Down Town San Jose

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Dubai – Will the Fantasy Last?

You must have seen this (Burj Al Arab Hotel), You probably also watched splendid fireworks of Atlandis the Palm Hotel's opening ceremony, And supposely, you would see these in a few years, Dubai, the most rapidly developing metropolis, is an ideal platform for architects experimenting their futuristic design. Most of these…

Maui – Road to Hana

Everyone comes to Maui has to drive to Hana - How can you miss the highway of the paradise?

Maui – West Maui

Maui island is made by two volcanos, Halemahina (House of the Sun) and Haleakalā (House of the Moon). Today, we were going to circle the West Maui. Halemahina is the older volcano of the two. The mountain is covered by heavy forest. Although there are many drainage caused by erosion,…

Maui – Wailea

We arrived at Maui at noon. It is not as hot as we thought. When we went to Oahu 4 years ago, the first impression once we got off the plane was it is very humid. Not here in Maui.

Fresh from the Garden – Spring’s First Rose

Although it still feels chilly at night and it still rains occasionally, spring has indeed come to the Bay Area. Last weekend, I first noticed a red rose peaking through the greens in the backyard; then I saw the pink flower sprouted out in the front yard. There are tens of…

Mt. Diablo Panorama

After having lunch at Koi Garden last weekend, we went to Mt. Diablo State Park. Mt. Diablo offers open mountain view and many choices of hiking trails. It is perfect for family activities. At the summit's view point, I took a series of pictures with my PowerShot A590. Came back home, I…

I Told You So – Randy Travis

In the latest episode of "American Idol", Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis sang Randy's No.1 hit "I told you so". It brought back a lot memory of my undergraduate days. I heard this song in the most popular TV show of that time in China, '正大综艺'. Unfortunately, I couldn't find…

ROI on IPS

Snort thread run an active discussion on topic "ROI on IDS/IPS products". The one who initiated the discussion asked the question about how to measure the ROI (return of investment) on IDS/IPS products, by giving an example that a company removed their IPS deployment after 2-year of usage because the…