tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76993742024-03-08T12:03:24.766+08:00Compass -- Direction and Drive for ExcellenceThe road is long, there are mountains in our way.
But we climb a step every day.Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.comBlogger341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-77027588946585972092009-02-05T01:44:00.001+08:002009-02-05T01:44:29.953+08:00海味軒| 香港燕窩海味網上專門店<p><a href="http://hiwave.starrygift.com"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="100" alt="海味軒" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VH6DvaJnPqo/SYnT_Yn9OgI/AAAAAAAAAIo/7FoXzOKMJPM/ws%C3%92%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" align="right" border="0" /></a>An associate site of Starry Gift, for online retail of dry seafood. </p> <p><a href="http://hiwave.starrygift.com">海味軒| 香港燕窩海味網上專門店</a></p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-34534062526058013542008-11-15T01:25:00.001+08:002008-11-15T01:25:52.544+08:00StarryGift | Wedding gifts and collectibles of Chinese and Western styles<p><a href="http://www.starrygift.com"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="170" alt="StarryGift" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VH6DvaJnPqo/SR20n0yg9bI/AAAAAAAAAH0/qrs6dXvlWq4/StarryGift_ebay%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="170" align="left" border="0" /></a> Another business that I have started with my family. It is an online store for selling gifts and collectibles. We have managed to source our supplies all over Hong Kong and China (all with proven quality). I believe some of them are quite innovative and interesting and may well be shared with our friends from the west as well.</p> <p>Originally the name Starry Gift was acquired for another idea of mine. Now then as the opportunity came as an online store, we just go ahead and do it. If you manage to drop my by store, please kindly give me some comments. We appreciate every pieces of your advices and we are dedicated to provide more and more inspiring gifts to you in the near future :)</p> <p><a href="http://www.starrygift.com">http://www.starrygift.com</a></p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-50829387812837870242008-08-07T00:14:00.001+08:002008-08-07T00:14:40.689+08:00Hello, world!I am on the intarweb!Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-39045433341930028672008-07-06T00:42:00.001+08:002008-07-06T00:42:37.684+08:00Palapple | SEO Solutions for your Business<p><img style="margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px" src="http://www.palapple.com/seo/images/pl_logo_pp.jpg" align="left" /> After five years being in the industry, I have decided to start my business.</p> <p>I named my company "<a href="http://www.palapple.com">Palapple</a>", given the original idea as making it a social networking website, I took the prefix "PAL". Along with the development of the application, I have started another business stream: <strong>Search Engine Optimization (SEO).</strong> </p> <p>Mainly being inspired by my friend, I realize that the local market for SEO is yet to be developed. Company may be reluctant to invest on information technology (being not directly revenue inducing), but more likely to invest on marketing. There are much demand for traditional marketing, but certainly we should not neglect the need of internet marketing.</p> <p>I have been doing a lot of researches and also recruiting an elite team to work on this. To visit my company website, please go to <a href="http://www.palapple.com">http://www.palapple.com</a></p> <p>Alternatively I am writing blog about SEO as well, please visit <a href="http://palapple.blogspot.com">http://palapple.blogspot.com</a> if you are interested in this topic too :)</p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-7056310206902476662008-04-17T00:49:00.001+08:002008-04-17T00:49:20.723+08:00Infosys grows revenue by 26 per cent<p>India is really doing a great job in terms of IT development. Local banks tends to outsource a considerable amount of IT related jobs to India, effectively reducing the support cost.  </p> <p>Infosys being one of the most prominent enterprises in Bangalore is expected to yield from this tide of outsourcing. On another hand this can be a good example set for China. Guangzhou seems to be another hot spot for Hong Kong outsourcing contracts. Larger efforts can be put in equipments and training, maybe in time Guangzhou can become another Bangalore in China.</p> <blockquote>Indian outsourcing giant <a href="http://www.infosys.com/">Infosys</a> posted revenue of $4.2bn (£2.1bn) for the 2007 financial year, 26 per cent up on $3.1bn (£1.6bn) of sales in 2006, beating analyst estimates.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2214311/infosys-revenues-21-per-cent">Infosys grows revenue by 26 per cent - 15 Apr 2008 - Computing</a></p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-52631448966102499932008-04-16T00:32:00.001+08:002008-04-16T00:32:27.733+08:00Google, Salesforce.com Integrate Apps<p>Google is indeed taking a serious move to specialize Google App targeting SMEs. By successfully integrate user friendly web-applications with powerful CRM back-end, business users are likely to be attracted. This can possibly pose a threat to existing think-client applications.