Disneyland

Today we took Harry’s family to Disneyland. We arrived about 10.30 am. The first thing we did was ride the Jungle Cruise. Leonhard really enjoy this, next was the Tarzan Treehouse, that was a lot of fun but Leonhard didn’t like the animal sounds, as he thought they were real. We then checked out Tom Sawyer’s island (or whatever new name it has) that was a lot of fun though Harry’s nephew didn’t like the dark caves and after going through one of them decided it was safer not to do it again. From there we went to Splash Mountain. There was a long waited for this ride… about an hour but it really took about 80 minutes. Harry’s mom stayed behind as she didn’t want to stand with us in line for so long and she didn’t want to ride any of the more “wild” rides. I guess it had been a while since I had road that ride, as I didn’t remember getting soooo wet on it. Everyone got soaked but everyone seemed to really enjoy it including Leonhard. Next we went over to Big Thunder, but it was closed. We moved on to the Matterhorn and the Finding Nemo’s Submarine ride, but the lines were too long for Harry’s sisters taste so Harry and I decided to grabbed a bite to eat, while the rest of his family took the Train ride around the entire park. While eating we got to watch the new Jedi Academy Training show…that was a lot of fun

After lunch we met up again and rode Autotopia and Leonhard really loved that ride. After that we tried Space mountain, but after we stood in line for about 20 minutes, we were told that they had issues with the ride and was going to be shut down until further notice. So we walked over to FantasyLand and one ride caught Leonhard’s eye.. it was the Circus Train, Harry’s family rode that while Harry and I sat down and relaxed. After they train ride, while heading over to Toontown, the Parade started and Harry’s family decided to watch the Parade instead. His nephew really loved the parade, which was cool since he had never seen a Disney movie and didn’t really know the characters. We decided to ride Big Thunder since it was working again. So we left Harry’s mom and nephew with another ride on the circus train ride and Bernd, Gerda, Harry and I went over to Big Thunder. We had the fast pass so it only took about 15 minutes to get on the ride and everyone really enjoyed it. Everyone was tired but Gerda wanted to take Leonhard on one last ride, the Storybook boat ride. We headed over to Downtown Disney to grab a bite to eat and then we headed back home... all in all it was a really great day. It’s not how I would have spent the day at Disneyland but when you have a five-year-old you tend to change you plans. It was still a lot of fun on the ride we were able to get on.

Cebas Finalrender 渲染參數效能評測

最近在製作CSI犯罪現場系列的主要角色 上圖是隊長Jim Brass用Finalshaders Fast Skin材質球所製作出來的皮膚算圖效果. 雖然3S (Subsurface Scattering)的效果與真實皮膚觸感還沒到達完美 不過目前這樣的水準還可接受. 可是有一個很大問題 就是這一張圖片要花六分多鐘才能算完 對於製作動畫是很不實際的 於是趁這個機會 對Finalrender這套渲染器來做一次參數效能評測 找出最佳化的皮膚算圖參數!



講到效能評測一定會先談到硬體環境. 我是用Panasonic Let's Note R4筆記型電腦在玩3ds Max. 它的配備是:
CPU: Intel Pentium M 1.2GHZ L2
RAM: 1 GB
Chip: Intel 915GMS VRAM: 128MB
HDD: 80GB Ultra ATA100
(請見上圖)


軟體部分是用Autodesk 3ds Max 9 SP1 + Cebas Finalrender Stage-1 R2.0 + Cebas Finalshaders 2.0. 場景設定很簡單 打一個Simple Sky 強度設為0.6, 另外在臉左側約45度角打一盞RecLight強度設為1. 臉材質使用fS-Fast Skin材質球(參考上圖) 分別貼上Surface, Blood, Normal Bump與Refraction貼圖這個折射貼圖可以大大地增加真實性 但也會消耗許多算圖時間.



