AOL and YAHOO! Homepages

Have you seen the new AOL beta homepage? It's nearly an exact replica of YAHOO! The mail, weather, radio buttons on the right. The search button looks exactly the same, only a different color. The directory on the left side. Completely the same except for the ad on AOL's. They just took out their Xerox Copier Machine, added a few extra features and optimized it for AOL's network. YAHOO! might sue them sooner or later. Below are the screenshots from my Windows XP.

Below: AOL

Below: YAHOO! (United States)

Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Microsoft Flight Simulator X is a award-winning simulation game where you can steer passenger aeroplanes (airplanes) and jets. I want it so much, but, it's so expensive, even on eBay. My friend, Ko, has the 2004 version and likes the Boeing 747. Now, you can even download the all new A380 (Airbus) .The best thing about the game is it doesn't require a lot of RAM, only 256 for XP and 512 for Vista. I want it so much!! Screenshots from Flight Simulator X:

Above: Airbus A330 taking off

Above: Cockpit view of airport

Railway Museum

Today I went to the Hong Kong Railway Museum 香港鐵路博物館 (九鐵) in Tai Po. It's the site of the previous Tai Po Market Station (Ceased operation in 1983). I contained the old trains and even the tracks were still there, decayed of course. We even got a chance to go into the old locomotives (compartments). I have to admit, it's a really strange place for the KCR station. It's hard to get to (We walked for a long time from Tai Wo KCR), and it's on a hill. It's still next the "working" railway tracks, between "new" Tai Po Market and Tai Wo Stations. Here are a few pictures I took, and for more information about the Hong Kong Railway Museum (currently managed by LCSD), click here.

Above: Behind those gates are the tracks currently in operation, you can also see a train :)

Above: Most trains in KCR British Section were made by the japanese train company Kinki Sharyo (also maker of today's KCR Millennium Train)Above: Ad in First-Class train compartmentAbove: Poster about KCR trains, then and now ("now" trains are on the bottom-left)Above: Decayed tracks caused by precipitation, people etc.