tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36184212011-07-08T01:38:54.922-07:00Everything and NothingThis was my original blog when I started way back in 2002. Much of the posts have disappeared. Now I'm reviving it in January 2009 to be my blog for quick, unedited stuff.Miguelnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-20606407637156177842009-10-22T09:10:00.001-07:002009-10-22T09:11:42.452-07:00Thanks to the comment from my high school classmate Chris, I remembered my blog. So much has happened since my last post there - and here - but I still fail at resuming my blog.Let me gather my thoughts, and come up with something.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-42486843527549736882009-05-31T07:33:00.000-07:002009-05-31T07:34:57.887-07:00Weekends: Personal tech success times personal happiness is a constant. Must find ways to put in more personal tech during the weekdays.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-64564611781105745792009-05-29T08:51:00.000-07:002009-05-29T09:06:20.092-07:00Quick SortingI started to clean out my room. Inspired by some moves going around here. Need to decide what of the past is to be kept, recycled, or thrown out. It's also an inspiration for the future - be more efficient, produce more waste. As we move on in life, what we should grow is what we know and keep inside, and not "stuff" we simply accumulate.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-55671778699435709152009-05-28T10:45:00.000-07:002009-05-28T10:47:54.575-07:00UnboredomI can't relate with people who say they're bored. There's so much to do, and so little time. I've given up many things in the name of prioritizing. Still, I need to do better and cut out some things to make way for the more important.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-14431904455070700332009-05-25T09:11:00.000-07:002009-05-25T09:33:44.394-07:00Literal functions.The Book Blockade issue was going on for weeks. I wasn't active until the end - well we didn't know it was the end, or if it's really the end. I attended the RockEd Book Bigayan. Giving away books has always made me happy. I read them, and don't collect them. I treasure the ideas much more than the books themselves. I rarely reread them because I never run out of new things - Miguelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-8925064274943328762009-05-25T08:33:00.001-07:002009-05-25T08:45:45.374-07:00Rewriting.My personal writing has been under pressure. From the occasional words I weave at work - email conversations, technical documentation, and miscellany. From micro-blogging - the tweet, which makes it so easy to get something out in a few words. Sometimes witty, often blah. Post-post-modern realtime thinking hooks us up to the global thought stream, but threatens us with ignorance Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-2393228844752144212009-05-12T11:02:00.000-07:002009-05-12T11:03:24.650-07:00Enough reading, for now. I must practice writing. I've been tweeting a lot, but I need to expand those into longer, more meaningful material. Work shouldn't be the only reason I write.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-32404817058856378792009-05-08T12:30:00.000-07:002009-05-08T12:39:32.969-07:00Time to resume writing. Writing well? I can think about that later. For now, just write. Deliberate practice.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-85491444542926067102009-02-13T06:33:00.001-08:002009-02-13T06:36:09.763-08:00Blogging fail. Only remembered when the Pinoy Tech Podcast session mentioned it. I guess I shouldn't force it.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-35010634318811220322009-01-27T08:54:00.000-08:002009-01-27T08:57:47.612-08:00On writing - I'm now working on the suggestions in my main blog. Write about what I share in Google Reader. Write about what I tweet. Those are good starting points, but maybe I'll save them for the main blog where I could (or should) write "article quality" posts.Yes, I'm obsessing again. So I'll let my main blog sit idle why I don't have that perfect post. Until then, I'll just keep the words Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-67563128241510983212009-01-27T08:17:00.000-08:002009-01-27T08:39:56.977-08:00So I was at Joon's party. "indie" music people were there, with "bigger" stars later. The next night, I fetched my Mom from the last night Anabel Bosch's wake/party - she's college friends with Anabel's mom. I also found out that Ian and Allen Umali's mom is also my mom's friend. So I thought: why wasn't I really meant destined to follow that path.I also get much envy for IT/tech people who Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-45784475796777391002009-01-24T19:56:00.000-08:002009-01-24T19:57:42.881-08:00Great party last night, Joon! Great to see you after years, and hang out with your gang.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-79066086798876371992009-01-22T08:14:00.000-08:002009-01-22T08:24:31.247-08:00Layoffs and other recession-credit-crunch stuff. The economy rebalancing its equations. Lately I've been reminiscing about my what-goes-up-must-come-downs, and career choices that became life decisions. Trying to make sense.