Ching's Weblog 敬.網.誌 (2004~2005)

Flipstart

Flipstart. By Paul Allen's (Microsoft co-founder) Vulcan.com.

via: HOW TO make a "Windows Vista" (Longhorn) Auxiliary Display (now)

Logogle

A fun tool to make Google-like logo. Try yourself :-)

Access to Typepad in China restored?

On late June and early July this year there were problems for Chinese netizens to access typepad.com blogs, including mine. It's about a month later so I asked people on the CBC mailing list...I got mostly positive reply, most of them are able to read my blog. Wonder if it's completely unrestricted?

Not totally BORED, but totally H.O.T....

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originally uploaded by Ching Chiao.

The first Nokia "totally board" event held in Asia. Ice/Snow in the hot air of downtown Taipei.

Great event, very entertaining. See some photoes that I took for the event. Fun, but so hot, and I did not expect to wait in the quene for 2-hour for the public snow board, and for 1-hour just to see the new Nokia 3G phone (those are the "bored" parts). Old school like me can't hang on to the highlight in the evening....concert performed by local pop/rock stars and rapper Coolio.

Kids loved it, but they kept reminding me "HELLOMOTO..." while seeing people using cellphones :-P

(zh-tw)BTW下午五點中正紀念堂照常舉行降旗典禮, 好久沒有聽到國旗歌了, 搞的我汗水淚水分不清:Download 降旗典禮.mp4

延伸報導: Extreme events excite the totally bored | I saw Coolio | 東森 | 蘋果

iPod成堆賣....

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originally uploaded by Ching Chiao.

MUSIC comes & goes, iPod stays.

市場成長趨緩 寬頻到家計畫恐受挫

(via CNET)

受限於國內寬頻連網市場成長率逐年趨緩，政府所推動的挑戰2008年國家發展重點計畫中600萬戶寬頻到家之階段性目標，恐將受挫。台灣網路資訊中心(TWNIC)今(21)日發表2005年台灣寬頻網路使用調查報告指出，截至今年六月底，國內上網人口已成長為1,466萬人，現可連 網家庭491萬戶，其中透過寬頻連網者為408萬戶，占國內總家戶數量中的56.84%，然受近年來上網人口比例成長趨緩影響所及，TWNIC預估道，寬 頻上網數量欲在2008年時，達成政府所設定之600萬戶寬頻到家目標達成可能性極低。負責執行此次寬頻網路使用調查作業之輔仁大學統計資訊系副教授兼公共事務事主任梁德馨表示，有鑑於國內交通部對寬頻連網之定義所限，加上近年家戶寬頻上網數量成長率逐年趨緩，自2004年38.48的高成長率，到今年僅於的2.24%成長率看來，我國在2008年達成600萬戶寬頻到家的可能性偏低。

給梁老師拍拍手! 我記得有一次去NICI開會, 會議中對於600萬戶的目標, 是非常堅持要達成的, 只是這些主政的叔叔阿姨們, 可能忘記寬頻聯網科技日新月異, 堅持目標一定要達成(其實不錯的啦), 但其實想想, 3G啟動, 光纖到府也要開展了, 行政院長也換人了, 可以依照現實修正一下嗎!

Skype in the Sky

Joi Ito just finished his first ever skype-casting while he's on the Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt. I wonder if it's the first ever skype-casting from the air in the Internet history. The sound quality is excellent.

BTW Ito-san said that there is no one sitting next to him...:-)

Skype to Google?

Skype seeks portal partners...and Google to buy Skype? (read more)

A very interesting article by Bambi Francisco from Marketwatch.com.

....I don't imagine the search engine will talk about its intentions (if any) of foraying into such a business. But since Google has its g-mail e-mail offering, it's already saying implicitly that conversations are a big part of the information that it wants to organize. Therefore, having a service that helps users communicate via instant messaging or voIP lines is aligned with its mission...Now, Google doesn't need Skype's 45 million users to jumpstart any business it gets into, and it certainly wouldn't buy Skype for revenue.

美國保留域名根服務器控制 中國要害部門要用.CN

 見全文 北京新浪網 (2005/07/20 10:01)

美國政府不久前發表聲明，美國商務部將堅持保留對互聯網域名根服務器(root server)的監控權，這一聲明的隱含信息是：美國將繼續掌握全球互聯網 的最終控制權。一石擊起千層浪，有關網絡信息安全問題再次成為互聯網業界的關注焦點。日前，ICANN(互聯網域名與地址管理機構)惟一一位中國籍理事， 中國科學院計算機網絡信息中心研究員錢華林首次對此評說：“美國此舉將意味著通用頂級域名(如.com、.net等)存在安全隱患，我國的一些要害部門， 如CCTV，應當釆用中國國家頂級域名CCTV.cn。”

錢老師以中科院CNIC以及ICANN董事身分發言,  自然會有一定程度的影響, 而網址市場本身就充滿銷價競爭以及對於頂級域名忠誠度的問題....但因為WGIG報告出爐, 美國此番言論也是為了要鞏固對於Internet資源的主導權. 許多國家(特別是開發中國家)對於網路資源, 特別是IP位址還有網域名稱, 也希望不要透過美國商務部和ICANN來管理. 換言之Internet越來越複雜, 越來越多政治外交角力. 當然了, 還有SPAM, 數位落差, 以及ISP網路訊務交換(Internet peering)等議題需要釐清. 不過最為critical的仍然是names & numbers的管理權.

還有, 我們一直在講"網路無國界"的慨念. 以WGIG的報告來看, 似乎大家都不這麼看.

由於WGIG是由聯合國主導, 所以台灣因為政治因素, 無法直接參與或給予WGIG / 聯合國任何建議. 這點需要更多來自學術界, 企業界, 甚至一般網友給予更多的建議及input. 有些會遭遇政治干擾的議題如country code redelegation (例如中國是否會要求將.tw / .hk收回管理), 或是country-based IP allocation (就是說IP位址發放將另採以"國家"為基礎的方式分配), 這些問題即使不是迫切的危機 (clear & present danger), 但也需要主管當局三思.

回到文章本身. 就市場而言(我想實際的安全議題仍是次要的), 這個邏輯若直接套在台灣身上, 就是請Hinet(www.hinet.net)也開始轉為使用www.hinet.net.tw啦!

延伸閱讀: 有關WGIG對於網路管理的報告(簡體)|WGIG對於網路管理的示意圖(非官方版)

get-your-second-level.tw

.tw is ready for second level registration. Something like acer.tw, ibm.tw is now available for corporate and general public. This "product" has been cooked for like 2 years more and finally it will be opened up for registration soon. See official press release (Chinese | English). If you have a .com.tw/.net.tw name already (cut-off date is 7/31), there's a sun-rise period from Aug. 23rd to Sept. 22nd. Nov. 1st of this year is the official launch date. Registration made before Dec. 31st will have the one-time setup fee waived.

Now go get it! :-)

(zh-tw).tw這個產品真是搞的一波三折, 並且在.cn, .jp, 甚至在 .sg之後才開放第二層, 似乎不夠time-to-market, 但求小心謹慎就是了. 許多政府單位提了一些保留字, 不公開給大眾註冊. 此舉有部分立意是良善的, 但也不禁讓人懷疑是不是保守主義作祟....