Why is google building a browser?
The video is in English with Chinese sub-title.
观看开发小组提供的视频，了解 谷歌浏览器所秉承的理念及具备的功能。
For more information on Google Chrome, visit:
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/11/announcing-chromium-os-open-source.html
or
http://www.google.com/chrome
Advanced Google Image Search
The first video is in English:
If you like to learn how to search for Images that is being "labeled for commercial reuse with modification", clips the video below:
Google－谷歌图片搜索 ：搜索有"表情"的图片
The video is in Chinese. It explains how to use advanced image search to look for photos with faces only.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Librarian's Internet Index
Librarian's Internet Index (LII) is a publicly-funded website and weekly newsletter serving the world.
Every Thursday morning Librarian's Internet Index sends out free newsletter "New This Week", which features dozens of high-quality websites carefully selected, described, and organized by a team of librarians.
Topics include current events and issues, holidays and seasons, helpful tools for information users, human interest, and more.
You can subscribe to the newsletter by email or RSS, or read it on the Web.
In the fall of 2009, the Internet Public Library (IPL) will merge with the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) to create a new web presence.
The Librarian's Internet Index at http://lii.org/ is a directory of websites that you can trust.
It is well organized and you can find more than 20,000 quality sites organized into more than 14 main topics and 300 subtopics.
Every Thursday morning Librarian's Internet Index sends out free newsletter "New This Week", which features dozens of high-quality websites carefully selected, described, and organized by a team of librarians.
Topics include current events and issues, holidays and seasons, helpful tools for information users, human interest, and more.
You can subscribe to the newsletter by email or RSS, or read it on the Web.
In the fall of 2009, the Internet Public Library (IPL) will merge with the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) to create a new web presence.
The Librarian's Internet Index at http://lii.org/ is a directory of websites that you can trust.
It is well organized and you can find more than 20,000 quality sites organized into more than 14 main topics and 300 subtopics.
Monday, December 08, 2008
NLB's FREE eResources
National Library Board send me this alter on NLB's FREE eResources on
Saturday, 6 December, 2008 6:12 AM
Here is the full message:
From:
"donotreply@nlb.gov.sg" donotreply@nlb.gov.sg
To:
dexterine@yahoo.com
Spread the word about our library eResources and eContent at eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
You are able to retrieve 800,000 eBooks and 600 eMagazines FREE anywhere and anytime from this website.
Besides, you can check out company profiles at OneSource, get the latest articles of Harvard Business Review from the EBSCOHost Business Source Complete, as well as Time and New Scientist from Proquest Central.
In addition, you can read full-edition and coloured digital global newspapers from Library Press Display and your favourite fashion, entertainment and sports magazines such as Vogue, Cosmopolitian and Entertainment Weekly from Pop Culture eCollection.
You can also register for library programmes at golibrary.nlb.gov.sg and watch past programmes such as exclusive video interviews with John Woo and Jack Neo on gomedia.nlb.gov.sg
So do check out eresources.nlb.gov.sg and help us to spread the word about this fantastic service!
Saturday, 6 December, 2008 6:12 AM
Here is the full message:
From:
"donotreply@nlb.gov.sg" donotreply@nlb.gov.sg
To:
dexterine@yahoo.com
Spread the word about our library eResources and eContent at eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
You are able to retrieve 800,000 eBooks and 600 eMagazines FREE anywhere and anytime from this website.
Besides, you can check out company profiles at OneSource, get the latest articles of Harvard Business Review from the EBSCOHost Business Source Complete, as well as Time and New Scientist from Proquest Central.
In addition, you can read full-edition and coloured digital global newspapers from Library Press Display and your favourite fashion, entertainment and sports magazines such as Vogue, Cosmopolitian and Entertainment Weekly from Pop Culture eCollection.
You can also register for library programmes at golibrary.nlb.gov.sg and watch past programmes such as exclusive video interviews with John Woo and Jack Neo on gomedia.nlb.gov.sg
So do check out eresources.nlb.gov.sg and help us to spread the word about this fantastic service!
