China related podcast recommendation

If you have an iPod or MP3 Player and you are interested about China, you may want to hear the following Podcasts.

1. Kung Pao (**) - http://kungpao.podbus.com/ : Life, love, and survival in the rural sticks of China. Very funny.
2. China Business Podcast (***) - http://feeds.feedburner.com/technomicasia : deep insights for western people who want to do business in China.
3. 3 minutes in Shanghai (**) - http://feeds.feedburner.com/3minutesinshanghai : A brief look at life in Shanghai, covering everything from eating to the environment, love to labor practices.

This list will be updated continuously. And if you know any good podcast, leave in the comment.

Watched movie "Intersection" today

Easy Saturday. So turned on the TV and happened to watch an old movie - "Intersection" - starred by Richard Gere & Sharon Stone. Richard Gere plays a man, Vicent, caught between two women: his chilly, remote wife (Sharon Stone) and his vibrant young mistress (Lolita Davidovich). How the marriage declined, how the affair began, and how the two women's paths eventually cross--everything is seen in flashback after Gere's car spins out of control in a horrible accident.

I found that the ending was very interesting. The accident on the intersection led the death of Vicent and left both women with a "yes" answer. The problem was resolved. But the pay was death.

We will always face the intersection in our life and not know which way we should go. It is always hard to make a decision. But at least one thing we can do is to avoid the intersection. For example, if you can't handle two women at the same time, then stick on one :) The important thing is to find out what is the most import for your life. People always want to get both wife and lover. But it might be hard.

Google is not the leader of Enterprise Search

source: technewsworld

Many corporations had hoped that enterprise search systems would improve when Google, which has become the firm synonymous with search, made a major foray into the enterprise search market in June 2004. But while Google has generated buzz about enterprise search, the company has not emerged as the market leader -- at least not yet.
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While Google has generated buzz about enterprise search, the company has not emerged as the market leader -- at least not yet. "Initially customers were excited about Google getting into the enterprise search business, but many of them have been disappointed with the company's products," said Gartner Group's Andrews.

Some of the complaints center on the product's Internet-centric design. Google's PageRank search technology, which determines which items are displayed to users, does not categorize company data as well as it does Web information. The product does not offer corporations robust filters so they can fine tune searches. An aerospace company may want to break a term like satellite into four or five subcategories but the search engine may only support the two or three categories.

Security is a high priority issue for enterprises. In health care companies, access to patient data has to be protected, and a growing number of laws have made it clear that businesses need to protect financial data. In some cases, users are not able to set search engine security parameters so they are in sync with corporate policies.

There are also organizational items that Google needs to address. The firm's business has been built with a paper thin support system. "Enterprise users are willing to pay extra for software as long as they are assured that the vendor will support it," noted Gartner Group's Andrews. Google has not spent much time developing indirect channels, such as systems integrators and value added resellers, to help market and support its products.

The end result is enterprises in need of a search engine are often left with unfulfilling options. "Enterprise search products have been improving, but additional enhancement are needed for them to meet the needs of many companies," concluded Forrester Research's Brown.

stomach in July, 2005

stomach in July, 2005
Originally uploaded by baybay12.

My stomach is getting bigger:( So is my weight. Do you know how heavy am I now? Somewhere between 150 and 200 :)

So I decided to work it out. Or go back to my hometown because I lost 10 lbs last year in my city. I need to either decrease my weight or build up my muscle.

I will update my stomach photo NEXT YEAR ^_^