This is Lupus: A new advocacy video by LFA

SLOW DANCE

I dont usually read forwarded messages but this one's kind
of touchy, written by a teenager with cancer and sent by a
doctor.

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Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,'Hi'
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.

Pia's new mobile: my|phone T22

Due to simlock of Apple's Iphone, we decided not to get it and bought this cool phone which almost have everything except radio/tv. Specwise vs cost, this is better than Nseries (10k only). Although this is China-made (well what's not made in China these days?), I also rather buy this than scattered unknown-branded smuggled phones. NTC passed (sticker inside), available at major telecomm mall stores, and warranty serviced by Sony affiliated service centers.

T22 DUO: The first dual ACTIVE sim phone

Specifications:

Network: GPRS/GSM 900/1800
Camera: 2.0 Megapixels CMOS
Display: 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8", 262K colors TFT
Connectivity: Bluetooth 1.2 with A2DP, USB
Memory: 2MB Built-in User Memory
Expansion: Micro SD/T-flash memory card slot
Device Control: Touch screen and Alphanumeric keypad
MEssaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, E-mail
GPRS: Class 12, WAP 2.0 browser
Sound: 2 stereo speakers, 3D-surround effect
Multimedia: MP3/MP4 player/Video Recorder
Battery: 1000 mAh
Dimension: 112 x 50 x 15 mm
Weight: 117g

www.myphone.com.ph

Wren's Language@2

Amga = drink water
Emi = cant get
Angga = tanggal, sira
Ebi = bus, truck
Amba = ball, balloon
Ga = milk
Nam-nam = eat
Ehehehe = dede
Nanana/Tetete = pillow
Bbbbrrrmm = car
Kkkkkk = Gaby
Awa = Aga Muhlach
Anda = Clear shampoo

DOST already has broadband Network - ZTE NBN scandal

Before the ZTE proposal, DOST already proposed to NEDA same kind of project which they turned down. PREGINET is a project lead by ASTI-DOST that we use and support right now. Below is a feed from GMA news:

The network allows partners to do collaborative research and development and provides a platform for experimentation of innovative Internet applications/services, efficiently transmit and receive large amounts of data nationwide, and integrates some existing government information networks into a common network backbone via international research networks such as APAN and AI3 (Japan). Last mile connections will depend on telcos, this is where the ZTE NBN proposal will come-in, or the turned-down proposal should have.

Support Mozilla Firefox!

stupid IE! doesn't follow simple basic css/html standards. Help make IE obsolete. Use Mozilla Firefox!

common but not so commonly used "VIm" commands

for my reference purpose:

line cut and paste: d, p
highlight cut and paste: v, y, p
search the word under the cursor: *
find and replace:
%s/findstring/replacestring/gc or
:gs?pat?sub?
g=global
c=confirm
Any word completion: ctl-n

Write mode: Insert
Non-write mode: Escape

find: /
line cut: d
highlight/visual: v
yank: y
paste: p
write: w
force write: w!
quit: q
force quit: q!
write and quit: wq

common but not so commonly used "mysql" commands

I always forget the exact syntax or parameters of these commands...

Grant Privileges:
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON db_name.* TO username@host -> IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Change root password:
first time: $ mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD
change: $ mysqladmin -u root -p oldpassword newpass
bypass: c:\> mysqld-nt --skip-grant-tables

Backup:
fullbackup of db:
$ mysqldump --tab=/path/to/some/dir --opt db_name or
$ mysqlhotcopy db_name /path/to/some/dir

3 types of people in the workplace

• People who make things happen
• People who wait for things to happen
• People who say "what happened?!"
  

Laptop Upgrade

I just upgraded my Neo 330SXEi laptop's memory to 1GB last night, DDR1 333 PC2700 @P6.5k

I tested and opened memory sucking applications simultaneously such as delphi, dreamweaver, photoshop, xampp, multiple tabs @ ie & firefox, ym, acrobat, etc.... Whoosh! So fast, works like a core duo now!

