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2010-02-25T09:50:00.001+08:00

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Generations

2009-09-18T21:12:00.001+08:00

My Nokia 770 (orthanc), N800 (osgiliath), and N810 (elostirion).

Unix epoch 1234567890

2009-02-12T06:50:00.007+08:00

On February 14, 2009 at 7:31:30am Philippine time (Feb 13 23:31:30 GMT), it will be Unix epoch 1234567890. Happy Valentine's!alex@elektron:~$ perl -e 'print gmtime(1234567890)."\n"';Fri Feb 13 23:31:30 2009alex@elektron:~$ perl -e 'print localtime(1234567890)."\n"';Sat Feb 14 07:31:30 2009Update: Found a site, http://www.1234567890day.com/(Yes, I'm still alive.)

Nanay's birthday

2008-06-06T09:22:00.001+08:00

Happy 61st birthday, Nanay!

plumber!s toolbox

2008-04-19T21:08:00.005+08:00

Hey there! I've been quite busy lately, but not too busy to launch another site. ;-) plumber!s toolbox has my latest modules, tips, and tricks for Yahoo! Pipes. Do check it out... thanks!pipes.tumblr.com

Google Gadget + OpenSocket = Facebook app

2008-03-24T00:47:00.005+08:00

I converted my scifAI Google Gadget to a Facebook app via OpenSocket. It was a relatively painless procedure, though I did have to make allowances for the way Facebook rendered the app. Also, the code generated by OpenSocket still has some issues with the app's canvas height, so I also added the comments for a particular post just to use some of the extra space.My pet peeve is that an iframe app

scifAI Google Gadget

2008-03-21T19:59:00.008+08:00

In celebration of World Poetry Day (right...), I published my first Google Gadget, for scifAI. Here it is:Drop this on any web page using the code generated here.You can, of course, add this to your iGoogle page as well. Go ahead, you know you want to. ;-)Source code is over here. (Smaller version here, code here.)

Gari's birthday

2008-03-18T11:25:00.002+08:00

It's Gari's birthday... yey! Happy birthday, bro!Had a great time with the most of the gang (hi Togz!) last Sunday at Clint's place in Antipolo. Thanks, Clint... finally! ;-) Sa uulitin!

Tumblr hack: A real tag cloud

2008-03-10T12:07:00.013+08:00

Tumblr may come up with "real" tag browsing soon, but meanwhile, here's a tag cloud that -- unlike third party services -- uses the actual tags that you assign to your posts. Basically, the script calls the Tumblr JSON API and processes the posts, 50 at a time (the maximum allowable; configurable). It saves the tags, URLs, and a bit of the content. If there are any remaining posts, it keeps on

Tumblr hack: Author's Notes via Google Docs

2008-03-10T02:19:00.022+08:00

This is a very basic HOWTO on retrieving a particular item in a Google Docs spreadsheet from your blog (not necessarily Tumblr), something that I could have used a few days ago. I use this over at my scifaiku site to show author notes for particular posts. *Create a new spreadsheetUse the first row to label the fieldsEnter some dataPublish the spreadsheetGo to More publishing optionsSelect RSS

BCD = Silay City

2008-03-04T11:27:00.011+08:00

If you're traveling to Bacolod City, you should know that the Bacolod City Domestic Airport is no more. The new Bacolod-Silay City International Airport, over 17.5 kilometers away as the crow flies, serves in its stead. It is a modern facility featuring such amenities as a working conveyor belt. ;-)Despite the extra 40 to 70 minutes of travel time, I suppose I should be glad that Bacolod will now

Tatay's birthday

2008-02-27T08:41:00.005+08:00

Today is my father's 64th birthday.The bird still sings trueAs its feathers turn to gray.Today, it caught deer.;-)Happy birthday, Tatay!

Nanay's book

2008-02-25T16:58:00.004+08:00

We received the first 10 copies of my mother's book, Orations, Poems, and Other Writings. The rest will roll off the presses tomorrow. Congratulations, Nanay!

Pipin' Not!

2008-02-24T12:19:00.011+08:00

Hmmm. It seems the Yahoo! Pipes engine is down. All I'm getting for any pipe (not just mine) is:Pipes encountered a problem while running this pipe: The Pipes engine request failed (-1)I guess success does have its price. ;-)Update 1: It's on and off. Mostly off at this time...Update 2: Looks fine now.

Pipin' Hot!

