Michael的博客

Is there really a Demo God?

I used to think this was a joke, but now I believe there must be one. Last week at Manila, I needed to do some demos for the JSF and AJAX session, which required Glassfish sever. Because my laptop is falling apart, I borrowed one and took it to Manila with my own laptop. I tested all the demos on both machines right before my session and everything worked fine. But...., when I got on the stage, it really caught me on surprise that the Glassfish failed to start, I tried the other laptop immediately, and guess what? Glassfish failed on the other laptop too! Glassfish failed on two machines at the same time? It is beyond the "Bad luck" could explain. And when I finally finish the session and got back to the speakers' room, and tried Glassfish on the borrowed laptop, it started with NO PROBLEM! And there is more, my own laptop can launch Glassfish with no problem as well now, but between now and then I did not touch it at all! Based on my unexplainable experience, I warn you that there is really a Demo God out there! Don't fool around with thy!

Posted at 12:03下午 六月 23, 2008 by Michael Li in 旅途见闻  |  Comments[0]

Temple同学会

上周收到在美国同学的email，通知我周日在北京有TempleUniversity的同学会。哈！Temple的同学会都开到北京了，怎么着也得去捧场。周日晚六点紧赶慢赶地到了西三环的香格里拉，会议规格还挺高，校长都来了，校友居然坐了十几桌，着实没想到Temple在中国会有那末多毕业生，大大出乎我的意料。会议是老套，校长讲话，然后开工吃饭。一顿酒足饭饱后，学到两件事：
1：Temple在中国的第一个校友居然是邓小平！Temple于1978年授予邓小平荣誉博士学位。居然能和小平做校友，大大满足了我的虚荣心:-)

2：Temple之所以在北京有那么多毕业生是因为Temple法学院和清华大学有个联合培养硕士的项目。学期一年半，一半时间在清华，一半时间在美国费城的Temple总部。现已办了4界，难怪有那么多校友。虽然和自己不同专业，可是如果我将来不小心犯了事，这校友可就珍贵了。翻翻通讯录，里面可大半都是各地的法院院长或审判长呀！

Posted at 04:18下午 十月 30, 2007 by Michael Li in 旅途见闻  |  Comments[0]

乌克兰－基辅

乌克兰基辅，和北京时差5小时（晚） 来基辅的飞机是10月18号的，直到16号下午才拿到签证，还以为来不了了。在北京拿签证是太难了，本来以为没多少人会来乌克兰，签证会好拿。最初的想法也对也错，对的是每天也就十几号人来办签证，错的是这十几号人对乌克兰使馆来说以经很多了，他们每天只有两个小时接受申请。第一天是十点到的，排到十二点，使馆下班了，前面还有五、六个人，未果。只好委托给使馆外的“专业人士”代办，价格1000元/人。“专业人士”觉得邀请信不正规，但答应试试，为以后他们提价到4000元打了附笔。还好，Joey比较机灵，马上就发信给乌克兰的同事反映了情况，要有国徽印的邀请信。后因“专业人士”要价太高，我们撤回了第一次申请。还好，正规的邀请信在国庆长假后及时寄到，我们才能再次提交了申请，不过还是付给了“专业人士”200块买了个排队的号，否则也没戏，别人都是凌晨两点开始排队，我们9点到是没有希望能递交申请的。乌克兰使馆的低效着实养活了一批人。 [Read More]

Posted at 12:00上午 三月 11, 2007 by Michael Li in 旅途见闻  |  Comments[0]