The Browsers in my Notebook’s Life…

The accounts I’m going to share are wholly experienced by my notebook running Windows Vista…

Internet Explorer – I dont usually use this one but as a browser bundled by the OS, nothing much I can do but keep it under Programs and Features. Sometimes I got dilemmas whether to uninstall but no… I dont think it would be a good idea. So it stays as a silent resident on my disk. Even though I dont use it more often, there comes a moment when there is no choice but I have to open some sites to this browser. IE is helpful…

Google Chrome – it was then a flavor of the month(?) or season (?)… I dont really know. After I saw an ad showing a colorful circular icon created by Google developers, I said oh, finally a browser that is interesting… For once I made it my default browser, surfing the net, tracking friends at social sites, watching videos on the other side just by dragging and dropping the tabs. There are instances though that some sites are not loading/displaying beautifully… Though a very fast browser which consumes a tiny amount of memory but seeing on how it renders those pages made me frowned… Click uninstall…

Apple’s Safari – this came to my attention when an update of my Quicktime prog popped up, it offers a download to Safari and iTunes(…) I wow’ed the moment I saw it, downloaded and let it run, made it my default browser. I never thought my notebook will have a taste of Safari, an Apple product. Days passed by and saw on how it gobbled up my memory… 300k and sometimes more, I said wow (again) but this time with disgust. Some pages wont display very good too and how it renders gifs, a sore to my eye… goes flashing on and on… But dont get me wrong, I always have the respect to Apple and Steve Jobs my idol, I always wanted to have a Mac … But for Safari… click uninstall…

Mozilla Firefox – before Chrome and Safari, Firefox was my fave. Though I want to experience different browsers thats why we have an on and off relationship with this browser. I am using Firefox now and if there are no other browsers out there worth of checking out, this browser will stay as my default. Considerably fast and small amount of memory is used (< 100k), fast rendering of pages and gifs, watching movies are also fine… a great browser worth of commendation…
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update: just downloaded firefox 3.5

if money was no object….

we had a meeting last time with one of our clients and as an exordium we were asked if money was no object, what would we do?

what would you do?…
what would i do?…

back to the past… i’ve heard somewhere, i think its from a radio while i was driving – that it is not possible that you think of nothing, you always think of anything, to whatever topics – be it your fantasies, egos, etc.

back to the meeting… i really cannot decipher that question thoroughly, it was like theres a lag from the moment our client asked that question as the sound waves reaches my ear and sent electric impulses to my brain… then alas! its my turn…

‘i have a humble cause in mind… to help the poor and needy…’ damn! thats the first thing that came out from my mouth
i dont know what i was thinking but that were the words that came out
my colleagues were saying they want to tour around the world, watch NBA in US, support Pacquiao in his next fights, etc.
But me? … help the poor and needy wow, i never knew that was all inside me.

I should run for president some day, hahaha

But yea, in my subconscious – that was my aim, to help those who are in need, to lend a hand to the poor, and care for the sick and dying… then run for president. who knows, someday ill be one, and a great one that is!

thought of it deeply though – i think this is a result of the documentaries i saw, biographies ive read of the great persons in history. an extraction of the minds and hearts of the intellectual and those that are not greedy, the likes of Che Guevara, Mao Tse Tung, JoMa Sison, Mohandas Gandhi, Jose Rizal, Ninoy, 2Pac, Bono, and the list goes on…

We should be thankful that once in the history of man, there were great minds and hearts that walked amongst us, not expecting for something in return.
These were the people that wanted to change the world for something better and I hope some of us would continue those legacies…

People… Unite!

“O Captain! My Captain!”

our fearful trip is done… a poem by Walt Whitman.

Ah! Reminiscing my high school days when poetry became a part of my beating heart. A sheer look of the girl I so love…makes my tongue dripping with those exquisite words and began writing on a paper, tissue, leaf or whatever I can find. During the nights, dreaming of her smile makes my heart leap with pure happiness.