Monday, December 01, 2008
When you start being critical ...
When you start being critical of others, you know that your are the lucky one who have some spare time on your hands.
Spend it organizing your things in a creative way and channel your energy to benefit yourself instead of wasting it critiquing others.
Spend it organizing your things in a creative way and channel your energy to benefit yourself instead of wasting it critiquing others.
Friday, November 21, 2008
The Selat Society 石叻学会
The Selat Society was officially registered on the 12th of June, 2005. It was established by 8 founding members with common interest/passion in the study of the history of Singapore.
Through academic research/fieldwork, publications and exchanges, this group hope to elucidate links with the past, enrich the understanding of our heritage and local history among members and others who share the same interest.
石叻学会成立于2005年6月12日，它是由一群本地的历史文物爱好者（吕世聪，梁丽娟、李晓梅，何奕恺、白钜炳、洪毅翰、黄沛发、曾荣松。）发起的业余组织 。
学会的理想与目标是希望通过交流、研究与出版，推动会员和同好对本土及东南亚历史与文物的认识。
Source of information:
The Selat Society 石叻学会 home page:
http://www.selatsociety.sg/
Accessed on 21 Nov 2008
NEWSLETTER of SELAT SOCIETY No 1 (March 2006)
MICA(P)337/03/2006, ISSN:1793-32342
石叻学会会讯（第一期）2006 年3 月
http://www.selatsociety.sg/newsletters/newsletter2006mar.pdf
Accessed on 21 Nov 2008
Current Activities:
Exhibition 展览
Dust-Bound Materials: Artefacts and Records for the Study of Early Chinese History in Singapore
尘封史料: 文物、文献与早期新华历史研究
Date: 1 – 26 Nov 2008
Time: 10am - 9pm daily
Venue: National Library (Victoria Street), Level 7
Admission: Free
This exhibition showcases a wide range of historical materials useful for the study of the Chinese in early Singapore. The artefacts and records on display also present some interesting historical anecdotes.
由石叻学会主办的"尘封史料-文物、文献与早年新华历史研究"展，汇集各类文物与文献实物，阐明本土研究史料的多元化，同时亦反映许多史料随着时代的发展而逐渐流逝。
Selat Society 石叻学会
Address and email:
133 New Bridge Rd #04-48,
Singapore 059413
selatsociety@yahoo.com.sg
Musings on Selat
Extracted from page 12-13, NEWSLETTER of SELAT SOCIETY No 1 (March 2006)
MICA(P)337/03/2006, ISSN:1793-32342
石叻学会会讯（第一期）2006 年3 月
http://www.selatsociety.sg/newsletters/newsletter2006mar.pdf
石叻是新加坡的旧名称，这无庸质疑，早年本地的一些历史学者亦作过考究。只是随着时间的流逝，知晓石叻之名由来的人越来越少，尤其是年轻一代。
因此无论是温故知新或是老调重弹，石叻之名的朔源，便显得很有必要。
石叻是马来语－Selat 的音译，即海峡之意。
清代时，较早以音译记录Selat 一名的中国文献是1820 年的《海录》。《海录》是由广东人谢清高（1765－1821）口述，其同乡杨炳南笔录成书的。在《海录》里，Selat 是被译称为“息辣”。
成书于道光28 年（1848）的《瀛环志略》则将Selat 称作“息力”，并将此地名标于马来半岛图的南端。
同时代周凯的《厦门志》称之为“实力”。
李钟珏在他的《新加坡风土记》这么说道：“…旧名息力又称 石叻。”李钟珏于光绪13 年（1887）旅新后著此书。
就算是到了上世纪中叶，本地老一辈华人依然将新加坡俗称为“石叻”或“石叻坡”。
本岛的一些地方, 也以石叻命名 , 例如: “石叻路”, “石叻门”。
《瀛环志略》里马来半岛图上的“息力” 实际上 , Selat 的中文译名早可能出现于中国唐代的文献。
《新唐书》卷43 引贾耽《皇华四达记》：“又两日行至军突弄山，又五日行至海硖，番人谓之质，南北百里，北岸罗越国，南岸则佛逝国，东水行四五日至柯陵国，南州之最大者。”
根据法国学者Ferrend (费琅)的考证，认为文中的“质”即新加坡与马六甲海峡。后来日本学者藤田丰八及我国的许云樵等学者多认同此说。
到了元代时，江西南昌人汪大渊的《岛夷志略》暹条中载：“近年以七百余艘来侵单马锡，攻打城池，一月不下。本处闭关而守，不敢与争，遇爪哇使臣经过，暹人开之，乃遁，遂略昔里而归。”文中的“昔里”，即是Selat 之对音。
Through academic research/fieldwork, publications and exchanges, this group hope to elucidate links with the past, enrich the understanding of our heritage and local history among members and others who share the same interest.
