橫梯滑梯

凡凡活動力實在不錯，對自己自信也夠，爬梯子不算是甚麼難事。

只是上去沒有問題，下來可能還得再練練。


另一個角度看凡凡爬梯子。


既然下去不熟練，就改用溜滑梯的方式下來也不錯。

小孩玩大車

下午租了車全家外出兜風，經過 Broad Institute 旁發現一個小公園，凡凡沒來過，看到裡面的車子想玩又不太敢，回頭找人跟他一起玩。


後來玩了幾次膽子就大起來了，開車開得很樂，爬上爬下。而且還知道美國跟台灣一樣是靠右駛，駕駛要坐在左邊。

自言自語

凡凡今天一大早就起來了，看了看媽媽還在睡，就自己跑到客廳拿起積木玩起來了，邊玩還邊自言自語，不知說甚些麼。

Free Tickets!

Cheering news for the TGIF. For some of you might be interested.

(Possibly to honor the day of my birth,) September 16, 1-5 pm, All seven Harvard University Museums, along with Gund Hall & the Collection of Scientific Instruments, will throw their doors open for FREE!

The exhibitions are pretty good, especially the famous "glass flowers". Don't miss it since the tickets are pricey.

Besides, there will be two football days at Harvard in October. If you happen to be a resident for following areas, you can get a ticket and lunch for FREE to the stadium watching Harvard football.

October 13: Allston or Brighton area.
October 27: Cambridge (which I am! yeah!) Dartmouth is visiting Harvard on this day.

公主徹夜未眠

前陣子看了篇成英姝寫的文章，覺得很不錯；雖然成的經歷顯赫 ─ 第三屆時報百萬小說獎首獎，文建會選為2000年十大文學人；但除了以前大學時看過她的「人類不宜飛行」之外，對她的印象，就只有她幫 SK II 拍的美美的廣告了。

查了一下，發現學校的圖書館收有成英姝的首部小說「公主徹夜未眠」，便借來看看。這書不知為何，被劃為 deposit，得先在網路上預約後由館員領出來才能借到。書本已經被「護貝」過了。

西方藏書多是用藏書票，而我們則是習用藏書章，打開封皮可以看見不同於其它學校裡的圖書館藏書票，它是一張空白藏書票再蓋上一個紅紅的藏書章，中西合壁。

書底是借出的記錄，呃，看來從 1997 年這書出版之後，到現在 2007 年一共十年，加上我也才只被借出了五次，有點意外，1998 就包括了三次，再來 2006 一次，然後就是我了(Feb 10 2008 - 學期結束那天)。不知另外四個人是誰呢？

如果有四百個人借過這本書，那一點都不稀奇；但如果只有四個人在這麼多書中選了這本書借回去看，就蠻有興趣想知道這其他四個人是誰了。不過話說回來，從台灣跑來這異域北大荒借中文小說看，不管說起來或聽起來都是件奇怪突兀的事。

如果成英姝哪天好奇 google 了一下自己的名字發現這篇文章，知道有五個人在這裡讀過她的小說，不知道她會感到高興呢還是失望多些？

我很喜歡這本小說，由短篇構成的類長篇小說。由於是老書了，網路上書評或心得有一大串，也就不用再補綴甚麼了。

Craig Venter's Genome

Finally, Craig Venter (aka, the Darth Vader of Genetics) got his genome fully sequenced and published. Both Nature and Science magazines reported it as news once this PLoS Biology article is on-lined.

It had been criticized by Science magazine editor that Craig Ventor's move as a "tacky move" to make himself as one of the five donors in the Human Genome Project.

And, of course, how can we miss this article in which Craig Venter was criticized by another editor -
I'm the human genome, says 'Darth Venter' of genetics
Robin McKie, science editor

Therefore, I am totally not surprised that Craig Venter has his personal genome fully sequenced.

Compared the news report from Science and Nature, the latter seems to hold a more friendly position to describe the news.

