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2月22日

Talking about "Monster Get You the Interviews; We Get You the Jobs!"

我姐吹,我也吹。不知道,被她train过的,目前的成功率怎么样?我得开一个B2签证培训,我目前的战绩是培训了5个,5个都一签pass,或者在新东方底下挂个名,开个分部Open-mouthed

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"Monster Get You the Interviews; We Get You the Jobs!"
------ Slogan for my intervew consulting company
今天忽然意识到原来自己写Blog,竟是在吹自己炫耀自己,不是会修车,就是会滑雪,要不就是会演戏的。唉,没办法,我这人就这水平了,这bold girl看了,不见得还有什么更损的词儿形容我呢。
既然如此,那今天还得再接再励,继续发挥这一光荣传统。
今天又发现自己有另一个talent,那就是给别人做interview consulting。这不,今天晚上,又在电话上和一个小学妹讲了一个小时,狂传授个中奥秘。回想起来从自己开始找工作到现在这3年来,大大小小给他们咨询过的也不下10个了吧。有的是电话咨询,有的是赞助简历,有的还当面答疑。就连Helen都说,“怎么又有人打电话向你咨询面试的事了?”至于咨询的结果,自我感觉,customer (free of charge) 听后还都觉得头头是道,受益匪浅的。于是和朋友吹嘘,说自己应该开个专业的面试咨询公司了。他立马儿就帮我把宣传语给想好了,响不/牛不?
PS:再补吹一条(买一送一):
上次我小弟结婚,就时势造英雄。我就受命于危难之中,婚礼前3天,被重亲属一致推举为婚礼总管外加婚宴支宾。3天之内日理万机,呕心沥血,有条不紊地为一群Ph.D.安排工作,最后婚礼取得了轰动性的成功。事后,小弟就建议我们应该开个婚庆公司,弟媳负责服装化妆,他负责音响,他妈负责后勤,我负责总调度。
看来我是真得开点儿什么皮包公司了。Hot

2月21日

Talking about I Love You, but You Love Meat --- a message received on Valentine's day

Funny story.

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I Love You, but You Love Meat --- a message received on Valentine's day
Valentines' day, it is everywhere, so overwhelming and unavoidable. My friend told me "To single people like us, it is like Thanksgiving for some poor people who can't afford turkey." Open-mouthed
Nonetheless, I still received the most humorous Valetine's day's confession from someone. Even NYTimes helped on making it for me!



2月20日

Back from the court


老婆从court回来,但是没有等到判那个人就撤了,主要人太多了,不知道要等到什么时候。把要求赔钱的资料给他们了就。我这回来在Columbus Court的网站上一查那个哥们,没戏了。哥们老黑,惯犯,在Columbus就有11条records。从99年开始,到07年。他之所以被抓住是因为10月份有一次robbery,小子够猖獗的,所以被抓了。估计这个哥们肯定没钱赔,白高兴了,明天给court再打个电话问问,明天再汇报。

Thinkpad T40 series Video Chip Design Flaw


My Thinkpad seldom crashes. But when it does, it means a serious problem. I had Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) one year and a half ago and later it completely crashed. When you turn it on, just black screen. Then I sent it back to China and did a BGA work. Then it was fixed. But now the problem starts again. Below is a detailed description of the "Ball Grid Array" (BGA) design. This is a stupid design. Lenovo should have recalled this model due to the design flaw. People who have T4x should unite together, send emails to Lenovo and have them recall these laptops.

Quoted from a professional:

"The problem is that the video controller chips separate from the motherboard, in the newer laptops. Newer (past few years) video controller chips are attached to the motherboards using what is called "surface mount" technology. As processor transistor densities increase, it becomes almost impossible to attach them to motherboards using pins. This is because the pins would have to be so close together, that the soldering process would end up cross-soldering pins (soldering one pin to another.) Surface mount technology uses what is called a "Ball Grid Array" (BGA), which means they now use an array of tiny solder balls to attach the chip to the motherboard. The weakness of this method, is that the solder will crack over time, either from differences in thermal expansion in the motherboard and chip, and/or more commonly from the motherboard flexing slightly. Whenever you pick up the laptop, place it on an uneven surface, adjust the screen angle, etc., the case flexes slightly. The motherboard is attached to the bottom of the case, so it also flexes. This is why you can temporarily fix the problem by pressing on the case. Chips attached with pins (like the CPU) are largely immune to this problem, because the pins can flex along with the motherboard, without cracking like solder does.