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-559714606668827302009-01-20T10:20:00.000-08:002009-01-20T10:21:00.204-08:00I get resume envy. Like from people with MBAs. Though I don't plan to take one myself.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-57601291989872789322009-01-20T09:55:00.000-08:002009-01-20T09:56:24.027-08:00Obama inauguration - now let's move forward!Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-12721576830209864992009-01-19T08:47:00.001-08:002009-01-19T08:47:38.527-08:00Am I vain if I crush on a girl who looks like me?Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-22470178583771633572009-01-19T08:18:00.001-08:002009-01-19T08:18:29.926-08:00Need to cut down on Facebook and Twitter. I can do it - just look at what you need to look at, don't stray.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-90912256199388680392009-01-19T08:13:00.001-08:002009-01-19T08:13:55.361-08:00Rockstar envy. But I couldn't have been one. Lack the talent. Don't have the personality. Would probably go mad. Good thing my 10,000 hours were spent elsewhere.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-73963393173088875812009-01-19T07:47:00.001-08:002009-01-19T07:48:40.516-08:00Trying Blogger again, for random posts off the top of my head. Unedited. Raw. No need to refine. Not all-revealing, since I'm not anonymous... but enough to let write away and empty my head.Thought for today: gotta be prepared, don't know what will be happening.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-87638086060093641192007-07-14T11:42:00.000-07:002007-07-14T11:45:46.084-07:00I thought of a better blogging idea. Use my other blog for the quick updates. I have full control there, and I have lots of ad space and text links available. TLA will like frequent updates.I just need to upgrade that blog to Wordpress 2.2.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-27559438802522706862007-07-13T23:44:00.000-07:002007-07-13T23:45:59.328-07:00Blogger seems good enough for my use case.Just two suggestions: Go back to the compose box after posting (ala Twitter), and a keyboard shortcut to post instead of mousing over to the Publish Post button.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-41390318811935545812007-07-13T23:28:00.000-07:002007-07-13T23:29:12.812-07:00While Profimail posting seems OK, the N70 keys are just too small for comfortable emailing. And while I could bear with that.. the N70 hung! Yep it's notorious for that.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-36277977972640081272007-07-13T21:26:00.000-07:002007-07-13T22:06:19.606-07:00Now to continue with Java Generics training material and samples.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-25166718618574784742007-07-13T21:24:00.001-07:002007-07-13T21:26:13.993-07:00Trying imap hacks to move out the gazillions of mailboxes from my work IMAP inbox. Doing it remotely - can't wait to get to the office and do it with Thunderbird, since I want to test the profimail mobile client which supports SSL for IMAP and SMTP. N70 doesn't support SSL/SMTP, 6233 doesn't support SSL at all, and I don't want to buy a new phone just for proper email.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-16993883248252960492007-07-13T21:19:00.000-07:002007-07-13T21:21:27.759-07:00Posting here again.I haven't been posting in my main blog because Twitter makes it so easy to twit/post all the time without thinking. My main blog is idle because I want it to contain complete articles. That's a bit hard to do.So here, I'll post without thinking. Without much thinking.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-1139134314789055352006-02-05T02:11:00.000-08:002006-02-05T02:11:54.796-08:00Performancing Testfriends Test from Performancing for Firefox. Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-1130233853926858022005-10-25T02:49:00.000-07:002005-10-25T02:50:53.930-07:00Test post with picture, for ATOM output.Picture (c) Gary Mercado.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-912661872003-03-23T22:59:00.000-08:002003-03-23T22:59:37.653-08:00Testing rssify for Pinoyblogs.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-856321642002-12-07T00:22:00.000-08:002002-12-07T00:22:43.540-08:00My journal is now using the b2 system. You can now visit it here. Please update your bookmarks. (As if, hehe).
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-855828602002-12-06T00:19:00.000-08:002002-12-06T00:19:07.733-08:00I lack enthusiasm for life. A friend just observed that in me. After thinking about it a bit, I think it's true. I'm apathetic towards most things - I don't feel strongly for them, for or against.
The friend also can't understand why I am not interested in traveling. It really has no appeal for me.
One thing immediately good would be that I have someone to remind me to go to the gym. If you Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-855801602002-12-05T22:37:00.000-08:002002-12-05T23:22:38.000-08:00Very nice post. My own version would be - reading blogs makes me realize - or wonder - why everyone else's life seems better than yours! But should you even compare? I do, and that helps me feel miserable at times. Why don't I have something that's so easy for other people to have?