16 RULES for SUCCESSin business and life in general

by Bob Parsons
CEO and Founder of GoDaddy.com

16. There's always a reason to smile.
15. Don't take yourself too seriously.
14. Solve your own problems.
13. Never expect life to be fair.
12. Never let anybody push you around.
11. Pay attention to your competitors...
but pay more attention to what you are doing.
10. Anything that is not managed will deteriorate.
09. Measure everything of significance.
08. Be quick to decide.
07. Always be moving forward.
06. Take things a day at a time.
05. Focus on what you want to happen.
04. Whatever worries you,
accept the worst that could happen,
but quantify the what worst thing could be.
03. When you're ready to quit,
you're closer to success than you think.
02. Never give-up.

01. Get and stay out of your comfort zone.

in bold - believed.
in italic - noted.

Club Astoria

won accomodation 8days, 7nights.. choose from Bali, Indonesia; Mexico; or USA...

Its another marketing strategy from the Astoria plaza hotel owners here in Ortigas, Manila, Philippines where they call you and offer you dinner for two on their hotel, then tour you on their hotel facilities, then surprise you for a one-on-one talk just like 'Family First'. What I hate about this is not telling you the whole story or agenda. Its a waste of time for you and them. It would be rude to turn them down after giving you a dinner, right? Bottom line is you have to decide after the one-on-one marketing talk. I really don't know if thats good or bad. It has pros and cons.

Any way, they'll still gonna give you the accommodation as gifts. But there's a deadline for reservation and use. You also have to make a P5k down payment, to be reimbursed to you after the trip.

Well, its up to us if we're going to use it or not.

cooking documentation: data from isis to cd [mysql db]

ingredients:
- isis db with complete fmt (format) files
- winisis
- editpadpro
- opensis exe
- delphi program
- delphi 6
- installshield
- burner+ nero

cooking procedures:
- copy isis db necessary files to subfolder "db\"
(bib.cnt,fdt,fst,ifp,lo1,lo2,MST,n01,n02 ,pft,stw,xrf, *.fmt)
- open isis db via winisis
- export to xml by 5k recs
- check xml via browser
- check special char error line#&position using editpadpro
- global replace char via winisis-tools, (char equiv below)
- change version# on delphi program
- compile, create installer using istallshield
- burn

how to eat:
- dlephi program facilitates search from searchbox to grid result
- search keyword is passed by delphi program to opensis
- openisis searches the keyword from isisdb and
produce xml file result to delphi program
- delphi program sorts out xml result to grid into readable form

char equiv:

• < = &lt;
• > = &gt;

• ± = ±
• ½ = ½
• ¼ = ¼
• ¾ = ¾
• § = §

• £ = £
• °c = ° c
  
• µ = µ

some of my common reference

just documenting some of the things i refer to, so i can trash my hard copy..

• Sky Cable Channels
• Sky Cable Schedule
• Streaming Videos - TV shows, movies, etc.
• GNC stores in the Philippines
• OpenSource CMS List
• CreativeCommons Licenses
• Free Web Hosting and Domain
• 
  
• LingkodBayanNet
• People Digital Empowerment Project
• More to come
  

Solved Problem: joomla docman component problem in windows

I encoutered a problem in docman 1.3R2 component of joomla! in windows which i don't in linux.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare themeConfig:details_homepage in ***/components/com_docman/themes/default/themeConfig.php on line 36, referer: ***

go to that themeConfig.php file and see this:

32 var $details_updated = "1";^M
33 var $details_homepage = "1";^M
34 var $details_crc_checksum = "0";^M
35 var $details_md5_checksum = "0";^M
36 var $details_homepage = "1";^M
37 var $task_details = "1";^M

Line 36 is a duplicate of line 33, so I simply remove line 36 and save the file. DOCMan works great afterward.

Summer at Puerto Galera

2007 company outing, May2-3@Puerto.. After 3 years of not coming to summer getups, this one is one enjoyful one! (dami yatang one)... I enjoyed the boat ride, enjoyed the beach, specially when you're with love-ones to share it!


here are the pics

Already marked it at google earth, view it here.