Not surprisingly, another famous ass hole will be fully sequenced pretty soon. His name is James D. Watson. Why can't we just spend our money on sequencing a relative NICE/GOOD guy's genome???
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Here are more discussions about the news of Craig Venter's Genome
The Seven Stones
CNN Anderson Cooper Blog
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The summary of yesterday's Craig Venter Genome article on PLoS Biology:

We have generated an independently assembled diploid human genomic DNA sequence from both chromosomes of a single individual (J. Craig Venter). Our approach, based on whole-genome shotgun sequencing and using enhanced genome assembly strategies and software, generated an assembled genome over half of which is represented in large diploid segments (>200 kilobases), enabling study of the diploid genome. Comparison with previous reference human genome sequences, which were composites comprising multiple humans, revealed that the majority of genomic alterations are the well-studied class of variants based on single nucleotides (SNPs). However, the results also reveal that lesser-studied genomic variants, insertions and deletions, while comprising a minority (22%) of genomic variation events, actually account for almost 74% of variant nucleotides. Inclusion of insertion and deletion genetic variation into our estimates of interchromosomal difference reveals that only 99.5% similarity exists between the two chromosomal copies of an individual and that genetic variation between two individuals is as much as five times higher than previously estimated. The existence of a well-characterized diploid human genome sequence provides a starting point for future individual genome comparisons and enables the emerging era of individualized genomic information.

故事書椅

最近朋友舉家遷往西岸 UC Riverside，送了我們一張單人沙發，放在房間裡面，當做給凡凡說故事用的地方。凡凡也曉得了，現在只要一想聽故事，挑了故事書，就小手拉大手地把大人拉到房間裡沙發上坐好，自己再坐在膝上，準備一起翻書，聽故事。

Cast of The Red Sox - Yankees Movie

The great labor day long weekend just ended. In this blue Tuesday, the first working day after the long weekend, let's have something fun to cheer us up for our tedious "researching work"!

It has been well known the tense rivalry between Red Sox and Yankees. Yankees just swept Red Sox in the 3-game series in Bronx. And then Conan showed this funny clip.



I have to admit that I was a little bit disappointed Yankees won all three games in that series. It doesn't matter now, there are lots of wonderfulness happened on Red Sox since then, and Yankees have been terrible all the way after that series.

A Good No-No !

I showed you before that Fan Fan doesn't like to hear "No-No" since he knows it is bad.

However, "No-No" can also be good. The Red Sox rookie pitcher just showed us one on Satuday night. Few hours before the game, Clay Buchholz was called-up to pitch because the original starting pitcher Wakefield felt hurts on his back. With no time to prepare himself, this is just his second game in major league.

However, this wonder boy threw a no-run, no-hitter game, aka, no-no game, in Fenway Park. The whole park went crazy that night.

Since 1900, Buchholz has been just the second pitcher who has a no-no game in first two performances. I am feeling another world champions now!
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Clay Buchholz threw a no-hitter in his second major league start, just hours after being called up by the Boston Red Sox.

The piece that espn did on sportscenter for Clay Buchholz's no hitter for the Boston Red Sox on September 1st 2007 against the Baltimore Orioles. This was a historic moment in the history of baseball and the Red Sox.

Mega Bloks

之前看見凡凡開始會堆積木，這週末便去買了 megablok 這種大型積木回來給凡凡，凡凡果然很感興趣，不過現在還停留在兩三塊積目組合再拆開的階段，沒辦法拼湊些複雜新奇的城堡或機器人出來。


臨走的時候，凡凡不知從哪裡自己抓了個玩具在手上不肯放，看了一下原來是個簡易的 projector，就是可以在牆上投射出圖案的那種小玩具，還附上 A-Z 字母的圖案，scan 了條碼發現竟然只要一塊美金，真是太便宜了，可以算是 our's best buy of the week.


這是在黑暗中投影在牆上的圖片，K 的 King。有點不清楚，但大概可以瞭解是甚麼情況。