首先先看到AdaptiveQMC (自適性準蒙地卡羅演算法), Low與High的預設值算圖時間超過一倍 但是最終結果卻沒有明顯差異


Bounces是設定光子反彈的次數 雖然反彈五次沒有比反彈兩次多出多少時間 但是如果只反彈一次 就只要花6m 5s就完成計算.


與傳統的Scanline rendering不同 , Bucket Rendering(水桶算圖法)是把圖像切割成小區塊 每個區塊分別計算 這裡最小區塊尺寸16 與最大區塊尺寸256 算圖時間就差了一半 (五分鐘左右)


幾何體面數對渲染時間的影響如何? 即使面數增加了十五倍 算圖時間也只增加了一倍左右.



fS-Fast Skin是Finalshaders提供的快速設定真實皮膚材質. Subsurface Sample決定次表面散射的品質. 這邊50與1000所消耗的時間相差將近一倍. 但是數值過低算出來的結果會過於灰白沒有立體感



Geomatric Sample決定光線穿透物體產生內部光照的品質 這和光跡追蹤有關. 預設值是Automatic, 但是Relative與Absolute都可以節省將近一半的算圖時間 雖然品質稍微下降 而且皮膚微紅.


輸出大小當然會影響到算圖時間. 幾乎是呈現倍數成長


方形光(Reclight)的陰影採樣數也會影響到算圖時間 預設值是64 如果改為32則可節省30秒的時間.



由上述效能評測 我們可以得到以下最佳參數Optimized Parameters (括號中的數值預設參數):
AdaptiveQMC-->Low (Low)
Bounces--> 1 (2)
Bucket-->256 (64)
Subsurface Sample-->500 (500)
Geomatric Sample-->Relative (Automatic)
Reclight Shadow Sample-->32 (64)

用這樣的參數來算圖可以與預設值相比節省超過一半的時間 也就是說在算動畫的時候如果本來要花一整天的時間才能算完 如果使用最佳化參數可能就只需要花半天就完成了!

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Sailing the Pacific

Around 10 am Harry’s family picked us up at our place and we drove down to my Mom’s in Newport Beach. She and my step dad Chuck were taking us out for a sailing trip. We got to my Mom’s around noon and a 1/2-hour later we made our way slowly out of the harbor. We sailed for about an hour and a half, Bernd enjoyed doing all the boat duties, it’s always fun bringing along guests as it means I don’t have to do the work myself. Bernd even drove the boat for a while. As we headed back in we stopped by the seal “hotel” as they call it. It’s a buoy at the entrance of the harbor where a lot of seals sunbathe… Harry’s family really enjoyed that part. We got back to my Mom’s and they made us some burgers and fish on the BBQ. Everyone enjoyed lunch. Harry’s nephew Leonhard likes to pretend fish and I knew Chuck had real fishing poles so I went and got one. Leonhard’s eyes lighten up instantly. He was so excited to really fish. After a few attempts we finally go the pole set up right and he started to fish. You would never think a five year old would be so quiet and still for so long. He fished for hours but in the end didn’t get a bit.. but he seemed to have fun just the same. My mom told Chuck that they should give Leonhard the fishing pole he had been using (it was brand new) and they did. Harry’s family seemed genuinely shocked and very appreciative of the gesture. Leonhard LOVED it and even said Thank you to Chuck in English (which is a big deal). After that we drove back home and called it a night. Another fun day with Harry’s family.

Fishes, Sharks and Earthquakes.. oh my!!!

Today we picked up Harry’s Tux at the The Men’s Warehouse and it fits perfectly...whoo hooo. Around 11:30 am we gave Bernd a buzz to let him know we were ready to be picked up, as we had planned to go to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. We left our place around 11:30 am and got to Long Beach around 1:00 pm. We started to walk through the exhibits, Harry’s nephew, Leonhard, was really excited and seemed to have a lot of fun. Harry’s sister and I took tons of pictures while Harry took about 1 hour of video.