I caught the obituary of Santi Bose. The Bad Boy of Philippine Art, it read. Neat.
New dream person to meet: Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-855376312002-12-05T06:26:00.000-08:002002-12-05T06:28:49.000-08:00I was sick yesterday. Frustrating. I can't keep up with other people because a little lost sleep brings me down.
Work is still good, though. I'll be turning up tomorrow since time is of the essence. (And I didn't do enough today). While I hope to write Java code like a poet, the reality is that I'm trudging through other people's code and trying to understand it. (software archeology, argh!)
I Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-854261842002-12-03T04:49:00.000-08:002002-12-03T04:49:46.050-08:00Matilda now as a Yahoo! group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/matilda7.
Interesting times at work. The old code I'm trying to understand is tough. I need to be motivated!
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-853728302002-12-02T04:10:00.000-08:002002-12-02T04:10:21.723-08:00I just remembered two more hosts for the web awards: Jesus "Buboy" Romero of Globe Telecoms, and a girl host from E! Philippines.
I got asthma. Been hanging out with too many smokers. That, and probably coffee, kept me up last night. Today, I've successfully avoided that evil bean. Unfortunately, I've been eating too much, and don't feel like exercising. Another weakness of mine.
I was also Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-853220512002-11-30T22:43:00.000-08:002002-11-30T22:43:31.510-08:00I had an interesting night out, met new people, and learned lots of things about music, history and culture. I finally went to Encomium at FBR Arcade, Katipunan Avenue, across the Ateneo. Cozy place where people know each other. Ala Paredes was there.
COMPSAT, the Computer Society of Ateneo, had a party last night at KAFE. The bands were loud. The event was called "Reboot" and apparently is a Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-852877102002-11-30T00:35:00.000-08:002002-11-30T00:39:33.000-08:00I was at the Web Awards at Dusit Hotel last night. Too bad I was late for the cocktails - I could have met more people there. I was also frustrated that there were people who recognized me but I could not recall who they were. That's my mental handicap.
Surprises for the night were Juice winning in the Media category, and seeing my old coworker Jett Tayer pick up the two prizes for the Ang Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-852031412002-11-28T01:25:00.000-08:002002-11-28T01:25:16.620-08:00I've started on a new project, so program design is keeping me busy. At least, I can earn cash. Finally.
Loi Estrada's name is now being used in an Internet scam. Come to think of it, Marcos could have been a good dummy to use.
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-850064882002-11-24T05:56:00.000-08:002002-11-24T05:56:22.193-08:00For all of you out there complaining about the Rock Awards, Jim Ayson explains in the pinoyrock group:
--------
I think if there are any serious questions about NU, maybe you should ask NU :-) Regarding the procedures, it is really simple.
a) The fans nominate the artists. Top scorers become the official nominees. Its mainly a popularity poll.
b) A board of judges is convened among NU Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-849724782002-11-23T08:39:00.000-08:002002-11-24T05:48:26.000-08:00Here are the minutes of the book club meeting. Unfortunately, the new people I wanted to meet backed out for various reasons.
Funny incident of the night: When I entered the cafe, a girl was reading a book. I thus asked her if she was a book club member! Not. She turned out to be a friend of the establishment's owners.
November 23, 2002
Perk Twenty One Cafe, Liberty Center, Mandaluyong City
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-849613752002-11-22T23:21:00.000-08:002002-11-22T23:22:13.000-08:00I'll have to stop going out to watch bands for now, I'm really not used to staying up late and my head hurts in the daytime. I've been posting a bit about artist distribution, production, and financing at indiefilipino. I hope these let me keep normal hours.
It sucks when your body doesn't cooperate with what you want to do! I guess it's how your physical traits affect your life, personality andMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-848612712002-11-21T01:10:00.000-08:002002-11-21T01:10:15.413-08:00I was at the NU 107 Rock Awards. It was the first time I received the invitations to the event, but they turned out to be unnecessary!
The most interesting band for me was Pan, the new band of Dong Abay, known for Yano. Unfortunately I could not make out the lyrics. I'm sure they were very good.
The music was bad, but at least the spectacle was entertaining, and I got to meet indiefilipino Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-848044772002-11-19T23:11:00.000-08:002002-11-19T23:13:29.000-08:00There is an adage, "God will give you the right person when you're ready." I believe that to be true, since it would be unfair to the "other" to have me now in my confused state. There is a lot to think about myself, being introspective and reflecting.