2008-02-24T06:38:00.010+08:00

I'm obviously a big fan of Google (except for a few things here and there), and there are some projects of theirs, such as GoogleMashups and Jaiku, whose public launches I eagerly await. [ Hey Google, how about some dev accounts, huh? ;-) ] **Meanwhile, I'm not one for thumb-twiddling, so I look around. Thus, I'm on Twitter and Yahoo! Pipes.Yahoo! Pipes is simply fascinating, and I regret that I

Twitter for Google Apps, plus restoring SMS updates

2008-02-22T23:51:00.007+08:00

I had two problems with Twitter:1. I wanted to be able to receive IMs via my own Google Apps domain (instead of my account at gmail.com).I found the solution over at kavinda.net. To summarize,a. Add the following entries to your domain's DNS (replacing example.com with your domain name, of course):_xmpp-client._tcp.example.com. IN SRV 5 0 5222 talk.l.google.com._xmpp-client._tcp.example.com.

Heart's Cry, circa 1993

2008-02-16T14:58:00.009+08:00

From the dusty recesses of my brain comes this poem written almost exactly 15 years ago, IIRC (i.e. post-Valentine's). I don't remember having counted syllables (10-8-10-8) and rhyming every other line, but there you go... Maximum mush! :-DHeart's CryI lay without sleep, yet not without painFor pain I did feel in my heartPain caused by love and a hope held in vainThat I of your life become part.I

gpsd bug in ITOS 2008

2008-02-14T00:15:00.012+08:00

Huh.I was trying to geotag a picture for the first time, but for some reason, the timestamp saved by gps-saver was exactly one day ahead, so no match was possible, of course. It turns out that ITOS 2008's gpsd, which gps-saver relies on, has a leap year bug until March this year. :-(A fix is on the way, though, and the GPS unit itself is OK. Phew.Meanwhile, I diddled the gps2photo source (part of

Dinner with the new G

2008-02-11T21:15:00.000+08:00

I'm having dinner right now at Fish & Co., publishing this through osgiliath via their free-to-customers WiFi. Right beside me is Laya, my new G...PS. :-PIt works inside, beside the glass walls. Here are a few shots (I cleared the GPS tracks):...although I'm pretty sure I'm not moving at 3.5km/h or jumping up and down 30 meters. Hehehe...I tried posting this via MaemoWordPy, but I haven't quite

Freedom Keychain GPS 2000

2008-02-11T19:05:00.002+08:00

I went to the post office and picked up my Freedom Keychain GPS 2000 (bought from Proporta). It's a fascinating little device (1.81 x 1.26 x 0.58") that provides NMEA 0183 and other protocols over Bluetooth. It charges via the usual Mini5B USB, which is great as it means one less cable for me to bring along. USB and cigarette lighter cables are included in the package.To test it out, I first

Firebug and CSS Specificity

2008-02-10T05:38:00.001+08:00

I was trying to get my Twitter widget (adapted from the Twitter Fan Wiki) to show a profile icon beside my own updates.My original code was:I used it like so inside the widget code:

my update message

But what was this

Hai(na)ku

2008-02-09T09:22:00.002+08:00

I still haven't slept after a night out with the bros and friends. So, I decided to write some haikus* (geek!!) inspired by certain events, conversations, and beer-induced imagery of last night (and today, pre-dawn). I wrote five, initially, but then I tried to do what I did before in high school: write 26 haikus, one for every letter of the alphabet.I only managed 12. Maybe I'll add some more

Dynamic DNS and transparent proxies

2008-02-04T23:17:00.000+08:00

I prefer having my DynDNS account updated by my Linux-based DSL-500T ADSL modem/router (flashed with Russian firmware) since it means the host updates occur every time a PPP session is established. Otherwise, I would have needed an inefficient cron job at my main box.I haven't needed to access my PC remotely in the past few months, so I just recently noticed that my DynDNS host wasn't getting

Indiggnant at Globe DSL

2008-02-03T05:14:00.000+08:00

I've been getting a blank page trying to login at Digg. It seems that a lot of people are having this problem, likely due to some bad transparent proxying by the ISP.So I did a tcptraceroute to check if Globelines was using one:# tcptraceroute digg.comSelected device eth0, address 192.168.1.250, port 51873 for outgoing packetsTracing the path to digg.com (64.191.203.30) on TCP port 80 (http), 30

Self-hosted Flash Video

2008-02-01T23:30:00.003+08:00

Nowadays, the easiest way to upload videos to the web is via Google Video, YouTube, Metacafe, Vimeo, and the like.If, for some reason, you want to host your videos on your own server, here are 4 steps to easily do this in Linux:Convert your video using ffmpeg:ffmpeg -i your.avi -s 320x240 your.flvGrab JW FLV Media Player and extract mediaplayer.swfUpload your FLV file and mediaplayer.swf to your