Hand In My Pocket

Blog has been moved

2006-01-04T14:55:00.000+08:00

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.

2005-12-25T20:17:00.000+08:00

New photos at the gallery section.

2005-12-25T20:08:00.000+08:00

Merry Christmas everyone!! =)

VS.Net 2005 for FREE!

2005-11-08T16:04:00.000+08:00

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

2005-10-10T12:26:00.000+08:00

"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

2005-09-22T17:57:00.000+08:00

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

2005-09-09T12:38:00.000+08:00

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

2005-08-16T10:59:00.000+08:00

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

2005-08-16T09:35:00.000+08:00

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! =)

Painting Job

2005-07-31T20:39:00.000+08:00

I did some painting job on my brother's car since he initially wants a silver one. Virtually that is because I only did it using Paintshop hehe.

Surprise, surprise!

2005-07-29T05:12:00.000+08:00

It was exactly one week when my Aunt arrived. It's 5am when I received a call from my uncle, I was expecting them to arrived by 7 or 8am. I was so happy to see them again, especially my cousins Len and Lisa, who I haven't seen since 1998 I think. They're all grown up, am I really this old? Haha!

So my aunt told me to get the bags, then suddenly after I got the second bag, my brother appeared behind me and said "Kuya!". Hey what do you expect, it's 5am, I just woke up, and then this... I looked at him first, making sure I'm not dreaming haha. You should see the look on my face. Then they are laughing hahaha, they knew they got me where they want to haha. Lisa then took a picture of us.

My brother used to fight a lot when we were kids. We never seem to tag along, maybe because I'm years older. Even when I'm already working, we rarely see each other since I'm pre-occupied by other stuffs most of the time. It's been more than two years since we last saw each other. Then that's when I realized how I may have spent more time with them. But then, I guess it's not yet too late. I don't wanna cry believe me haha. I missed my family. It's really tough living alone. I guess for now, I'm going to enjoy spending some time with my family before they'll be leaving again.

People Power: Was it?

2005-07-11T09:35:00.000+08:00

I can't remember the name of the this politician who said that something like, "Political issues are decided only in Metro Manila. What about us in the province?" This came to mind, questions that is still unanswered ever since I was in high school. Is the People power in Edsa really a people power? How about EDSA 2? Was electing Cory Aquino as the successor to President Marcos the greatest mistake that the Filipinos made after the so-called Edsa Revolution and not Erap? Take note, in every book, articles that I've read, they always mentioned it as "EDSA Revolution" and not Philippine revolution.

With the things that's happening right now, it seems like that EDSA is in for another revolution, people are already anticipating EDSA Tres if President Macapagal-Arroyo will not resign. I smiled when one solon said in a TV interview that it's the job of the oppossition to always disagree with the administration. So that's their job? What about their "real" job? Are they not doing it anymore? Okay so what if EDSA 3 pushed through, then PGMA will resigned, if things in the future got worse, what kind of solutions are we thinking? Yes, EDSA 4. and so on.

People want changes in the system but in fact they can't even start it with themselves. Look around you and you'll see. Look at yourself in front of a mirror and ask yourself, "Am I doing my job?"

If you look at the Philippines in a map, it's shape is the most unique in all of the countries.. why? it's not because it looks like a man... but because it is composed of scattered islands. Like us Filipinos... People Power didn't happened in 1986. Not even in 2001. In fact, it didn't even happened at all.

Spurs Win!!!

2005-06-24T19:29:00.000+08:00

Whew! What a series! Honestly, I predicted it to be a low-scoring, boring games. Without Manu Ginobili in the Spurs line-up, I could've been rooting for Detroit instead. I really admire the way they play, playing together as a team and defending as a team. I specially root for the Wallaces and Chauncey Bbbb... Billups!

After the first two games which the San Antonio Spurs won in a blow out. With Manu OBI-WAN-Ginobili and Tony Parker running around their defenders. I said this one is over with the way the Detroit Pistons are playing, but then they came back with a back to back blow out of their own at the Palace in Michigan. Series tied 2-2.

Game 5: Big Shot Bob, or as Tim Duncan says, Big Shot Bobby broke the Pistons heart with a thunderous dunk and yet another one of his clutch 3 pointer in the end game to salvage the Spurs with a game they could've lost because of Tim Duncan's missed free throw.