This post is a tribute to my teachers. Since we all learn from life, meeting people is a matter of learning and teaching. My current frustration Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-847484842002-11-18T21:50:00.000-08:002002-11-18T21:51:11.000-08:00I've been working on the presentation outlines for PH-CERT.
I'm going to attend a big event, my first time! I'll tell you about it, afterwards!
I've been posting more at the indiefilipino forums. More people now, and more interesting ideas going around.
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-846223642002-11-16T07:11:00.000-08:002002-11-16T07:11:05.786-08:00Most of the day was spent jamming at a Sta. Mesa studio with PEx members. Nothing serious at all.
I love it even if I'm not serious about playing because you really get to work with other people and learn new things.
To the next Jamming EB! We should be organized and have more people next time. Just four of us today.
New word for the day: Blethers. It's the Scots word for chatting about Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-845314672002-11-14T08:36:00.000-08:002002-11-14T08:42:02.000-08:00you can have anyone in a daydream
big or small short or tall anyone at all
you can have anyone in a daydream
young and old truth be told anyone who fits your mold
you can have anyone in a daydream
here's one thing you can't deny there's no such thing as wrong or right
- Anyone in a Daydream, written by Brain Salad (Basti Artadi, David Aguirre, Louie Talan and Brian Velasco)
..............Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-844689642002-11-13T04:48:00.000-08:002002-11-13T04:48:27.073-08:00I posted about last night's party. Interesting people there, though still at the college level.
I started a PEx thread about thinking too much. I hope to get some insights.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-844577482002-11-12T21:39:00.000-08:002002-11-12T21:39:03.680-08:00A Self-Conscious Post
A friend tells me that I think about things too much. This journal shows it by enumerating facts and not emotions. I'm afraid that's true - I want everything I do to have a reason or a "higher purpose," more than just entertainment.
I don't think I could change that. I just have to channel it into showing positive sides of myself. "Being logical" is the basis of my fanaticMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-844065382002-11-11T23:23:00.000-08:002002-11-11T23:23:48.743-08:00I'm done ranking the Web Awards sites. That leaves one more piece of "work" that I don't feel up to doing, yet.
Slashdot led me to a discussion on an "alternative record industry". I want to adapt the ideas there to the local situation. An interesting link off the article is to mediAgora, "defining a new marketplace for media." These give me something to think about.
I should be sharing my Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-843175042002-11-10T07:44:00.000-08:002002-11-11T00:11:14.000-08:00Some of Jovan's works are here. Now I know where her Indiefilipino forums avatar comes from!
The cousin of my Mom, the ever-bohemian "Tito" Jolicco Cuadra, came over. I helped him look for the poetry of Constantine Cafavy and George Barker (whose True Confession is here). I will be putting his biography online, and hopefully his epic poem, when he finishes it!
While judging sites for the Web Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-843166872002-11-10T07:15:00.000-08:002002-11-10T07:15:44.266-08:00I've finally done something I should have, a long time ago. What a relief.
I went to Admit One last night with Alene. I was flipped enough to join the Funniest Joke contest, where I narrated Boo Chanco's spiel about San Miguel vs other beers. I lost the applause vote to the two guys from peyups.com.
I met with Lionel Valdellon aka acid42, and bought the CD of Clone, his electronica trio. (His Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-842708242002-11-09T00:47:00.000-08:002002-11-09T00:47:09.536-08:00An old friend, a literary genius, compared me with Alfred Prufrock. I just had to look it up and find T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. I'll be figuring out what it means.
I can't write poetry but I like reading out loud. I'm getting started on planning a poetry reading event. I'll share when it takes shape!
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-842195062002-11-08T03:17:00.000-08:002002-11-08T03:17:41.183-08:00Visit wends' ePolitiko.com if you want to be informed about Philippine politics. It may suck, so let's make it suck less!
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-841665312002-11-07T03:32:00.000-08:002002-11-07T03:32:37.823-08:00It's always great to have friends. I love them. Sorry if that's such a cliche'.
I've never been to an Admit One event, but I'm going to their anniversary this Saturday. Jovan has awesome concert photography. I hope to meet up with her again soon.
I've started looking at the Web Awards finalists... how to rate, how to rate...Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-840550722002-11-05T04:05:00.000-08:002002-11-05T04:05:37.190-08:00I feel frustrated and pathetic.
