Plusplusbot and Pylons
“Karma for anything and anyone” - http://plusplusbot.com
An extremely simple yet interesting idea, a bit similar to the “X me” application on Facebook. Reminds me of the idea behind those “mini-blogs”.
Pylons: A lightweight Python Web Framework - http://pylonshq.com
I’ve been coding a lot with Python lately. Gotta check it out this weekend.
A thing is at its best when …
A thing is at its best when you share it with someone else.
Palm trees: raising the bar
The afterglow was amazingly colorful. And the palm trees just reminded me of the ad for Cingular / AT&T wireless… :D
SoCal = Beach + Sunset
At least that’s what it appeared to me. Lots of photogenic beaches that were simply gorgeous at sunset.
1200 miles in SoCal
Back from a roadtrip to LA and San Diego over the Thanksgiving weekend. A bit too much of driving…
Well, so I have now officially completed my tour of the “four corners” of the U.S.:
- NE corner (Acadia National Park in Maine, May 2005)
- NW corner (Shi Shi Beach / Olympic National Park in WA, August 2005)
- SE corner (Dry Tortugas National Park / Key West in FL, November 2006)
- SW corner (San Diego in CA, November 2007)
Next, to the Grand Circle!
Giant Interactive, Giant Lesson
Giant Interactive (NYSE:GA) is the MMO gaming company founded by Mr. Yuzhu Shi. Shi has been a colorful figure in mainland China since the 80s: he got his first barrel of gold in the then-booming Chinese IT sector, became one of a few early millionaires in China, went bankrupt, came back selling healthcare products, succeeded again and paid off his debts. IMHO it is indeed a miracle and Shi is quite a character. So, when GA IPOed on Nov. 1st, I purchased some shares in the belief that Mr. Shi would be able to make happen another miracle.
Unfortunately I’m proven wrong. Today the quarterly ER of GA is released and the numbers are not as good as they are expected - especially the Q-over-Q growth of its game, ZT Online, so far the only bread-and-butter for the company (although they are reportedly to have two news games in the pipeline).
Investing in GA, I violated my own principles of investing and was betting purely on speculations. Well, taking a moderate loss, I get my Giant lessons learned the hard way. As Buffet says, “if you don’t feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don’t own it for 10 minutes.”