We were about half way through the entire exhibit when my Dad called, he had asked if we felt the earthquake, supposedly we had a 5.4 earthquake at Chino Hills at about 11:42 am. Of course we did not feel it as we were driving but it was a pretty bad shake… the worse since the Northridge quake 14 years ago. Several other people from around the US gave me a call to make sure we were okay also.

We continued through the exhibits and got to see the feeding of sharks, sea lions and sea otters. This part Leonhard really enjoyed. Around 5.00 pm we were done with all the exhibits and decided to head back home. I’m really amazed at Leonhard’s endurance while walking through all the exhibits.

We got home by 6:30 pm and Bernd and I picked up some fast food from Taco Bell, which Harry’s family had never eaten. We hung out in our backyard for a couple of hours and spent some quality time together.

Later that night when we watched the News it seemed that the quake had been felt widely in the San Fernando Valley and even in Canoga Park, what is only a couple of blocks away. Then Harry noticed that our Serenity / Firefly pictures were out of alignment, so we checked the rest of the house. Turns out that in my toy room some books and the Enterprise D model tipped over, the Voyager model fell from the shelf and a bunch of loose action figures either tipped over or fell of the shelf. Other than that nothing really happened at our place. All in all another fun day though I’m a bit tired from all the touristy things, but it’s fun hosting out of town guests.

A Relaxing Day

Well, today Harry’s family came over to our place around 10:30 am. We had planned a low key day, so we hung out at our place. Later we headed over to the Topanga Canyon Shopping Mall and spent time shopping at Target. After Target we headed over to the Northridge Shopping Mall, where Bernd stopped by at the Apple store as he was looking for a 3G iPhone and a new iPod. After that we took a stroll through the Mall, it was fun to see Harry’s Mom so amazed by the variety of shops and store. After that we tried to get some lunch a Panda Express, but turns out that all the meals without meat are prepared with animal byproducts so Harry’s Sister and Mom as vegetarians and really didn’t appreciate that fact. We finally found a food place that worked out for all of us, California Chicken Cafe. After having lunch Harry’s family dropped us off at our place, and we decided to meet again 1 1/2 hours later for some quality time at our place. We spent a couple of fun and quality hours together, we even tried to test out Leonhards new Remote Air Plane, that Bernd bought for him at Target, but the wind gusts really didn’t allow for that. Later that evening the wind died down and we managed to make a few flight attempts in the front of our house. After the ‘Flying Adventure’ we had a BBQ Dinner in our backyard and everyone really enjoyed the food a lot. Harry’s mom has corn on the cob for the very first time in her 70 years. She loved it… all in all it was a really nice and relaxing day.

Poor Daisy

Today we noticed that Daisy was really lethargic and not moving. We investigated and noticed that she had blisters on her paws. During the hike yesterday we walked out on this large cement slab and noticed that she was bouncing back and fourth on her paws so we moved her to a dirt area but I guess it was to late. I felt horrible and so guilty. Not only because of her paws being burnt but yesterday she was taking extra long breaks and stopping a lot but we keep making her move on. Her paw blisters didn’t require a vet visit but she needed to be carried out to the back yard to go to the bathroom and she didn’t move much today.

