World of Goo

Terrific game. Physic engine is the key. 

Irish Coffe

Cool! Easy to make and great taste. 

2005 Quilceda Creek Columbia Valley

Upon opening, a little nose of alcohol, blackberry. Dark red, a little brown rim. Fruity, plum and tannic flavor, a little chocolate and earthy. A pleasant finish. Show balance and potential to develop already. See what happened after decanting. No big change after 2+ hrs decanting. A good wine, but definitely need time to develop. Will revisit after 5-10 years.

Hotel Marques de Riscal

http://www.arcspace.com/architects/gehry/riscal_winery2/riscal2.html

design by Frank Gehry. 

The liquid gold

What are the most expensive bottles for vintage 2005? Romanee Conti DRC, Petrus? For French wines, definitely. But check out this one: Scharzhofberger Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese, Weingut Egon Muller.  

It seems crazy. But TBA is the crown of Germany wines. And E. Muller's Scharzhofberger TBA is the pearl on the crown. 

The new Live-Ex classification

http://liv-ex.typepad.com/livex_fine_wine_market_bl/2009/03/the-liv-ex-bordeaux-classification.html

1982 Chateau Gruaud Larose

Brick red color.

Drink after 1.5 hrs decanting.  Very deep nose of chocolate, espresso. In mouth, smooth and powerful. Can feel oaky, black berries, earthy and floral. A long finish. 

After 2 hrs decanting, the chocolate and espresso flavor peaked. 

After 3 hrs decanting, the earthy and chocolate flavor faded. Fruity and floral flavors began to dominate.

A good wine. 

17/20

Red, white and drunk all over

by Natalie MacLean.

A very funny book on her road to wine critic and several interesting topics on wine.  Recommend

Ghost in the shell and Matrix

Check out the interview below

www.warnervideo.com/matrixevents/wachowski.html

Trend Following

If you ask me one way to become millionaire overnight, the suggestion is betting again trend. Again, if there is one way to blow up ASAP, it's betting again trend. 

It's not contradicted if you know the theory of probability and fat tail. Trend is something so smart that can make Richard Dennis as well as something so stupid can bankrupt Lehman Bros. and Bear Sterns. 

Trend following theory may be compensated by Elliot Wave. Or more accurately, it's just another detailed branch of trend following. The reason why it's so popular than hysteria and panic is because when people need a belief, they need that belief so philosophy, so humane, so robust to trust.. That's Elliot wave.

The experience of a trader would be the learning process of how to guess trend from past history, and also, how to exclude his personal emotion from the unbeatable trend going or turning. So my suggestion is: Forget "Buy low and sell high", "timing is everything". These are BS. I will tell you a more detailed nonsense investment motto:

It's all about trend, nothing less, nothing more.   

Millennium Prize Problems in Economics?

In my previous post, I mentioned the book by Marcus Du Sautoy on the history of prime numbers. Besides the main topic, this book also evokes my thinking on another thread. 

You guys may know the famous 1899 Hilbert's 23 unsolved problems. It is then followed by Clay Institute's Millennium Prize Problems. So if there is a counterpart for economists, what would it like to be? 

It may be harder to figure out compared with its mathematical cousin since economic problems are not so well defined given their close connections to real world problems. Assumption, modeling and solution are equivalently important. 

Chateau Mouton Rothschild

The Music of the Primes

by Marcus Du Sautoy

A wonderful book, funny and easy reading. 

Interested readers may be able to find his lecture at Clay Institute. 

2008年度名言

From "Batman: The Dark Knight"

HARVEY DENT

It's not about what I want. It's about what's fair.

(to Gordon and Batman)

You thought we could be decent men in an indecent world. You thought we could lead by example. You thought the rules could be bent but not break... you were wrong. The world is cruel.

(shows his coin)

And the only morality in a cruel world is chance. Unbiased. Unprejudiced. Fair.

霸王别姬

http://oldrecords.xikao.com/sheng/yangxiaolou/ly/cc-bwbj12.wma

梅兰芳去虞姬，杨小楼去项羽。梅位列四大名旦，而杨更被称为国剧宗师，这一段称得上前无古人，后亦恐无来者。看不到台上的，光是凭唱段就够了。

　近　侍：（白）启奏大王，汉兵攻打甚急。
　项　羽：（白）吩咐下去，四面迎敌者！
　近　侍：（白）领旨！
　项　羽：（白）且住呀！敌人攻打甚急，孤不出马，岂非怯战？此去必当战死沙场，再不能与妃子相见了。
　虞　姬：（白）大王此去，倘有不利，且退往江东，徐图后举，勿以妾为念也。
　项　羽：（白）哎呀，妃子啊！此番交战，必须要轻车简从，方能杀出重围，看来不能与妃子同行，这、这、这便怎么处？哦呵，有了！刘邦与孤旧友，你不如随了他去，也免得孤此去悬心。
　虞　姬：（白）大王啊！自古道：忠臣不事二主，烈女不嫁二夫。王欲图大事岂可顾一妇人？也罢！愿乞君王，三尺宝剑，自刎君前，喂呀！以报深恩也！
　项　羽：（白）妃子，你、你、你、你不可寻此短见。
　虞　姬：（白）大王啊！
　　　　　[哭相思]汉兵已略地，
　　　　　　　　　四面楚歌声。
　　　　　　　　　君王意气尽，
　　　　　　　　　贱妾何聊生！
　项　羽：（白）哇呀呀！（此哇呀呀叹尽霸王平生，妙绝）
　虞　姬：（白）快将宝剑与妾妃！
　项　羽：（白）千万不可！
　虞　姬：（白）大王，四面楚歌又唱起来了。
　项　羽：（白）待孤听来！
　虞　姬：（白）罢！
　项　羽：（白）哎呀！
（奏[尾声]）

粤剧

就我的感觉，其艺术性远不如京剧，也不如更为类似的黄梅戏和越剧。

舞台布置很粗糙，人物对白比较俗套，而且唱腔单调，缺乏表现力。

经济危机进化论

The Survival of the Fittest or The Survival of the Fattest

一剪梅·红藕香残玉簟秋

李清照

红藕香残玉簟秋。轻解罗裳，独上兰舟。云中谁寄锦书来？雁字回时，月满西楼。

花自飘零水自流，一种相思，两处闲愁。此情无计可消除，才下眉头，却上心头。

恭贺牛年

值此新春佳节之际，敝人谨代表chinesegen，mavaron恭祝各位新年快乐，牛年倒大霉，熊运不断，一熊到底。

祝各位股市的搞屎棍一赔到底，尽快破产，赶紧回去家里蹲，还股市以清净。

祝各位俊男美女天天吵架，生活本不易，哪有美好的爱情，三聚氰胺都不让加了，肾上腺素还能持久么？

祝各位80后父母被小孩折磨的不成人形，若不过此关，彻底顿悟，将来必是养儿为患。

祝各位找工作的四处碰壁，食不果腹。本就是拾人牙慧，什么金领白领，不过是自欺欺人罢了。

祝各位与熊共舞，认清现实，万物皆数字，横竖皆一死，做一个彻头彻底的唯物主义者。

最后送大家一副挽联：

牛熊本一体，又何分吉凶；

悲喜虽两极，却皆由人定；

横批： 和谐社会

2009

谁赚不到钱就是棒槌