Year: 2005

The New Year, The Geek, and Coppermine 1.42

new in coppermine 1.42Look, I know its the New Year tonight, but I can’t help being a geek. Yup, after so many years, I’m finally owning up to being one. This means I can add this atop my other nicknames such as world-famous raconteur, high-flying adventurer, swashbuckling debonair man about town, and all sorts of adjectives of the dexterously dashing and prodigious variety.

At any rate, here I am Dec. 31, installing Coppermine 1.42 (released Nov. 24, 2005), and I’m thinking. Hey, this is cool. Hey, that new feature is tight. Hey, I’ve always wanted that. And Hey, I gotta get a life.

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Tayo’y magsikap upang makamtan natin ang kasaganaan

I’m not really sure why I chose the above to be my title (the 2nd stanza to Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit in case that sounds familiar). I guess LSS has something to do with, other than being catchy as well.

Maybe in trying to make sense of how things have been going for me, I’m fairly at a loss for inspiration, hence I search for it even in Christmas Carols. For whatever reason, I think I chose above since it has something to do with the future. As of now, the future is the only thing I’m holding on to that holds some promise.

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Lechon, Journalists, and the AGJA Christmas party

asian gaming journalists association christmas partyI finished my articles around 5:30pm yesterday, and as I was savoring the sweet, sweet feeling of having been able to submit two articles before the deadline, I suddently decided, heck why not go to the Asian Gaming Journalists Association(AGJA) Christmas party?

And so I did.

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back to (predicting) the future

writing 2bu fearless forecastAhhh yes. December is the time for Christmas. For gift-giving. For singing carols. For gathering friends, family and loved ones.

And for me to write the most hated, feared and usually botched up stupid excuse of a writing exercise waste – of – valuable – space, time, money and effort article of the year – the “Fearless Forecast” – where I sum up what I, in my most wildest, weirdest and wackiest attempt, try to figure out what’s gonna happen next year in modern technology.

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of failed backups and stressed sassy lawyers

sassylawyer backup woesAccording to the movie Pushing Tin airline traffic controllers have some of the most stressful jobs there is. While I fully agree the idea of controlling the fate of hundreds of lives can weigh quite heavily on anyone, I’m sure a sys admin’s work (in varying degrees), can rank amongst those as well.

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Jingle Bells lang ang pahinga

jingle bells lang ang pahingaThe title is inspired by a jeep I occasionally see plying the Ortigas Antipolo route, with a sign at the back that says “Jingle Lang Ang Pahinga”, I’ve obviously changed somewhat to reflect a Holiday theme.

However, the underlying message is the same. This past week every waking hour had been accounted for, either working on one client or another, or writing one article after another, that even as I review my little scheduler on how I spent those days, it still all feels like a daze.

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I’m Relieved At Returning The Goodies In One Piece

returning the goodies i was lent in one pieceToday I return the goodies lent me, namely, the Motorola e680i and it’s sidekick, the Bluetooth headphones HT820, the Panasonic EB-VS3, the fabulous Motorola ROKR E1.

The subsequent write ups (can’t really call them reviews in the strictest sense as I wrote with a ‘lifestyle’ bent), are here for the ROKR E1, and here for the e680i and the ht820.

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