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Farewell to the asteroid

2009-08-05T00:53:00.001+08:00

http://xkcd.com/618/This is still a draft.

My brain

2008-09-09T23:45:00.001+08:00

Chromatic thoughts

2008-09-04T23:19:00.005+08:00

Sad. But google chrome doesn't seem ready for linux yet. It seems to use the same components used by internet explorer, like in the "Change proxy settings" in the options. I had to reboot to switch from linux ( which had been running for weeks) to windows. Anyway, there may be a linux port around soon.By the way the "full" installer can be downloaded from this link http://cache.pack.google.com/

Updated Sesame Street

2008-07-31T01:13:00.003+08:00

Cheese flavored toroidoids

2008-07-28T21:54:00.002+08:00

The more appropriate term for cheese rings. Since they are not totally cheese. They are thick enough not to be rings. And they are not perfectly shaped.Whatever happened to my lexical capability... it's not good.

The Tweeter

2008-07-22T10:38:00.004+08:00

She's not a member of the lab.She hasn't undergone the difficult process of being a member.She doesn't clearly know the rules obeyed by members.Not being a member, she doesn't deserve anyone's time or attention... just the minimum kindness any stranger gets.And yet she is usually much noisier than the rest of us.Like suddenly we had a noisy mother. An annoying noisy mother of some spoiled

Battle scars on my guitar

2008-06-04T18:18:00.007+08:00

I'm having second thoughts about the craftsmanship of the guys who made my guitar (whose name I would only tell if you ask me personally). Or maybe it was just badly scratched to begin with. Or maybe they are not as skilled in fixing ones as compared to making new ones. Well I understand it is easier to start from clean scratch than to patch up something. There is less degree of freedom on

Cool dad

2008-05-23T11:37:00.003+08:00

As I was about to leave home today, May 23, my dad offered me something to bring with my journey (to the unknown). It's not the usual cash or food you've normally expect, but instead a DVD with avis of Modern Marvels. (He even knows more about P2P sharing than I do) (No, this is not a like father like son thing...)

Butterflies

2008-05-03T04:06:00.003+08:00

Staring at the screen once moreJust the way I did beforeAs electrons hit the screen of phosphorAnd the screen radiates in full colorThen photons make it through the spaceBetween the screen and my old face...Minutes passedSixty Hertz seems too fastMy thoughts still in the pastHanging until at last...I decide to sleepGood morning world

Money and coffee packs

2008-04-22T09:11:00.006+08:00

Unfortunately I don't smoke. So I couldn't use the name of one Eric Clapton's albums. I wonder what would have happened if my means of existence turned out different. If there's a song that perfectly describes everything I do. If all my blog entries were titles of something from pop culture. Maybe I'll hate it. I hate main stream music.Anyway, right now [22/04/2008 9:19 GMT+8:00], the bread (

Cats and dogs

2008-04-16T05:03:00.015+08:00

On the peak of extreme boredom, my subconcious mind found something to do with my Rapidshare captcha collection.#convert -delay 50 access*.jpg access.gif

Calis's Little Brother

2008-03-31T00:13:00.003+08:00

if Calis has a brother...

Prime Number Test

2008-02-26T10:49:00.004+08:00

Not so crappy anymore

2008-02-02T12:49:00.000+08:00

After seeing my previous post, a less luxurious version of the NI calendar was given to me by a great colleague.Thank you.

Crappy New Year!

2008-01-22T12:35:00.000+08:00

I have not yet received this year's National Instruments calendar. So I came up with a solution.

Another geek test...

2008-01-12T15:30:00.000+08:00

After checking what's new with Alis's blog, I ended up in this geek test...+ Geekish Tendencies................................≥09%++ Geek.............................................≥15%+++ Total Geek......................................≥25%++++ Major Geek.....................................≥35%+++++ Super Geek....................................≥45%++++++ Extreme Geek.........................

Happy Holidayz

2007-12-26T21:40:00.000+08:00

see ya later...have some stringz to strum...

