Food

"The most sincere form of love is love for food."

George Bernard Shaw

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Love love love!

Vacation // Drunk

I don't make enough money to go on vacation so I'm just going to get drunk this weekend until I don't know where I am.

DeBeers: A diamond is forever

彭羚 - 彷如隔世

彭羚 - 彷如隔世

作曲：張宇
填詞：林夕
編曲：杜自持
監製：杜自持

一身的酒氣　何以我會　認得你
再怎麼講　都不算美
當天我　太自欺
是多麼詭秘　誰信我會　認識你
最好光陰　交給了你
委屈了我自己

＊記不起　當天怎相戀已是謎
　如像隔世　今天竟找不著話題
　曾多麼珍惜的東西
　經不起一點風霜洗禮
　再希罕　都可以代替＊

是深深不忿　何以過去　被擁吻
滿身色彩　怎可配襯
一張臉　太陌生
記憶中的你　難以再愛　亦吸引
也許今天　不應再見
沾污了　那情感

Repeat ＊

一早知不應該肯相信會有永遠愛情
連最簡單的追憶　也變得不堪一擊

竟想不起　當天怎麼可以著迷
如像隔世　今天竟找不著話題
曾多麼珍惜的東西
經不起一點風霜洗禮
再希罕　都找得到代替

王力宏 - KISS GOODBYE

王力宏-KISS GOODBYE

baby不要再哭泣
這一幕多麼熟悉
緊握著你的手彼此都捨不得分離
每一次想開口但不如保持安靜
給我一分鐘專心
好好欣賞你的美

幸福搭配悲傷
同時在我心交叉
挫折的眼淚不能測試愛的重量
付出的愛收不回
還欠你的我不能給
別把我心也帶走
去跟隨

每一次和你分開
深深的被你打敗
每一次放棄你的溫柔
痛苦難以釋懷
每一次和你分開
每一次kiss you goodbye
愛情的滋味此刻我終於最明白

幸福搭配悲傷
同時在我心交叉
挫折的眼淚不能測試愛的重量
付出的愛收不回
還欠你的我不能給
我才明白愛最真實的滋味
每一次和你分開
深深的被你打敗
每一次放棄你的溫柔
痛苦難以釋懷
每一次和你分開
每一次kiss you goodbye
愛情的滋味此刻我終於最明白

我終於最明白 愛
吼~~耶~~~ 喔~~

每一次和你分開
深深的被你打敗
每一次放棄你的溫柔
痛苦難以釋懷
每一次和你分開
每一次kiss you goodbye
愛情的滋味此刻我終於最明白

12 Critical Things You Should Never Tolerate

12 Critical Things You Should Never Tolerate  - Barrie Davenport 

There is so much in life that we just tolerate. Some of it we have to deal with (taxes, bad weather, traffic). But there’s a good portion of stuff that we tolerate even when we don’t have to. We step around things, overlook irritations, and mindlessly accept energy drains. Perhaps we’ve become so immune to these tolerations that we don’t recognize the negative impact they have on us.

Sometimes just recognizing the things we are tolerating in life gives us a renewed sense of hope and energy. If you don’t know what’s pulling you down, it feels impossible to make your life better. Even small changes and shifts with these life tolerations can result in dramatic improvement in your outlook and mood.

However, when you address some of your bigger tolerations, you can completely change the course of your life and open doors to a world of happiness and inner peace that you didn’t know existed.

Think about the poorest of the poor, living in squalor and despair without the hope of a better future. When they are lucky enough to see the connection between education and life success, they have found a portal to escape poverty and misery. It’s a huge shift.

In the same way, we must search for these portals that will allow us to move to the next level of powerful living. Our tolerations are the brambles and vines growing over the portal doorway. We must clear them away to be able to open the door and walk through.

Do you want to walk through the portal to a happier life? If so, here are 12 situations that you should never tolerate if you want to live joyfully. See if you recognize yourself in any of these tolerations. If so, now is the time to clear them away.

1. Unhappiness at work.

You spend nearly half of your life at your job. If you are unhappy, do you really want to give away that much of your life? Think of the impact it has on your emotional well-being, your health, and your relationships. Think of the opportunities missed for doing something that you love, that is fulfilling. Don’t settle for living this way forever. Find a job that you love. Get more education if necessary. At the least, make changes within your current job to lessen your unhappiness.

2. A Long Commute.

A long commute to work by car or public transportation is stressful and empty. Hours in a vehicle adds up to days, months, years wasted in traveling when you could be doing and living. Find a job closer to home, or move closer to your job. Whatever your reason is for this commute, is it really worth the lost time?