Game 6 at the SBC Center could've been the last game, but then Rasheed Wallace, who has been on the bench most of the time because of foul trouble came up big in the clutch where he also hit a 3 pointer and timely shots and defense on Tim Duncan which made up for his Game 5 booboos when he left Robert Horry to double team Manu.

Then finally, Game 7.. boy oh boy oh boy, it was really closed the score at the end of the 3rd? 57-57, now how close can that be? Then Manu broke away for a one handed dunk, Duncan hitting his patented bank shot, Manu for another highlight dunk againsts Ben Wallace, Bruce Bowen hitting 3 pointers then Manu breaking the Pistons heart with another three!

Tim Duncan another Finals MVP, which I may say a tossed up between him and Manu. And the City of San Antonio their third NBA Championship. Thank you San Antonio.. Thank you Detroit, for teaching us "the right way" of playing basketball and for a real championship series that I've been missing since "The Shot 3" of you know who back in 1998.

Job Interview

2005-06-24T19:19:00.000+08:00

I was given the opportunity to interview the job applicants for some vacant position here at work. I can still remember the first time I applied for a job, and those times I got a chance to be interviewed by other employers.

I've learned a lot from the interviewees just as much, I hope, that they learned from me, specially the first timers. I remember what my Uncle told me before, that when interviewing, it is important to also consider how they approach or react in certain situations which I also applied hehe.

Thank you for the experience, thank you for the knowledge, I really feel blessed that I am the one doing the interview instead of being interviewed because It means I still have my job.

Upgrade

2005-06-15T09:18:00.000+08:00

That explains it while their site is getting hard to access this past week. They have move on to a new system, change their default theme, maybe customized and lots of other free services like videos, Music sharing, and NO STORAGE LIMIT FOR PHOTOS! Although you are limited to 150 photo uploads a month. Read more...

Take Care Ramone

2005-06-15T08:59:00.000+08:00

This morning I was saddened by the fact the Chris is shutting down his site, Nerdsyndrome.com (It's still up until now, he didn't say though when will he permanently remove his site). I started reading his blog early this year. And I was really impressed with the things and stuff that I found out about him. I wanna thank him for bringing up the fire in me of also continuing my blog and for the motivation I got from him. I actually started this blog for me to enhanced my writing ability if there are any LOL.

So to you my friend, I and for all the other blog readers of your site, we wish you good luck and that we totally support you with the decision you made. Keep in touch. :)

Mutiply problem

2005-06-12T06:52:00.000+08:00

I have some problem accessing my photos at Multiply since last night. Could it be a network problem? or are they upgrading their servers? This is not good news for me, I may have to look for another Image hosting site that also offers big storage capacity for FREE that is. *sigh*

Photography 101

2005-06-12T00:10:00.000+08:00

Posted new photos at the Photography 101 section of my gallery. For those who are not familiar with my blog, I've created a gallery for all of my self-shot photos. It maybe posted unedited, or maybe edited with the help of Adobe's Photoshop 7 and/or The Gimp. Feel free to add comments and suggestions.

New Photos

2005-06-11T21:50:00.000+08:00

I've posted some photos on the gallery section. It's been a while since I last updated it. Go check it out.

Wena's Farewell Dinner
Kyla's Christening
Bangus Festival 2005
Valentine's Day 2005

The roof.. the roof.. the roof is leaking

2005-06-11T14:02:00.000+08:00

It's rainy season once again. We spent the past week fixing the roof because of some leaks.

RedHat, dropping Fedora?

2005-06-04T01:22:00.000+08:00

I read an article from Newsforge a while ago about Fedora being freed from Red Hat's turf. Nothing specific really from that article yet, and no news about it on Fedora's website.

I am just starting to be comfortable with Linux, and I chose Fedora and Ubuntu as my distro. I believe that using a Linux distro is by choice, choose which distro you feel you're comfortable with and then you'll learn more of it. I decided to stop installing every new distro that I see on Distrowatch. It's time to be more productive. I hope that Fedora will survive even without RedHat.

Houston we have a problem.

