I started reading SICP many months ago hoping I could finish it by the end of the year. A colleague told me that it was unlikely to happen and what he said has eventually come true. Now I can foretell that I am unable to finish the book even the next year. The reason is simple - I'm too busy or, more accurately, too lazy to take it easy.

Reddit reading often takes me to essays with in-depth extension beyond my understanding. Obviously, I lack of a "solid foundation" of computer science (who doesn't ?). Should I grab some heavy text books? It is most disappointing to consult CS students (or instructors) for suitable text books though. Usually, they are too realistic to have the faintest enthusiasm for real geek fun.

I'm lucky enough to know many really good books at least :) Try hard to take things easy, only then can I make some progress.

If you try to install WLW on Windows Server 2003, you will end up with the following stop message.

"Windows Live programs cannot be installed on Windows Server, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, or Windows operating systems earlier than Windows XP Service Pack 2."

Damned straight, isn't it? But since we are hard core of geek fun, here is how to circumvent the restriction.

1. Find an Windows XP machine (WMWare if I say) and install WLW using the downloaded installer (WLInstaller.exe)
2. Copy C:\Program Files\Common Files\WindowsLiveInstaller\MsiSources\Install_{9176251A-4CC1-4DDB-B343-B487195EB397}.msi to your Windows Server 2003 machine
3. Double click the msi and finish installation

It turns out that the downloaded WLInstaller.exe is just a loader and gate keeper so all we need to do is to grab the real msi.

See also

Windows Live Writer Beta3安裝於Windows Server 2003

The breaking news is that I am possibly starting to click shutters!

This doesn't mean I'll change my attitudes towards those who say either "overexposure" or "underexposure" whenever they a picture.

I'm lucky enough to have a Cannon Powershot G5 to get my hands dirty. There are several real photographers near me and one of them is, remarkably, the mighty master om19!

Master om19 took his young apprentice (me) out to take pictures the other day. A kid came up and asked, "Sir, what's so interesting about the wires"? "um... We are just taking... pictures...", I replied with a contrived smile.

Indeed, they are interesting, especially in the LCD image frame. Here is my office building (a.k.a the transformer building).

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第一个目标是，达到auto档的水平。