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Stieg and Scanners

I finished reading "Girl with Dragon Ratio". In the book Stieg Larsson wrote the handsome jounalist brought a Microtek scanner with him when he came to the island, and he used an Agfa film scanner to scan films in his research. Back in 2001, compared to other gears he used such as an iBook, the two scanners were also a symbol of his taste and profession. I happened to be quite familiar with scanners, especially these two brands. Now Agfa is no longer selling scanners, and Microtek is almost not found anywhere. If Larsson is still alive, I wonder if he can still find someone to repair his scanners -- and it's just less then ten years ago when they were big names in the industry.

Life is Beautiful

A good friend C is starting a new life in another country. He just finished a grand tour after years of working, and now he's ready to begin a new journey to unknown frontiers. Wish everything goes well and he will find happiness at the end of the road.

This photo is irrelevant, just want to show my beautiful girl. :D

Vegas

Had a biz trip to Vegas last week. No a penny spent on slot machine. Not watched a single show.

First time driving in USA. Driving was not a problem, but without a GPS was. I got too dependent on a GPS so suddenly I can't drive without one. It was especially hard at nights when it's hard to see the signs, and I often drove onto wrong lane so had to turn or could not turn, and thus needed to find another way.

New Year Trip

This Chinese New Year holidays we had a family trip to my home town Kaohsiung. It is strange to call it a trip because we need to go there every year on the Chinese New Year to see my father and grandparents. However, since my two brother-in-laws all need to go to southern Taiwan because they both married Southern Taiwanese girls, my mother-in-law will be left in Tamshui alone so we need to hurry back on the second day of the new year in the past. This year we managed to make some changes. My brother-in-law drove his mom to meet us in Kaohsiung on his way to Ping Dong, and then we can spend a few more days in Kaohsiung. My son and daughter finally have a chance to know my home town. Sully went with us the whole time.

Happy New Year

Today I received a hand-written greeting card from Rex. It's been years I don't see real paper cards since e-cards replaced them. Thank you, Rex!

Before and After

The screen saver of my notebook showed the photo above and then the bottom one accidentally. It was a great combination of "before and after" scenario. The first photo was taken when Allie was 37-week pregnant, and the second one was taken when Summer was 3 months old.