Exchange gift

2007-12-18T08:55:00.000+08:00

Christmas Party 1999:Minimum of 100 PesosX-Mas Party 2007:Minimum of 100MB ... Maximum of 10GB

will kill me

2007-12-15T18:08:00.000+08:00

This morning, I thought I had already woken up. I see the room around me, my blue blanket, the bed underneath me, the railing at the side, and someone else is pulling my blanket, preventing me from getting up. I felt his hands behind me and wrestled with them, with the little movement that my own hands can do. I couldn't turn my head to look at him. My eyes tried to look towards the railing to

The System

2007-12-12T21:03:00.001+08:00

Golden Compass

2007-12-11T17:21:00.000+08:00

$MART /\/\yTV

2007-12-02T12:09:00.000+08:00

For those who can afford.(Para sa may pambayad/pambili.)

system(argv[0]);

2007-12-01T21:08:00.000+08:00

#include int main(int argc, char **argv){ system(argv[0]); return 0;}/*It was something like this that made my laptop hang. (The additional code were supposed to print something, but curiously didn't work.) I just wanted to see what would happen. The source file was named loop.c, by the way.*/

The flash drive that survived the washing machine

2007-10-15T01:56:00.000+08:00

After several days of wondering where I lost my flash drive, it was finally seen floating in the washing machine. Fortunately my pqi i221 is still working (after being dried of course). The files are still intact. Unlike many flash drives, this one is quite sealed, thus eventually floating... or maybe there was not enough detergent used in the washing machine. I bought mine from cd-r king, by the

Three months of hell

2007-08-30T10:15:00.000+08:00

TeachStudyResearchChoose 2 (at a time)As far as I am concerned I am not being payed for teaching. Not yet. So, it is but human to choose the other two. Well, it can't be helped. That's how government employment works. You get hungry for the first three months. Reminds me of DOST scholarship. The difference is, I am now teaching. I am not just responsible for my self, but also for my students. I

Yet another stupid move

2007-07-27T10:27:00.000+08:00

Under Republic Act 9492, most holidays would be moved to Monday. Of course the rationale, as usual, is to prolong weekends in favor of non productivity. Aside from deemphasizing the spirit of some holidays, this act also shows the Philippine government's lack of priority to the educational sector. In the University of the Philippines, and many other universities as well, for example, some classes

KDE_Glass_Break.ogg

2007-07-17T18:48:00.000+08:00

I was finally annoyed enough to figure out which file was causing that annoying sound on errors on KDE. On Mandriva 2007, the file is located on:/usr/share/sounds/KDE_Glass_Break.oggI renamed it.I really did not like that noise. Especially when I am wearing a head set, the broken glass effect is just too sudden (very high rate of change derivative). It sorts of hurts my ears.To add to that,

On extended weekends

2007-06-11T11:08:00.000+08:00

I remember a strip in MAD comics saying that Japanese students are ahead of American students because they don't have to spend extra time for praying in class. (btw, I think routine prayers are hypocrisy, and are nothing more than memory exercises). The bottom line is, time spent on study or work contributes to progress. And here I am, in a country whose government extends weekends when there (is

Can't believe it

2007-05-25T17:24:00.000+08:00

It's either I'm lying to the quiz, or I guess good on multiple choice, or I rank as high ianalis.New Energy on Research and Development --MFudolig

Gnuplotting

2007-05-22T18:14:00.000+08:00

Figure 1. FDTD data plotted with GnuplotI realized how nice my data can look with Gnuplot (even when it's wrong). For instructions on how to visualize programming data using gnuplot, this article might be of help.Pathetic recreationsAfter trying out all the keyboard letters (lower case only), I eventually verified (on my Linux "work" station) that the letter q has the least number of linux

3 years of digital graphics (at least)

2007-05-15T13:17:00.000+08:00

This is the comic strip I created around 3 years ago (2004) when I was still the graphics editor of Scientia. Back then I was just experimenting with Photoshop (although I was ahead enough to volunteer for graphics editor). I started with version 6. I still remember when I was frustrated with layers. I eventually appreciated layers when I enjoyed altering photographs, putting people in places,

