Monthly Archives: April 2006

Joey Saves Inq Tech-Writing World, Starting With ‘You’

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Gabriel

youI like linking to Joey Alarilla. If you wanna have a sudden gush of visitors, in my case from 1 to a whopping 5 (wow!!!), then go link to Joey Alarilla. Joey , Joey , Joey , Joey.

Anyway, Joey (ok enough with the links), was nice enough to email a heads up re the relaunching of the you.inq7.net site.
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Where Do Video Arcade Machines Go To Die?

Posted on April 24, 2006 by Gabriel

Where Do Video Arcade Machines Go To DieRemember those old Gallaga, PacMan, Space Invaders, Missile Command, Centipede, Frogger, Donkey Kong (and Donkey Kong Jr.), Mario Bros., and all those other token eating gadgets where we wasted spent most of our youth learning valuable skills for later on in life? (or at least thats what I told my dad)

Where can you buy those things now? Continue reading →

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Palmera Rams Update

Posted on April 24, 2006 by Gabriel

palmera rams updateYessir here's another basketball (and therefore OT post) - a sure enough sign I'll never be a problogger if I ever saw one. But then again, who cares really?

Ok so our record now is 1-1, I just came back from the gym an hour ago after our victory.

So our games have been pretty close. Yesterday we lost by five and today we won by four (I think). Funny how I almost never remember the margin whenever my teams win but when we lose, I have nightmares about the number of points we lost by, almost like it's chasing me around with a knife in my dreams (I'm serious). Continue reading →

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On Coaching Little League

Posted on April 22, 2006 by Gabriel

leagueAm taking a break from tech posts to talk about what's been keeping me really busy lately - which is coaching the Palmera Green Rams, one of four teams here in Palmera Heights composed of 14-18 year old boys (I've taken to referring to them as 'my boys' to my gf's consternation). Continue reading →

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Scheduled For World Domination

Posted on April 21, 2006 by Gabriel

google calendarProbably owing to my background as a groupware purveyor (I used sell Lotus Notes solutions, and was also a Microsoft Product Manager and evangelized MS Exchange - for which I studied certification for), I am a heavy believer in the Calendar, the central focus of a groupware solution after the Inbox.

Company groupware is one of the most difficult to implement not only because of its complexity, but there's also a great deal of politicking involved, forcing programmers to do the one thing they hate most - talk to the user.
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Hot Babes Sell Video Games? Really?!

Posted on April 15, 2006 by Gabriel

laraJoey Alarilla would probably be interested in this bit of news about Lara Croft.

Not necessarily because of Lara (more on her later), but about how the article says how one of the problems of the video game industry is its 'lack of celebrities'. Continue reading →

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The Great Notebook Search Part Deux

Posted on April 13, 2006 by Gabriel

ang pagdadalaga ni maximo oliverosFirst off, you would notice that I quite ingeniously used "Part Deux" instead of the more commonly used "Part II" to mark the distinction that this post is the second part of an ongoing process, namely to leech a laptop off of my client, as discussed here.

Using the French version done ostensibly, of course, to parlay the message that I am a smart person, incidentally one of the many, albeit hidden reason why this blog exists. Other than that of course, is the fact that I am a fan of stupid Charlie Sheen movies, one of which is Hot Shots! Part Deux, which for some reason I dreamt of last night. Continue reading →

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Healthrightsforall.org Almost Finished

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Gabriel

Healthrightsforall.org Almost FinishedJust about to take a trip back to civilization (I call Manila civilization, as opposed to the lush countryside (not) that is mountainous Cainta), to visit some clients, and maybe get paid before the stoppage of all normalcy and the start of all that is unholy called - Holy Week.

One would surmise such a lengthy undertaking as a trip back to the big city, specifically Makati, would entail an early head start. But nooooo.. it's 8am and still here I am, blogging.

At any rate, best to keep this short, so I'll go ahead and introduce my latest pro bono project: Continue reading →

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Interview of Arnold Gamboa re Linux Migration from Windows

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Gabriel

Interview of Arnold Gamboa re Linux Migration from WindowsI promised I'd post my interview of Mr. Arnold Gamboa, Managing Director of Sparrow Interactive, regarding the successful migration of 16 of their Windows machines to Linux.

This has to do with my talk last April 8, Saturday, at the PLUG 2nd Quarterly Free Seminar Series. Incidentally, I learned of Arnold's migration from his post about it at Pinoytechblog, so here's some linklove in that direction.

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So you wanna learn Kung Fu..

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Gabriel

linux talkThe many fans of this blog (all two of them) will be happy to note I am speaking at the PLUG 2nd Quarterly Free Seminar Series, to impart my knowledge on the Black Arts, namely Interviewing, Writing Articles, and other related debauchery. Continue reading →

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