</p> <p>There are concerns for a change though, like misgivings for leakage of confidential sales data or so, which are yet to be tackled and potential clients to be reassured.</p> <blockquote>Google and Salesforce.com on Monday announced the integration of Google's web-based suite of personal productivity applications and Salesforce's web-hosted customer relationship management application.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.redherring.com/Home/24122">Google, Salesforce.com Integrate Apps</a></p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-1866127473902660672008-04-16T00:14:00.001+08:002008-04-16T00:14:42.016+08:00Global temperatures 'to decrease'<p> <img style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px" height="194" alt="Villager walks through the snow in Nanjing, China (February 2008)" hspace="hspace" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44538000/jpg/_44538809_chinasnowap2226b.jpg" width="250" align="left" border="0" /></p> <p>The climate in Hong Kong was indeed cooler during this winter and the cold weather was longer than the previous two years, yet the situation as mentioned is caused by a global adjustment La Nina and is not following the normal trend.</p> <p>Fighting global warming is a persistent effort as we are maintaining a stable environment for our long term living. I hope that public awareness for this issue will never die out despite the short term adjustment. Afterall there are still a lot other issues to be resolved in this world, and taking up these social responsibilities onto our hearts maybe the most meaningful approach for us to live our lives without regret.</p> <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7329799.stm">BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Global temperatures 'to decrease'</a></p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-65677817452168134772008-03-02T02:13:00.001+08:002008-03-02T02:13:56.138+08:00Save Your Job Speak Up<p>May be this is right particular in some of the environments that I have worked in through these years. You have to know enough in order to secure your job, but at the same time stepping up too much will render more responsibilities on your shoulders.</p> <p>What I will do is to proactively know more, but in each area secure a number of parties who can help out as a backup. Shine whenever I can in a decent manner, try not to intimidate. Eventually you may find some opportunities to climb up the ladder, but all these comes a prerequisite, you have to love what you are doing.</p> <blockquote>If you claim to know something, you open yourself up to criticism of your opinion and being proven wrong. So, you have to be honest about what you know.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.codeodor.com/index.cfm/2008/2/29/Save-Your-Job-Speak-Up/2028">Save Your Job Speak Up</a></p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-54763881612867597862008-02-29T01:35:00.001+08:002008-02-29T01:35:43.968+08:00Google offers team Web site publishing service<p><img style="margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px" src="http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20080228&t=2&i=3324917&w=192&r=2008-02-28T061158Z_01_N27507086_RTRUKOP_0_PICTURE0" align="left" />Yet another endeavor for Google to ease team building and collaboration. What worth appreciating is its consistent simplicity for all the services. Simple and atomic in terms of functionality as the first step, then gradually improves and make the service more integrated and usable.</p> <p>Perhaps it is because of this reliable rollout approach, Google services can gain popularity quicker than her rivals among the general public, with much less investment in marketing campaigns as well. </p> <blockquote>The new service, the latest stage in the Internet leader's push into the market for business and educational users, allows non-technical users to organize and share digital information such as Web links, calendars, photos, videos, presentations, attachments and other documents in an easy-to-maintain site.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2750708620080228?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0">Google offers team Web site publishing service | Technology | Reuters</a></p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-11079009229102769432008-02-29T01:11:00.001+08:002008-02-29T01:11:56.372+08:00Building a Web of Influence<p>Sometimes I do think that networking is a major hurdle for those who are working in the IT industry. The job nature requires a high degree of independence and as time goes by your communication skills may deteriorate.</p> <p>Although social networking websites are powerful tools in favor of IT practitioners, it can only extend your network in an ossified manner. The way of communication it advocates is no way compared to face-to-face contacts.