RMS in Calgary
I attended Richard Stallman’s talk on “Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks” at the University of Calgary last Tuesday, February 3. Coming over from a job interview down south of the city I was a bit late so I had to stand at the back of the packed lecture hall. I found [...]
WordPress Upgraded
Its about time I upgraded my blog. I setup Ron’s blog at http://www.intelron.com and of course with the recent WordPress version 2.7. My WordPress version was 2.0.3 and there is no way to upgrade from that to 2.7… so I had to manually insert data into the new table formats from the existing data. Not [...]
Internet at Last
So much for this domain and webhosting, which I’m paying for, if I’m not going to use it! Now that I have internet at the place where I’m staying, no prying eyes or annoying officemates can distracting me from indulging in this guilty pleasure. Some years ago (2003 to be exact), I got caught up [...]
Year End Report
2007 is almost over! Only 12 posts (not including this one) for this year. In response to Nuts’ year in gear: Sold the Yamaha RBX-350. I think I saw that RBX in ebay.ph stripped off of the sticker veneer. Got a Geddy Lee jazz from Onie dela Cruz. Got an M-80 bass DI. Sold the [...]
Google Zurich
Last October 24, I was flown out to Zurich, Switzerland for on-site interviews with Google. They first emailed me last May asking if I was interested in any of their Software Engineering positions. Almost immediately, I dismissed it as spam. What would Google want with me anyway? What is the possibility that of the multitude [...]
Lowest Meralco Bill Ever
My electricity bill for the period of Aug 25 – Sept 25 is only P 575! From 2,500, thats an 80% reduction. Wow! At first I though that Meralco gave me a rebate for the infuriating price hike they had last June. But no, my electricity usage was just really really low. I didn’t use [...]
New Lappy!
After four (4) dreary months of going home to a dwelling devoid of a computer, I finally purchased a laptop. Its an Acer Aspire 4520-301G12. At Php 39,900 with 0% 12 months installment, free 2gb flash drive and HP photo printer, I think I got a really good deal! Bought it from Silicon Valley at [...]
5 Weeks of Condo Living
The past 5 weeks seemed an eternity. Days seem to go by longer, time seems to go by too slow. So many things have happened! I should be excited by all of this, as I was before this whole thing blew up in my face. But now its all been drummed down, reality has crept [...]
Camphone
To be honest with you, I don’t really need a camera phone. I just want a small enough phone for sending and receiving sms, occasional voice calls, calculator, alarm clock, and of course has an intuitive user interface that won’t annoy me. For me, camphones don’t output photos at good enough quality for anything but [...]
Gadgets
I got my Canon ixus camera back. At last! PAid a hefty 5k to the blasted Canon Service Center. I also got a new phone now. Finally got fed up with the almost 4-year old XDA!