挺台灣的店--嘉義林聰明砂鍋魚頭火鍋店

去嘉義助選時、演講後，都會到這家店來，東西好吃，又挺台灣，挺台灣有好報，九劉政府執政，百業蕭條，那條街上別的商家苦撐，但他們的生意仍然好得不得了：

Hiking

Today we picked up Harry’s family around 10 am and went out to Griffith Park. Harry’s family are outdoor type of people, we also decided to take Daisy along as it was a great opportunity for her to go for a really long walk and to get to know Harry’s family better. About 2 hours later we ended our hike up at up on top of Mt. Hollywood, the view was really great, considering the air quality, we had a really good view of the Hollywood Sign. Harry’s 5 year old nephew did really well on the hiking up to Mt. Hollywood. Harry’s family really enjoyed the long hiking trip, his Mom was really amazed by the beauty of the park and she really loved the view from the top, as you can see the Valley, Los Angeles, Hollywood and the Hollywood Sign. One thing we should have done different, we should have started earlier, it was quite a hot day, the temperature was in the mid 90’s and the humidity was about 30%. While we were spending quality time at the top, we saw helicopters hover over an area of Griffith Park by the LA Zoo, when then saw smoke. There was a wild fire in the park, it didn’t appear to be that big and it was far enough away, so when we were hiking down we got a better look. Harry’s family where kind of excited as in Austria, SoCal is known for its wildfires and here they had it happening right in front of them. But as the wildfire started to flare up more we decided to head back down and 1 1/2 hours later we ended up at the car. During our way down Daisy got really tired and needed way more rest stops than the previous times on this same hike. We contributed that mostly to the heat and humidity. During the hike Harry’s nephew, Leonhard, managed to pet Daisy several times, which is quite amazing, considering the experiences we have with our dog and kids. Guess we gave her enough time to get used to his family and by taking a long hike together she has accepted them as part of the pack and therefore they’re all okay.

Due to the wildfire we couldn’t take the same road back to the hotel and had to make a little detour... We then dropped my family off at the hotel to freshen up and rest a little. About 1 1/2 hours later we picked them up and headed over to our place for a pasta dinner. And believe it or not Daisy let everyone pet her and she got lots of attention especially from Harry’s nephew... all in all it was really fun day.

魚夫鏡頭底下的台灣人

本台執行長魚夫，拍了一系列台灣人的相片，他是這麼說的：

『我很喜歡拍台灣人，常覺得現在不拍，不趕快上傳國際網站，告訴世人，台灣人是存在的，台灣人不是中國人！我很焦慮，四年內，馬英九一定會努力把台灣人變成中國人，這廝治國的能力是九流，把台灣給賣了，倒是一流！』


其實，純樸的台灣人原本應該要很快樂才對，我堅信，只要排除那些外來因素，台灣人會在自己的土地上幸福快樂的過日子。

包子丸

The Beach

Today was Harry's family's first day in LA, so we picked them up around 10 am at the hotel and then we drove over to our house and gave them a tour of our place. They really liked our place and of course my toy room really impressed them. To Harry's mom it looked more like a museum than a toy room. LOL We weren't sure how Daisy would react to them, but it went very well... she was a little frightened and unsure at first, but settled down very quickly.After the house tour we gave Harry's nephew a haircut and now he has a nice crew-cut, after that we decided to take them to the beach. We took them via Kanan Canyon to El Matador Beach, a very secluded beach with some amazing landscape, they loved it as this was their first time in SoCal. Plus this beach is very beautiful. We spent about four or five hours at the beach and we all had a really great time. Leonhard, Harry's nephew really enjoyed himself. Of course we all got a little of a sunburn. We then took them back via Topanga Canyon... after we all had taken a shower... we took them out for dinner to Outback Steakhouse... and dinner was awesome... all in all it was a really great first day and everyone had a great time...

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台灣動物百科 － 螢火蟲

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螢火蟲

螢火蟲一生必須經歷卵、幼蟲、蛹與成蟲四個階段，屬於完全變
態昆蟲，大部分種類為一年一代。幼蟲期長達10個月，而成蟲卻只有
20天左右的短暫生命。

螢火蟲，依其幼蟲生長的環境，可分為水生型、陸生型和半水生
型 3種，而在56種螢火蟲中，僅有 3種是水生種類，分別為黃緣螢、
黃胸黑翅螢、和條背螢，可以說相當珍貴。

螢火蟲以吸食露水或花蜜維生。腹部最重要的特徵為發光器，雄
蟲2節，雌蟲一節。但有些種類雌蟲也會發兩點光，而有些雄蟲甚至不
會發光，所以並不是所有的螢火蟲都會發光。



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Harry's Family Arrives in LA

