維也納小酒館 - 孤狗大神的諭示

教主是一個小時了了的傢伙，小學二年級時就已熟讀兒童版的封神榜與西遊記。這兩本不朽名著教導了教主一個千古不變的道理，那就是：要滅妖魔，端靠寶物。想想看，若是孫行者沒有如意金箍棒，托塔李天王沒有按三十三天玲瓏寶塔，那是要如何降妖伏魔，維護世界和平呢？

因此，教主家中養了數隻豬公撲滿。養肥了就自行宰殺，然後拿著這筆橫財去買日常生活所需的寶物。數週前，教主宰了一隻養了很久，身材媲美連家大公子的豬公，走了一趟那家美女很多的水貨專賣店，買下了 Panasonic Lumix G 20mm f/1.7 二代鏡。回家後立刻浴更衣，焚香告天，準備好好拍幾張驚天地泣鬼神的佳作，讓教主的名聲與日月同歲，宇宙同輝。

Have a Break. Have a Kit Kat

Sensation - The Origin of HTC's Woes

Today, I celebrate a momentous occasion. My HTC Sensation will enter semi-retirement, and a cheap shiny new phone will take its place.

GA House - 當美學權威遇上了豪宅男....

酒池肉林教主名滿天下，江湖上可說是無人不知，無人不曉。在道上混的若是沒有聽過教主的名號，那就好像是讀論語沒聽過至聖先師，念佛經沒聽過釋迦牟尼，只能說是白活了。

雖然如此，可是教主還是有一些鮮為人知的一面。若非與教主交情深厚，否則根本無從知曉。比方說吧，大部分的道上朋友並不曉得，教主少年時是美學權威，師承唐日榮與黃任中，專攻高調奢華，是當年藝術界的泰山北斗。

現在的一般的少年仔孤陋寡聞，可能都沒有聽過唐日榮或黃任中，也不懂何謂高調奢華。但要知道，在錢淹腳目的那個年代，高調奢華可是美學主流，當時的暴發戶們人人趨之若鶩，所有人都想要擁有黃金馬桶蓋，虎皮地毯，黃金座椅，加長型卡迪拉克，還有滿屋子的張大千及齊白石的膺品。教主是這個流派的專家，當年鑽研得很深入，想說哪一天中了樂透以後，就把家裡的馬桶漆成金的，好讓親朋好友們都知道教主不是省油的燈。

想不到，樂透還沒有中，高調奢華這個流派就沒落了。代之而起的低調奢華的概念。教主對低調奢華一向非常不屑。所謂富貴不高調，如錦衣夜行。想想看，郭董若是沒有 Gulfstream G550，那麼郭董還能算是郭董嗎？

Boil Japan

Like Yoda and Gundam, I would very much like to boil Japan.

The Pentax ES Strikes Back

A few months ago, I got my paws on a 40 year old Pentax ES, complete with a SMC Takumar 55mm f/2 lens. Essentially, the ES is the refined version of the Electro-Spotmatic. Word on the street is that early Electro-Spotmatics had some reliability issues, so Pentax had to fix them before launching the product globally. The ES is the result of that effort.

Taipei Nights

北方福原樓小館 - 當侯布雄只是一個空笑夢時......

古有明訓：「英雄本多屠狗輩」。這句話用來描述酒池肉林教裡的英雄們是再也貼切不過了。

只是，屠宰業雖是光明正大的營生，可是收入終究是不高。所以每次要舉行英雄大會，經費就會出現嚴重短缺的狀況。雖然教主當年在競選時曾經誇下海口說要帶教友們去把侯布雄整間包下來，可是那只是跟 ７４７與 ６３３ 一樣，是競選時練的肖話而以，完全不能當真。每次有人要求教主兌現競選支票時，教主只能效法施前主席，大聲高歌一曲「空笑夢」給大家聽。

不過就算再怎麼窮，英雄大會還是得開。所以選擇的地點不外乎是一些俗又大碗的餐廳，今年自然也不例外。經過數週的慎密思考，選在京華城旁的北方福原樓小館舉行。

福原樓內部沒有甚麼裝潢，就是一般的家常餐廳

Olympus BCL-1580 - Because I'm Worth It!

Among the 2872 lenses that DxOMark tested, the Olympus BCL-1580 is ranked 2872th. Naturally, I bought one. Because gosh darnit, I'm worth it!