3. An Unhealthy Lifestyle.

Are you overweight? Do you smoke? Are you sedentary? Do you eat junk? Do you abuse alcohol or other substances? An unhealthy lifestyle leads to an unhappy life. If you feel bad and look bad, you can’t enjoy life. This is your one and only life, and your body is your sacred garment. Take care of it now.

4. Draining Relationships.

If there are people in your life who are abusive, demeaning, angry, hurtful, not supportive, unethical, or crazy, it is time to let them go. You may have your reasons for hanging on, but do these reasons really outweigh the negative impact they have on your life? At the very least, find ways to cut back on interactions with these people.

5. A Disordered Living Space.

How you live is a reflection of who you are. You don’t need to live in a mansion with lots of stuff, but your living space should reflect the joy, order, and peace you want in your life. It should be clean, orderly, and have some expressions of beauty and warmth. It should feel welcoming to you and to guests in your home.

6. Negativity.

It is around us all the time, invading our minds like termites. We hear and see negative ideas and images on the news. Our friends and associates share their negative stories or reactions to life events. We hear negative lyrics in songs or watch violence and abuse in movies or on TV. Before we know it, we feel negative and depressed about our lives. Turn it off. Walk away. Stop listening. Instead watch, read, and listen to uplifting and positive ideas and information.

7. Too Much Stuff.

Over the years, we accumulate. We like to buy things. We like to have things. But these things require our time, energy, money, and effort. They lose their shine and we lose our interest. They become a burden — something we have to dust rather than enjoy. Get rid of this stuff and free up time and energy in your life.

8. Financial Problems.

The stress and emotional pain caused by financial problems steals your joy and peace in life. Whatever you are doing now or did in the past to cause the problem, do something about it now. Yes, some financial difficulties are unavoidable, but do whatever you can to lessen the stress, even if it means delivering pizzas for a while. If you are over-spending, stop. Sell some things. Very few “things” are worth the stress of money worries.

9. Living Out of Your Integrity.

Are you living in alignment with your values? Are you being true to yourself? Do you need to apologize for something or ask for forgiveness? When you are living outside of your integrity, it causes a disruption in your soul and your psyche. It drains your energy, fosters guilt, and saps your self-esteem. Get right with yourself and with others.

10. Living Without Fun.

If you life is all duty and work (even if the work is enjoyable), you are living out-of-balance. Fun and relaxation are necessary ingredients for a full and joyful life. By removing some of the other stresses from your life, you can make room for pleasurable activities, travel, and entertainment. The world is your beautiful oyster meant to be enjoyed.

11. Accepting Ignorance and Inertia.

We use both of these as excuses not to do something. We talk ourselves into our own inability to accomplish or change because we are afraid. We are afraid it will be hard, we are afraid we might fail, we are afraid it won’t work. You and everyone else knows these are just excuses to avoid. Don’t accept them anymore. Stretch yourself.

12. Lack of Communication.

In every single relationship you have, especially your primary relationship, healthy communication is essential to your life happiness. We you aren’t communicating properly with someone, you feel anxious, angry, frustrated, and helpless. Open, honest, loving communication is the number one ingredient for successful relationships. If you don’t know how to communicate in a healthy way, then learn how to and begin to implement these skills.

Use the next few minutes to think about one area in your life you are just tolerating. How does this toleration impact your sense of well-being and joy? What is one action you could take today to begin to eliminate this toleration? Even a small change can make a huge shift for the better in your life.

爲什麽英語字體的COMIC SANS是“禁用”？

很紅的這個【英文字體用法】圖裏，最後一行寫Never Use Comic Sans。爲什麽啊，這是特指比較正式的場合嗎？

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回覆：Ent古生物學博士生，科學松鼠會成員

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以下內容多數編譯自 http://kadavy.net/blog/posts/why-you-hate-comic-sans/ 。

comic sans是一個差字體，太不正式、又沒有設計感，但還不是一個糟糕透頂的字體。它被抵制的最主要原因，是桌面出版的背景之下，平面設計者對于普及設計基本原理的訴求。

不過，轟comic sans 不等于轟“卡通風格的賣萌字體”……風格本身沒有錯，錯在于comic sans 的大量細節失誤還有使用不當。

說它差，主要有以下原因：

1 它的筆劃均勻度處理得不好。

如果說comic sans是最招人恨的字體，那麽Helvetica就是人們最喜愛的字體……可以看到，雖然基本設計上都是筆劃粗細一致，但是Helvetica特意在兩畫交匯的地方讓其中一畫變細了一點兒，但comic sans就是個大黑坨。

