Gee whiz
27/04/2004
Finally got what I was hankering for
That elusive G. Gmail to be precise. Yay! 1 gigabyte of email storage. Now I just need to find something to do with all that space… I can’t wait for the fallout in the free email space. Will Hotmail do something? Will Y! Mail do more than just not count my bulk mail and trash in my miserable 6mb quota? Such exciting times.
I haven’t really used GMail yet, but so far it seems really quick. Reply and forward functions are already loaded onto the page, so you won’t have to wait for the page to refresh to do something simple like forward an email. The addressbook is a bit pared down, just simple name and email format.
On the other hand, it’s a bit spartan. Contrary to popular belief, I don’t think it looks like Y! Mail (maybe with the exception of the colour scheme). Sure there are some similarities – the navigation on the left, the pull down menu to report spam etc. But engineers haven’t been known to be big fans of reinventing the wheel, so I’m not surprised at that. I don’t know, for now I think I’m still used to Y! Mail so I miss the nice extras like getting notification on Y! Messenger when I get new mail, and the disposable email addresses. It also can be argued that with 1 GB of storage, who needs it? I don’t know yet.
Cube Curios
The night before I left for Hong Kong I did a bit of research so we’d have an idea where to go. After taking in a couple of walking tours from Frommers, I made up my mind to head to Hollywood Road to check out the antique and curio stores. I decided that I was going to get a wooden Guan Gong figurine.
As the patron saint of beancurd sellers and according to Pantheon.org “He opposes all disturbers of the peace. He is charged with the task of guarding the realm against all external enemies, as well as internal rebels.” Hokey, I know. But nonetheless I thought it would be a nice addition to the office alongside the toys and books and essential oil lamps and curios from all over the world.
Most of the stores only had old ones – what did I expect shopping at antique lane – and they were way large, I think they were meant for altars. But I did find a suitable sized Guan Gong eventually.
Guan Gong, settling in with my books and files
So I settled for this one – it’s not wooden nor carved, but close enough. One of my co-workers mentioned in passing over breakfast that he knew for a fact in some companies figurines like this which can be construed as religious would probably not be allowed. My boss, in his usual fashion, said it wouldn’t be an issue in this office.
More cube curios
I just found out that they sell the cube tee shirt thing at the local Muji across the street. So I bought another 2.
Saying a lot of nothing I wanted to say
I originally wanted to comment about The Office Season 2, but got distracted and dished out a whole heap of other crap in this post. Only 1 word describes Season 2: painful.