My Cebu-Leyte-Samar Travel

What an experience.. the memorable one is loosing my wallet with all my money while at Super Ferry from Cebu Pier to Tacloban via Ormoc Pier, 2hrs by boat, 2 hrs by land.. Luckily, I recovered the wallet, thanks to Dr. Lawas of UPM-CPH who lend me money and his cellphone coz my stupid phone was malfunctioning. Thanks also to the good people of Leyte who found my wallet. Everything is intact inclding the money. No single cent was missing. Consequence is, I've been traveling that day from 5am, back and forth till about 8pm. (Sobrang pagod, sakit sa pwet!)

I literally sleep on different rooms each night! and different bathrooms.
March 22: DOST7 staff house
March 23: Hotel Asia, Girls' room
March 24: Hotel Asia, Vince's room
March 25: COA staff house
March 26: Hotel Alejandro
March 27: Ur Home Pensione House
March 28: Departure

Visit my Album

The travel is worth everything, I had d opportunity to shoot on tourist spots.

Have you seen Pia's new phone?

This is my long awaited gift to my wife. Will be released by Apple on June 2007 at US, and 2008 at Asia.

Hot but Cool.
Check it out:

iPhone Official Site
iPhone Commercial
Apple CEO product intro

3 word promotional by-lines

Have you noticed promotional or marketing by-lines these days? Whether its a product, a service, or a project, 3-word by-lines is in!

Here are some samples:

SourceForge: Create. Participate. Evaluate.
Picasa: Find, Organize, Share.
YouTube: Watch, Upload, Share.
Mercury Drug: Call. Order. Pickup.
Blogger: Write. Share. Post.

So we created and decided:
Herdin Neon: Connect. Share. Collaborate.

NeON@sourceforge

Recently, I also created a project @sourceforge, the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet. We opened our application called herdinneon (network-of-networks) to the open-source development community.

SourceFORGEnet

Participate and evaluate, create a SF.net account and join the neon development community and help improve it.

Check it out. Download.

HERDIN@wikipedia

Weeks ago, I created an article about HERDIN (Health Research & Development Information Network) @ wikipedia, the most popular and mostly used free open-content online encyclopedia in the web.

Here, I experienced the technicality of posting, their codes, standards, policies, and be criticized and supported by wikipedia editors.

Thanks to other community members for updating, supporting, and attributing additional source.

DOST@google_earth

Last August 15, 06, I created a place mark of DOST (Department of Science & Technology, Main building at Bicutan, Taguig, where I work) @ google earth for distinction.

You need to be a google earth community member to make placemarks, be specific of the place, create a kmz file and upload it at keyhole, not direct on google earth application.

Check it out.

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/558042

PCHRD@25 - Pres. GMA delivers message

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivered the Keynote Address for the 25th anniversary of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development(PCHRD) before a multisectoral gathering of health researchers, healthworkers and educators last March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Galleria.

The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, which wasestablished in 1982, is one of twenty agencies under the Department ofScience and Technology and has been at the helm in charting the directionsthat health researches should take to best address the issues and problems afflicting the Philippine health scenario.

PCHRD's priorities when it comes to supporting programs and projects have evolved through the years. One program, however, which has been consistently in the Council's priorities and which supports the administrations current 8 for 08 mantra is the herbal research program. The Council's venture into pharmaceutical research, especially in herbal medicine, has to date resulted toproduction technologies for the lagundi tablet and syrup (anti-cough andanti-asthma), sambong tablet (diuretic), akapulko lotion (anti-fungal), and ampalaya tablet (for Type II Diabetes Mellitus).

PCHRD is currently highly involved in marshalling support for the passage of the Philippine National Health Research System Act, which will consolidate and streamline all research activities in the country as well as secure sustainable resources for priority health researches. PCHRD and its partners, the Department of Health, the Commission on Higher Education, and the University of the Philippines Manila, are in fact moving to have the Bill certified as urgent to enable the country torespond satisfactorily to health emergencies, such as environmental disasters, the social and economic costs of new and old diseases, and the continuing exodus from the country of skilled health researchers andworkers.