After driving back from Comic Con in San Diego I picked up Harry then a rental van and drove to LAX to pick up Harry's family. We got there about 10 minutes before the landed. We found out where they would be walking out of and waited. Of course Harry was excited as he hadn't seen his family in over four and a half years. I was nervous because this was the first time I was meeting anyone from his family. We waited and waited what seemed hours but it was only about 15 minutes and we got a call from Bernd (Harry's sister's fiancee) called up and told us they got off the plane and was walking to baggage area where we were waiting. They walked down and Harry and I approached. He first hugged his sister and I shock Bernd's hand. Then Harry's mom got a hold of him and wasn't going to let go. She cried and he cried, she held his face as if she couldn't beleive she was actually holding him.. it was such a sweet moment. I then greeted his mom Zita and sister. We picked up there luggage and then headed back to the hotel.

After several hours in traffic we finally got them to there hotel and checked them in. We then went out to dinner and introduced them to El Torrito.

We dropped them off at their hotel and made plans for tomorrow.

Comic Con Day Two

Today I had only a few hours to spend at Comic Con before I had to head back home to pick up Harry so we could go to the airport to pick up his family. I spent most of my time on the dealers floor taking pictures of people in costumes. I spent most of my time at the Star Trek/Paramount section. They had these cards that you had to scratch and you were given a job. You had to build a crew of eight. If you did you build a team you all got these really cool Star Trek bags and your name went into a drawing for a laptop computer. Even thought my comic con 2008 was short it was alot of fun and I look forward to next years.

X Files Tattoos

I am the biggest fan of the X-Files EVER and in anticipation of the movie I Want To Believe coming out tonight, I posted about X-Files tattoos on Fun Vampires (my permanent home for bad tattoo postings).

Our First Wedding Present

Today while at Comic Con I was talking to Harry at home and he said we got our first wedding present. It was from his Sister Gerda and it was the fire pit that we really wanted. Whoo hooo.

Comic Con 2008 Day One

Today I got up super early and left the house at 7am so I could get to San Diego by 9:30, that's when the first day of the San Diego Comic Con started. Everything seemed okay but then I hit traffic and for the next five hours traffic crawled. What should have taken 2 1/2 hours took 6 1/2 hours. I had missed the two panels I really wanted to do that day (Doctor Who and Torchwood). Also since Harry's family is coming in tomorrow night this was going to be my only full day at the con.

I finally got there and decided that I was not going to do any panels and just walk around the dealers room which is alot of fun. The day started off horrible but ended on a high note.. it was alot of fun.

Vacation Time

Today is my last day of work for a few weeks. Since Harry's family is coming this Friday and our wedding is next Saturday I asked for a few weeks offs to enjoy this time. I am actually looking forward to the time off. Work has been really stressful and busy the past few months and I need a few weeks away from the craziness. I don't go back until August 11th.

Making Centerpieces

We finally got our final pieces for the centerpieces. We now could actually start building them. The first few were our test centerpieces and turned out pretty good but once we got it down the other six turned out great. We decided to go with a small round vase. We filled it with some sort of candle making wax stuff that was clear. We then put Star Trek micro machines in them along with my favorite flower, Sunflowers and one candle in the middle. We think they turned out quite nice.

漁望

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影片標題: 漁望作者名稱: 潘鈺人團隊名稱: 漁望

台灣屬於海島國家，海洋之子就代表台灣人不屈不曉的毅力，片中火壽伯說：借錢買希望，賺錢塞手縫＂，正代表著台灣人＂蕃薯的精神。漁望是希望和漁網的意思，台語也都同音，我們想讓大家知道，漁民們用漁網灑下希望，雖然拉起漁網也許會讓人失望，但他們始終認為，當太陽升起時，就是希望的開始，只要有一絲的希望，他們還是努力的走下去。我們在想，如果在拍片時，能有另一些人拍我們，那劇情一定很好看，因為我們體驗到很多人無法體驗的事情，我們也在努力追求著我們的夢想，我們拍攝他們的希望，我們的＂漁望＂。

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whew!
my personal selling have finally come to an end.
tsk.
but i can foresee the forth one coming thou.
let's hope it's not going to happen.
:)

a million thanks
to all those friends who preordered and advertised for me.
i really appreciates it.
:)

last but not least...
finally im switching from the afternoon shift to morning shift!
XD

blissful love!

