Opinions and Writings
Lasers and silicone chips
Just came in from INQ7.net. Intel has recently developed a breakthrough chip that would use lasers instead of wires to transfer data. According to Intel, this would enable them to produce cheap but powerful processors in the future. Wow. I have been observing the...
Stepover nutmeg
When I was still active playing football, I really loved using stepover nutmegs to get past defender. That and rocastles. In any case, nutmegs usually provide the most effective results. Either I succeed in fake them or they miss tackles and clip me instead. Free...
Playing catchup with the big G, or in reverse?
Following up on the latest developments in mail security of Yahoo!, it seems like they are keen on playing catchup with Google. Or is it the other way around. Google has been letting the public do some Beta testing on a few embryonic web-based applications that their...
Yahoo!’s latest log-in protections
Internet identity theft, phishing, and scamming had all been headaches of the average computer users. I remember those days when Yahoo! still did not have a spam filter. It was also so easy to prank people by enrolling their e-mail addresses to lewd mailing lists....
Preparing for Microsoftee Weendoze Veestuh
I have been thinking about upgrading my Franken-PC for the past weeks now. I still run on a single core P4 2.6 Ghz with 512 RAM and a GeForce FX 5200 GPU. Sure, it's quite adequate for surfing the web and playing some games but it will not be enough for Windows Vista....
Descartes over anything else
I work as a marketing man for my company, an IT company at that. When I go about rounds with colleagues visiting clients, I usually get the usual questions "How old are you?", "Where did you graduate? (sic)", and the classic question, "So, ComSci ka, hijo?". Those...
Keeping it real: blogs and identity theft
One of the first things I do in the morning is get my dose of news, usually from INQ7.net. After skimming the seemingly consistent stream of negative news in the headlines section, I move on to Infotech. As a kid, I used to go straight to the comics page or the Sports...
Bouncing off cubicle walls
Jumping beans. A simple amusement of kids ages three and up. I remember myself being amazed as a kid, seeing those colorful little plastic capsules standing on its end, rolling, tumbling as if they had lives of their own. It was only when I dissected one of them...