Stream Flv With PHP

http://www.actkid.com/2005/11/03/stream-flv-with-php/

Haha News

http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives/2006/03/rb_06_mar_27.html

Future programming??

It seems like the Ajax (Programming) is going to take palce of many programming languages..?!!
Well…I think it is important to take a step on it…

Final Project’s Title

I came out two titles for my Final project:

1.To Hell with the Internet (this means that with the internet your 'hell' money can get where it's going).

2.Money to Burn (this actually means that someone is very rich, which is the idea of hell money, and the Chinese actually burn the money for their ancestors).

Pls give me so comments on these titles. Please, tell me which title do you like or both you don't?!!

 

MAIMe’s Sand Creature

Lubna, Mats, Xavier, Dong and I went to Bournemouth sea side this afternoon. It was a very nice and sunny day. We all had a great time. We made a sand-creature which I think it looks like 50% crocodile and 50% dragon. Anyway, this "MADE IN MAIMe" creature has gone when the tide was in.

my final proposal topic

Subject:
Chinese Afterlife Monetary Offerings

A description of the subject.
According to traditional Chinese wisdom, spirits of the deceased require money in the world beyond. However, since "you can't take it with you", everyone arrives in the afterlife absolutely broke. The living must "send" great wads of spirit money to their ancestors in the underworld. This is accomplished by burning it (in a prescribed way).

The two most traditional times of year to burn Hell Bank Notes (spirit moneys or joss bills) are during Ching Ming (The Festival of Pure Brightness in April) and Yue Laan (The Hungry Ghost Festival in August or September of the Gregorian calendar).

An explanation of why exploring this subject.
These two festivals have caused some social and environment problems that can not be ignored anymore. For example,Taiwan's total annual consumption of the other worldly currency is estimated at NT$80 billion (US$2.4 billion)
(http://www.taiwan.com.au/Soccul/Recreation/Trends/20060301d.html).

The chemicals now used to color the joss bills are thought to give off toxic fumes when burned.

According to some people, the practice really creates a lot of mess in the housing estates as those believers burn hell money along the streets and on the turf, so some estates could turn dirty in the peak of the festival in Singapore.

So, to solve these all issues, I am planning to do an interactive web site for maintaining traditional belief systems through a modern vehicle such as Internet and help save the environment.

There are some very important issues to consider about this topic. Will Chinese people be prepared to accept technology as a way to honour their dead? Many technologies have become invisible as they become part of everyday life. Telephones, for example, are invisible in that they are not considered controversial or particularly modern. They are accepted as a normal and undisputed mode of communication.

If indeed the internet were accepted as a way to continue traditional practices, it would be a way to preserve culture in the face of global technology. The clash of tradition and technology could be reconciled in this type of activity.

A definition of the research question through this project.
Will Chinese people accept technology as a way to preserve their traditional beliefs?