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The perspiring evangelist

2005-10-24T09:44:00.000+08:00

The paint of a building fades out in a rapid rate. The shift from one room to another makes one fairly dizzy and constrained.

Geez..., it's appropriate to speak out something like "hell yeah... that's life!". The truth is, it couldn't be much of a hell if you just plan your forthcoming endeavors out in the first place. And with God, nothing really is impossible. His guidance serves as an umbrella to our inner little red riding hood. We'll just have to believe in ourselves and stick with our unconditional determination. We must have to be strong to be able to realize the true meaning of mortality and of human essence itself.

The future holds limitless possiblities... You decide what the future holds for you... keep it going you nurga!.

Connect To?

2005-09-21T10:45:00.000+08:00

A leading ISP in the Philippines is making intruder's life easier by supplying the USERNAME and PASSWORD in their web configuration utilities.

All things are one

2005-09-04T12:43:00.000+08:00

Every person has his own Personal Legend. It keeps us living and motivated in achieving our endeavors. Upon pursuing the route, we must not forget what is essential. It may be hard holding two dimensions up, but ey!, that's reality.

Finding one's destiny, is the person's only obligation...

Off Topic: Contemporary strain and devotion

2005-08-26T08:59:00.000+08:00

Below is a song well-suited for the new generation lovers.

Ey!, if you guys got somebody you endeared so much who will be going outside the country, this one's for you... For me, inscribe this one to somebody...

"Stay"
I believe we shouldnt let the moment pass us by.
Life's too short we shouldn't wait for the water to run dry
Think about it cause we only have one shot at destiny
All im asking could it possibly be you and me?

So if you'd still go, i'll understand
Would you give me something just to hold on to?
And if you'll stay, ill hold your hand
Cause im truly, madly, crazily in love with you...

Time has come for us to go our separate ways
God forbid but my mind is going crazy today
I feel so cold, feel so numb, I'm having nightmares but im awake
Help me lord. Fight this loneliness, take this pain away

So if you'd still go, i'll understand
Would you give me something just to hold on to?
And if you'll stay, ill hold your handCause im truly, madly, crazily in love with you

Now that you're gone, I'm all alone
Im still hoping that you would come back home
Dont care how long, but im willing to wait
Cause im truly, madly, crazily in love with you

An intimate relationship entails efforts and sacrifices from both parties... Life is intricate. Learn how to hold on to promises and never give up with each other... Struggle, and learn what's essential in life...

The Difference between Focusing on Problems and Focusing on Solutions

2005-08-25T17:18:00.000+08:00

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (ink won't flow down to the writing surface). In order to solve this problem, they hired Andersen Consulting Accenture today). It took them one decade and 12 million dollars. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, under water, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

The Russians, well, they used a pencil...

New use for cell phones: Birth Control

2005-08-25T17:16:00.000+08:00

Hungarian researchers reportedly plan to announce their findings at an international conference that carrying cell phones can lower men’s sperm counts by as much as 30 percent. According to Mike Elgan, other researchers, contacted by cell phone, said in high falsetto voices that they’re skeptical about the Hungarian claims.

Associated Press reported that those who place their phone near their groin, on a belt or in a pocket are at great risk.

Why Netbeans?

2005-08-24T16:37:00.000+08:00

Netbeans is driving me nuts!.

I tried it coz people from Sun advised us to. I can tell that it has fully functional features. However, we need efficient output. We can't just sit there and watch some bulky debugging statements to pop off!. Even for a simple input dialog, it's not worth it!. It's even slower than visual studio.net!. Developers from netbeans.org should somehow consider this issue. You can't expect beginners to be lured on softwares which are of no help. One way or another... improvise!. Stick to St. Ignacius' principles...

"Plan A" accomplished

2005-08-23T11:34:00.000+08:00

Whew!. it's been a long time since i last posted on foxbrain. I've been really busy for the past few weeks. Anyways, I'm just glad that Galinda is realized. The service is already available for UC main campus. It's still under observation though, but ey!, it's pretty cool!. We'll be launching it on Sept. 7. I'm trying to add some usable features on the service at the moment as well as integrating it on other campuses. I'm already freakin' exhausted. Sure is complicated!. sigh...

Well guys, watch out for my upcoming cached website. I'm just going to post the link here. The site's kinna private though. My intention is to avoid it being publicized. Sort of an underground site where you can find a bunch of reverse engineering information. Somehow, I'm also trying to blend a cebuano taste in it and embed some of my "other" works... ROFL.

Deep Mirage

2005-07-04T08:21:00.001+08:00

Re-read that The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine doc, and again, got some ideas. File system wise... Why can't a filesystem for such a thing be arranged as a linked queue? Here's what I mean:

When you add records (download page/file), you add them at the head of the queue... Whenever you re-download a page, you mark the old version of the page in the queue as "deleted". You then run another process that operates on the tail of the queue... it will remove a record, if it's marked as "deleted", it will just get rid of it, if it's not deleted, it will move it to the head of the queue (or possibly re-download it?). Also, the insertion process will add the page to the index, while a removal process will remove the page from the index, etc (that way, the relative location within the file doesn't matter much).