艋舺龍山寺

像我這樣在艋舺長大的人而言，對龍山寺裡的神明真是深感愧疚，因為我經常過門而不入。
看到那些遠從甌美、日韓的遊客，拿起數位相機猛拍照，看到遠從外地來的善男信女拿著香，虔誠的頂禮膜拜，我這個艋舺人似乎太不知惜福了，馳名海內外的龍山寺，我竟然一年難得進入一次。

如果神明不靈驗，龍山寺就不可能香火頂盛，今後應該多入寺內拜拜才是。



包子丸

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Bring It On (魅力四射) 此片僅限美國地區觀賞

Kisten Dunst 是學校啦啦隊的新隊長﹐她發現學校過去幾年所贏得的冠軍比賽﹐舞蹈都是從其他高中對手抄襲來的﹐今年的比賽最強的對手﹐同一個城市的高中﹐來勢洶洶﹐誓在必得。她們又沒有足夠經費去參加冠軍賽﹐一連串的問題﹐她們將如何解決....

Catering

Today I booked our Catering for the wedding. Harry and I decided on Boston Market for food as we enjoy going to lunch there once in a while. What was great is you can do everything online and it was fast and easy. This was so far the most I have spent on the wedding. We are trying to keep it upder $5000.00 and so far we are doing pretty good.

Still got a bunch of things to do.. but things are moving along nicely.

More Wedding Stuff

Today I found out that one of my friends is actually a Bartendar, or at least he has done it in the past. So I quickly emailed him and asked if he could do our wedding and he said for us, he would do it for free.. Thanks AJ... you ROCK!!!

The other thing I did today was place an order for all of our party rentals.. tables, chairs, champaign glasse and so much more. Now I wait to see how much this will all cost me.

Dinner with Friends

Tonight Harry and I went over to our friends John and Moises' apartment for dinner. It was alot of fun as Moises is an excellent cook and we always enjoy his dinners. Afterward we all sat down and watched Sky High. It was a cool night with friends.

More Wedding Stuff

Today we went to Ralphs and filled an entire shopping cart up with 2 liter bottles of various soda.. people thought we were crazy until we told them if was for a wedding. Spent over $70 bucks.

典藏館

作者名稱：邱子芩團隊名稱：死胖子專員 本片紀錄台南市立三級古蹟[台南府城巽方砲台]歷史脈絡,台南市環保局將此建築物活化再利用此舉不僅將建築物賦予新任務,更令廢棄傢俱有了新生的理由如此的 ...

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Shopping, Shopping and More Shopping

Today Harry and I went out and bought a ton of stuff for our wedding. We only have a few free weekends left. And since we are doing everything ourselves there is so much to do. Today we got plates, forks, spoons, knives, napkins, salt, pepper and containers and a bunch of beer. We looked for alochol but didn't buy any. So much to do still.

全3D玉山網聚廳開張！！！

按一下，看網聚廳裡有誰在裡面？


親愛的玉山之友們，全3D玉山網聚廳開張了！也正式宣告下一世代的網站雛型真正問世，今後個人網站或部落格不再是一般2D平面的模樣，而是虛擬全3D場景，透過替身精靈實現個人的第二人生。

　　本台經過研發，以最快的速度向網友們展示這樣的網聚廳，台灣玉山網路電視台的公民記者，在網路運用上皆能以最新、最快的速度，領先發佈，現在就讓我們一起到全3D玉山網聚廳一起去聊天吧！


大家好，我是魚夫的3D虛擬女友，我叫Judy。



現在由我來介紹最酷炫的玉山全3D網聚廳。


很簡單，但首先你最好有Google所提供的 Gmail。


這是網聚廳的鳥瞰圖，有上下兩層。


這是側面圖。


可以球面透視整個網聚廳（不許偷看女生內褲）。


到這裡來註冊，您只要三個動作：
一、下載(Download Lively，約須數分鐘，依據你的頻寬而定，不要害怕，無毒下載。
二、選好你要進入網聚廳的替身精靈(Avatar)。
三、註冊時使用你原本的Gmail帳號與秘碼。

