2016-03-19 18:53
I have created another blog for all my personal posts and will keep this blog to host tech-themed postings. Been way too busy the last months and was unable to make any noteworthy post here… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
I've been away from the blogosphere for God-knows how long. The past few weeks were really stressful for me. I attended a workshop for a week, went for a personal development course, trained… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Coming from work one drizzly night, I felt the urge to buy some fruits for the wife and the kids from one of the fruit stalls along Sims Avenue. A full ten-minute walk from our house, these… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Buto'y first day in school, the whole story, in pictures...Still sleepy... zzzz... Me, "C'mon get your ass up at maligo na tayo!" Butoy, "Daddy, tapos ng Courage the (Cowardly) Dog!" Tsk, no… Read More
2005-07-07 15:04
Just caught sight of the news report about the London bombings from the 9:30 PM CNA newscast. Forty five people were reportedly killed and scores injured by a series explosions (four accordi… Read More
2005-07-07 06:12
In one hotly contested race, London one-upped Paris to gain the prestigious distinction of hosting the 2012 Olympics. The victory, however, was never by a long chalk. Winning by a mere 4 vot… Read More
2005-07-06 08:48
The Suntec City Convention Centre was jampacked with around 8,000 IT professionals, teachers, students, and representatives from the government sector during the Bill Gates Live Forum held l… Read More
2005-07-01 03:55
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me (Proverbs 30:8). A couple of Saturdays ago, Rizza and I brought the kids and Ria out for a short stroll at our usual w… Read More
2005-06-29 23:40
I was going through a regular check of my PCs log files (iis, av, firewall, rootkitrevealer, etc.) when I noted 142 high-rated blocked intrusions from my firewall log. Aparrently, there has… Read More
2005-06-28 12:36
Yes, it was Ate Glo after all.The President finally admitted that she was the person in the Gloriagate tapes whose conversation with (allegedly, until he owns up himself) Comelec Commissione… Read More
2005-06-26 14:35
The pamilya di-magiba went to the NTUC Downtown East's Wild, Wild Wet water theme park last Saturday. It was a struggle forcing the mantikilya family out of their slumber (normal weekend wak… Read More
2005-06-23 14:06
Woot!I just received my ticket for the Bill Gates LIVE! Fom Technology to Career show at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre on July 1. Will Bill's legendar… Read More
2005-06-23 08:07
You left us almost 23 years ago. I have never seen Mom so devastated when news of your death reached us. She gathered us, Nitz, Sherren and I, and told us, in between sobs, you were gone. At… Read More
2005-06-22 12:34
I've been grounded for the past two days. This damn flu has got to go. My tasks are piling up! There is that decision document for my project which I am supposed to finish by month's end; th… Read More
2005-06-20 11:06
"Humanity for others", that is what the ancient African word "Ubuntu" means. With the unfussy catchphrase "Linux for human beings," Canonical has hit the nail right in the head when it comes… Read More
2005-06-18 15:59
This is our court. Where Butoy and I play New York playground-inspired hoops. It's where I've taught him how to execute that ankle-breaking, killer crossover. This is where he hones his tras… Read More
2005-06-17 05:13
The Digital Forensics Research Workshop 2005 challenge is on!Quoting an email from the Honeypots SecurityFocus mailing list:Memory analysis is one of the primary themes of the 2005 Digital F… Read More
2005-06-15 15:28
Coming home from work a little while ago, I noticed Am-Am working on her drawings on the dinner table. I can see a marked improvement on her drawings. What used to be stick-people scribbles… Read More
2005-06-15 11:34
And so the the seemingly never-ending MS Patch Tuesday cycle has come full circle yet again. MS just released 10 (yes my dear OSS zealots *grins*, 10, one-oh) security hotfixes for this mon… Read More
2005-06-13 13:39
This is a welcome news to all MS-centric IT professionals out there who are going for MCP certifications.Microsoft's MCP exam retake promo has been extended for another three months. The new… Read More
2005-06-11 15:31
I was in Batam (Indonesia) yesterday for some ad hoc work. It seems the place hasn't changed much since the last time I was there.It was almost two years ago to this day when I was last assi… Read More
2005-06-09 04:32
C++, as far as my classical-C-oriented-self is concerned, is always full of surprises. I was working on this touch utility, one of my weekend pet projects, when I ran into some "unexpected"… Read More
2005-06-08 10:25
Am and Butoy have this growing collection of miniature toys (I don't friggin' know how to call them, really) which they have gradually collected whenever we go to our usual weekend haunt. I… Read More
2005-06-07 03:39
I attended a seminar last Week at Suntec City which ended around 5 PM. I was to meet my wife around 7 PM for dinner and since I had a lot of time to spare and it was quite a fine day, I went… Read More
2005-06-07 03:14
I have been working for the past 5 years here in Singapore and the experience has somehow humbled me in a lot of ways. I have learned to value kinship more than ever being far from my family… Read More
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