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On Gloria and her apology

Published mid-afternoon of June 30, 2005

These are my two cents on President GMA’s public apology regarding the wiretapped conversations, better discussed by the Sassy Lawyer.

If she didn’t cheat, she should’ve been her usual mataray self. Why apologize if you did nothing wrong? Why look so damn sad and remorseful if all you did was protect your votes?

Our country is in shambles and there is nowhere to go. No other leader has the capability to take the Philippines in the right direction, in my honest opinion. Susan Roces? She’s very beautiful, but maybe that’s all — let’s leave it at that. We don’t deserve another gamble, like Erap. Our future is too fragile for everyone to play dice with.

3 Replies· 2005.06.30

Why Everyone Needs A Bugmaster → “Bugmastering in a nutshell: The bugmaster voraciously reads as many bugs as possible, and attempts to help the organization deal with those bugs by constantly improving the quality of the bug information hackers/developers, leaders/managers, and QA/volunteers have.” #

Keywords

Published in the early afternoon of June 30, 2005

Playing with the new technorati, I came across several articles listing high–paying keywords in various contextual advertising programs. “Mesothelioma” tops the list, probably an uncommon word to many. I guess this justifies the high click prices for “asbestos” and “cancer,” as they are related topics. “Loans” and “financing” are also multi–dollar keywords. Remember, technorati is your friend.

4 Replies· 2005.06.30

WordPress 1.5.1.3 Available → … an important security issue was brought to our attention which required an update for our users. … #
CSS Import → CSS Import is a new CSS showcase/design inspirations site, much like CSS Vault and Stylegala. #

Hale lyrics

Published in the wee hours of June 26, 2005

I just mentioned my review of Hale’s rookie release, and I’m sure you’d love to see the lyrics to all their songs. So here they are:

Now go and sing “To be is all I got to be, and all that I see, and all that I need this time. To me the life you gave me, the day you said goodnight.”

By the way, the reviews! blog just got a new (gay?) design, based on Becca Wei’s “Almost Spring.” I just love the colors!

11 Replies· 2005.06.26

Ninoy to Sin: Only you can lead our exodus through the desert → An inspiring letter from Ninoy to Cardinal Sin, way back 1979. Two great Filipinos. #

iPAP 0.9 Beta2

Published in the early evening of June 25, 2005

iPAP 0.9 has reached Beta 2 and is now much faster. Caching now utilizes the SQL database instead of the file system, and we’re testing if this is the ideal setup. If you downloaded the first beta, you really need to use this since the former has one stupid bug that slows things down. Go view some photos and see if the app rocks.

3 Replies· 2005.06.25

Recent Links 1.4

Published in the wee hours of June 25, 2005

wp-recent-links is up to version 1.4. Do check the project page for the details.

3 Replies· 2005.06.25

The day my comments died…

Published at around evening time of June 22, 2005

I’ve been playing with various anti–spam plugins to keep my comment stream manageable, and settled on a solution that I’m sure was well–tested. Little did I know it was messing my comment form in IE6, with the name field not clickable and thus uneditable. No mention of the plugin is needed, I’m sure it wasn’t entirely responsible. Just a note to everyone — test everything! No matter how good the plugin writer, a bad combo of addons could adversely alter your site’s functionality.

· 2005.06.22

Hale

Published mid-afternoon of June 21, 2005

Hale Hale is probably Manila’s hottest music act right now, with girls screaming and jostling their way to the stage anywhere the band plays. No doubt you’ve heard their song “The Day You Said Goodnight” at least once daily for the past week, and there’s nothing wrong with that — it’s a beautiful song.

After more than a week of listening to their debut release, I finally have my review published at the review blog. Is Hale worth it? Go read it.

