再見2009年

一年將盡，但回望過去，主的恩典不盡！ 由於承接了出乎意料之外的工作，過去兩、三年我每天工作十二小時以上，但這份特殊工作令我得到前所未有的滿足感，也意外地學習了很多翻譯的技巧，感謝主！來年希望可以盡量休息，多點運動，多些與朋友聚舊，正如幾天前黎家翹牧師的講道說，我們要在安息中跟從主 。 過去幾年雖然忙得缺乏運動，但最近驗身，我和太太都一切安好，只有主的保守才有如此結果。也順祝大家健康！ 雖然過去工作忙碌，但過去兩年也可以與家人和三五知己到澳洲、泰國等地外遊，感謝主給我好的旅伴和外遊的時間。希望今年可以有更多時間旅遊，親眼欣賞天父創造的各地美景！ 恩典讓我的記憶只剩下快樂，忘記過去的傷痛，在此向2009年說聲再見！

Albert Einstein

The scientist whom I respect most is Albert Einstein. Among his many innovating and thought-provoking theories, one of which should perhaps make him “the father of digital imaging”.

In December 2009 Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith accepted a Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the first digital image sensor, the charge-coupled device (CCD). When light passes through a camera's lens, it hits the CCD's photoelectric cells which convert that light into electrons. The more light a photocell is exposed to, the more electrons it holds. This effect, known as the photoelectric effect, earned Albert Einstein a Nobel Prize in 1921. This is the technology that makes digital imaging possible.

Boyle and Smith first came up with the idea of the CCD as a form of electronic memory at Bell Labs in 1969, 14 years after Einstein passed away. The first prototype digital camera to include a 10000 pixel CCD was invented by Kodak in 1975. Sony made their first digital camera, known as Mavica (Magnetic Video Camera) with a 0.28 million-pixel CCD in 1981. Canon first marketed their 0.1 million-pixel CCD digital camera (RC-701) in 1981. Nikon built their first prototype SVC (still video camera) with a 0.3 million-pixel CCD in 1986.