Blog has been moved

I would just like to inform the readers (quite a few hehe) of my blog, to please update your bookmark/blogroll/link of my blog to http://port48.wordpress.com

I'll still have this blog though as of this moment no updates will be made until further noticed. Thanks.

New photos at the gallery section.

Merry Christmas everyone!! =)

VS.Net 2005 for FREE!

Yep! You read it right. F-R-E-E!

Microsoft is offering the final release of Visual Studio 2005 (VB, C#, C++, Web Developer, J#) together with SQL Server 2005 Express Editions (MSDE replacement) free to download for 1-year which was initially priced at $49 (not including SQL Server 2005 Express Edition which is althroughout a free product).

I haven't tried the product(s) yet as I have just finished downloading VB and SQL Server, but definitely will try it and incorporate it to current and future projects. It is really a welcome development since the Standard Edition is currently priced at $299 (as of this time is about Php 16,000+).

So hurry, get it now while it last. Click here

"Waves hits a big rock as it approaches the shore, creating a big splash and destroying every waves that hits it. One small wave was formed, and became very scared as he sees the other waves being destroyed by the rock. Then one wave told him, don't be afraid, because as you hit the rock you're not just a wave, you are part of the ocean."

This is just an inaccurate excerpt of a movie that I saw the other night on the Hallmark channel, I forgot the title though. This story is from a dying man, who in that movie talks about his life and his fears.

A new friend

Came to know Mr. Jon for a while this afternoon, I came to know about him from Microsoft Philippines Forums. Clicked on his blog then added him on my Yahoo! Messengers buddies. Good thing he's online hehe chatted and then it turns out that his wife is from the same province as I am but like a 45mins drive from the city I'm living.

I'm really happy whenever I meet someone online and then as you talk, you'd come to know that as what he said there's a connection somewhere hehe. To you sir Jon, thank you for this chance of meeting you =)

Click here for his blog

BOF and EOF

Been busy this past week, upgraded most of the workstations to XP. I also upgraded the MySQL (Win32) server to 4.1.14, I thought everything will work out okay but then some functions from the system that I made returned these errors. I was like what the heck, It was working before. While debugging, I installed back the old version (4.1.4-gamma) on the server where everything was doing fine until I solved this problem.

While I was brushing my teeth before going to work yesterday, something came up my mind on how will I fix my broken code to make it work on the newer version. Installed the 4.1.14 version of MySQL on my workstation and tested it. It worked!

House Reconstruction

Posted pictures while they are reconstructing the house with my brother in charge hehe. Click here or the gallery section

See you again... not Goodbye

Three weeks of being together is really short. But that's how life is. My brother that I didn't see in 2 years, my cousins who are now taller than me haha. And my Aunt and Uncle who has always been there for us. I am an emotional person, but I have to control myself and accept the things that I cannot control. Spending time again with my family, even though not all the time is better than nothing. I wanna thank God for the 3 weeks He has given me. I miss you guys! =)