配习惯、加工方法。当时并不能理解,因为不能很快学会一道菜。但当我后来接触到许多美食书籍、节目的时候,我对此也有些思考。

一种饮食(比如中餐)的生命力,无疑是具有进化能力。如果使用菜谱将每道菜的原来重量、加工时间、摆盘样式都固定下来代代传授,这非常符合食品工业对质量控制的要求。但菜式不能随人的胃口变化而变化,最终只能生厌。

而传授烹饪技巧,或许每一次做菜,多放些盐、少放些香料、新添加一种原料,就会产生一种新的好菜。如同基因变化带来的进化。

如今我为能够拥有“冰箱中有什么原料就能依此做出一桌美食”的基本技巧而兴奋,随机应变、即兴搭配。假如如果我只有固定的食谱,就只能专程照单采购,做出一道“前些天不是吃过了么?”的旧菜。


 

I spent much time in practicing English this week, so that I did nothing special worth to write down. However, the weekly journal must be finished.  I did several cook these days, why not talking something about cooking and recipe ?

I started to cook when I was in junior grade of primary school. At that time, I was always greediness (not hungry at all) during non-meal time, but parents cooked by standard daily schedule for healthy diet habits. So I planed to make dishes myself.

Mum didn’t taught me recipe or exact dish, but cooking skills. Including market purchase skills, cleaning food material, cutting material, seasoning species,  material species, collocation skills,  processing skills etc. Those skills founding my cooking ability even though those ‘theory’ can’t make me cooking in short time.

After then, I though about it :

Vitality of one food type should not be base on rigid recipe, but the changing during every cook. Less salt, more sugar, new material, may create new dish which will add new vitality. Just like evolution with genetic changes.

I really excited and proud ,that I can cook a complete meal with what I have right now, which is base on my mum’s cooking skills except menu. Or you will have boring meal of ‘did we just eat these few days ago ?’ with rigid recipe : )

Even though I support home cooking by ‘skills’, I have to confirm that modern food industries is base on recipe and menu for quality control (safety, taste consistency etc).

Journal – 16/08/2015 – Star Tracks, Copyright Logo, Pics Standard – 星轨, 版权标志, 图片标准

(English version follows Chinese Part)

近几日所在的城市天气比较晴,夜晚在市区也能看到不少星星,就勾起了以前拍星轨的愿望。恰巧手头又有能够全手动设定的相机以及定时拍摄必备的快门线。另外,画廊还缺个图片用的版权标志,需要一幅深底色的照片配合测试。星轨照片挺合适,说干就干。

使用佳能G15卡片机的M档,设定快门为1秒,光圈f2.8,感光度ISO80(佳能G15在长曝光设定下只能使用ISO80,不能使用高感),使用快门线每20秒拍一张,总共拍了59张。然后使用<Startrails>软件合成为星轨照片,最后使用Lightroom微调色彩等参数。得到效果不错的试验品。(成品图片戳这查看)

最后也决定了版权标志的设计,比较简单,就是C标+LOGO+网址,文字字体是TechnicLite,样式如图:

GoYuwei-CopyrightLOGO

图.1  (Fig.1)

另外,也确定了画廊图片的基本尺寸标准。尺寸为1200*800像素(3:2的边幅现在比较主流),文件不大于300k。这样既能保证画质,又能节省站点空间。


 

The sky was really clear last night because of heavy rain yesterday. Stars were visible to the naked eyes. An idea of star tracks photography occur to me. (I had thought of it for long.)

Luckily, I’ve got a Canon G15 camera with M(anual) model and a timer remote controller(electronic cable shutter). Those two are necessary for time-lapse photography. After all, I need a pic in dark background for testing copyright logo.

By the M model, shutter was set in 1 sec, aperture was f/2.8, sensitivity was ISO 80 (Canon G15 can not set high ISO by the low speed shutter). 59 pics was shot in every 20 sec. The program ‘Startrails’ was used to process pics in one photo which is ‘star tracks’. After PS with color and brightness, I’ve got a nice one. (Click For Photo)

The copyright logo design was also decided (As Fig.1). A simple combination of C(opyright) symble, site logo and site address. Font style is TechnicLite.

By the way, upload photos would be under the standard for balance between quality and storage space saving. Margins will be 1200pix * 800pix (3*2 is popular style). Each files should be limited under 300kb.

Journal – 09/08/2015 – Web Library – 网页图书馆

(English version follows Chinese Part)

打算给个人站点增加些功能,原来有考虑过微博、轻量级论坛等,最终还是决定做一个网页图书馆。贴一些自己看过的书、打算看的书还有被推荐及自己推荐的书的基本信息。

搜索了一些wiki引擎、个人知识管理引擎,功能强的有挺多,可惜界面不是太好看,而且对php+mySQL类主机的支持感觉不是很便捷(当然也因为自己还没搞懂足够的web技术)。结果到头来还是用WordPress做引擎,利用WP的树形导航插件做目录树,实现图书馆的图书分类,计划是每一篇博客当做一本书的简介标签。

图书馆比较重要的东西就是图书分类法。刚读本科的时候就了解到了中国图书分类法(Chinese Library Classification,CLC),加上自己电脑里用“先锋图书馆管理系统”搭建的个人图书库用的也是中图法,所以一开始考虑就这么弄了。但是想想文献检索这事还是国际通用点好,所以去了解了一下国际十进分类法(Universal Decimal Classification,UDC),觉得还行。可是感觉UDC对工程类书籍的分类不如CLC来的详细,所以最后录入图书信息的时候再决定用哪种分类法。

目前还有针对图书馆进行两个功能强化的打算。

一个是学习点脚本一类的东西,这样就可以把我本地书库的目录信息xls表内容自动输出为每本书的信息表格,便于把书目信息录入网页图书馆。

二是找点树状目录的web代码,做个CLC还有UDC的完整目录树,放在单独的网页里,从图书馆链接出去,方便查询完整的图书分类。

 


I decided to add extra function to the site, micro-blog and light-forum were taking into account. But I built a web library finally. So that I can post basic information of books I have read, books I plan to read and books I recommend.

I search for some wiki engine and personal-knowledge management engine. Maybe some of them are powerful, but they are too complicated to run or had bad UI appearance. I turn to WordPress again. A WP tree navigation plugin is used to function directory tree. And each book’s introduction will be single blog post.

Decimal classification is the foundation of a library. In early time of my bachelor years, I have taught about Chinese Library Classification (CLC). During the academic years, I collected basic information of books I read by using a program called ‘XianFeng Library Management System’ in my laptop, and the program is based on CLC. But for internationalization, I learn something about Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) from internet. UDC is not perfect, it has no enough detail about engineering book compared with CLC. So I will not decide the classification type until I have time to input books information to the library.

There are two function on the list of library construction.

Learn something about automated output script, and I can make information table for each book by input the book list database.

Searching for some web code of directory tree, and build a page including complete CLC and UDC tree which linked from the library. It will be convenient that guests can check  CLC and UDC easily.