這有什麽關係呢？這個均勻度對于字體的可讀性很重要。均勻的字體讀起來明顯要輕鬆。

大家可以現在找一段文本，倆字體直接對比一下可讀性。

或者也可以這樣做：

加一個模糊效果。現在二者誰的黑色更均勻，應該很明顯吧。H 基本上是比較均勻的灰色，而 C 有的地方特別淺，有的又特別深。

C 中最明顯的對比可能是第三行第二個單詞“et”。C 的 e 特別深，而 t 特別淺。爲什麽呢？

看圖說話。C 的比例很失當。

Garamond 的 e 缺口很大，“眼睛”很小，但是沒關係，它用筆劃粗細變化解决了比例問題。
H 筆劃粗細變化很小，但是它眼睛很大，缺口很小，也維持了平衡。
C 就慘了，眼睛小，缺口大，筆劃還完全一樣粗，導致它的上部變成了一個大黑坨子。

2 它的字間距處理不好

有句話說：“恨一個人，就教他辨識字間距”。-_-b

而Comic sans的字母設計時幾乎沒有考慮過不同字母間的搭配問題，導致它的字間距根本沒法好看……

比如這裏，f 的橫畫太長了，使得 f 和 o 之間總會彆扭那麽一下。
當然它的字母搭配和字間距遠不止這一個例子……

3 它不是爲了反鋸齒而設計的，所以我們看到的不是它原本的面貌。

（注意：由于涉及到鋸齒問題，這部分請把瀏覽器開到100%再看。不要用放大或縮小的模式。）
這款字體設計于1994年，當時幾乎所有的個人電腦都沒有反鋸齒功能。
所以，其實comic sans 的完全體應該是左邊的樣子，而不是右邊。

每個字母都很小，所以能用來顯示它的像素數不是很多，對于分辨率低的早期顯示器尤其如此。這就導致早期字體像樂高一樣是鋸齒狀的。其實鋸齒沒有問題，只要針對鋸齒而專門設計一款字體就行了，比如comic sans。

可以明顯看到，在小字號+鋸齒狀態下，comic sans的表現很好，Garamond這種直接脫胎于傳統印刷體的字體就很差。

但是現代 PC 普遍用另一種辦法：反鋸齒功能，就是把邊緣的那些像素變成灰色，形成平滑的效果。一般情况下這樣要更好看，但是面對comic sans這種不是爲反鋸齒設計的字體，就讓它原本的一點兒設計感都蕩然無存了。

雖然說了這些，但肯定有人還是覺得comic sans沒什麽大不了的。我的態度是：也許你還不覺得它是個差字體，但至少也要看出它和別的字體的區別……知道了區別之後，價值判斷可以隨意。

以上，還不能說它是個糟糕透頂的字體；但它真正的問題在于，一種本來不怎麽樣的字體，被以錯誤的方式超大規模地使用了。它在錯誤的時間來到了錯誤的地點——它是win95附送的字體裏面顯得最日常、最不正式、最隨和的一個；而對大部分人來說，win95是第一次他們可以隨心所欲地使用字體。

這是所謂的“桌面出版”時代。在以前，字體問題是不存在的，因爲日常人根本沒有機會也不需要使用字體，他們只是閱讀專業排版工人的勞動成果而已，如果自己需要“出版”什麽東西——比如寫一張傳單，那麽就是拿起一支筆寫下幾段字然後拿去複印而已。

但是win95突然帶著這麽多字體到來了！對這些字體，普通人沒有任何概念——當然沒有了，從來沒用過啊。所以，你會挑哪一種字體來寫你的尋猫啓事呢？

到此爲止，問題還不大——只是幾張賀卡而已嘛。但是接下來有了互聯網。網頁和電子郵件的傳播，使得這種字體真的廣泛傳播開來了……

就算是這樣也無妨。但是桌面出版的浪潮總會誕生自己的學院派專家的。這些平面設計者們會立刻意識到，網上99%的東西都醜陋之極。他們無法接受這一點，正如學習繪畫或者音樂的人見到拙劣的作品會渾身不自在一樣；但是和其它藝術不同，在互聯網上，糟糕的設計可以得到與之不相稱的影響力，而做糟糕設計的人又太多太多。

所以，平面設計者對糟糕設計的感受，實際上和學院派學者對民科的感受類似，認爲它糟蹋了行業的尊嚴。而Comic sans，則是這種感受的最重要的承載者。

但是反對comic sans的目的却不是爲了反對本身。正如印刷術的流傳使得識字率大爲提高一樣，一個平面設計者的理想是，桌面出版的廣泛應用應當使得所有人都更懂得設計是怎麽回事，懂得設計的基本原理。這才是抵制運動的真正目的。

PS
zhuoqun 說：忘了哪個軟件了，要是過了試用期不花錢買，所有界面的字體都會變成 Comic sans。錦妖說是chocolat 幷提供了這張圖爲證。

PPS 評論裏晚來餐同學推薦的失敗的Comic sans使用一例

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