I am not really a big fan of Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO), but recently I’ve been listening to their albums. I think their music is very lively and interesting.

And now they are coming to town (San Jose to be exact)!

Another fan of TSO is Moe and my ex-co-worker, Noy. Moe is no longer in California.

Any one interested in joining me?

Logitech MediaPlay Mouse

I lost my Logitech MediaPlay Cordless Mouse’s receiver during my last business trip. Although it is no longer the greatest mouse in the world, it served me really well. The battery life is amazing. I’ve own it for many years and only changed the battery for less than 5 times. It has all the multimedia buttons that I need, and works perfectly.

I am also using uberOptions to enhance the functionality of Logitech’s setPoint.

I have other wireless mouse by Logitech, MX900 BT. However that mouse is not meant for notebook. The mouse works fine if it’s connected to non-Logitech-docking-station, however, it doesn’t play nicely for the other buttons and I could not get it to work properly in setPoint configuration. It requires to use its docking station for full functionality.

Now I am back to cheap corded Dell’s mouse for my laptop . Once you are start using wireless mouse, there is no way you want to go back to the corded one. Same here for me.

I am now looking for a new mouse that somewhat similar with my previous mouse, or has the following functionalities:

1. standard 3 button mouse: left click, right click, middle click with scroll
2. Left/right scrolls/tilts (middle scroll)
3. Back/forward buttons

Since I’m falling in love with the flexibility that setPoint+uberOptions offer, I’m going to stick with Logitech Mouse.

My eyes are fallen into 2 mice that Logitech offers:

1. Logitech VX Revolution
2. Logitech VX Nano

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Large Hadron Collider

There was all the hype with the most expensive scientific equipment every built, Large Hadron Collider. The total cost for the project is expected to be €3.2–6.4 billion.

Large Hadron Collider was built by CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research; the same organization who initiated ENQUIRE project, the beginning of World Wide Web. LHC is located underneath the Franco-Swiss border.

Quite many people afraid that it will create a black-hole that could destroy the earth. Some even sent death threats to stop the scientists from turning on the LHC; and some hackers have attacked the LHC.

Check out the video of how LHC works after the break.

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