Inspect element feature in Google Chrome October 30, 2009
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Google chrome inspect element feature
Internet @40 – Past Present Future October 28, 2009
Posted by snowivy in Technology, What's Up.Tags: geocities, Google, internet, Tech news, Yahoo
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Here are some of my latest news finds about what’s going on that beautiful complex thing we call the World Wide Web. This post coincides with 40th anniversary of the Internet.
Past
Yahoo Geocities, the first popular personal Web-hosting site of the decade has closed.
Geocities closed
Gone are the days we hosted some of our group’s websites here and raved about them.
Future
Multilingual addresses in the internet.
How about かわいい.コム for a domain name?
Nanang Maring October 26, 2009
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I spent my first two years in college at Nanang Maring and Ate Baby’s house in Marikina. Although away from our parents, Nanang and Ate Baby took care of us and made us feel that we are part of their family. Since Nanang was a pioneer back then, she always asks me to accompany her on days that I don’t have classes. She always make sure I don’t get hungry and get tired. She would always talk about how proud she is of her children and grandchildren. Last year when I visited her, she was still her cheerful self although already bounded on a wheel chair. Their home was severely damaged by typhoon Ondoy and Nanang was traumatized by it. She passed away yesterday. She will surely be missed. We find consolation on the hope that she will be resurrected in the future.
- Us with Nanang Maring around year 2000
Typhoon Ondoy September 29, 2009
Posted by snowivy in Usapang Bahay Kubo, gray days.Tags: Typhoon Ondoy
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I think everyone in Metro Manila and nearby affected areas has their own story to tell of their plight at the onslaught of rains and flood last Saturday. My heart goes out to those who had lost their homes, possessions and most of all, loved ones. The flood we witnessed that day is so far the worst I had seen. We have been flooded before but the casualties were not this much. Around 10 am that Saturday morning we noticed that the flood waters were rising rapidly and thus we placed our refrigerator and cabinets on top wooden blocks. It was a pity that it was too late for our neighbor to retrieve their car from the flood. Around lunch time flood water was almost chest deep on our street. At 3 pm, almost half an inch was left before the flood was to enter our house. It was good that around that time the rains drizzled and the flood water receded. (more…)
Adventures and Misadventures in Korea – Day 1 September 25, 2009
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I know it is exactly a month already since we left for Seoul. But the procrastinator me have only set aside the time today to write down so forgive me.
Us at NAIA2 boarding area with Ate Shelah
Anyways, a month ago at this time we were already at the boarding area at NAIA 2 Centennial terminal. It is my first time to be here since for my past travels it was always at NAIA 1 and NAIA 3. It was not as big as NAIA 3 but nevertheless ‘newer’ than NAIA 1. My sister and me were part of the 46 Filipino delegates for the Seoul International Convention. We are three from our congregation. The others come from different parts of the Philippines, from as North as Batanes and as South as Davao. We were divided into two groups so that we can account for everybody, in case anyone gets lost or something. Too bad I had many calls and messages that day my cellphone battery got drained and do not have my cp charger handy (it was on my check-in luggage). It is good that Ate Shelah brought her cp charger with her carry on luggage so I got to charge my cp just in time to call my parents and to turn on roaming. Too bad Noreen couldn’t turn her roaming on for her Globe number. It should be activated 24 hours prior to departure, contrary to the 1 hour mentioned by the Globe customer service assistant to her (by any chance does he work for Smart?). Anyway, the power outlet where I was charging my mobile phone is quite far from the boarding area. So it was not too soon before our fellow delegates were already searching for us (kakahiya 
). Our flight was at 1 am and we only took an early dinner. You can expect that we were already hungry by the time we got into the plane and sleepy too! But there is the so-called adrenalin rush. Besides, we shouldn’t get sick since we have a long day ahead of us.
I’ll post Day 2 tomorrow. 