Adios, soltero en ciencia

2007-04-26T03:08:00.000+08:00

Five long BS* years95 thesis pages1,351,965 bytes of source code60++ GB of data32 computing nodes16 former computing nodes633 nanometers of wavelength3 years in the lab3 SPP publications3 mugs at the kitchen3 class card markings3 tubes of Alaxan gel to replace dozens of missed breakfastsCountless sachets of instant coffeeCountless overnightsCountless sleepless overnightsLiters of sweat and

Thoughts in djvu format

2007-04-17T14:36:00.000+08:00

As a reader of djvu ebooks, I got curious how I could make my own djvu documents. Making pdfs is quite trivial nowadays with many free pdf printers (PDFCreator, PrimoPDF, CutePDF). Using a printable document (created with Open Office or M$ Office), here's how I converted my .odt's to .djvu's with readable/searchable text (text not treated as graphics).Materials & Equipmentdjvudigital that comes

Drive Rescue to the rescue

2007-04-15T14:50:00.000+08:00

Just when I thought my crammed fine arts paper is almost done, I suddenly realized that the SD Card's folder containing the photos (/DCIM/100CAMEA) is inaccesible to Windows and unseen to Linux. However, the photos are still browable through the camera's display. I tried both plugging the camera's interface cable and a third party card reader (by CD-R King) only to get the same ubfavorable

ExplorerXP: Tabbed file browsing

2007-03-30T11:35:00.000+08:00

There must be a Windows counterpart for Konqueror. In addition to its web browser, what I like about Konqueror is its tabbed file browser. Unlike with Window$ explorer where you have to open many explorer windows when working with different directories. It's a mess.ExplorerXP is a nice Windowze software that can do that. (Just leave the tabbed web browsing to Firefox)Figure 1. Unfinished thesis

bad idea

2007-03-04T02:55:00.000+08:00

A new pronunciation for Voltes V.

Staring at the screen again

2007-02-16T21:14:00.000+08:00

Waiting for the right words to come outBut not out of my mouthNot from my pen eitherOr this glorified typewriterBut out of nothingJust wasting my time writingTyping typing typing...Ideas extracted out of emptynessUsusually end up as a messHanging exhausted before the next lineJuggling thoughts to make it rhymeMaybe not this timeThe opportunity is not mineHanging hanging hangingWaiting waiting

adiós teléfono

2007-02-14T23:06:00.000+08:00

My alarm clock/phone is gone. I don't use its phone part anyway.back to thesis work...

Cool link free books

2007-02-13T20:49:00.000+08:00

free science...back to thesis work...

Bound to fail

2007-02-12T18:28:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow supposedly will be my examination day in Music Literature. Part of that exam would be a name that tune type. In addition to their non intuitive foreign titles, I could not distinguish some tracks from the others. Not now, I need more time to familiarize with the music....Back to thesis work...

x11 problem

2007-02-11T15:12:00.000+08:00

My Linux box didn't start in gui mode:When I run startx from the console, I see this part of the message:...(EE) Failed to load module "bitmap" (module does not exist, 0)...Luckily I remember installing an updated (apparently buggy) version of x11-server-common. That was the last stupid thing I did with my box while attempting to install vncserver so that I can work else where in the lab.I

Public servant

2007-02-03T10:04:00.000+08:00

Cluster Report for Sat, 3 Feb 2007 10:31:59 +0800CPUs Total:19 Hosts up:18 Hosts down:0 Avg Load (15, 5, 1m): 362%, 362%, 363% Localtime: 2007-02-03 11:02(This is not the flag of Japan.)Here is a preview of CSRC's ganglia cluster load monitorThe problem with public servers... Anyone just gets to do anything no matter how reckless their programming habits are. With 512MB of memory and 10GB

A series of improbable events

2007-01-27T18:19:00.000+08:00

1) Getting an interview from Toshiba despite the fact that my DOST debts will prevent me from going outside the Philippines.2) Seeing Glenn of theory lab in MRT on his way home from Ayala (around 3pm).3) Seeing my brother also on the same train cab for a Magallanes-Cubao trip with pet stuff from Cartimar Pasay, just in the side opposite Glenn's.4) Wearing a lite colored formal attire.

