An inconvenient truth
It's not about political debate, not about who revealing the truth and certainly not about Al Gore. It's about the profound insight of scientific truth. I felt I'm obligated to, at least, share this link http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/ on my blog after watching the movie, An Inconvenient Truth. I like the movie because not only it presented the brutal fact of humankind (mostly the Americans) being ignorant about global warming, it also suggested possible solutions that everyone can contribute. I still scracthing my head why many highly educated Americans refused to believe in scientific findings and reject the possibilty of global warming. Seriously, if you have kids and hope they can enjoy their life as the way you did, perhaps, it's time to believe in scientific findings instead of being stubborn and ignorant ostrich. Global warming is harmless is exactly like "cigarettes are harmless" propaganda by American tobbaco companies in the 50s.
Snapshots of San Francisco
It was 8 years ago when I first visited San Francisco. San Francisco is still San Francisco, except I was with my wife this time. Visiting my favorite city with the love one is the greatest feeling. We both love San Francisco indeed. Unfortunately this trip wasn’t solely for pleasure because the mission of this trip is to attend the IEEE IMS conference. However, we were lucky to be able to find time to visit a few places. A driving trip to Sonoma and Napa Valley was eyes opening. I know drink and drive is a no-no, but visiting Napa Valley without wine tasting is unforgivable. I took slightly more than few sips of wine while I should have spit them out after tasting. Although evil won this time, it didn't impair my judgement. Now, I can very much relate how it feels in the movie, Sideways. Of course, I felt better because I done this with my lovely wife, not with another desperately horny soon-to-be groom.
After the trip, it took me a few weeks to completely organize and covert all the RAW photos into JPEG. It was a great time we had and these photos should tell the story.
