Safety Interlock

The story start from 3 years ago, I got myself a Nokia 6500s, a decent phone, S60, comes with an dictionary application, chinese calendar, nice lens (for the time and the price). On top of that, it's stainless steel body cover with class. (which is the same reason I got an eye on Samsung Wave, but they don't have it on android phones.)

Somehow, one day it dropped from the 4th floor of Suntec Convention Center, which my heart had broken since. No other damages noticed so far, other than the micro SD card had not been functioning. Everytime I tried to access it, it either suddenly disappear from the GUI, nor caused a hang of the phone.

I coped with it for some time, before switching into the current Samsung Galaxy Spica as I renewed my contract. The Nokia 6500s since then become my secondary phone, especially while I am in Malaysia.

Last Sunday, I decided to send it for a fix, as I thought the fall  must had damaged the Micro SD card slot. The shops returned it back to me on the next day, charging me SGD30 for the work done, telling me that it worked.

I went home, tried it with my own Micro SD, nothing happened. I started to ponder as it is impossible that the shop thought that it worked. Desparately, I did a search. It turns out that there are quite some users had had the same issue as well.

Here comes the thing: Taking out the back cover and observe, you can find there are 4 spots of connecting points on the back of the sliding phone (Refer to Caption 1.). While the same applies to the stainless steel cover, having four protrusions each correspond to one of the connecting points mentioned earlier (three are by metal punching, and the last one close to the camera lens cover are of metal bending (Refer to Caption 2.). The four connection points must be connected, to have the Micro SD reader work, I believe they have it to prevent users having the micro SD card without installing the cover(or perhaps "properly installed the cover"), as the micro SD card may drop out.(Although I have alot of doubts for this purpose)

Caption 1. Connecting Points on the Back of the Phone (See Red Circles)

Caption 2. Protrusion on the Stainless Steel Cover (See Red Circles)
Nail Clipper Gripping Direction (See Red Arrows)

The one close to the camera lens was slightly flattened, I tested it by pushing down the cover tight, and the reader works again. Once I had my hands off, the cover springs back and hence, again disconnected. At the end of the day, a nail clipper saves the day. (See Caption 2.)

Conclusion
1) The phone GUI should have pop out warnings, such as "The back cover was not detected, please carefully install it to have access to the memory card", instead just gone off, auto switching to the phone memory itself.
2) Perhaps Nokia had mentioned it in the manual, I missed it.
3) My engineering failed, Nokia failed, Google wins.
4) As I always said, google is my best, if only I had asked for his help earlier, I could have save my coins.

杂记

1） 今天早上突发奇想一个有趣的点子，开心了整个早上，晚上回家做功课发现到现在没有人做的原因不是因为没有人想到，而是理论上已经错误。

2）我不能明白的是身边的女性朋友明明近视，却总是不愿意戴眼镜，而宁愿每次冒眼干得发红的冒险；我更不能理解的是最近遇到许多明明没有近视却戴镜框的女性，认为那样很潮。还好还没遇到戴了隐形眼镜另外再戴一个无镜镜框的。（旁：你又知道没有？）

3）话说遇见一位正在制作畚斗的叔叔，突然想起了以前的畚斗都是用刀标油四方桶制作的。现在应该很难见到了。我想这大概就是传闻中80后跟长辈们的差别。在我这个岁数的，能自己修家具电的人实在不多。有的话，都是要搞发明那种程度的。

4）我说，我喜欢自己的工作，是因为像是自己在设计模型然后自己再砌。更重要的是只要自己有本事弄得出来没人敢惹你。把这告诉小男孩们的话他们大概都会很羡慕吧？

講一坨屎

今早十分不妙，踩中坨屎。

1）所謂馬路如虎口，危險是無處不在的。看左，看右，看地上。
2）屎是誰拉的並不重要，重要的是你踩中了那坨屎。
3）原來百多塊一雙Addidas，是不擔保不踩中屎的。
4）踩中了屎，要看你有沒有擦幹屎的本事；如果沒有那你要有丟掉鞋的氣魄；再沒有你就僱人幫你清理那坨屎。
5）拉屎的人不一定是踩屎的人，踩屎的人不一定是擦屎的人，有趣的是那坨屎有多臭卻是擦屎的比踩屎的人清楚，踩屎的人又比拉屎的人清楚。
6）擦屎，除了要冒沾屎的風險之外，還要被人白眼。
7）踩屎的人跟擦屎的人未必不是同一個人，但做人絕對要厚道，否則總有一天也許拉屎的人也是踩屎的人。
8）就算踩中了屎，Addidas還是Addidas，但被踩中的屎，卻變成了一扁屎。
9）中了屎的NIKE，跟中了屎的ASICS，抑或是中了屎的BROOKS，都一樣的可怕。
10）假如踩中屎的那一刻，我返回身同時向後退踏出一個月步，也許我就能像七十二家租客裡的黃宗澤一樣邂逅到一個她老豆跟他老豆是世仇的情人。
11）屎並不可怕，可怕的是踩中屎。
12）踩中了屎很可怕，但更可怕的是踩中了屎卻不清理。
13）別管是誰拉的屎，要怕的是誰踩中那屎。
14）屎的強大，就在於雖然NIKE還是NIKE，你還是禁不住覺得臭。
15）你可以選擇埋怨為什麼是自己踩中坨屎，或是選擇早點上路。你甚至可以選擇什麼都不管就這樣繼續上路。
16）別把屎放在心上。
17）想到一個故事，和尚說：“我已經把那坨屎放下了，為何施主你卻念念不忘...唉...” （你確定故事是這樣的嗎？）
18）踩中屎，只要在別人發現以前清理掉，是沒有人會知道的。除非你怕別人不知道到處問人，或是把有關的屎寫在部落上--而你不會那麼做。

喊

没有地方可以让我疯狂的大喊
怕吵到阿公阿嫲，
怕惊动了警察，
我只能在这里

啊～～～～～～
啊～～～～～～

我要发霉了 > <

夜雨时

午夜。窗外突起渺渺莎声。
下雨了。
但见路上白烟似的波纹荡漾。
好大的风。

很想靠在窗边一个夜晚。
但再不睡的话。明天会没精神上班的。

挽留

“失去你就算得到全世界又怎么样？”
“天晓得，等你得到了全世界再说吧。”

彩排光棍節

2011年一月，彩排了一個光棍節，11個月後才過那個正式的。

地鐵

我靠在地鐵的最前端
想像我正在遊樂場裡的礦場雲霄飛車中