I hope that this will pass.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-839154422002-11-02T03:15:00.000-08:002002-11-02T03:15:17.430-08:00Here are the 25 most powerful people in show business, according to the PCIJ (Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism). How about the top in tech?
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-837110162002-10-29T03:01:00.000-08:002002-10-29T03:01:27.356-08:00I'm moving my posts over to my newly activated "techscene" journal, on a test basis. It's using b2.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-836585212002-10-28T04:45:00.000-08:002002-10-28T05:15:26.000-08:00I met interesting people at the lunch today for the judges and organizers of the Philippine Web Awards. I'm judging the final round.
Sacha is the person associated with Linux now, among the general IT public. She's got her taste of glam - she's one of the movers and shakers coming out in the local Seventeen Magazine. (Thanks to Joey for bringing this up.)
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-835465592002-10-26T00:32:00.000-07:002002-10-26T20:11:09.000-07:00I wish I had programming contests back in college. I hope to watch this one and admire the current crop of talent. Posted by Jonathan Ritchie Yap of the University of Asia and the Pacific.
Byte Wars
Think…Create…Solve…will be the battle cry of 48 teams as they slug it out for the first-ever ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest Asia Regional site to be held in Philippines on NovemberMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-835089342002-10-25T05:22:00.000-07:002002-10-25T05:36:59.000-07:00Now finished with one week of giving "beginner" Linux training at work.
Gathering the Pieces
Here is the download list for pinoyjavalearners so far, in my latest post. I'll be copying the CD-R for people getting started. I need to get this going since I don't get to code as much as I like. Hopefully, this will recruit more people to help me out!
This is 388 Megabytes already... :)
Please Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-834965662002-10-24T21:19:00.000-07:002002-10-24T21:22:33.000-07:00If it wasn't clear, "Who is Eastern Telecom" is their ad campain for their rebranding effort. They need to get out of relative obscurity, and consumer confusion between "Eastern Telecom(s?)" and their initials, ETPI. But if they do, my DSL connection will slow down! I don't want to have PLDT DSL speed connections.
It will take a lot of effort to dislodge PLDT from its near-monopoly status, but Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-834579902002-10-24T06:16:00.000-07:002002-10-24T06:18:01.000-07:00Who is Eastern Telecom? I'll find out now that I got an office DSL connection from them. I can now put together the pinoyjavalearners CD for newbie distribution. I'll probably hack on it this weekend since haven't been spending time on the group. I haven't been even doing much Java either! I can now try more stuff that's heavy on the byte side. The better thing about it is that it offers a lot ofMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-833034132002-10-21T09:29:00.000-07:002002-10-21T09:34:44.000-07:00Ping Lacson wants to regulate prepaid GSM SIM (Subscriber Information Module) cards since criminals use them for their activities. (Sorry can't find a news link). The City of Makati is also banning the use of mobile phones in banks and money changers. Now, we are catching up with technology. Visit ph-cyberview for the discussion.
The Inquirer writes about credit card companies as the "Fine PrintMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-832509172002-10-20T07:32:00.000-07:002002-10-20T07:32:19.576-07:00If Joey can have his cinephiles' Coffee Club, who can sponsor a round of drinks and a venue for coders? Are there any local companies who want to nurture coding creativity? Or do we start our own thing first?Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-832492752002-10-20T06:20:00.000-07:002002-10-20T06:21:13.000-07:00Today I visited the Cafe Papemelroti to see the exhibit of Ilustrador ng Kabataan.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-832045692002-10-18T23:16:00.000-07:002002-10-18T23:33:01.000-07:00Pieces of Friday Five:
On average, how much TV do you watch in a week?
Less than ten hours. I don't schedule any viewing, but just switch channels around for the most part, spending an average of two minutes before switching. Just like my choices in reading, my choices in viewing reflect my general apathy towards anything fictional. I think I should spend my time reading and watching things I Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-831122512002-10-17T04:33:00.000-07:002002-10-17T04:34:30.000-07:00I'm looking at October 26 for the first meeting of the pinoyjavalearners. The CD distribution for beginners is taking shape and is related to the project concept for the Kabuhayan (Livelihood) CD for Pinoy programmers.
The Linux threading problem for freeradius was fixed by upgrading to the glibc in Red Hat 7.3. I have continued working on my prepaid Internet card suite for RADIUS.
I'm startingMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-830162462002-10-15T08:01:00.000-07:002002-10-15T08:28:36.000-07:00I'm hacking on my Python module for the FreeRADIUS server. I might use it in a commercial project. I'm still having trouble with Linux threading.