石叻学会成立于2005年6月12日，它是由一群本地的历史文物爱好者（吕世聪，梁丽娟、李晓梅，何奕恺、白钜炳、洪毅翰、黄沛发、曾荣松。）发起的业余组织 。
学会的理想与目标是希望通过交流、研究与出版，推动会员和同好对本土及东南亚历史与文物的认识。
Source of information:
The Selat Society 石叻学会 home page:
http://www.selatsociety.sg/
Accessed on 21 Nov 2008
NEWSLETTER of SELAT SOCIETY No 1 (March 2006)
MICA(P)337/03/2006, ISSN:1793-32342
石叻学会会讯（第一期）2006 年3 月
http://www.selatsociety.sg/newsletters/newsletter2006mar.pdf
Accessed on 21 Nov 2008
Current Activities:
Exhibition 展览
Dust-Bound Materials: Artefacts and Records for the Study of Early Chinese History in Singapore
尘封史料: 文物、文献与早期新华历史研究
Date: 1 – 26 Nov 2008
Time: 10am - 9pm daily
Venue: National Library (Victoria Street), Level 7
Admission: Free
This exhibition showcases a wide range of historical materials useful for the study of the Chinese in early Singapore. The artefacts and records on display also present some interesting historical anecdotes.
由石叻学会主办的"尘封史料-文物、文献与早年新华历史研究"展，汇集各类文物与文献实物，阐明本土研究史料的多元化，同时亦反映许多史料随着时代的发展而逐渐流逝。
Selat Society 石叻学会
Address and email:
133 New Bridge Rd #04-48,
Singapore 059413
selatsociety@yahoo.com.sg
Musings on Selat
Extracted from page 12-13, NEWSLETTER of SELAT SOCIETY No 1 (March 2006)
MICA(P)337/03/2006, ISSN:1793-32342
石叻学会会讯（第一期）2006 年3 月
http://www.selatsociety.sg/newsletters/newsletter2006mar.pdf
石叻是新加坡的旧名称，这无庸质疑，早年本地的一些历史学者亦作过考究。只是随着时间的流逝，知晓石叻之名由来的人越来越少，尤其是年轻一代。
因此无论是温故知新或是老调重弹，石叻之名的朔源，便显得很有必要。
石叻是马来语－Selat 的音译，即海峡之意。
清代时，较早以音译记录Selat 一名的中国文献是1820 年的《海录》。《海录》是由广东人谢清高（1765－1821）口述，其同乡杨炳南笔录成书的。在《海录》里，Selat 是被译称为“息辣”。
成书于道光28 年（1848）的《瀛环志略》则将Selat 称作“息力”，并将此地名标于马来半岛图的南端。
同时代周凯的《厦门志》称之为“实力”。
李钟珏在他的《新加坡风土记》这么说道：“…旧名息力又称 石叻。”李钟珏于光绪13 年（1887）旅新后著此书。
就算是到了上世纪中叶，本地老一辈华人依然将新加坡俗称为“石叻”或“石叻坡”。
本岛的一些地方, 也以石叻命名 , 例如: “石叻路”, “石叻门”。
《瀛环志略》里马来半岛图上的“息力” 实际上 , Selat 的中文译名早可能出现于中国唐代的文献。
《新唐书》卷43 引贾耽《皇华四达记》：“又两日行至军突弄山，又五日行至海硖，番人谓之质，南北百里，北岸罗越国，南岸则佛逝国，东水行四五日至柯陵国，南州之最大者。”
根据法国学者Ferrend (费琅)的考证，认为文中的“质”即新加坡与马六甲海峡。后来日本学者藤田丰八及我国的许云樵等学者多认同此说。
到了元代时，江西南昌人汪大渊的《岛夷志略》暹条中载：“近年以七百余艘来侵单马锡，攻打城池，一月不下。本处闭关而守，不敢与争，遇爪哇使臣经过，暹人开之，乃遁，遂略昔里而归。”文中的“昔里”，即是Selat 之对音。
Monday, November 17, 2008
las.singapore libraries bulletin's photostream
Library Association of Singapore (LAS) has posted most of the recent year photos published on Singapore Libraries Bulletin (2006 - to date) at flickr.com:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26743943@N00/page3/
There are only 3 pages at the moment, yet you may like to check it up from time to time to view more current photos recording activities organized by LAS.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26743943@N00/page3/
There are only 3 pages at the moment, yet you may like to check it up from time to time to view more current photos recording activities organized by LAS.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Google Earth
