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25/07/2014
树莓派 Raspberry Pi B+ Arrived
I got my brand new Raspberry Pi Version B+ delivered today. I got one RPi Version B last year but I left it in China just for Bitcoin mining controller.
The Element14 is the official reseller for Raspberry Pi in Australia and it’s cheaper than the last one I got from eBay. The protection case has not been arrived so I just got the main circuit board today, never mind.
The B+ version costs me $38 in AUD excl. GST (so approximately $41 AUD in total), it’s free shipping so it’s not that bad anyway.
There were few changes made with this latest version of Raspberry Pi, including two more USB ports, additional IO ports for better extension, and a micro-SD card slot. Unfortunately, the CPU and RAM specs were remained unchanged so there were no improvements for the performance.
One of the most important reason I bought this new Raspberry Pi is to have an insight into the XBMC, one of the most poplar open-source media centre in the universe. It was said that some people used it for Hulu and Netflix streaming. I tried but it came into a conclusion that this solution is no longer available as Hulu.com changed its encryption methods (Poor XBMC). As a result, I changed it back to Raspbian, a popular Linux distribution based on Debian.
I am now using a Counterfeit Micro SD card from TinyDeal (link). The writing speed was sooooo slow. I am considering swap it later.
19/08/2014
Recent Follow-up till 19/08/2014
By dch1 in Just Notes No Comments
最近真是非常忙啊，忙一些比较好，有充实感！
最近一段给Hang和Helen做了一套DVD和蓝光版的婚礼，用的是Final Cut Pro X出的片，外加转移到Windows上进行刻录。新到的光盘打印机也首次派上用场，打印效果基本还不错。
FCPX片源经CX-360VE摄像机的AVCHD导入生成优化媒体和高质量媒体，最后渲染完的大小从原先的10多个GB膨胀到101GB，看来以后真要准备一个磁盘阵列的雷电接口硬盘了，从3.0的移动硬盘导入数据FCPX显得有点小卡。另外，FCPX剪辑需要开启独立显卡，HD4000显卡编辑渲染起来速度比较慢，换成GT650M独显速度快了许多。
最坑人的是Nero 12刻录软件，DVD光盘刻录完全正常，蓝光光盘连飞两张，真是代价惨重，最后换成DVDFab这类二流兼刻录的软件，之后的三张100%成功率，我的Nero 12可是正版从Nero官方购买的软件啊……。
7号（上映首日）去电影院看了场，Guardians of The Galaxy，和朋友讨论都觉得预告片很烂，但电影总体还不错。最喜欢那个树人，讲义气，乐于助人，敢于奉献，有正义感。
接下来比较期待的电影主要有两个，一个是The Maze Runner，还有一个是Boyhood。都是9月上映貌似……。终于发现自己喜欢看的电影风格了，一种属于纪实类（纪录片，或者根据现实改变的片子，例如12 Years a Slave），还有一种是带一些科幻色彩的影片（霍比特人，哈利波特，还有上面提到的这个片子）。不喜欢喜剧那种或者肥皂泡题材的电影。