by Alex | Feb 2, 2017 | Gaming, Money
I believe it was former president of UP, Dr. Nemezo (a champion of free and open source software back in the early 2000s) who intimated that piracy is the third-world reaction to the absurd licensed software costs. I can’t quite recall but it’s in the same...
by Alex | Feb 2, 2017 | Writing
After finishing my monthly online cleanup of my sites and accounts, I noticed that it’s been almost 10 years since I registered this domain. I’ve been blogging longer than that. Ever since I shifted away from online content development some 7 years back, I...
by Alex | Feb 1, 2017 | Gaming
While not many publicly know, I am no longer with any of my previous affiliations. I thought finally pursuing game development to continue my career would be one of my last churns and that I’d be able to stick around doing it for long. Turned out my stint became...
by Alex | Oct 5, 2016 | Personal
Paying tribute to friends and mentors who have passed never gets easier and yet I write another one now. I am greatly saddened by the passing of one of my mentors – Prof. May Flores. She passed on last Saturday after years of health problems. She will most...
by Alex | Sep 20, 2016 | Business, Technology
Ah… The IT department where the verisimilitude of the IT Crowd hits home so well. Just read Tales from Tech Support on Reddit. But the inverse also applies. Howe many of us has been screwed over by bad IT departments. I’ve been with startups and small...