One problem is that individual chunks (sectors?) of the underlying thing will have to be managed manually (usually you can't grow/shrink the file from either side... but I can imagine it's not as difficult if you just erase the beginning or ending sectors).

Truly, projects are pervasive

2005-06-29T09:26:00.000+08:00

I just finished CASIE (Calendar Simulator Engine). I can tell, it's pretty awesome!. The functionality... superb!. However, some changes might be applied on it to satisfy interoperability. No prob though. All I need is time... and of course, coffee...

Project JULIE is on the way now!. Watch out for it guys!. Nothing special though. Just a plain campus web site. I'll make sure that it's gonna be pretty exciting. Maybe im going to put downloadable games on it. Just check out the link later on.

Okay, for the last one. Here's the much awaited project. Make way for Project GALINDA!... I'm so anxious to work on this one. Can't wait to finish CASIE to concentrate with GALINDA. I love web services so much!. Honestly, I've been waiting for GALINDA all my life... mmm.... sigh...

Hey!. You may be wondering what CASIE is... or GALINDA.... Who's that freakin' girl?. Well, one of my hobbies is generating project names. It can be GALINDA or JULIE by looks. But ey! these are cool works on the web and a product of curiousity and motivation.

Ah, Mister Anderson...

2005-06-17T13:54:00.000+08:00

...you are sadly mistaken. Hackers *ARE* a bunch of teenagers living in their moms basements.

I'd like to introduce you to the world of IRC, Mr. Anderson. Please, step into the Internet's biggest cess pool -- where you will find the source of every single "hack", virus, worm, or scam.

I'd also like to inform you that Microsoft Security regularly monitors their gateways for any outbound traffic to ports 6660-6667. Hmmm, could I be simply talking smack, or is there an actual POINT to Microsoft's concern with IRC?.

Good day, Mr. Anderson.

Vertical File Engine

2005-06-16T14:09:00.000+08:00

I'm currently working on with CASIE. It's still in beta though. However, I'm having a bit of progress. I can stress that it's typically complicated. It's utilizes lots of pre-defined functions.

I'm just going to announce the link later on. It's gonna be huge, I tell you.

Gotta go back with my coding for awhile. Take care you lamers!

Opened Windows, Closed Doors

2005-06-11T01:30:00.000+08:00

We filipinos are talented. We possess surmountable skills waiting to be released. We have huge chambers waiting to be unlocked. The only deficient reality... the hesitation to develop visions.

Yes, we were able to graduate in college. Is it enough?. Then, we force ourselves to be employed abroad. In what job?. I know it's decent, high-paying(compared to our country) job. However, we forgot what is essential: Pride. It's way better to feel one's true worth and be able to serve our country first before others. Somehow, we must build honor in ourselves for people to respect us. To be rich is not sufficient. Actually, it won't gratify what is indispensable. We must exhibit something that we can be known of. That's what it's all about. We must let foreigners know, that eventhough we belong in a third world country, we filipinos own what it takes to be on top. It's just that, we are deprived of opportunities.

Truly, what I'm trying to imply: Try to walk first before running. You can be fruitful in that mannner. People will look up to you!.

Well, that ends it I guess. It's a little broad. I hope you'll catch what I mean. Ciao!.

Science of Star Wars

2005-06-08T17:50:00.000+08:00

from the gungans-are-tough-and-stringy dept.

anonymous lion writes "National Geographic has an interesting interview with a couple of scientists on the scientific reality of Star Wars. For example, related to the cohabitation of humans and Gungans on NabooSeth Shostak states, "So maybe it's possible to share, as long as neither species has the technology to obliterate, enslave, or merely cook and eat each other.""

Artificially increasing link popularity

2005-06-08T10:07:00.000+08:00

Link spam in general has one goal: Increasing link popularity in search engine through employing various tricks. Usually increasing the number of links on the net, or the number of search terms in anchor text.

If you are tempted to use techniques of that sort, whether it’s Free For All, blog submitters or spamming, keep this in mind: ]

Artificially increasing link popularity may get you penalized in Google.

Have a look at their webmaster guidelines.

They have an open ended set of rules. One that includes common sense. Basically, if it’s too simple, too good to be true, or too sneaky, chances are good Google will condemn it as search engine spam. That could result in the backlinks not counting, weighted link rank (sinking a couple hundred places in the serps), or banning of the domain, subdomain or folder name (They can take out individual blogs or sites on an otherwise non-banned domain).
Basically, if you care about being in Google, do not do any aggressive off site SEO. Organic link building is the key. That means no automatic tools of any sort. If you comment on forums, blogs or other interactive places, do it in moderation, on topic and with class. That’s the key to long term off site SEO.

And one more thing: Us bloggers tend to remove links to spammy looking sites, even if your comments are on topic. I’ve been known to keep the comment and remove spammy looking links. Many of us frown on sites that are built with the sole purpose of earning money without having any intrinsic value, because we see them as polluting the web. If it’s trash, we trash it. That simple.