2005-06-04T00:14:00.000+08:00

One of my co-worker texted me last tuesday because the computer that we were using for printing went down last monday afternoon. I used one of the workstations to replaced it then we bought a new one. Then I replaced the remaining oldest workstation (P-166) with a P-III which was previously used at the other office. I also have other tasks at work that I really can't just passed it to one of my co-workers, so it took me all week to test and configure everything before I go to a 2 day break this weekend. Thank God, everything is back to normal (crosses finger), with major upgrades in speed for the hardwares. Happy weekend everyone!

Don't Give Up On Us

2005-06-02T11:12:00.000+08:00

Don't give up on us, baby
Don't make the wrong seem right
The future isn't just one night
It's written in the moonlight
Painted on the stars
We can't change ours

Don't give up on us, baby
We're still worth one more try
I know we put a last one by
Just for a rainy evening
When maybe stars are few
Don't give up on us, I know
We can still come through

I really lost my head last night
You've got a right to start believin'
There's still a little love left, even so

Don't give up on us, baby
Lord knows we've come this far
Can't we stay the way we are?
The angel and the dreamer
Who sometimes plays a fool
Don't give up on us, I know
We can still come through

It's written in the moonlight
Painted on the stars
We can't change ours

Don't give up on us, baby
We're still worth one more try
I know we put a last one by
Just for a rainy evening
When maybe stars are few
Don't give up on us, I know
We can still come through

Don't give up on us, baby
Don't give up on us, baby

Lyrics courtesy of

Zaisces v1.5

2005-05-30T21:29:00.000+08:00

Zaisces is back. Replaced the motherboard, RAM (I have to since it only supports DDR's) and the power supply. Removed XP SP2 and reinstalled Win2K Pro (SP4) instead. I still have some VB projects at work that I'll be maintaining, well up until I know how to rewrite it to a PHP version.

Looking for some lyrics?

2005-05-28T18:33:00.000+08:00

I added today a free search box to the sidebar from Lyricsdownload. Now you can search for you favorite songs.

Broken computer

2005-05-27T15:39:00.000+08:00

I am starting to get frustrated on my desktop. At first, it just freezes but now It just shuts down. I removed my NVidia GF2 VGA card and used the on-board vga but still same problem. And then I thought It could also be the RAM, but still. I know It is not an OS/Software problem since It also happened when I booted into Fedora. It must be a hardware problem then, maybe the motherboard or the power supply is the culprit. Right now, I removed the other hard drive, 2 optical drives then 1 ethernet card. Before I left the house this morning it's doing okay. Let's see tonight...

Von Voyage!

2005-05-26T16:20:00.000+08:00

We went to my friend's farewall party last night. Tsin will be leaving tomorrow for L.A. where her boyfriend Jeff lives. FINALLY, both of you them together hehe. Congratulations to both of you. Tsin and I has been friend since 1999. We met at work but we went to the same college but hardly knew each other then. Since then we've developed a bond of friendship. So to you my friend.. I know it will be a long time again before we'll see each other again.. good luck and I wish you all the best.

Note: Photos will be posted soon

New look

2005-05-23T19:48:00.000+08:00

While I was waiting for my co-worker at work, I decided to play around with the source of my blog, and I have my ad-sense now too! lol I wish someone would click on it so that I too can get paid *grins*. It was quite hot since this morning, as a result, I'm having a headache and a very upset stomach since last night. I almost didn't go to work too. But then, I need to finish some work so It really is not an option.

By the way, I've also put a free weather forecast from Wunderground. Linked my Gallery to my Multiply account. That's it for now, I'll play with it again next time.

Yahargh! problem

2005-05-22T05:55:00.000+08:00

Have you experienced something when you log-in to your Yahoo! email account but then you get an incorrect password error? Well I have, SEVERAL TIMES! I really don't know what's happening in Yahooland but hey, I didn't change my password, if someone did, an email will be sent to my alternative email about this, then for sure I will know.

Because of this, I decided not to use my yahoo account as my primary address, and instead use my Gmail account. Haven't been using it for quite some time now, and some of the new features that they have that I found very useful for since the last time I used it is that they are offering a free POP Access, so that I can download my emails locally.(I was previously using yahoopops, and the other one is 2GB+ of storage (and as they say on their website, AND COUNTING...).

