in an effort to declutter my desk at home, i disposed my 17 inch crt monitor and bought a viewsonic ve700 instead =) i just had it delivered last night and so far i’m loving its crisp displays when playing nfsu2, gta and sims 2. i also tested it with my dvd collection and it’s been doing really well. i love its wide viewing angle, i could almost see myself motivated into studying for the scjp, nyahaha, yeah right =p
on other news, the anti-GMA rallies have converged along ayala avenue again, for the nth time. it looks like a street party everyday. all intersections are blocked and every underpass is closed. when i asked a friend about thoughts on our nation’s current political turmoil, i was greeted with this reply: “i’m practicing apathy”. i hope the rest of the nation won’t turn into stone and be like that.
Category Archives: tech stuff
fragments of reality
my younger brother just got a free digital camera from his time asia magazine subscription. it’s nothing fancy really, a milion megapixels says the box and doubles as a webcam too. it’s about the size of a thick ballpen, perfect for taking low quality pics and runs on 2 AAA batteries. i tried using it once or twice but the shots came out as crap! i finally gave it up and concluded that the device is cheap, puny, and low tech hehe talk about sour graping.
babs, on the other hand got so into it these past few days that he just can’t help but take pictures of every scene, he brings the puny thing with him everywhere – while going shopping, picking up the laundry, or even when taking out the trash.. i must admit, his shots look quite ok though, that camera really hates me a lot or maybe babsy has a future in photography after all. hehe.
i’m back on track with my addiction to sims 2. simply said, i’m spending wee hours of dawn playing that darn game again =) well, i realized that it’s better that way than just wasting my time staring at the imaginary stars on my ceiling. so far i’ve invaded veronaville and twisted the built in romeo and juliet love story, =) i’ve added 3 universities and i’m now on to my next project, building a multi story dormitory / condo. tsk tsk now this is escapism.
on saturday, i’ll be going to gilmore with the beetle to shop for a desktop pc. yey! another sims 2 convert in the making.
tomorrow will be MYMP at the tavern. i’d really love to go but i might have some last minute appointments to follow up..
my roommate just bought a voucher for the scjp, i wish i could be a little less lazy and muster up the guts to get one too.
i have this eating disorder. the *once-you-pop-you-can’t-stop* kind of syndrome. i’m trying to control it before i turn into godzilla and eat the entire building. i’m going to start my healthier eating lifestyle tomorrow. wahahaha! procrastination!
gotta go. the real world is waiting. =)
my apple
got myself a new toy =) and i guess that’s reason enough to start a new blog hehe. i don’t want to jinx this by saying “i hope this one lasts longer”, so let’s just talk about my ibook instead..
i bought this online a few weeks ago and i’m loving it more every minute. there are tons of useful apps online and most of them are free. my favorite so far are:
1. Audacity – open source audio recorder and editor.
2. OneCard – freeware Uno card game.
3. Nvu – open source html editor
what do i love about mac os? that would be the power of linux and the eye candy of win xp all rolled into one powerful machine. more updates later..
giving up sobriety
Today I am writing about today. The weather is brooding, hinting of heavy rains later this afternoon. My neck is stiff from too much staring at the monitor and my eyes tired from lack of sleep. I came in at the office one and a half hour late, my head still aching from a fever I had since last night. My friend with whom I share this cubicle with is going bonkers. She laughs to herself at odd moments and lets me read her corny text messages then laughs again.. hehehe maybe the network element simulator has finally messed up her mind. (i hope she doesn’t get to read this >=) )
Tonight I shall hunt the stores to replenish my stock of cuervo and smirnoff =), then tomorrow i’ll get a room at a hotel near the mountains and invite my college friends to come over. We’ll have a drinking binge, and a night filled with stories and laughter.. hopefully.
Lately I’ve been busy putting together my palm softwares and other related stuff. I’m planning to put up a site for palm users, and hopefully a palm users group in the office (both cebu and manila branch =) ). This will help me gather resources to upgrade/update my PDA. Yup, in just about a little more than a month, I’ve become addicted to that thingie =). I’ve uploaded a lot of games, a ton of apps and a bunch of poems there. Right now I’m reading a book: “The Goblet of Fire”, a soft copy of Harry Potter book 4 which I converted to palm markup language in order to be uploaded to my pda. =)
Sometimes little things like these makes me smile.. a weekend get-away, binge drinking, a techno gadget, a crazy friend.. they takes my mind off things.. for a while.
And yes I’m glad that they make me shallow and happy. Life shouldn’t be taken too seriously. At least not always. =)
the gadgeteer
Tonight is cook out at UP. My friends and I are debating on whether to go or not.. The event would be fun I’m sure, It’s just that there are some people that my friends don’t want to see there.. so I guess we’ll just take a rain check. Another dinner at Don Henrico’s tonight with some college friends, I feel like I’m beginning to hate that place. Too noisy. Too crowded. Slow service. Nothing compared to their branch at Baguio, but then of course, nothing beats the original as always.
Boredom creeps through my veins like a sedative inducing me to sleep. I wish I could get out of here soon, I’ve finished about 80% of my task, not considering the change from application to web based applets.. which I haven’t even started yet… I’ve been slaving over my computer for the past two weeks now, I think I should reward myself this weekend..
Tomorrow, it’s off to gadgets world for me, I’m going to buy a PDA, something to add to my toy collection =) Hmmm.. Now where is that Palm Data Sheet I was reading…