</p> <blockquote>My problem could be networking. Or more specifically, a lack of it. I work in a basement where my only business contacts are my dogs, which appear unimpressed by my résumé.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/fashion/28Cyber.html?ex=1361941200&en=264d9b74b0589452&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">Building a Web of Influence - New York Times</a></p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-67581589822602626492008-02-27T23:29:00.001+08:002008-02-27T23:29:49.269+08:00''Doomsday'' Seed Vault Opens Near North Pole<p align="center"><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/photogalleries/seedvault-pictures/images/primary/1_SEEDVAULT_461.jpg" /> </p> <p>Very cool complex, a modern version of Noah's Arc. And it look gorgeous too! </p> <blockquote>The "doomsday" vault is designed to keep millions of seed samples safe from natural and unnatural disasters: <a href=" http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/environment/global-warming/">global warming</a>, asteroid strikes, plant diseases, nuclear warfare, and even <a href=" http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/index.html?section=e">earthquakes</a></blockquote> <p><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/photogalleries/seedvault-pictures/index.html">National Geographic News Photo Gallery: ''Doomsday'' Seed Vault Opens Near North Pole</a></p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-86302098592120676422008-02-27T00:16:00.001+08:002008-02-27T00:16:33.336+08:00Global Warming, Up Close and Personal - TIME<p align="center"> <img title="Global Warming Environment Polar Bear" style="margin: 0px" height="247" alt="Global Warming Environment Polar Bear" src="http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2008/0802/melting_podcast_0221.jpg" width="372" /></p> <p>With the natural habitat distorted to the current stage, I am wondering if we can do anything to restore it to the original state? We burn down forests and melt the polar ice, what eventually will the world be like? </p> <blockquote>What they'll see may be startling. Climate change has already refashioned the geography of the Arctic, melting glaciers that past adventurers — not to mention the Inuit who make their home in the far north — once journeyed on securely.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1715522,00.html?xid=rss-health">Global Warming, Up Close and Personal - TIME</a></p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-56301920700589489262008-01-30T01:38:00.001+08:002008-01-30T01:38:43.586+08:00Markets Go Up, Markets Go Down<blockquote> <p>I believe that superior investment skill has more to do with temperament than with a high IQ. Successful long-term investors will inevitably look stupid in the short run. And they will have to endure severe rebukes from Wall Street while they wait alone.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2008/01/29/markets-go-up-markets-go-down.aspx">Markets Go Up, Markets Go Down</a> </p> <p>It's true that Warren Buffett is investing wise by choosing good stock and hold them long term, pragmatically I am doing the same, by missing the chance to sell when I should.</p> <p>One of my favorite stocks - China Life Insurance. less than two years it grew from $6 to $50. Only if you have a platform for buying H-shares or A-shares, you too will be stunned by the speed of its expansion. </p> <p><img height="300" src="http://baby.boom.com.hk/charting/HK/2/6/28/2628_2y.gif" width="524" border="0" /></p> <p>The recent bear market brings another opportunity,  with a huge market of insurance, we may want to keep related stocks long term as well.</p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-73353175806964218062008-01-29T01:50:00.001+08:002008-01-29T01:51:47.285+08:00Silverlight 1.0 going out as an optional Windows update today<blockquote> <p>Microsoft® Silverlight™ is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. Silverlight offers a flexible programming model that supports AJAX, VB, C#, Python, and Ruby, and integrates with existing Web applications. Silverlight supports fast, cost-effective delivery of high-quality video to all major browsers running on the Mac OS or Windows.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=718">Silverlight 1.0 going out as an optional Windows update today | The Universal Desktop | ZDNet.com</a> </p> <p><img style="margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px" src="http://silverlight.net/Themes/silverlight/images/logo.jpg" align="left" /> I have tried out <a href="http://silverlight.net/">Silverlight</a> just now and somehow it provides slide show experience similar to those in <a href="http://www.youtube.com">youtube</a>. Online video are delivered via wmv streaming. The video player controls appear as aqua look and feel consistent with those as appear in Vista.