Earlier this afternoon, before retiring for the day because Ill be on a night shift, I watched a classic – “Dead Poet’s Society”. What a good movie indeed! Although, sadly it came to a tragic end but hey it inspires me to work those words again in my mind. To mingle with rhymes and the passion of creating poems. A rebirth of my hidden talent (if I still have it).

And oh, that girl in my high school days is now my fiancée and her name is Audrey Marie, hehehe, talking about the power of words, passion and love — poetry.

Now, back to work…

Waiting…

Dark, cold breeze against my bare feet.
Through this restless night, I wait.
Unfamiliar faces smiled and passed by.
Still waiting for you until the moon is high.
Here I am with my own will.
Wondering about you still.
When will you show me your face.
As the moon rises with grace.
I am still here and I am waiting.
I am waiting.

redirecting to /dev/null – explained

http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/06/06/what-does-devnull-21-mean/

Crazy about Rubiks

As I spent my vacation at my home town, all is crazy about this colorful toy, the magic square.
Ever since I became conscious on life, math, computers and internet, I havent played much time on this Rubiks cube.

My brother LK taught me how to decode this toy and make it into six-faceted cube.
Well, much practice and I got my own Djikstra solution for Rubiks cube

Ill post it here sometime…

Anyway, heres my torture-tested Rubik’s cube:

Windows andLinux – go hand in hand

if you are geeky like me, i think you may like this too
for years ive been trying to tinker on my pc or laptop to run linux operationally… but theres something missing. the world (as far as i know) works with Windows – office, schools, net cafes, everywhere i look, theres a trace of Gates. lets admit it, only those who are the ‘risk-takers’ use linux (maybe thats a hard word) but i think its true.
ive worked with bsd, debian, fedora, and recently the flavor of the month/year/s – ubuntu but i still use windows… at work, writing programs (for windows), games… and all of these works very very well in windows.
i thank God i found the right one for me, the all amazing andLinux (andLinux.org).
just download the bin file, install and whooosh, you can now run linux apps ON WINDOWS, i repeat ON WINDOWS! its alive! its alive! hehe
now my pc is versatile than ever…
andLinux is on beta so if you want to try it, youll have to make a risk.

***now how can i run conky?

Zeitgeist

I had a spare time once and looked for something of interest. There are many events in our world that needs further scrutiny and maybe thats why I am interested in conspiracy theories.
Hitting up video.google.com and searched for documentaries -> >20mins movies -> sort by popularity and this ‘Zeitgeist’ film ranked no.1. Truly this could be a great movie. So I watched it…

done.

I was so amazed and felt fear for the world after the movie. But certain aspects does not seem to be accurate and/or true (as far as my research is included). Ignoring the last two parts, I am more concerned at the first part. Though I am a Roman Catholic but not a religious one. I dont even go to church every Sunday maybe due to the nature of my work. The first part of the film announces that Christianity plagiarize the life of Horus,Crishna,Dionysus, etc. But the question is, where are your sources?… Even in wikipedia I dont see the similarities of these religious icons.
Well, I think the movie/documentary only offers new beliefs and/or alternative thinking. And Ill just put it that way…

What have I done?

Just look at what Ive done in my Windows box

Disposable Downloads

Earlier today I downloaded Firefox 3 (everyone does), installed and deleted the setup file.
Nowadays, this is a typical routine, after installing, we delete the setup files / installers as it is deemed used.
This was not I experienced 5 yrs ago. Dowloading files, installers, ebooks, white papers – was tiring especially if you do not have download managers. When the browser blinks ‘download complete’ (wooohooo), I immediately backed-up those files as if they were jewels and can be boasted to friends
Today, what you want is what you get, and after using you throw it to the ‘recycle bin’. No back-ups needed. When you want to format your pc and you do not have the installers/drivers? well download download, download and download. Then delete all… hehe .
What’s next? disposable PCs?