Yellow August 6, 2009
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I was barely five months old when Ninoy Aquino died and was three years old when Cory led the Edsa Revolution and became our first woman president. Thus, I have only a few recollections of Cory days – the frequent brown-outs, the coup d’ etats (which was a favorite word on spelling bees back then), Gringo Honasan, Bayan Ko, Magkaisa, color yellow and the L sign (which my officemate reminded me to be the Laban sign). Despite that, I was saddened to hear the news that the former president died due to her terminal illness.
Being a 1983 baby explains why I do not know much about the so-called ‘Cory magic’. Most of what I know about her came from history books and magazines. Coming from the Solid North provinces, most people in our place would tell you that Marcos is a far better leader than her. Most of the Marcos projects in our provinces have been halted and have been deprived funding when she came into power. However, the outpour of support and condolences for the bereaved family proved to me that even though she was not an excellent leader, she has a good heart for which she is respected and loved by Filipinos and the international community as well.
August 3 Ayala crowd
August 3 - Office workers at Ayala await Pres. Cory's cortege
August 3 - Yellow confetti shower at Ayala
Although she may not have delivered all what she had envisioned for the country, I think she was given these overwhelming ‘pakikiramay’ because of her integrity, modesty and determination. Her life proves this proverb from Ecclesiastes 7:1 true:
‘A name is better than good oil, and the day of death than the day of one’s being born.’
She has indeed left a good name for herself and her family, which makes her deserving of the admiration and sympathies of the people.
Thanatopsis August 4, 2009
Posted by snowivy in On my mind, Opinyon, Seryosong Usapan, What's Up, gray days.add a comment
Death is an inevitable enemy.
Although anyone can be its victim, we are only reminded of its inescapable nature if someone we endear or have touched our lives has been claimed by it.
I am not just referring to the death of Cory Aquino or Michael Jackson but the recent untimely deaths of persons I know and have respects for. On such occasions the emo in me get these thanatopsis moments, which explains my post title. Thanatopsis (Meditation upon Death) is a poem by William Cullen Bryant. I first read this poem back in third year Highschool on our English class. It has a dark theme but the message it conveys is real – that all people from different walks of life are the same in death – ultimately we join others who died on the ‘great tomb of man’. Which makes me think of what legacy (no matter how small) will I be leaving behind when I die? Will I be leaving a good name for myself and my family?
On the bright side, the resurrection hope gives a relief that soon we can see our dead loved ones again.
Maling Akala June 29, 2009
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snowivy puts on earphones
doesn’t hear any sound
snowivy disables mute option on computer’s audio
still no sound
hmmm. what could be the problem?
snowivy realizes the earphones are not yet plugged
snowivy plugs earphones
music being played: maling akala by eraserheads
Oplan Daga June 22, 2009
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Forgive me Master Splinter and Ratatouille, it is not that I hate rats but I just don’t like sharing the house with them. The BIG rat at home caused a lot of trouble already. He ate our vegetables (even onions!) and foraged on our trash. He bored holes on our staircase and deposits his smelly feces and food scraps behind our ref and inside our storage cabinet. We tried different ways (mouse trap, racumin) to get rid of him but to no avail. I am rejoicing right now that he is already exterminated, thanks to the following people:
Me and Kuya for trapping him inside the cabinet
Ate and ate ainnie for suggesting to throw boiling water on him while he is trapped, since according to them, scalding the rat could make him weaker and will make it easier to capture him
Noreen for setting a prize for anyone who can get rid of the rat
Jelly for having the courage to execute the plan and to eventually exterminate the rat
My nephew Biboy for the moral support =)
FTP Get command transfers a non-existent file June 9, 2009
Posted by snowivy in Batch Programming, Office tales, Technology.Tags: Batch Programming, FTP
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I got this problem while creating a batch script that downloads from a ftp site. While testing a scenario that a file is not existing on the ftp site, the program returns a zero-byte file with the name of the nonexistent file. Apparently the FTP Get command creates a file length of zero bytes when checking to see if the file may be copied to the local computer. Thus, if the file transfer from the remote computer fails (e.g. file is not existing on remote computer), the empty file is not deleted. I got the details from a Microsoft Support page. Using the mget command and checking if the file is downloaded to the local directory, the program does what it is intended to do. Below is a snippet of the code, feel free to comment.