</p> <p>To me it is an advanced RIA framework targeting to achieve light weighted multimedia online along the back-end approach of <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/">Flex</a>. It will take some time to dominate the market, with incumbent technologies like Flash, it all depends on the willingness of developers to make the switch.</p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-24205537778703229732008-01-24T22:12:00.001+08:002008-01-24T22:12:09.756+08:00Removing Blogger (Blogspot) Navigation Bar<p><a href="http://lh6.google.com/peterchoicm/R5ics2sCHsI/AAAAAAAAAE4/Z6zZuA2NQNE/blogger_navbar%5B1%5D%5B2%5D"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="23" alt="blogger_navbar[1]" src="http://lh3.google.com/peterchoicm/R5ictGsCHtI/AAAAAAAAAFA/ByDV5A3KPQY/blogger_navbar%5B1%5D_thumb" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>To remove the navigation bar in former classic Blogger, I made use of the following css setting:</p> <blockquote> <p><code><font color="#8080ff" size="2">#b-navbar { <br />height:0px; <br />visibility:hidden; <br />display:none <br />}</font></code></p> </blockquote> <p>Since Blogger has upgraded the above method is no longer effective as the keyword <font face="Courier New" color="#8080ff">b-navbar</font> has been changed to <font face="Courier New" color="#8080ff">navbar-iframe</font>, so the correct CSS segment should be:</p> <blockquote> <p><code><font color="#8080ff" size="2">#navbar-iframe { <br />height:0px; <br />visibility:hidden; <br />display:none <br />}</font></code></p> </blockquote> <p> <a href="http://lh5.google.com/peterchoicm/R5ictmsCHuI/AAAAAAAAAFI/AizlpEQpWwM/image%5B14%5D"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="189" alt="image" src="http://lh3.google.com/peterchoicm/R5icuGsCHvI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/C4eXye74M9M/image_thumb%5B8%5D" width="532" border="0" /></a> <br />But note that the above CSS <strong>alone</strong> is only applicable on new version of Blogspot templates. In my case where I adopt the former classic template on new Blogspot, after applying the navbar-iframe segment, the bar is gone, but there is a margin (place holder) covering my header image. In this case, try applying the code below too:</p> <blockquote> <p><font face="Courier New" color="#8080ff" size="2">#space-for-ie { <br />  position:absolute; <br />  bottom:0px; <br />}</font></p> </blockquote> <p>I have searched through the entire web, most of the websites missed out the <font face="Courier New" color="#8080ff">space-for-ie</font> segment until I conducted trial and error many times to get rid of this margin. Hope this helps :)</p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-72198411368926672092007-12-16T01:33:00.001+08:002007-12-16T01:33:00.740+08:00Climate deal sealed in Bali<p>It is good to see that the world is actually getting together to act on this global issue. The upcoming two years would be critical for the formation of actual measures to reduce CO2 emissions.</p> <p>Two more years for a conclusion, we are indeed racing against time.</p> <p><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3055669.ece">Climate deal sealed in Bali - Times Online</a> </p> <h5>Ways to go green</h5> <p><img height="70" alt="Eco Turbine" src="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00176/eco-turbine_176112a.jpg" width="165" /></p> <h4><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2793337.ece">Climate change: Ten ways to save the world </a></h4> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-5420907611033752632007-12-15T00:02:00.001+08:002007-12-15T00:02:13.610+08:00U.S., Europe Near Climate Compromise<p> <img title="Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore" style="margin: 2px 10px 0px 0px" alt="Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore" src="http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2007/12/13/image3613960g.jpg" width="244" align="left" /></p> <blockquote> <p><b>(CBS/AP) </b>The U.S. and Europe headed toward a compromise solution Friday at the U.N. climate conference, breaking a deadlock over how ambitious the goal should be in negotiating future cutbacks in global warming gases, the German environment minister said.</p> </blockquote> <p>To effectively cut down global emission of greenhouse gases, we may require strong stipulation and guidance together with adequate education for our next generation.</p> <p>The new Agreement may well serve as a supplement or successor of the Kyoto Treaty, which again demonstrates the apparent determination and consensus among member countries for resolving the issue. This is however only step one which is more like a show of gesture, compliance to this Agreement is what that it takes to improve the situation.</p> <p>We all hope this initiative pay off eventually.