Thoughts from my head, published to the web. Punishment for people like you who have nothing better to do.
Jun 25
Top of my head gadget, humor No Comments
It breaks my heart but you we will have to wait a little bit longer. 🙁
Leo is ecstatic. He gets to be my b*tch slave for a while longer.
I wish I can go home early tomorrow and setup Ybi. 🙂
NOTE: Aybi (I-vy) is short for Aybarra. All of my machines are male. My wife already has to contend being second fiddle to my machines, giving them female names would just be adding salt to the wound. 😉
Jun 12
Top of my head Garbage No Comments
That feeling of waking up after a short afternoon nap, alone and with the light of the room slowly being rescinded as day turns to night.
Jun 07
Top of my head Garbage, Tech No Comments
I spent 5 minutes explaining a scripting issue with a junior member of my team when he asked what the CR and LF characters in the comments section was.
I briefly explained that it stands for Carriage Return and Line Feed but I saw the still puzzled look on his face, the type that was trying to digest something very unfamiliar. I decided to explain further, with matching actions, that those were based in the activities in the typewriter that you need to go to the starting of the line (carriage return) and pushing a lever to add a new line (line feed).
I looked at my young grasshopper and saw the puzzled look became a perplexed one. It was then that I realized the mistake that I made so I asked the next probable question which is “have you had the chance to use a manual typewriter before? ” The answer was a quick No.
I had to laugh since he is basically a fresh grad and in his early twenties. I am on my early thirties and am amazed at what a decade of difference would make in terms of technology.
I wonder how soon it would be before the future graduates are unable to grasp the concepts used as basis for ubiquitous things in technology such as using one or two characters to go to the next line on the document. 🙂
May 14
Testing the MHL adapter that Nanang Lucille sent over.
When upright, the display only uses the center with large black spaces on both sides.
Rotate it sideways and the magic happens…
Unfortunately the device will only be detected if power is supplied via the micro-usb input port. Not bad for a $10 MHL device. The device works beautifully for the purpose why I wanted it in the first place: to watch video clips that I have already cached in my phone memory if the TV is available. 🙂
Thanks Nanang. 🙂
Clarification: the unit is the only one bundled for that price. The HDMI switch and cables are from CDRKing. The power adapter is the one that came with the SGS2 unit.
Apr 21
Rubbish agnostic, religion, rubbish No Comments
Let me get the caveat out of the way: I was raised as a Roman Catholic by my pious paternal grandmother. I spent 13 years in Catholic schools and university. I progressed from being a Roman Catholic to non-practising, and now agnostic. It is possible that you visited my ranting space through a link I may have inadmittedly provided. You may not like what you read below so better close your browser tab now.
I love Godwin’s Law which, even though it is named that way, does not have any connection to religion. It is a de facto law invoked in cyber discussions wherein the first person who uses a Nazi comparison or reference loses the discussion immediately regardless of how brilliant their points are.
I wish there would be something similar for people who just love to bring their religion into the middle of everything. Especially those who think that referencing their omnipotent lord through all capitalized letters is a testament of their faith. I would, in my own twisted and probably ill-thought way, disagree for the following reasons:
Some might argue that they see nothing wrong if they are proud to shout and profess their faith in regular discussions. I would like to challenge you to think it over again. Do you shout that same word every time during real-life discussions? If you do, then I hope we don’t have any opportunities to communicate. Ever.
Everybody is to free and have the right to believe in what they believe in. My point was not to be lazy and try to work out that everything is about religion or can be explained automatically by using a religious reference. Not everybody have the same belief, and cramming that at our throats every discussion doesn’t help your cause. Whenever I see that during discussions I actually feel less inclined to participate further. It feels to me that I am conversing with a Dothraki native who thinks spouting “It is Known” while nodding their heads actually gives credibility to what they said.
Apr 21
Last night I dreamt that i had to join a call of another team but the speakerphone won’t get out of mute. I moved to another phone but the volume was too low. Several phones had similar problems that I just stood up, looked for a junior member of my team and bellowed “Log a ticket to replace all defective phones in the project area. ASAP!!! ”
I need a break. My bossy side is frequently rearing its ugly head again.
Mar 13
Top of my head housebandry, humor No Comments
A few more minutes and the day that marks the 14th year of being with my wife is about to pass.
A steak dinner in Bistecca (courtesy of a gift certificate), dessert of swapped Magnum ice cream sticks being eaten while the car is parked in an underground mall parking, and a lot of “I can’t remember now” conversations to while the drive home. That is how we chose to celebrate it this year.
For my wife, who is lucky to have me and I to have her, I dedicate the chorus of this Guns ‘n Roses classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiBjCKKEe_E
14 years of silence
It’s been
14 years of pain
It’s been
14 years that are gone forever
And I’ll never have again
*ba-dum-ching*
[NOTE: Yes my wife already heard me quote that chorus to her a few weeks back. 🙂 ]
ciao!
Mar 11
Top of my head housebandry, recipe No Comments
I really like the Tostitos salsa but I can’t really justify paying that much for something that could be whipped up at a fraction of the price. Ok, not exactly the way it taste but hopefully something that could pass as salsa. Here is my take on the Tosterin Salsa. 🙂
Ingredients
Procedure
I dont really measure when I cook as it goes against my Pacham(ba) cooking style. The different chillies are intended to give different kinds of heat. Jalapeno pepper would be nice but not something that I would have access to. The amount would vary on your taste and I only used half of the siling labuyo since it might come off as too spicy for my wife. I also used apple cider vinegar as I have that handy and I am always looking for reasons to use it. 🙂
Now off to buy some inexpensive corn or potato chips to complement the “affordable” salsa that we have in the pantry. The salsa ingredients costs about 50 pesos, which is not bad considering the grocery bought salsa fetches for 3 to 5 times that amount.
Jan 01
With just a few hours of sleep, we drove back from Cabanatuan to Pasig in record time: 2 hours and 30 minutes including the pit stops! We averaged at the speed of about 60km/hr. 🙂
The drive was almost perfect. We left at around 5:40AM so most people going back to the city after the short weekend/holiday is still asleep due to celebrating the coming of 2012. Sounds good enough for us. We actually made it out of Nueva Ecija in 30 minutes 😉
And there is something to be said about the weather conditions. We left Cabanatuan with the road covered in fog, and we arrived with Metro Manila still covered in smog. 😐 Here are some snaps that my wife took on the San Leonardo to Gapan road:
Nov 30
Top of my head recipe No Comments
Some things that I realized today:
– boil a liter of water with some lemongrass stalks, steep 1-2 tea bags. Strain and cool. Doesn’t taste much but smells wonderful. Remember to sweeten it with honey or brown sugar.
– Sliced lemon adds flair to the iced tea but dont leave it in the pitcher. It will make the whole batch bitter. 🙁
– I love eating chico, but putting it in oatmeal is just plain wrong.
– making teriyaki sauce is a breeze. Just mix 2 cups water, 1/2cup soy sauce (light if available), 3/4 cups brown sugar, 2-3 tbsp cornstarch, 2tbsp minced garlic. Cook until it thickens a bit.
– fried tokwa cubes with teriyaki sauce and some chopped onion leaves = heavenly fare/snack.
ciao!
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