A post at pinoyjavalearners led me to Java Practices. I should start using the tips there for better coding. This is more reason I want to get a copy of Effective Java by Bloch soon. The site derives from it.
I've almost finished Programming C# by Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-829167372002-10-13T03:37:00.000-07:002002-10-13T03:52:02.000-07:00Howard Rheingold has extended his study of virtual communities to the wireless space in Smart Mobs. He cites the fall of Joseph "Erap" Estrada as the catalyst for starting his book, in this interview.
After working on wireless back ends for a few months, I have considered different ideas on how to make use of SMS for "distributed intelligence" and not just games and chatting. Perhaps I'll work Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-828874102002-10-12T09:14:00.000-07:002002-10-12T09:14:54.040-07:00I would like make programming a performance art - that is, making the craft of programming entertaining to a general audience even when the work is still in progress. It could be like musical improvisation made by jamming musicians, or dance steps composed on the spot from a known set of patterns.
This is different from the discussions I've found on programming as art, since the others focus on Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-828851192002-10-12T07:51:00.000-07:002002-10-12T08:03:16.000-07:00Working with Jetty has led me to a strange problem, where a java.util.LinkedList passed to a thread subclass constructor gets set to null. It must have been some gotcha I hit.
Jason Banico digresses about cracking the Lotto mathematically. I'll try something along those lines, and perhaps with Genetic Programming as well, when I feel like playing with numbers.
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-828363112002-10-11T04:32:00.000-07:002002-10-11T04:32:40.910-07:00I finally saw Fuseboxx live!
I was at Club Sound Experience, seated right in front of Abby, their vocalist and keyboard player. Listening to them is tiring because it demands your full concentration.
I was chatting with Eric, the keyboard player, and he said that they couldn't be categorized simply as progressive rock. They form stories out of the songs they play.
There should be online Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-828330372002-10-11T01:44:00.001-07:002002-10-11T01:44:36.950-07:00In response to the thread, Sacha Chua (who has been a visible open source advocate as of late) comes up with an insightful essay relating CS to philosophy. The compsci archives are down right now, so here is my own copy.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-828330302002-10-11T01:44:00.000-07:002002-10-11T01:44:22.920-07:00The compsci mailing list has a very interesting discussion about the relationship between Art and Computer Science. I was led to the interesting pages of Richard Gabriel I am most interested in the proposal for a new course, Master of Fine Arts in Software, and a different take on why Open Source is important, from the point of view of complexity. Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-827432222002-10-09T08:32:00.000-07:002002-10-09T08:33:41.000-07:00Congratulations to Budjette, he got Globe Telecoms to use a comic book to promote XTM, an email-over-GPRS service. Will that convince me to get a GPRS-enabled mobile phone? I doubt. The day I figure out something neat to be done with J2ME for my own use, is the day I upgrade my handset.
In the meantime, Budjette will reinforce his claim to pop icon fame. Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-827369542002-10-09T05:55:00.000-07:002002-10-09T05:55:12.770-07:00The "Post" button now appears on Mozilla! How unpredictable. Nevertheless, its failure is a wake-up call for me to find a Content Management System that I can live with.
I just finished the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. While it has been put down as an attempt at pop psychology and sociology, it still has enough to make me think. This essay relates the concept with blogging and the spread Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-827323832002-10-09T02:26:00.000-07:002002-10-09T05:55:52.000-07:00I'll have to update this some other time, or, I might be switching content management systems. Mozilla fails to display the Blogger "post" buttons, so I downloaded Opera. Now, Opera constrains my text input box to 1/8 of the width of the screen, worse than Mozilla.
In any case, my thoughts for now revolve around the Idea Virus and the Tipping Point, learning the Jetty web server for my project, Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-825842442002-10-05T22:55:00.000-07:002002-10-05T22:55:10.250-07:00I got the work project to run. I hope to be able to release parts of it as open source after cleaning it up. It's good practice for OOP design.
Aside from that, not much coding has been going. I haven't felt like working on the other non-commercial projects, or continuing with C# and .NET. Yet.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-823617842002-10-01T05:54:00.000-07:002002-10-01T05:54:58.013-07:00Tech stuff I've been busy with: Java+SMS back end for work, reading on C# and .NET, testing different media for my new CD-RW drive.
Stuff to do: study the MIT open courseware on software engineering, practice security stuff for PH-CERT projects, read up on SASL for JSO.