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/14/tech/main3618117.shtml?source=RSSattr=SciTech_3618117">U.S., Europe Near Climate Compromise, E.U. Likely To Accept Non-Binding Emissions Goals To Get Bush Administration Onboard - CBS News</a></p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-27119366203924176202007-10-12T20:27:00.001+08:002007-10-12T20:27:24.252+08:00Gore and UN panel win Nobel prize<p> <img style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px" height="152" alt="Nobel laureate Al Gore" hspace="hspace" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44172000/jpg/_44172046_gore_b203_afp.jpg" width="203" align="left" border="0" /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7041082.stm">BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Gore and UN panel win Nobel prize</a> </p> <p>It is encouraging to hear that the global climate effort is finally being recognized. The prize is awarded based on a judgement of an endeavor from the simplest perspective.</p> <p>Disregard the figures and "scientific consensus", shouldn't we be more considerate on the environment at this very moment? Shouldn't we be acting soon enough to prevent everything from going irreversible? Assuming no political agenda, I believe Gore is acting from this simple perspective as well.</p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-54729213412848219732007-10-08T23:55:00.001+08:002007-10-08T23:55:06.799+08:00Relive my Story<p>Sorry to my readers (if any) that I have been extremely busy these few weeks... On moving house, studying, reforming myself and setting everything back to normal... </p> <p>For long I have been using this blog as a channel to express my view on certain significant issues (those that I think should matter to everybody), like Global Warming, Poverty, IT Development etc. I really plan to continue this way. No matter how insignificant my voice is, every words that happen to be here are part of my pledge and my lifetime objective. </p> <p>Yes... I am restarting my engine...</p> Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-29595377114028442732007-05-09T01:53:00.001+08:002007-05-09T01:53:13.671+08:00May Jukebox 2007<p></p> <p><strong>Dream a Little Dream of Me<br>Milton Adolphus / Gus Kahn</strong></p> <object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" height="45" codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701" id="WinMediPlay" type="application/x-oleobject"><param name="src" value="http://unity.homedns.org/~peter/temp/DreamALittleDreamOfMe.wma"/><param name="autoStart" value="false"/><param name="showControls" value="true"/> <param name="ShowStatusBar" value="false"/> <embed type="video/x-ms-asf-plugin" pluginspace="http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wurecommended/s_wufeatured/mediaplayer/default.asp" src="http://unity.homedns.org/~peter/temp/DreamALittleDreamOfMe.wma" name="mediaplayer" showcontrols="2" showdisplay="0" showstatusbar="0" autostart="0" height="40"></embed></object> <p>Stars shining bright above you<br>Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you"<br>Birds singin’ in the sycamore trees<br>Dream a little dream of me</p> <p>Say nighty-night and kiss me<br>Just hold me tight and tell me you’ll miss me<br>While I’m alone and blue as can be<br>Dream a little dream of me <p>Stars fading but I linger on dear<br>Still craving your kiss<br>I'm longin’ to linger till dawn dear<br>Just saying this <p>Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you<br>Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you<br>But in your dreams whatever they be<br>Dream a little dream of me <p>Yes, dream a little dream of me</p>Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-52924274200319416482007-04-27T00:34:00.001+08:002007-04-27T00:34:25.526+08:00Green IT: Why it matters<p>Being involved in the technology industry myself, I am pretty well aware of the environmental impact it is putting on the planet. Indeed if every organizations can take a couple of minutes to strategize their IT infrastructures, much energy can be saved every day.</p> <p>Consider the number of servers existing across the company, they are working 24 hours non-stop, yet are they being well utilized? Are they really that productive all the time? How many of them are old machines being there no longer used? </p> <p><strong>Sort out all the servers that are not well utilitized, regroup the applications and switch off some of the machines.</strong></p> <p>How many employees are leaving their workstations turned on throughout the night? Many of them are considering a "quick wake up" of their machines when they come back the other day, afterall they are not responsible for the electricity bill.</p> <p><strong>Lay down a company policy that enforce the staff to turn off their workstations when they off from work.</strong></p> <p>Are you disposing old computers and hardware properly? Any idea to have a second hand dealer to take care of those e-waste? Most of the time they can resell them in their market. Or maybe you can contact a voluntary organization that collect obsolete hardware from companies, they can refurnish the stuffs and donate to those who need them.</p> <p><strong>Have a mind of charity. You can do more than one good deed by reusing, reselling or recycling electronics wastes.