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| A lite push for EMANS |
| 06.18.05 (5:15 pm) [edit] |
I got an e-mail from Bob McWhirter who appears to be the founder of one of the sponsors in Google's Summer of Code program. The message didn't indicate anything about the acceptance/rejection of my project, but it somehow motivated me to work on EMANS harder.
I first intended EMANS to be used as an aid for O/R students, but now i'm looking into making it available for more serious tasks.
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| Audio Books are GREAT |
| 06.01.05 (4:44 am) [edit] |
I love Audiobooks. I'm listening to an English translation of Kafka's The Trial. Let me quote something from that audiobook:
She held Kay apostrophe S hand...
Another one:
... he asked 'Where is the courtroom question mark
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| Fucking Ether |
| 07.14.04 (3:53 am) [edit] |
Every now and then, when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas ... with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.
-- Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
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| Ramblings of a mad man |
| 07.02.04 (2:38 am) [edit] |
A wide ring of light surrounds a full moon tonight, signalling rains to come. This is either explained by Science or has been accepted by some people as true by its recurring coincidence, either way... i don't care.
In front of me is a tower with three red dots of light on it. Below it, a small structure with its roof arched with a style that resembles something between Grotesque and Romanesque. Beside it, still another one, smaller, yet to the same affect. All of these are on top of an edifice whose architecture is quite modern.
The road is curving to the left and i am to sought a place to the right. A man appears, with a face so mundane, i can't even remember how he looks like. I thought of it as a possible end, so i walked to the side where a pole would separate us. But he waited, asking me what time it is, i responded, "a las diyes," he asked again and i told him again it was ten. Then he walked away and spared my life.
A few meters from there, i saw that death has taken its toll. It was a body that's still alive, no blood spilt, but its inevitable end will come slowly. Surely, Igme didn't let this one escape his spiral spray of death.
Crossing the road while barely looking at what's to come, i made my way to the other side. Here, it's hard to see the moonlight, with trees and buildings covering it. There are trees leaning to the fences, and from the other side, are plants reaching out its leaves like a convict would reach out his hands behind prison bars. The grass tries to cover the sidewalk, but fails to grow on concrete. There are manholes covered with lids that doesn't fit. To my right, cars speeding to get home, or to get somewhere else. To my left, an advertisement by the government showing how see-thru fences shows the "beauty" of their buildings. It's ironic that these ads covers the fences almost entirely. A few steps hence, i got to a part full of tree shadows, almost to the point of not seeing anything, but i've been thru this place before, and have almost memorized where the puddles are. I got thru with dry shoes.
Below a shed, i saw three men approaching, all looking at me (or at something behind me). I passed thru them, then i tried to force my self to look back while stopping myself. It was out of paranoia and curiosity that i wanted to look, but my shadow assured that they're not behind me. So i let my each of my feet get in front of the other, alternately, of course.
A memory of a street i've often seen these past months came back to me. A night when ____ and i were looking for some water, and couldn't find a store with change, so we walked more than a quarter of
Katipunan and back, still with no water. Giving up, we just drank at the meatshop, oh, and there's also water there. Back to her place we just watched a movie and slept together. Things like that always seem to pop up in my head. It must be because i'm already feeling my sweat crawling down thru my shirt, and my bag that seemed heavier... it must be that i'm tired.
Seeing bars full of crowded people, and a car wash with more than twenty guys staring at a tv set, i got a bit annoyed and hastened my steps. Then, i reached a row of closed banks with its chains hanging on little poles to keep people from parking their cars overnight. Or at least, i think it's for that purpose. I jumped over those chains, to turn left and cross the street to Little Ceasar's. Another right would then lead to a street to with a small grocery store.
There were two dogs in the middle of the road, so i stayed on the side. Walking beside a van let me pass unnoticed, or so i thought. A dog barked to my direction, it seems. I looked back and saw the bigger
dog was barking at some other guy, or rather on some other guys...
they're riding a bike, one pedaling and one standing on the rods sticking out the hind wheel. But i could've sworn i saw another man there carrying a bag. I must've seen myself in the past. And again,
another fantasy comes to mind... about travelling thru time. I had to get a grip of myself, tho. I was gonna cross a road.
Still procrastinating while walking (?), i didn't noticed much of anything around me. That is, until i stepped on shit... after that, i can't stop my self from looking down, and watching out for each step.
Left on the corner, there are some people playing basketball, and some watching. A big green gate stood in front of me. I knocked, and then, i'm home.
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| EAZIX, Creative Commons, and Anna |
| 05.09.04 (1:44 am) [edit] |
Just wanted to update my blog. It seems i haven't written anything here for quite sometime. Probably because i'm too busy with other things.
First, my OJT at EAZIX, inc. It's really cool, i get to learn lots of stuff. I'm even inclined to saying that i wanna work there when i graduate.
Anothat one's Creative Commons. I'm as crazy about the licence as i am with the content. I never knew how much free material there is that's really good. One's a band called Thursday Group that i heard from a playlist i got from Magnatune... SWEET!
Haven't really been seeing Anna these days, but i still cant get her out of my head. Now, i have another excuse to see her again tomorrow, she didn't copy her mp3's into my hd. :)
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| acads again |
| 04.05.04 (12:51 am) [edit] |
We didn't get a position in San Miguel for the practicum, now, i'll have to meet with Adrian to talk about the plans, and to pay him back the hundred bucks i borrowed from him almost a month ago.
My dad'll try to get us into some company under IMI. I forgot what IMI stands for, but it might be better if we just get a job that our instructor could give us.
We'll have our removals sometime in May, i hope it won't interfere with our practicum, tho.
That's it for today, gtg meet up with Adrian.
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| a can of Dr Pepper, a pack of M&M's, and a tBLOG account |
| 04.02.04 (7:45 am) [edit] |
Those are the three best things that i got today...
This host is great! It gives rss feeds, allows me to use my own Cascading StyleSheets, and it's easy to add a link.
What got me most tho, is the free rss feeds. At last! i could link a weblog to my site without using inline frames. Their rss feeds seems to be in xml (as with most), so i may have to find an xml parser module for PERL, i'm sure there's already one out there, if not, i could make my own...
I'm switching blogs ASAP.
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