What I might be doing: hacking on Bayanihan Linux, thinking of writing a prepaid card dialer for Linux - most likely in Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-822234692002-09-27T21:25:00.000-07:002002-09-27T21:31:37.000-07:00One Big Shite
I empathize with Rowie for having crossed The Establishment when it comes to the UAAP games. I made this comment:
Well the way I see it, the UAAP is a sacred cow and school pride is like a cult, especially with the types that Richie Ramos described at ateneogenx. I guess some folks like you and me (who cares nothing for UAAP) have become more egalitarian and don't fit in the moldMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-821528892002-09-26T10:11:00.000-07:002002-09-26T10:12:19.000-07:00Today's meeting for PH-CERT was long and promising. We, the board, set the direction of things to come. Watch out for our announcement and projects.
There are so many comments on today's UAAP (athletics) finals basketball game between arch-rivals Ateneo and La Salle. I'm from Ateneo, but I'm apathetic when it comes to basketball, and sports in general. I can't point out why but sports just boreMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-820980572002-09-25T08:32:00.000-07:002002-09-25T08:32:16.233-07:00I'm starting to read O'Reilly's Programming C# 2nd Edition, and using Mono to run the examples. I'll see how far Mono goes before having to switch to Windows XP + .NET SDK. I hope Mono is sufficient to learn the language and core classes. I really feel crippled coding under Windows.
I'll probably spend less time in Windows since I've finished the Warcraft story. Yay!
I still have a list of Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-820487762002-09-24T09:15:00.000-07:002002-09-24T09:33:51.000-07:00I am interviewed for my ideas on the local ICT industry for
the 18th annniversary issue of Metropolitan Computer Times. I am cited as one of their "18 Movers and Shakers."
They called me "a grizzled IT veteran at a relatively young age of 28, Migs." Well yes, I am literally grizzled now. Young? Yes, compared to the other people they named. I often feel old relative to my peers. It's always Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-819498902002-09-22T07:28:00.000-07:002002-09-22T07:31:11.000-07:00There is local Infotech blog, run by the folks at DigitalFilipino. My project in planning, in comparison, is less about tech things, and more about tech people and the scene.
I'm now checking if Grey Matter will fit. (And I'm resisting the urge to write my own, which will take some time, for sure!)Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-819383132002-09-21T21:28:00.000-07:002002-09-21T21:28:29.866-07:00I'm feeling better - not totally well, but well enough to want to get out of the house, later.
I saw Conspiracy Theory on Studio 23 last night. I liked it! I watch less films and TV than the average person, which I credit to a short attention span.
The project for JSO and JSSE is clear to me - to make SSL Sockets accept connections that are not authenticated. This is for Jabber server Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-818969912002-09-20T18:53:00.000-07:002002-09-20T18:53:40.586-07:00Happy (?) 30th Anniversary to the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines.
I am a "Martial Law Baby" since I was born in 1974.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-818736632002-09-20T08:10:00.000-07:002002-09-20T08:11:56.000-07:00I missed the PEx Business Club and Developers' Night meeting. Next time.
I've been playing too much Warcraft, so much that I couldn't sleep properly with the games playing in my dreams. At least it works great on my humble new system (Duron 1.1 Ghz + a borrowed TNT2 32 MB).
So today, I gave it a rest. I spent most of my day out of bed chatting with friends and getting help with my problems, PExMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-818114402002-09-18T23:56:00.000-07:002002-09-18T23:56:24.513-07:00Nothing much has been happening. I am having one of the worst attacks of flu I ever. I should be doing some stuff while I'm at home, but I just don't feel like it.
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-816696072002-09-16T06:04:00.000-07:002002-09-16T07:12:37.000-07:00Dominique Cimafranca, who does open source advocacy for IBM Philippines, posted an analysis of Microsoft's attack on local open source. He summed up the attack as:
Premise: Commercial software is responsible for creating millions of jobs
Premise: Open source software is not commercial software
Conclusion: Open source software will stop the growth of the local software industry
Read more fromMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-816269112002-09-15T04:07:00.000-07:002002-09-15T04:07:20.146-07:00Not much tech for the weekend. Was tweaking my new home PC, which is for my development, and for my brother's school work and games. Remaining tweaks are to get the VIA 8233 AC97 sound system working under Linux, and speeding up the hard disk system to UDMA 100 or 133.
Still running on a borrowed 14" monitor and TNT2 video card.