</strong></p> <p>Rest I can reassure, environmental sustainability is not a complicated issue that requires corporates to incur huge sacrifices and costs. We can save money and help the planet by using our brains sometimes.</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4929">Link to » Green IT: Why it matters | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com</a></p>Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-33575643572464555692007-04-24T22:21:00.001+08:002007-04-24T22:21:16.282+08:00China gas emissions 'may pass US'<p><font size="2"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px" height="152" alt="Air pollution from a factory in north-eastern China" hspace="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41902000/jpg/_41902362_pollution_afp203b.jpg" width="203" align="right" border="0">With such a huge population it is indeed not surprising that China will sooner or later become the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, yet I do not feel particularly worry.</font></p> <p><font size="2">Not because I am biased towards my own country, indeed China can exercise a better control over civilians in these kinds of affairs. The largest problem in China are still poverty, welfare and education, controlling carbon emission is a comparatively small issue and the government should be capable to tackle this well.</font></p> <p><font size="2">A strict regulation and control can be arguably good or bad. While it can be interpreted as a lack of human rights or whatever, I do believe in this context, strict regulation is the quick clean solution we ever need.</font></p> <blockquote>The International Energy Agency had predicted China's carbon dioxide emissions would pass the US by 2010.</blockquote> <p>Source: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6587493.stm">BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | China gas emissions 'may pass US'</a></p>Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-45688700822980496562007-04-24T22:11:00.001+08:002007-04-24T22:11:20.924+08:00Global warming imperils Himalayan glaciers<img style="margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px" alt="Photo" src="http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20070423&t=2&i=635786&w=192" align="left" border="0"> <p> The problem is clearly worldwide. It is not the responsibility of a single country, but both developed and developing nations have the duty and obligation to regulate their carbon emissions.</p> <p>When the glaciers on top of the mountains melt, the effect would be very much similar to the melting of arctic icebergs. Water will eventually flow into the ocean or being carried by the clouds to the ocean. Both a rise of sea level and dilution of the ocean will cause a series of ecological problems.</p> <blockquote> <p>BEIJING (Reuters) - Global warming could wipe out large areas of glaciers in the Himalayas and surrounding highlands, threatening livelihoods across much of Asia, climate scientists said in Beijing on Monday.</p></blockquote> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSPEK8597720070423?feedType=RSS">Global warming imperils Himalayan glaciers | Science | Reuters</a></p>Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-1176731312687730722007-04-16T21:48:00.000+08:002007-04-16T21:48:37.103+08:00Poverty figure drops beneath one billion<p>With more collaboration and communication through the web, I really hope that people can gain a better understanding about different pictures of this world. Do a bit of soul searching... </p> <p>Should this be happening? Should we help to solve it at a quicker pace?</p> <blockquote>Elizabeth Stuart, of Oxfam, said: "Poverty is declining but at a snail's pace. Today 50,000 people will die of preventable diseases."</blockquote> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/04/16/cnpoor16.xml">Poverty figure drops beneath one billion | Business | Money | Telegraph</a></p>Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699374.post-1176100926954872342007-04-09T14:42:00.000+08:002007-04-09T14:42:06.960+08:00Republicans frosty on Gore's Global warming warnings - CNN.com<blockquote cite="http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/21/gore.ap/index.html?eref=rss_space">"The planet has a fever," Gore said. "If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don't say, 'Well, I read a science fiction novel that told me it's not a problem.' If the crib's on fire, you don't speculate that the baby is flame retardant. You take action."</blockquote><p class="citation"><cite cite="http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/21/gore.ap/index.html?eref=rss_space"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/21/gore.ap/index.html?eref=rss_space">Republicans frosty on Gore's Global warming warnings - CNN.com</a></cite>.</p><p class="citation">There is indeed no time for us to think about the causes and inter-relations of what and who is causing this problem. That time has already gone. We should now head to focus on what we can do to solve this problem.</p>Peter Choihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704203503123871225noreply@blogger.com0