Yesterday, Beijing marked the 60th anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule over Taiwan in festivities meant to affirm the mainland's claim to the island.

Jia Qinglin, a member of the Communist Party's Standing Committee, led an official ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, and delivered a speech titled "Strive for peaceful reunification of the motherland and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." Meanwhile, The People's Daily, a main party newspaper, declared in a front-page editorial that "Taiwan has never been a country but is instead an inalienable part of the Chinese territory."

A photo exhibition on Taiwan opposing Japanese war atrocities is also held at the National Museum of China in Beijing, showing Taiwan people's spirits and the island's historical connection to the mainland.

PieTTY 則是源自於 PuTTY ，修正與完整支援亞洲等多國語系字元、 並在使用界面上大幅改進、易學易用的版本。

最近从日志里发现了Sohu的Spider的踪迹: 感觉Sohu的蜘蛛命名还是应该更规范一些。

220.181.26.112 - - [24/Oct/2005:12:15:11 +0800] "GET /tech/unicode_java.html HTTP/1.1" 200 12857 "-" "sohu agent"
220.181.26.111 - - [24/Oct/2005:13:00:52 +0800] "GET /tech/resin.html HTTP/1.1" 200 8221 "-" "sohu agent"
220.181.26.111 - - [24/Oct/2005:13:00:52 +0800] "GET /bbcweb/206.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 1870 "-" "sohu agent"

之前写过一篇关于spider跟踪的文章：让搜索引擎Spider告诉你：什么时间，从哪里，用什么身份抓取了你的网站。已经将Sohu agent加入了我的AWStats统计的robots.pm中。2005/10/09 AWStats已经升级到6.5了，更新后的：最新的包含国内主要搜索引擎的search_engines.pm在这里下载，只需要覆盖原有lib\目录下的文件即可。

基于CVS日志的项目统计：AWStats的作者Eldy在这个项目上，也是主要以周末为主。

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Google的地图很方便

It is always fun to compare the main headlines of Xinhua's Chinese and English websites. Today for example, the lead story in English shows foreigners just how seriously China is taking the threat of bird flu:

Bird flu: Beijing demands rapid response
Three hours. That's the maximum it should take for a bird-flu outbreak anywhere in the country to be reported to Beijing.

The exacting timeline is part of a contingency plan hammered out by the Ministry of Agriculture to counter possible outbreaks of the potentially-fatal influenza this autumn and winter.

Having alleviated the worries of the hypochondriac foreigners, Xinhua has different priorities for its Chinese readers. The main Chinese headline today is:

60th anniversary of Taiwan coming back to China — Jia Qingling makes important speech

Exciting stuff.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Bohai Sea in Seoul, a different set of avian worries has caused some young ladies in bikinis to perform what Xinhua calls a "nude protest" against KFC's treatment of chickens (pictured).

A Chinese blogger named shizhao writing on CNblog.org says that he has information that Wikipedia will be unblocked by Wednesday this week. He also has some suggestions for complaining about the Nanny's nefarious blocking activities: complain directly to your ISP.

Apparently, the ISPs cannot reveal the reasons for a website being blocked because such decisions are usually taken by Public Security organizations and the ISPs do not usually know the reason themselves, but they can nonetheless pass on applications for a site to be unblocked.

Below is a link to a map of the Chinese Internet, showing how the ISPs connect to the backbones and to other countries. Clicking on the icons for each ISP takes you to their websites, where you can usually find an online form or an email address to use for your complaint. You should submit the IP address as well as the domain name.

So fellow Internet users in China, start complaining about the shoddy treatment we receive from the Nanny! Report blocked sites! El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!

Yeah right.

還是覺得太複雜了。我決定不要再苛責自己。重新思索工作流程，倘若我要回覆每一封 email 都得要停頓這麼久的時間，自己完成每個流程，那麼的確應該想想這些不協調到底適不適合被解決。 另外幾天前曾經想到一個好的判準：我每天是否有完成或者促進到，我自己心底的目標。如果有的話，那麼就對了。 所以，這就是我們的時代，這個前進兩步，後退三步，還以為已經做到很多的、被浪費掉的時代。這時代的質感粗糙到糟糕，然後負了一堆債。 Cahier Lukhnos，Zonble，「青年啊！你的命運是負債」（評論感想，歌唱著作） Zonble，好像最後還可以加一句： 青年啊！趕快我來教你理財！ 這樣是否聽起來很正面說？哇哈哈哈哈。 Schee，「去不成的...」Portable Media Expo。（這樣接在 Zonble 的後面，好像有什麼特別的指涉.... :P）

记得以前读书的时候，同学之间开玩笑经常会说一句“因为所以不但而且”。当时身处那个环境，觉得这种用法理所当然。现在回过头去想，恐怕这是杭州人的独创，未必见得全国通行。 “因为所以不但而且”主要有两种用法：一，它带有几分耍赖、狡辩的味道，说话的人因为不想老实回答而闪烁其词。（问：你为什么没把那本书带来？答：因为所以不但而且。）二，它具有不容质疑的口吻，说话的人觉得根本不需要找理由、或者没有理由来解释。（问：为什么老师总偏向某某？答：因为所以不但而且。） 巧的是，英语里的just because有着完全相同的用法，而且近几年的使用率越来越高。举例如下： 闪烁其词： A: Why don’t you let me see your room? （为什么不让我参观你的房间啊？） B: Just because! （不为什么！） A: Just because? It’s extremely messy, huh? （不为什么？房间里肯定乱得一塌糊涂，对吧？） B: Darn. Do you really have to say it out loud? （讨厌。你就非得揭我的底吗？） 不需或没有理由： C: Madonna is almost 50. Why are you still obsessed with her? （Madonna都快五十岁了。你为什么还那么迷她？） D: Just because! （这根本不需要解释！） E: Why is it that you are so good [...]