Got My iPhone

Things have seemed to change
There is one thing that’s still the same
In my heart you have remained
And we can fly fly fly away
Yes, babe, you’re not lost

The way as Michael Bublé sang.

Network Attached Storage with D-Link DNS-323

The product name is DNS-323 made by D-Link.

http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=509#

The key technical term here is NAS (Network Area Storage), comparing with the traditional hard drive mounted inside a PC. By putting the hard drive (Storage) outside in the network, so any PC whichever connects to the network can access this storage. So sometimes people call this concept as Network Shared Storage.

Here is a nice tutorial video
http://www.dlinktv.com/?vid=1

The data stored and shared in the DNS-323 are actually secured by setting access passport in the DNS-323 via configuration. PCs/laptops, which though connect to the network but do know the password, cannot access the data stored in the DNS-323.

Here is a good example of network connection diagram (I did almost exactly the same at our home):
http://www.dlink.com/products/resource.asp?pid=509&rid=1954

The DNS-323 box has two bays and can host to hard drives (3.5 inch SATA drives at any size, say 100, 250, 500Mbytes,… ). I only use one hard drive (500Mbytes), so another bay is empty. There is an initial configuration to setup this box. Then in normal case, no more configuration is needed for regular daily use.

Configuration is mainly involved for

• Setting password to protect your data in this box from unwanted access
• Set IP address to this box, so other PC can recognize it.

The configuration is something like this:
http://images.dlink.com/products/DNS-323/utility.gif

Key hint:

• Assign a static (fixed) IP address to this box, so your PC and laptop can always easily recognize it
• On each PC, map DNS-322 as just another logical drive (assign a letter of your choice, e.g. I use Q:) like C:, D:, etc.. Here is the step:
  Start ==> Network ==> Map Network Drive… ==> assign a letter to Drive, browse to find this DNS-323 by looking for the IP address or its alias name you ever named this box during its configuration time.

After all this necessary setup, this network hard drive will be accessible from any PC as a Q: drive on your PC whenever you connect to the home network.

A Viewpoint of Life

无欲则刚,
无为则道,
无贪则富,
无才则德?

Growing Cucumbers in My Backyard

The yellow flowers, the detailed textures of cucumber skin … …

And there are other scenes like the Jasmines and the lamp in the back yard.

See more with larger size in the following link

Picasa Album: Growing Cucumbers in My Backyard

《天道》

悟

悟道休言天命
修行勿取真经
一悲一喜一枯荣
哪个前身注定

袈裟本无清净
红尘不染性空
幽幽古刹千年钟
都是痴人说梦

所谓真经，就是能够达到寂空涅磐的究竟法门。可悟不可修。
修为成佛，在求；悟为明性，在知。
修行以行制性，悟道以性施行。
修者以律制心，觉者由心生律。

有信无证者虽不落恶果，却住因住果住念住心。如是生灭，不得涅磐。

佛乃觉性，非人。
人人都有觉性不等于觉性就是人。
人相可坏，觉性无生无灭。
即觉即显，即障即尘蔽。无障不显，了障涅磐。

觉行圆满之佛乃佛教人相之佛。
圆满即止，即非无量。若佛有量，即非阿弥陀佛。
佛法无量即觉行无量。无圆无不圆，无满无不满。亦无是名究竟圆满。

佛教以次第而分。
从精深处说是得道天成的道法。道法如来不可思议，即非文化。
从浅议处说是导人向善的教义。善恶本有人相我相众生相，即是文化。
从众生出说是以贪制贪，以幻制幻的善巧。虽不灭败坏下流，却无碍抚慰灵魂的慈悲。

天下之道论到极至，百姓的柴米油盐；
人生冷暖论到极至，男人和女人的一个情字。

Plano, the Best Place to Build Your Wealth

Living at this city over 12 years, is this the reason we are still staying in Plano?
Here is the headline at Yahoo today.
http://biz.yahoo.com/cnnm/080630/063008_personal_wealth.html?.&.pf=banking-budgeting

OK, really feel good about Plano, and be also proud of your state, Texas! The #1 state for doing business, ranked by CNBC.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=789947678