Since Gmail is an invitation only account (from other Gmail users), I still have some left, if you are interested, you can post a comment here with your email address where I can send it.

Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary)

2005-05-19T23:33:00.000+08:00

I was having some trouble installing Ubuntu Hoary for the past few days. It must have been a media problem since the cd's that I used are all the same brand. I hope Canonical will send me a free copy (again), just like the Warty version hehe. Anyways what I did last week was, since I still have Warty installed, and it is pretty much stable, I tried upgrading it to Hoary. After googling and reading some notes and comments from various forums, I tried following the guides located here : http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/HoaryUpgradeNotes . Well, it was 2am, so I went to take a nap, hoping that it'll finish downloading the upgraded packages when I woke up. It turns out that (I forgot, silly lol), there's a scheduled power interruption at 5am, so when I woke up at around 5:30am, well my desknote is still on, but my cable modem is not lol. Tried it again later that night, and well thank goodness, the other packages are already there, plus with the help of the cd, I added it on my apt repositories, so it doesn't need to download all packages.

After more than two hours, not sure really, maybe less, since I left it then went with my daily chores, Hoary is already installed on my system! =) I rebooted my system to make sure that everything works fine from the ground up, and voila!

Back in Blog II

2005-05-16T09:18:00.000+08:00

Blogger has more templates than Multiply, which is much better don't you think? :) Although I'll keep my photos stored on multiply and just make a link from there.

Holy Week

2005-03-23T19:29:00.000+08:00

I want to treat this coming Holy Week as a vacation, but something in me tells me that I shouldn't. So many things have happened to me, miracles with each passing day. Time for us to pray and reflect, we have our new year's resolution, why shouldn't we have a Holy Week resolution maybe this time we could keep it.

Ubuntu Screenshot

2005-03-17T00:04:00.000+08:00

I'm getting used to using GNU/Linux while using Ubuntu (desktop) and Fedora (server). There are still some applications on Windows that I'm using at work like MS Visual Basic for in-house application development and CorelDraw, and The GIMP. Although right now I'm still studying PHP as my primary tool for application development. Below is a screenshot of my Ubuntu box which I installed on my ASUS Degatto, it pretty much detected everything except the internal modem.
http://port48.multiply.com/photos/photo/6/1.png

Synergy

2005-03-16T23:51:00.000+08:00

I tried using Synergy. With it I can use my Degatto and my desktop using only one keyboard. I installed the server on my desktop (WinXP) then installed and run it as a client on my Ubuntu box. Pretty cool, maybe someday I may or may not use it regularly.

Mirror Mirror on the wall...

2005-01-16T21:24:00.000+08:00

Why is it that we easily see other's weaknesses and wrong doings while we don't actually see ourselves. Why do we do this anyways? So that we could feel superior? or is it because they are more superior than us that we like to talk more about their negative part so that we could feel good for ourselves.
We should look first at ourselves in front of the mirror before we say something to other people. If we want to make a difference, let's start within ourselves.

Holiday aftermath

2004-12-27T13:16:00.000+08:00

I was about to write something about Christmas yesterday, December 26, but then I saw a breaking news that a 6.2 earthquake hit Indonesia yesterday morning, causing Tsunamis to formed afterward affecting other countries, Sri Lanka, The Maldives, India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia, killing thousands of people. It was the 4th strongest earthquake recorded in history. I wish I could enjoy the holiday season, but then this things happened, makes me feel lucky.. and blessed that I am not harm, still in good health, and have food and water in my table.

As stories, news and video footages were shown on the television and the internet. I can see that it really doesn't matter what material things that you do have, but what is inside your heart that matters because in any given time, in any given day, no matter what time or day it might be, we could lose those material things in just a wink of an eye.

This coming new year, I still have my old resolution, hoping that I could fulfill them, because I know that I, we have that opportunity to be a better person as God wants us to be. Let us pray for those people who were affected by the disaster and that He may always be with us.

A year older...

