Hello World! v2.0
What is with this Hello World? A lot of people are probably wondering why a fresh WordPress install always comes with the familiar Hello World! post. For the non-techies, non-programmers and ...
Yeah, whut?! I have noticed this for a while ever since I setup this site a few weeks ago. While I uploaded everything by hand through good old `scp` at first, it really didn’t occur to me then that there was something weird going on. I didn’t bother with it so much then. All that...
What can I say? It is one hell of an ending. Expected something else, but I can’t complain so much. They had to tie loose ends. Then there are those with contracts that were about to expire. Overall I am pretty satisfied with the movie despite all that drama. The action sequences were there. The...
First encountered this bug in 2017. It is almost 2 years now and they still have not gotten to fix it. Well, somebody actually said they already have a fix for it but have not committed it yet since according to them, and I quote: “We’ve had a fix for this in review for a...
Ever since I started reading books, learning about and seeing pictures of places from all around the world, and watching these sites on TV or the Internet, I have always had this burning desire to travel there myself, to set foot on these lands and witness it with my own eyes. This was my DREAM....
An egg hunt is a game during which decorated eggs or Easter eggs are hidden for children to find. Real hard-boiled eggs, which are typically dyed or painted, artificial eggs made of plastic filled with chocolate or candies, or foil-wrapped egg-shaped chocolates of various sizes are hidden in various places. The game is often played...
Not really fond of those Android brands from China that are flooding the market right now. Name your pick. I mean, I know a lot of people are getting these phones. What with the features they come loaded with such as bigger screens, modern cameras for the photo-minded, fingerprint scanners, while all that plus more...
March 2018 @ Melbourne, Australia
So I was having dinner the other night at this fine dining place. It was actually a treat to me for somebody who “owed” me, and somehow I got to choose the restaurant. Nothing posh or fancy though. There was a budget cap! We happened to be really close by Ayala Triangle that time thus...
Well, Chinese New Year at that. But, nonetheless, “Xīn Nián Kuài Lè!“, as the literal translation would be. The more common greeting, they say, is “Gōng Xǐ Fā Cái“. Which means “wishing you prosperity”. And this year, according to the Chinese calendar, would be that of the Pig. Took me only another new year celebration...
It all begins with an impression. One that is captured through accurate electronic eyes. Every property, every faint detail of contrast and hue, of black and white, every sensation that depicts how light is reflected and perceived, is brought to an almost tangible state. Then stored with precision into countless tiny bits of digitized form....
Bulalo – Beef-based soup dish cooked with vegetables with beef bones thrown in the mix. The broth mixture is light. Meat is tender. Best served hot. Tawilis – This is not a cooking style or recipe. It is the local name of a small-sized freshwater fish that can only be found in the Philippines particularly...
Poblacion food hop @ Makati City on 5th November 2018 – Food tripping on my birthday! ABKD (Ah-ba-ka-dah) – Started with coffee @ 4pm-ish. Too bad their kitchen was still closed. Would have loved to have tried their chicken skin bites. So-so taste for the coffee. It wasn’t all that bad. Probably will still give...
iFlix was recommended to me just over a month ago, when I was in the market looking for alternative video streaming services. I have never even heard of it before. But the name sounds catchy. It even rhymes with something else, doesn’t it? Like Netflix. They also have a 1 month free offer with no...
Mamma Mia! the musical @ Solaire Resort & Casino, Parañaque City, Metro Manila on 11th October 2018 – Nope, I didn’t watch Mamma Mia! the musical. My mom did. I only waited for her outside. Took these photos while killing the time for 3 hours.
@ Solaire Resort & Casino, Parañaque City, Metro Manila on 11th October 2018
As much as I love to write, so it is when it comes to reading. Since I was young I have always been fascinated with books. Perhaps I got it from my father. He always was reading something for as long as I can remember. Until now. Lately I have been slacking in the “book...
Shot taken last 3rd September 2018 around 7:01PM on board Cebu Pacific flight 5J806 as it slowly descends down the taxiways towards the runway, awaiting for its turn to take off from Changi Airport, Singapore. This is my final good bye to you Singapore. My home away from home for the last 7 years...
I am a beer drinker. Definitely not wine. Whiskey is okay. Rhum I can handle. Vodka is something I would rather stay away from. But beer is beer. Perhaps my preferred alcoholic beverage by far. Beer is quite simple. Heavy to the tummy. As varied in taste as wines. Yet undeniably satisfying. For a long...
My shit has been a mess for a while now. It has been for the last 2 plus years. I thought I had it all figured out when I made that decision one fateful day more than 3 years ago. It turns out I really did not. I thought I was ready to take the...
I couldn’t be more excited when I learned they were doing a musical on the hit Eraserheads (a.k.a. Eheads) single, and arguably the best – Ang Huling El Bimbo. The story is supposedly loosely based on the song. And then sprinkled with a healthy dose of other Eheads originals, albeit tweaked to make it more...
… or take a few months. Which makes it 6-plus-ish something years. But who’s counting? Right? In case I have not mentioned it yet, I’m not talking about when was the last time I posted something here. Well, it could be that too. But instead, I am talking about me coming back to the Philippines...
Netflix is perhaps one of the biggest users of Microsoft Silverlight. Based on my browsing habits, I rarely encounter websites using Pipelight technology. Most other sites are either using the good old Adobe Flash or HTML5 for streaming. Besides, most of my online streaming needs are quite satiated by YouTube. While Netflix is not available...
BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition – The 1st Ubuntu Phone Officially launched last 11th of February 2015 by the Spanish mobile phone manufacturer BQ. The Price. €169.90 (around SGD $260) The good. Well Ubuntu Phone is finally out after what seemed like ages of waiting, and rampant rumors of it not ever coming out after several months...
Here’s a neat little program to restrict server access of Linux user accounts to SCP and/or SFTP only. It is called rssh. What it does is, and I quote: rssh is a restricted shell for use with OpenSSH, allowing only scp and/or sftp. It now also includes support for rdist, rsync, and cvs. For example,...
