Sunday, November 20, 2011

東昌府軼事之二

 陰吏



先祖鄒公,諱石麟,字叔東,一字翼生。道光進士,翰林院編修。某日晝眠,冥冥中行至市集,崇樓繡閣,人皆華服,然不知其所。乍見一吏,挾棒前來。抱拳揖首,睨之,亦不言,疾行而去。公異之,遂醒。如是三日。公不解,遂赴東觀,求教方士。

士聞之,大驚,嘆曰,此乃大凶之兆!『人一叩』者,『命』也,『人挾棒』,『休』也。莫非君壽將盡,陰曹探耶?公怵然,曰:嗚呼!死不足懼,唯上有高堂,奉養無人,未知可緩乎?士沉吟,遂授一計。

次日,公焚香沐浴,及午, 葛冠屐履,沏茗而寢。矇矓中返於市。須臾吏至,抱拳禮之。公提手合十,朗聲應曰﹕

人生草木間,夢幻歸雲煙。黃泉路遙遠,先把茶來煎!

『有茶相奉,如蒙不棄,盼入內小聚』

吏聞之,微愣,倏悟,立棒於外,隨公入。盡茶數盞。謝而請辭。步至門外,見棒梢已萌三葉矣。吏曰:『三春之後,當再晤』,遂持棒去。

自此吏不復入夢。咸豐十年,公歿。九載之後矣。士曰︰陰界三年,陽世九寒暑也。事見『東昌異聞錄』。



註:
『提手合十』…為『捨』字
『人生草木間』…為『茶』字

Thursday, November 17, 2011


Jailbroken and Unlocked iPhone 3G

I upgraded my iPhone to 4S and I decided to transform my old iPhone 3G into an international phone. And I did it! Now I have a smart phone for the world. I slipped in a China Mobile SIM and sure enough, it is now a China Mobile phone. I also have a Canada's Rogers SIM that I can use.

Before unlocking one must first jailbreak it, in order to load apps not allowed by Apple to the iPhone. I have the latest iOS 4.2.1 with 5.15.04 baseband and I took it to a shop that advertises unlocking for $19.95 here in town, but after tinkering with it for an hour they said they couldn't do it. So I took the matter in my own hands and assembled the necessary software to do it. The jailbreaking part is rather complicated and I have to do it several times to get it right. Afterwards, Cydia Market is loaded and then the rest is easy. Load up Ultrasn0w from Cydia and run it and it is done. Put in any SIM card and you are ready to go!! This unlocked iPhone 3G is worth at least $150 on eBay at today's price.

Now I am looking forward to foreign travel.


JMTMD

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Going Fishing -- After a fresh snow
Can you identify the fish?
The brown trout measures 18 inches and the lake trout 19 inches long. The rest are all rainbow trout.