Three big lists of useful software

March 5, 2006
software listsEvery day on digg there’s another list of freeware, games, or whatever. Well here’s yet another list, although this time there’s three lists from the first I found. And for added fun, two of the three are scoured from the rank and file of Something Awful contributors. The first is a bunch of useful Windows apps, the second is useful Linux apps, and the third is OS X (not Something Awful related). The Windows list includes an entire category for Shiny Chrome, which are mostly mods and guages for Winders (including some app launchers we might have missed on the launcher spree we went on a few weeks ago). Definitely a lot of great software on this list. Sadly, the Linux list is lacking in content. Only two or three apps per category. I know there’s more than that folks… Of course, the Apple list is good and bad and ugly. I mean, obviously Microsoft Office is going to be in there, but did it need it’s own sub-category? Anyway, these lists are fun for about twenty minutes or so, until you realize you’ve seen them all before (and only a couple were worth keeping). But there they are, ready for you to show a less-aware friend who asks you, “where can I find another chat tool?”
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故事媽媽說成語故事 - 對牛彈琴

March 5, 2006

小朋友妳知道「對牛彈琴」這個成語的由來嗎?
從前,有個著名的音樂家公明儀。他的箏彈得非常好,但有時會作些傻事。
有天,他看到一頭牛在他 家附近的田裡吃草。他一下子有了靈感,就跑出去為這頭牛彈琴。公明儀彈的曲子非常優美,他自己也陶醉在音樂之中。可是那頭牛根本不理會那美妙的音樂,只顧 著吃草。公明儀感到十分奇怪,不明白為甚麼牛對他的演奏無動於衷。很明顯,牛不理會他並不是因為他的演奏很糟糕。而是因為牛聽不懂也欣賞不了這種高深的曲 調。
很不錯的故事唷!
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故事媽媽說成語故事 - 旗鼓相當

March 5, 2006

小朋友妳知道「旗鼓相當」這個成語的由來嗎?
東漢時期,劉秀稱帝以後,仍然有一些人擁有重兵,各霸一方。劉秀經過五年的徵戰,把函谷關以東的割據 勢力全部消滅,最後只剩下了甘肅的隗囂集團軍和四川的公孫述兩支軍隊。後來,隗囂也歸附了劉秀。劉秀對他比較重視,待為上賓,其用意是利用隗囂的軍隊鉗制 公孫述的軍隊。劉秀寫信給隗囂,信中說:“如果公孫述出兵到漢中、長安一帶侵擾,我希望將軍率本部人馬抵住,因將軍實力與其‘旗鼓相當’。”
很不錯的故事唷!
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