＜＜下載與註冊＞＞



選擇你的替身精靈(Avatar)，基本上有人類與動物兩種分類。
（玩熟了，再來裝扮髮飾、膚色、衣服....等等）


有人進來了，可以跟他抱抱。


把滑鼠滑進你的替身精靈，按右鍵，出現方格子，表列左方Animation是你的動作，比如angry是做出生氣的動作，applaud是鼓掌，其他每個英文單子都是動作，按一下練練動作，練完了，單字也背起來了，全民英檢的人體動作單字測驗，一定過關。


表列右方是你的替身精靈名稱與自我介紹。


按住你的替身精靈，學習到處走走。


你有三種視野：
1.Avarta's View：替身精靈的視野，從其所在處去看網聚廳。
2.Bird's Eye View：從空鳥瞰整個網聚廳。
3.Viewfinder：球面全透視。


來網聚廳不必客氣，什麼都給它動一動，把滑鼠移到物件上，按兩下，試試看發生什麼事？


滑鼠移到物件，件出現圓球上有ＷＷＷ表示這個物件連結到某網站。


把滑鼠移到物件上，按右鍵，出現方格子列表。
1.Open Hperlink：表示你要到這物件所連結的網站去瞧瞧。
2.Move to：選擇此項，替身精靈會跳到該物件上去。
3.Play animation：許多物件都有暗藏的動作，按下去，表演該動作。
4.Report Abuse：有些物件連結到色情或暴力網站，就必須回報給Ｇoogle，檢舉該物件所連結的網站；在玉山網聚廳的物件連結均由魚夫親自挑選，請放心連結。
5.View Catalog：是看看這個物件的分類。


網聚廳隨時會有全球人士進入，可以立即進行對話。


除了練習你的英文外，對話框會自動按照對話時間順序排列，也可以記錄。


當網聚廳內人越來越多，可以按住你要互動的替身精靈，再按右鍵，出現Animation，任選一種，和他互動看看。


網聚廳基本上是開放的聊天室，因此按住任何你要的特定對象，按右鍵，做以下的選擇：
1.Move to：假如網聚廳裡都是人，那麼想找特定對象，按這個功能，可以立刻趨近他。
2.Whisper to：這是與特定人之間的悄悄話，別人不會看到。
3.Report Abuse：這是當有人口出不遜時，向Google管理當局報告，他就永遠進不了網聚廳。
4.Remove Contact：如此人原是你通訊簿裡的一員，而你想要和他絕交，可以用這個功能。
5.Igore：這人你不想和他對話，按下去，他便看不見你，也看不到你說話，他會像幽靈一般掛在那裡，直到你停止忽視他。

萬一有426、429進來鬧場，那麼我建議，按住這個人的精靈，再按右鍵，選諸如kick、 slap、 squash痛打他一頓，敬請大家動用私刑，不必客氣！


逛累了想坐下來休息，把滑鼠指向傢俱，出現綠色指標，按兩下，就坐下來休息了。


在玉山網聚廳裡，出現電話亭就和駭客任務是相同的功能，是通往其他世界的入口。


按右鍵出現方格子，按Open Hyperlink，前往別的場景。


你來到一個無人小島，可以邀好友三兩人來此聊天。


或許你在這裡要轉換個身分，那就按住你的替身精靈，按右鍵，出現不同的精靈選擇。

最後魚夫特別叮嚀：

一、目前Lively並不提供中文支援，因此必須把中文字先在剪貼簿上打好，再貼往網聚廳下方的對話框，即可解決這個問題。

二、註冊，下載程式後，電腦桌面出現小貼圖，下回進入，點選小貼圖即可。


一切都弄好了，到這裡來！