2004-12-19T01:16:00.000+08:00

Time could really fly. Sometimes, we don't noticed it. It's either we accomplished anything in the past year or we don't. Honestly, I do not recall. But I am hoping that I may. Maybe because nothing much has change for me. It's not yet too late. Accomplishments are not measured on how old you are but on what you did. It doesn't mean though that you have all the time in the world. Anything can happen anytime, anywhere. So treat every minute, every second of your life that It might be your last, slowly but surely.

Below is a picture of a sunset that I took while we were driving to the mall. I started giving photograpy a try, a hobby I may say. Bought a not so full featured digital camera for a start, then we'll see... ;)

Thanksgiving...

2004-12-07T08:40:00.000+08:00

Yeshua is always with us. When Typhoon "Yoyong" was about to hit our province. I have never felt so scared of typhoon at that time. I really felt like our house would fall apart, gutters flying. I thank Him for our parents, who in the past provides security. I realize how lucky are we to have them. On the contrary, It really touched my heart for those hit by those raging typhoons. As I can see them on the television without food and shelter. Let everyday be a thanksgiving day for all of us. Let's stop worrying about things that we know we can live without. Gadgets, cellphones, unsuccessful relationships, annoying superiors, unhappy at work, etc. Let's always look at the positive side. We should be thankful to what we have, because to some they have nothing. Most of the time, in the morning, we check our cellphones as we wake up, hit the shower then rush to work, how about a minute or so of prayer before starting the day. Now would that make our day? Certainly...

It's that time of the year

2004-11-03T13:02:00.000+08:00

Cold breeze of air in the morning that really makes you wanna sleep more. Songs played over the radio. Holiday season is just around the corner. Time really flies, it seems like it was only yesterday when I started feeling this way. Then before you know, we will be staring at our new calendars, putting a circle on the 15th and 30th of every month *smiles.

I just hope people will see the real meaning of sharing not only every holiday season, but everyday of our life.

FC2 on my desktop

2004-10-29T01:37:00.000+08:00

Finally! I can use FC2 on my desktop. I had some hardware problems before that causes X to crash, but after some tweaking sessions It finally works, although the maximum resolution is 800x600. But it's okay *smiles. I'm running Gnome on top of X.

I already installed MySQL on it yesterday but until now, I still can't get my data (from MySQL for windows) to work. I'm always encountering an error:1017

It's almost 2 am (again) *Yawn I need to take a nap so that I won't be sleepy at work. Need to work on that Billing System since I have to show my boss a working version within 15 days.

Peace out.

Semestral Break etc.

2004-10-23T15:41:00.000+08:00

School days are over for this semester. Oops, I almost forgot that I'm not a student anymore *grin. Aahh semestral breaks.. I still remember back in my college days, when I was looking forward every end of the semester, not only because school is over but also to see if how did I do with my studies as I recieved my final grade.

I've changed my blog's template to a simplier one. I like this one much better. It's clean and texts are easy to read.

My uncle is going back to Canada this tuesday. Hopefully, my application will be approved sooner.

T-Mac 4

2004-10-23T15:05:00.000+08:00

Got a glimpse of T-Mac's new shoe. It's the first cordless shoe (as what the adidas guy said). Looks cool and clean. Haven't tried it yet though so that I leave to you. Check it out at Adidas.

Cardiac arrest and losing weight

2004-10-13T18:29:00.000+08:00

It's been more than a month since I last played basketball. And my body is really hurting *smiles. I guess it's one way of how my body is telling me to work out and stay healthy. I've gained some weight again, and It's easier to gain weight than lose even a pound of it. I'm setting some goals about getting some muscles instead of fats. My aunt once told me, that we had a family history of cardiac arrest, and quite frankly it really had me thinking about it. I mean it is really scary to have a heart attack, because it will just happen. I'll try my best to stay healthy.

I had a chance to talk to one of my old friend, Lyd in Yahoo. It's been a while since I went online. We really haven't met personally, I met her back in my IRC days *smiles. I'm happy to meet quite some friends back then that even now we can still get in touch through chatting since we're not geographically close.

My girlfriend got sick yesterday, thank God she's doing okay now *smiles. I myself as I have mentioned earlier is not feeling good, I'll be okay though.

Hmmm wachathink?