What is your wavelength?

2007-01-20T13:20:00.000+08:00

"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."--Neil Armstrong"One small bug for programmer, one giant error for results."--ThanatosAfter getting unexpected results from my c/c++ pseudo-generalized implementation of Richard's and Wolf's vector diffraction integral (Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems II), I finally found out what causes the problem (although I still don't know

Those missing days

2007-01-12T20:56:00.000+08:00

The familiar high pitched tune as a 56kbps modem dials a predefined set of numbers during the first few minutes of the day invokes a nostalgic feeling in me. Stranded in my residential habitat with nothing left from SPP and without the semester's stipends yet makes you realize how long 24 hours could be (psychological time dilation). With nothing to do but eat, sleep, and those mechanical,

2006 was the year...

2006-12-23T04:46:00.000+08:00

2006* I learned FDTD (finite difference time domain)* Most of my parallel implemented (MPI and FFTW based) Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm (PIGSA) was accomplished after the construction of the CSRC high performance cluster near the end of 2005.* My hair had grown to its longest length so far since my last trip to the barber in October 2005 (around SPP time)* I had two SPP publications*

Open source replacements

2006-12-20T15:42:00.000+08:00

This site saves you the trouble of searching the top free alternatives yourself (and if you think there are still better alternatives, it allows you to help others by suggesting them).Osalt: open source as alternativeAlthough other sites (freshmeat, sourceforge) may be helpful, osalt is organized to show what open source software may replace what commercial software.Read more from this Popular

Vitamin beer crap

2006-12-16T13:28:00.000+08:00

"The whole may not be greater than the sum of the parts"I was annoyed one day while watching a TV program featuring Filipino inventions/inventors.Although some of his inventions may deserve respect, the concept of vitamin beer is totally . (I'm giving you the privilege of filling in the descriptive words).Third Prize (P20,000) Patent No. : 1-2002-02291 Title : Beer Fortified with Multivitamins (

Whatever happened to that old man with a silly costume

2006-12-11T11:55:00.000+08:00

Contrary to the rumors that he was shot in the belief that he was a burglar ("akyat bahay"), or hypothermia had frozen him in his hometown (GPS: 90° latitude N), there could be another explanation why children will no longer be receiving gifts from Santa Claus.Given the testimony of the five year old eye witness who would be called by the name of Jackson, police investigations lead toward

Vuelo de la noche (dos)

2006-12-08T20:06:00.000+08:00

Mercurio I could not type another lineI can't resist it anymoreI can not work until I'm fineI need to go to the drug storeAnalgesics on the shelfIn different brands and prizesMakes me ask this to my self"Is health care for the masses?"Punching on her number padNumeric codes my tablets hadFaking a smile though she is sadHow would I know, I'm not a godReaching through my bulky pocketFilled with

Machine error demonstration

2006-12-07T21:37:00.000+08:00

Either there is a problem with printf, atof, division or with floating point numbers:#include #include using namespace std;int main(int argc, char **argv){ if(argc>2){ float f1 = atof(argv[1]); float f2 = atof(argv[2]); printf("%f/%f = %f\n", f1, f2, f1/f2); } return 0;}After compiling and running the given code, I get

The unbelievable reply

2006-12-07T21:11:00.000+08:00

"wla akong lod."I don't have load.Surprisingly the message got sent, so I immediately sent a follow up."Meron pla. Uuwi ako mmya."Apparently there is. I'm coming home later....Perdonarme, madre.