Both Blunty and Kai Wong reviewed this lens already, so that saves me the trouble of having to write something up. With that said, the lens is incredible small, incredibly cheap, and incredibly fun. Highly recommended if you own a m4/3 camera.

6028 Cafe - 明天的氣力

光陰似箭，歲月如梭。轉眼間，教主在已在江湖上打滾了數十個寒暑。這麼多年來，教主的外表雖然看起來光鮮亮麗，但實際上，過的是暗無天日，過勞爆肝的日子。所以，每天都要遵循電視廣告的建議，晚上來杯保力達Ｂ，提神醒腦順便借酒澆愁。可以說是一兼二顧，摸蜊仔兼洗褲。

天天靠著藥酒過日子終究不是辦法。但謝天謝地，中華民國政府是一個體恤勞工的熱血團體，所以立法規定每年五月一日為勞動節，全國勞工放假一天。對教主而言，這一天的意義十分重大。因為少爺們還是要照常上學，所以教主可以徹底輕鬆一下，把伺候少爺們的工作推給學校老師，然後自己去補身體，固根本，好好的把明天的氣力傳厚便。

今年鎖定的目標 6028 Cafe，位於龍龍潭鄉的大北坑。這個前不著村後不著店的地方其實是桃園縣的產茶重鎮。想當年，蔣經國駕臨南投縣鹿谷鄉，在品嘗當地生產的茶後，大筆一揮，賜名「凍頂烏龍茶」。鹿谷的茶產因此而聲名大噪。1983 年，李登輝有樣學樣，跑到大北坑來，賜名當地出產的茶為「龍泉茶」，也是立刻鹹魚翻身，價錢漲了好幾倍。不過台諺有云：「古董，風水，茶。真懂沒幾個」。如果閣下問教主說凍頂烏龍茶與龍泉茶兩者孰優孰劣，教主也只能推推眼鏡，擺出一個看起來很有深度的 pose，說；「嗯，很回甘。很回甘。」

無論如何，根據江湖傳聞，大北坑風景秀麗，近年來是農委會大力培植的重點農村，所以不但有建置完善的步道系統，讓遊客可以悠閒的漫步於茶園中，而且還有一家名唤 6028 Cafe 的景觀餐廳。由於燈光美氣氛佳，因此饕客源源不絕。於是，就在 2013 年勞動節的那一天，教主驅車前往，準備好好的補一補。

2013 年四月三十日是一個風和日麗的好日子。氣溫三十二度，整天艷陽高照，可是要上班。到了五月一日不用上班的這個日子，氣溫驟降十度，然後從凌晨就開始風雨交加。不過補身體固根本是何等大事，所以教主自然不會輕易的被上帝的幽默感嚇到。但抵達龍潭後，天氣更令人傻眼。氣溫只剩下十五度，雨水好像是用倒的，而風勢強勁到會令雨傘開花。易經雖有云：「雲從龍，風從虎」，可是很明顯，風雲根本不鳥龍潭的龍。本來的計畫是在步道上散散步再去 6028 進補，不過面對著淒風苦雨的天氣，只好直接殺到餐廳去。

6028 Cafe 是一棟設計感頗為強烈的建築物，而內部的裝潢看的出來也是有經過設計師之手。雖說沒有很獨特的風格，不過還是一個很令人感到舒適的空間

神之雫美酒展又來了，福氣啦！

Costco 內湖店現在有個神之雫美酒展，到四月十一止。福氣啦！


下載高解析原檔


下載高解析原檔

The Return of the Pseudo-Artist

Until Instagram came along, it wasn't easy being a pseudo-artist. Guys like myself had to invest considerable time and the energy to learn the skills necessary to make a photograph look worse. These days, kids who have never heard of things like D-76 or Dektol would simply load up Instagram on their iPhone 3GS, point, tap, and VOILA! Instant pseudo-art.

As a result of this, the whole pseudo-art scene is going down the toilet in a hurry. Everybody is a bloody pseudo-artist now. Confronted with this perversion, I have, on many occasions, howled at the moon and sacrificed many chickens all in the hope of reversing this retched technological progress.

Then, my prayers are answered. Enters Ilford XP2 400. Like any color print film, this little gem may be processed by any one hour photo joint. But get this, it's a BLACK AND WHITE film! That's right! A B&W film that may be processed anywhere by anyone, with results that imitate Kodak T-MAX 400. The photo god is indeed a kind and merciful fellow.