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/
"Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places and share with others."
Google Earth Offers maps and satellite images for complex or pinpointed regional searches.
Google Earth 4.3 (beta) features:
Photo-realistic buildings from cities around the world
Dawn to dusk views with the Sunlight feature
Swoop navigation from outer space to street-level
Just wonder what you can benefit from Google Earth, take a tour via the Tutorial link below:
http://earth.google.com/tour.html
Other features:
* Photo-realistic Buildings
With Google Earth 4.3, see 3D buildings faster and in more cities than ever before.
Now you can access hundreds of new buildings from the world's cities, including San Francisco, Boston, Orlando, Munich, Zurich, and dozens more.
* Swoop Navigation
Fly seamlessly through the landscape with new navigation controls.
Swoop from outer space to street level and leap from one building top to another.
Use the look joystick to view buildings as if you were standing right in front of them.
* Light and Shadow
With the new Sunlight feature, you can watch the sunrise and sunset from anywhere.
Move the time slider to watch dusk, dawn and shadows move across the Earth.
* Street View
Street View, available in Google Maps, is now in Google Earth!
Fly into panoramic images of select cities and take a 360 degree tour.
http://earth.google.com/
"Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places and share with others."
Google Earth Offers maps and satellite images for complex or pinpointed regional searches.
Google Earth 4.3 (beta) features:
Photo-realistic buildings from cities around the world
Dawn to dusk views with the Sunlight feature
Swoop navigation from outer space to street-level
Just wonder what you can benefit from Google Earth, take a tour via the Tutorial link below:
http://earth.google.com/tour.html
Other features:
* Photo-realistic Buildings
With Google Earth 4.3, see 3D buildings faster and in more cities than ever before.
Now you can access hundreds of new buildings from the world's cities, including San Francisco, Boston, Orlando, Munich, Zurich, and dozens more.
* Swoop Navigation
Fly seamlessly through the landscape with new navigation controls.
Swoop from outer space to street level and leap from one building top to another.
Use the look joystick to view buildings as if you were standing right in front of them.
* Light and Shadow
With the new Sunlight feature, you can watch the sunrise and sunset from anywhere.
Move the time slider to watch dusk, dawn and shadows move across the Earth.
* Street View
Street View, available in Google Maps, is now in Google Earth!
Fly into panoramic images of select cities and take a 360 degree tour.
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