2004-10-12T17:13:00.000+08:00

As you may notice, I've changed the header of my blog *grin. I'm just trying some new things by manipulating the code before I push through with my plan on hosting my own blog. I'm still learning about Wordpress which I got to know thru Sir Migs blog. That way I can designed and manipulate the way my blog looks. I also removed the tag board, my readers (if there are any *smiles) can just email me instead. *smiles

Jasmine and Camille

2004-10-09T23:33:00.000+08:00

I like their voice, totally different from each other. I love their smile. I hope they would have their own solo albums soon. And Oh, I got Jasmine's one song cd, featuring McDonald Philippines song "Love Ko 'To".

Fahrenheit 9/11

2004-10-09T21:19:00.000+08:00

I've been waiting for this movie/documentary by Michael Moore. On it are actual footages, on how U.S. President George W. Bush is linked to the Bin Ladens (business-wise). That it is politics that started the war on Iraq. What happened if the U.S. Supreme Court judged in favor for Al Gore who (*really) won the election? I don't know Pres. Bush that well to comment on what kind of a person he really is. My opinions are based on what I read before and what I saw in this movie. There is a scene where Mr. Moore was asking U.S. Congressmen to enlist their son/daughter and send them to Iraq because of all the congressmen, only ONE has his son enlisted. How would they feel by then that their son is in Iraq, just like parents/relatives of thousands of troops who are in Iraq. Where is indeed are the weapons of mass destruction that they are talking about.

Makes me wonder, maybe he can also make a documentary about the Philippine government. Then maybe the truth will come out. I was watching a documentary on ABC 5 last night about lives of people after the one hundredth day of President Macapagal, one is living in a flooded area, where there are no roads and electricity, using a candle to enlighten them during the night while right in front of them is the abundant lights of Makati. Another one is living everyday, where she doesn't know where to get her family's next meal. And the other one is a struggling man, who is looking for work on the first episode in June, but then this time already is working, contractual for six months and have a wife and two kids to support.

Things like this makes me feel really blessed, not only for having food and other stuffs, but for the lessons that I learned. I know other people who are like them, struggling in everyday lives, who are struggling to survive, on how to bring just enough food and security to their family, and then there are these other people who have problems making a big deal on what to wear and how to look good, on buying the latest cellphone, etc. Because of them that I opened my mind and heart, and I pray to God to enrich me with lessons that I will learn from, for me to be more close to Him. Reality check my dear friends.. maybe it is time to learn more on what really is the REAL world.

BTW, I really recommend it to you guys to watch this movie by Michael Moore. *Smiles

Fedora Core 2 on ASUS Degatto

2004-10-08T09:49:00.000+08:00

I successfully installed Fedora Core 2 on my ASUS Degatto last night. I initially wanted to try out Bayanihan Linux 3.1, since I didn't have luck installing Fedora Core 1 before. But then I encountered some errors while installing. I just wanted to try it and continue my agenda of working with various operating system to pursue a career in computer security and administration. I used Mandrake before since it's the distribution that worked on my desktop. But nothing serious really happened in there which I hope to change now with some hacking.

Good thing FC2 have the drivers for my ASUS/Broadcomm NIC, that way I don't have to download their drivers. Downloaded some rpm's from http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ to include NTFS support on my kernel (2.6.5-1.358) since I dual-booted it with WinXP SP2, and I haven't updated it yet. One of my agenda is to make VB6 and some other win32 app working under Wine. I didn't have any success yet right now though. My built-in Lucent winmodem is not yet supported, so not dialups yet (I'm using cable). Soundcard (AC'97) is supported, X also is doing fine, 1024x768 is fine by me, although my monitor is unsupported. I didn't install the whole package since my free space is only 4GB, so I have to choose some packages tonight that I don't need and uninstall it.

I'm still kinda sleepy, I guess caffeine is not working for me anymore *smiles.

Somebody out there?

2004-10-06T14:19:00.000+08:00

Created a new blog.. planning to restart blogging again.. I see it as a way of communicating with friends, relatives, much easier to update than a regular webpage. So if somebody there knew me... read on.. =) maybe you are wondering why is my url http://langgam.blogspot.com.. I really admire ants, the way they work together, planning, saving, for the good of their colony. I thought maybe if we could be this way.. maybe.. just maybe .. there's still hope for us Filipinos.