天空之城 - 酒池肉林極樂世界的分店

「黑色追緝令」是影響教主一生最巨的電影。它博大精深，包羅萬象。人生所有可能碰到的問題與困惑，幾乎都可以在這齣電影內找到解答。在靠近結尾的地方有著這麼一段經典對白

朱爾斯溫菲德是教主仰慕已久的武林前輩。他的這段言論，與佛家的「諸法皆空，自由自在」實有異曲同工之妙。這種高深莫測的學問，不要說一般人，就算是大內高手如李登輝與宋楚瑜窮一生之力也還弄不太清楚。不過教主小時了了，所以少年時代就早已參透其中奧義。於是，在教主看破紅塵的那一年，二話不說立刻跟隨前輩的腳步，馬上收拾行囊，填滿油箱，過那雲遊四海，行俠仗義的日子去了。

清真泰富豪 - 啥米！？你們那裡不能喝酒喔？

話說有一天，教主召開例行會議。花了兩個多時辰把一些流水帳解決掉後，教主略感疲憊，於是拿起驚堂木往桌上一拍，道：「本教主龍體欠安，眾愛卿有事上奏，無事退朝。」此時，一人走出行列，道：「且慢，屬下有事稟報。」只見此人身長六呎，生得天庭飽滿，地閤方圓，日角龍額，鳳眉虎目，原來是本教的護法費特曼。教主展顏道：「原來是愛卿費特曼先生。不知有何高見？」

費特曼道：「啟稟教主。屬下日前行腳至台北小巨蛋附近，發現了一家物美價廉之泰式餐廳。所以欲結集教眾去該地大杯喝酒大塊吃肉大秤分金。教主意下如何？」教主不悅道：「愛卿此言差矣。要知，大台北地區，物美價廉之泰式餐廳數量繁多，如過江之鯽，有何稀奇？本教主每日以泰國正宗月亮蝦餅為早點。數年來吃過之泰國餐廳不知凡幾。難道愛卿欺洒家沒見過世面，拿坊間一般泰國料理來虎龍本教主乎？」費特曼忙道：「屬下不敢。只是，此餐廳名唤清真泰富豪。顧名思義，乃回族同胞所開之店也。店中所烹煮之肉品，全是依照伊斯蘭教法規，屠宰後要誦經超渡過方能食用。全台北也只有這家遵循古禮。保證找不出第二家如此。」教主沉吟道：「話雖有理。但超渡與美味度難道有所關連乎？」費特曼道：「然也。可前往極樂世界之雞鴨牛羊，想必是比受六道輪迴之雞鴨牛羊要來的美味些。」教主點頭道：「言之有理。」

Benz vs. Rolls

It is evident that Benz drivers are a manlier lot than Rolls drivers

Airpocalypse Now

Like being in the US Navy, working in the datacom industry isn't just a job; it's an adventure. This time around, the adventure took me to Beijing, the epicenter of Airpocalypse.

The chariot: China Airlines 747-400. It must be said that China Airlines is ranked as the most dangerous airline in the world. Remember the stern lecture Ice Man delivered to Maverick in Top Gun? It might as well be directed at CAL pilots. In the past 30 years, there had been no less than 8 total hull losses. If I were Comrade Xi, I'd ring up President Ma and demand CAL immediately change its name to Taiwan Airlines. Seriously, my brothers are giving "China" a bad name.

Anyways, it has been a brutal winter in Northern China. As a result, coal-fired power plants have been working overtime to provide heating for the past few months, and in the process, pumping soot into the air by the truckload. When the wind blows in the right direction, the citizens of Beijing get a gargantuan dose of smog. I am being earnest when I say we need more global warming.

Treasure Hill

Treasure Hill of Taipei. A place stuck in a temporal wake.

2010 Les Vignes de Bila-Haut Cote du Roussillon Village

Without question, Languedoc-Roussillon is the crappiest wine producing region in all of France, possibly the world.

If you love cheap wine like I do, chances are good that you've once picked up something that was produced in this region. Ever seen those $180NT/bottle French vin d'pays on the wine shelves of Carrefour? Yep, those are it. Many years ago, I brought home a bottle. Upon popping the cork, I was rewarded with a bouquet that consisted of vinegar, fresh compost, and 2 days old roadkill. Naturally, I poured the entire bottle down the toilet. The toilet is still giving me hell about it.