Bugging Clamwin update

2006-12-05T16:31:00.000+08:00

For several days the clamwin antivirus applet on the system tray had been bugging me about it's new scanning engine version 0.88.6 (also, at about this time, I had already been recieving nags about the new AVG free 7.5). Unfortunately when I download it using clamwin itself (or atleast clicked the Ok button, assuming that's what it does...), it doesn't install and thus will remind you again about

Mark this cellphone number as spam: 639183287002

2006-11-27T12:38:00.000+08:00

It is a truth that stupid people still do exist. They think they could fool others by making them transfer cellphone credits to their balance. 27, November 2006, 12:37:01, when I got this stupid message from a stupid sender:Congrats!!! Youwin a 500 loadfrom PAMASKOPROMO ofSMART, just type09183287002(space)15 andsend to 808,claim your loadnow, thanku, SMARTZED*Unfortunately for the sender, not

Vuelo de la Noche (uno)

2006-11-25T17:59:00.000+08:00

SíntomasMy skull seems too small for my brainI'd shake my head to ease this painIf I could only sniff cocaine...Yeah right, just give me strong caffeineFonts are blurring on the screenEyelids struggling to stay upHeavy doses of aspirinA headache that doesn't seem to stopAs if I didn't sleep at allYet I remember waking upAnd that strange dream I do recall...I guess I need another napBloody

A compilation

2006-11-23T18:41:00.000+08:00

From Quantum dots to Final Fantasy XIIIReading a layman's article of Quantum dots in Wikipedia to help with my Materials Science Engineering subject led me to blue lasers. Because such a laser has a smaller wavelength (~405nm) it is utilized on high density optical data storage such as HD-DVDs or blue ray discs (smaller diffraction limit). This data storage is also being used for PS 3 games,

James Bond gets religious

2006-11-22T19:26:00.000+08:00

The 007 ClubSynopsisSpoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.After all those near death experiences wherin he felt closer to his maker, ever wondered what the finale sequel would be?A more mature James finally turns back from his detective life and settles down for that little piece of Heaven everyone is longing after. Voluntarily terminating his licence to kill, he vowed to help people

It had been a long while

2006-11-22T01:38:00.000+08:00

The last time consuming drawings I have made date back to about a year ago. And it seems that my skills are deteriorating (just like the paper on which I draw).Ryu. What's wrong with this picture?* The canvas used was small making finer details (such as facial features) less resolved.* Since only shades of grey were used it is harder to create contrast between features that would otherwise have

Para el amor de Rusos y de Alemanes

2006-11-20T17:13:00.000+08:00

For the love of Russians and GermansEven if they have character sets unreadable (but very familiar) to me, it is enough that I add ".djvu" (the dot before the extension makes the search more meaningful) on my Google search (in addition to the book title and author of course) to search for ebookz which are mostly found on Russian (.ru sites) forums.And I thank the Germans for hosting the pdf and

Just another test

2006-11-20T12:09:00.000+08:00

Testing Google docs .

Caffeine

2006-11-18T14:47:00.000+08:00

If you wanna hang out youve got to take her out; caffeine.If you wanna get down, down on the ground; caffeine.She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; caffeine.If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; caffeine.When your day is done and you wanna run; caffeine.She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; caffeine.If your thing is gone and you wanna ride on; caffeine.Don't forget this

kilopede

2006-11-17T13:51:00.000+08:00

a case of inconsistent prefixes:kilometer = 1000 meterscentimeter = 1/100 meterscent = 1/100 dollarscentavo = 1/100 pesoscentury = 100 yearscentipede = arthropod with ~100 feetmillimeter = 1/1000 metersmilligram = 1/1000 gramsmillenium = 1000 yearsmillipede = arthropod with ~1000 feet.........Therefore I conclude that prefixes are reciprocal invariant!

My first OOP lines

2006-11-14T20:28:00.000+08:00

After more than 2 years of C/C++ debugging, I finally needed object oriented programming too. Eventually the lines below will end up as a FDTD program to be run in CSRC. Syntax colors were rendered with SciTE. Remnants of old style programming could still be seen here by the way. I strongly believe that I would be laughing when I read these lines some day. Hopefully sooner.