Some people have fixed this problem by shimming the area between the graphics chips and the underside of the keyboard (not possible where the video chip has a fan on it. Also, some models, like the R40, have a poorly designed heat sink for the video controller, that only comes in contact with one side of the controller; this exacerbates the motherboard flexing problem, because of the uneven pressure applied to the chip. A url that discusses this problem is http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=237501&sid=07fe537a23bb9753c3709261b44c3880

This is indeed an example of very poor design by IBM engineers. Both the bad video controller heat sink design and not reinforcing the motherboard (by attaching it to a vented aluminum under plate, which is in turn attached to the case,) are major design weaknesses. We can see from some of the above postings, that repeatedly replacing the motherboard isn't a long term fix. I believe IBM isn't the only company who made this mistake. I think you'll find that almost all laptop manufacturers have committed this error. So now, we have a situation where laptop computers have become a disposable item. Adding an under plate to the motherboard should fix the problem; it will add a pound or so to the weight, but that is a small price to pay for reliability."
http://www.technotaste.com/blog/thinkpad-t42-ati-radeon-9600-driver-and-the-blue-screen-of-death-bsod/#comment-44014

2月19日

第一代移民

 确实想想,第一代移民的生活就是艰辛呀。昨天和一哥们聊天,说每天晚上下班还能看看书,好羡慕呀。想想自己成天都是疲于奔命,忙了这个忙那个。老婆有时说,咱们累死累活为了啥?

为了今后物质生活好点?为了挣点钱给父母养老?还是为了以后自己的娃?

结论是,别废话,好好干活吧。

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blog worthy

Sillyjin跟我都是第一代移民,不同的是,我在北京,他在美国。

Sillyjin问我,没有北京户口,有啥不便?我说,死了不给烧。

他说,我烧你。

吾心甚慰。

未雨绸缪:

解 释 比喻事先做好准备工作。
出 处 《诗经·豳风·鸱号》:“迨天之未阴雨,彻彼桑土,绸缪牖户。”

虽然没户口,可啥也不怕,等我儿子上学了,初中上二中,高中上南开。再以后,Sillyjin同学眼馋了,要带走给他当儿子。我说,

“连名字都不用改!”

Sillyjin兴奋至死,说太tmd blog worthy了。

我就blog了。

立此为据。

2月9日

集结号


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http://www.zorland.com/
2月3日

饺子


昨天自己弄了次饺子,follow老妈的菜谱,馅是有啥算啥的那种,基本上,肉,木耳,鸡蛋。葱姜建议去买个chopper,切起来太痛苦了。买的现成的饺子皮,很省事,做水的功夫,就包了20多个。吃起来还不错,没少放香油。Wink

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南瓜馅饺子

微笑在 美国生活挺单调,我现在给大家介绍一种饺子馅:猪肉馅一磅,南瓜半磅,韭菜3两,虾仁0.5磅,南瓜擦成丝,粗一点没关系,南瓜不削皮,洗净即可,韭菜洗 净控干水分,切成韭菜末,虾仁切碎,猪肉馅先打水,大约放一纸杯水,搅拌成糊状,放虾仁和猪肉馅搅拌在一起,放姜末,放南瓜丝,放韭菜末,一定要记住顺 序,韭菜末在最上面,放植物油和麻油,植物油和麻油一定要倒在韭菜末上面,因为用油和韭菜馅,韭菜不出水,煮出来的饺子韭菜绿绿的很好看。我做的这个南瓜 韭菜馅非常受欢迎,得到很多人的好评。大家有兴趣可以试试

2月1日

我们家的传统


这两天发生的事情太intense and ironic啦!绝对的blog-worthy!

刚刚我姐来电话,猜告诉我发生了啥?她的车刚刚被砸,车里的GPS被偷!我这个赔多少还前途未卜,她这又添乱呀!而且据说警察连指纹都没取,估计没戏了。

老婆说,被砸车,丢GPS都成我们家传统了。

米国无望啦!