Trappist Rochefort 8

Belgian ale. Dark brown in the cup. Terrific foam. Fruity and chocolate aroma. The foam is sweet while the beer is more malty. Overall, a well balanced beer.

1996 Château Tirecul La Gravière Cuvée Madame

Dark golden color. Honey, acid, mineral and a little spicy. Well balanced.

Robin Hood

Not a blockbuster like Black Knight, but not a disappointment either.

Trying out Diigo

Seems to be an interesting tool and can replace delicious. Check out the link below:

http://diigo.com/0b185

What would be announced at Apple WWDC 2010?

iPhone III is in sight. What else can be expected?

AAPL performance (using closing prices) during the WWDC for past five years:

2005   Jun 6-10  37.92-35.81      -5.6%
2006   Aug 7-11   67.21-63.65    -5.3%
2007  Jun 11-15  120.19-120.50  +0.26%
2008  Jun 9-13  175.75-172.37   -1.9%
2009  Jun 8-12  143.85-136.97   -4.8%

Will Diablo III be a big disappointment?

Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo are no doubt the big three for Blizzard. However, the latter two now live in the shadow of WoW since it has become the indisputable profit engine for the game developer. Now, finally, the players are welcoming the sequels, SC II and Diablo III.

I like SC II though it's definitely not going to replace the old version. The animation is cool and I believe Blizzard is going to keep what has been proved to be the success recipes for old SC. However, I also believe there will be negative things, and the fun from old SC is not upgraded simply by a cooler animation.

But for Diablo III, what I get is disappointment. I haven't seen anything to be excited about. It has a different story line but that's not enough. Maybe I am a little bit too harsh and honestly, I don't have very concrete ideas about what should be added. But what I can say now is from the trailers, the game does not give me that feeling.

Anyway, it's good to try. SC and Diablo are classics, and that's not about to change.

My first port

Graham's 2003 Vintage Port. Too sweet for me. Stop me from feeling other layers of the wine. Not my style.

旧片重温

Le Comte de Monte Cristo 1998 starred by Gerard Depardieu.

悲惨世界连环画

张定华创作的插图，非常有表现力，他还创作过罗曼罗兰的约翰克里斯多夫的连环画。

http://comic.tom.com/vw/2101.html

2005 Sine Qua Non Atlantis Fe2O3 1b

My first SQN wine. Didn't decant it but I can sense its greatness upon opening. The wine has it all, and shows the delicate presentation of every layer in its complex flavor. I can feel sweet and silky tannin, as well as the typical pepper for a syrah wine. Also, there is some fruity hint which demonstrates the young and easy-going side of this wine. Really a master piece for the wine maker. I will give it 19/20 (leave some room for more surprise from SQN).

西门庆和弗洛伊德

最近，网上热炒的一条消息是山东安徽多地争当西门庆故里，开发金瓶梅经济。这里，先放下这背后的刻意炒作，眼球经济，以及西门庆本人的历史价值不谈，用唐太宗的话说，以人为鉴，可以知得失。

西门庆是本我，众生为自我，而中国传统则推崇超我，如此一来，便形成了一个两头不讨好的人格分裂，一方面被超我与自我的巨大差距所苦恼，一方面与本我和自我间备受煎熬。概而言之，超我再非理想，而成为了被人利用的工具。一个简简单单的西门庆，也成为了超我和本我两方角力的对象。

这种弗洛伊德式的社会人格分裂放之四海而皆准，只是中国社会尤为严重，西门庆早已灰飞烟灭，但众人心中的西门庆又在哪里？

We Rule

http://werule.ngmoco.com/

An interesting SN game developed by famous mobile game developer ngmoco:).

RPG+Movie?

http://www.ninokuni.jp/

Studio Ghibli, the famous Japanese animatior, is cooperating with Level 5, a Japanese game developer, to produce a RPG game with fantastic pictures. This is interesting. Hollywood has already  been quite into this movie+game mode.

I like Ghibli's past works. It would be great if they can move all their movies online to make a cloud-like virtual world.