I'm getting started with NetBeans. I can now use Java IDE's, now Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-815451602002-09-13T00:53:00.000-07:002002-09-13T00:53:30.813-07:00I'm trying out SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) using Cryptix SASL. While many projects out there use this, I'm learning it for use in JSO.
You know you've been blogging a while when... your friends cite you as a reason for them getting started! Welcome Monica!
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-815397732002-09-12T21:34:00.000-07:002002-09-12T21:34:58.216-07:00I envy Ritchie Lozada. He has more than 1 Gigabit per second of bandwidth in his office.
Peer to peer networks on your cell phones? If that works, it could be useful for the Philippines where mobile handsets vastly outnumber PC's.
I have almost forgot giving this interview at ITnetcentral. Thanks to Jason Banico for reminding me.
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-814505902002-09-11T04:28:00.000-07:002002-09-11T04:28:51.580-07:00I skipped the Open Minds press conference yesterday since I'm retired from Linux advocacy. The press covered the meeting here (Businessworld) and here (INQ7).
Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-814128602002-09-10T10:41:00.000-07:002002-09-10T10:41:40.720-07:00Congratulations to the newly elected board of PH-CERT! We held a very entertaining meeting at the ACCEED facility of the Asian Institute of Management. Thanks to Computer Associates Philippines for sponsoring the meeting.
I am part of the newly-elected 9-person team. We'll be having another meeting to choose the officers. I'm looking forward to some useful projects and learning experiences. TheMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-813590722002-09-09T08:38:00.000-07:002002-09-09T09:09:35.000-07:00I got some advice on debugging JSO, but I couldn't do it today. The maintainer would like some help implementing SSL and SASL, and I'd like to give that a shot once I get the hang of running the JSO example. I would also like to help in the Jabber component support since my main use for JSO is to implement gateways between the Jabber protocol and other types of socket stuff.
pinoyjavalearners Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-813111512002-09-08T04:37:00.000-07:002002-09-08T09:44:15.000-07:00My Java education project has started with the pinoyjavalearners Yahoo! group. My initial description:
A forum and study group for learning and peer teaching of the fundamentals of the Java programming language. We encourage free-flowing discussion, and the only bad questions are those that remain unanswered.
I have invited friends who want to get started. I look forward to developing my JavaMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-812816392002-09-07T09:43:00.000-07:002002-09-07T09:43:21.153-07:00Today was the day of the arts. I went to the shoot at Brash Young Cinema for its upcoming TV show. Guests were indie film director Quark Henares, who reached mainstream recognition with "Gamitan"; Michi Valeriano of MyX, the music channel of ABS-CBN Broadcasting; and Lyndon Gregorio, creator of the Beerkada comic strip and book anthology.
We were all laughing hard as Joey Fernandez, the driving Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-811849242002-09-05T05:27:00.000-07:002002-09-05T05:29:56.000-07:00If there was ever a local techie comics scene person, it's Jason Banico, now with Yehey!.
I just found out that he's blogging about his work on a new comics company, Dynatica.
While I like his series, "Baylans: Hack the Culture," I think that no one else I showed my copies to could relate to it!Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-811833312002-09-05T04:17:00.000-07:002002-09-05T04:17:35.940-07:00In my free time I'm studying some Java basics like Collections. This is to prepare for the upcoming basic training sessions I'm thinking about, a foundation for future fields of study, and maybe for SCJP Certification.
I don't feel like taking up J2EE anymore. I really feel no affinity towards it. Now, why did I think I would ever be interested in business software? I never was. I'll still be Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-810316472002-09-02T07:48:00.000-07:002002-09-02T07:48:00.286-07:00I got busy with IP network security training. As with the past two full-week sessions, I learn different things and new approaches.
I've been reading at O'Reilly about Sun, J2EE Open Source, and whether EJB's are good at all. It's good that at this stage I can still be critical since I'm not involved yet. I still have a bit of basic Java to master, namely threads and the collections framework.Miguelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618421.post-809945012002-09-01T08:50:00.000-07:002002-09-01T08:51:48.000-07:00Not only is the project intense, but something is bothering me. Something I can't talk about here - yet. It's making me lose my drive, and could even lead to depression.
I haven't been able to read the PDF pile. Normally, I hate procrastinating, but when you know your brain is not in a receptive mood, might as well put it off for a more productive time.
I better get the tech blog up and runningMiguelnoreply@blogger.com0