34 Replies· 2005.06.21

Bush’s hotmail is hacked! → Could this be the inbox from hell? #
Google reportedly plans to start payment service to rival PayPal → “Online search-engine leader Google is preparing to introduce an electronic payment system later this year in a move that would pose a financial threat to one of its biggest advertisers, Internet auctioneer eBay.” #
The best reader-submitted WinXP tips! → Yuga was kind enough to share this article on Maximum PC on optimizing your Windows XP installation. #
List of Blog Networks → The Blog Herald lists the current blog networks fighting for readership supremacy. I just want a small chunk of the pie. #
Philippines’ Cardinal Sin is dead → The death of the country’s outspoken Catholic Church leader will surely affect not only our religious landscape, but more importantly our political atmosphere. #

iPAP 0.9 Beta

Published in the late afternoon of June 20, 2005

A year after the 0.7 release, the major update to iPAP is finally here. A beta of the 0.9 code is now available to everyone, featuring two major changes: MySQL storage and labels.

Features

I deferred using MySQL, sticking to my textfile–based storage class until I discovered it was causing significant slowdowns in page generation. Now, SQL–based storage is the only road forward.

I mentioned labels months ago, which is a nice way of categorizing albums. In a way, it’s a product of the folksonomy trend everyone has gone gaga about. Labels are applied to photo albums and not photos, at least for now. I personally think tagging every single photo is overkill, even adding descriptions can be tiresome.

Performance

Currently, performance is far from snappy, but still better than version 0.7. The template caching system does its job well, reducing page generation to a minimum. Don’t bother playing with the $cache_life value unless you know what you’re doing.

Beta software

I hesitantly tagged this as “beta” because of the negative connotation it might produce. It is not a reflection of the applications’s quality. It’s classified as such because some features are still upcoming, and some may work differently in future releases.

For fellow developers digging into the code, please be gentle. Specific parts of the codebase need optimization, and not everything you see will be there in the next release. The code is not an indication of features to come or the project’s direction.

Upcoming

Comments: This has been the most requested by far, and will probably be ready by 1.0. Nothing too complicated, just a simple comment system for photos.

RSS: These days, everything has XML feeds. We’re late, but we’ll be there.

FTP uploads: A system will be in place for those who prefer to add photos via FTP. Related to this will be support for zip uploads.

WordPress plugin: Most likely related to RSS, I’m thinking of a WP plugin to display your iPAP stream in your WP–powered blog, similar to Flickr.

I guess that’s all for now. Most of what you need to know is in the project’s page; everything else a few clicks and keystrokes away in case you’re too shy to leave a comment.

12 Replies· 2005.06.20

iPAP 0.9 Beta is here!

Published in the early evening of June 19, 2005

Grab it while hot, beta software served fresh and steaming. Let me know if it hoses your server down.

6 Replies· 2005.06.19

Gilbert’s gallery

Published in the early evening of June 18, 2005

Gilbert has an iPAP install with a nice, clean layout that should be a helpful guide for developing your own iPAP theme. Yes, themes.

4 Replies· 2005.06.18

iPAP 0.9

Published in the late afternoon of June 16, 2005

Someone must be playing tricks on me, my photos section looks different. Yes, I know it’s delayed — but it’s almost here.

12 Replies· 2005.06.16

Rico — Javascript for Rich Internet Applications → “An open–source Javascript library for creating rich internet applications. Rico provides full Ajax support, drag and drop management and a cinematic effects library.” #

Greasemonkey

Published in the early morning of June 15, 2005

I’ve been trying not to bite the hype, but I finally discovered greasemonkey. Insanely useful, now I can have sites work just the way I want them. This just rocks!

3 Replies· 2005.06.15

I just can’t stop loving you

Published in the early morning of June 15, 2005

Each time the wind blows
I hear your voice so
I call your name
Whispers at morning
Our love is dawning
Heaven’s glad you came

You know how I feel
This thing can’t go wrong
I’m so proud to say
I love you
Your love’s got me high
I long to get by
This time is forever
Love is the answer

· 2005.06.15

A legal guide for bloggers → Kottke recalls troubles brought about by blogging, and shares a helpful guide on legal and responsible writing. #

Why do we blog?

Published in the early evening of June 9, 2005

A fellow iBlogger shares her thoughts on people’s reasons and motivations for blogging. I asked this question almost two years ago, only to find the reasons written when it all started.

2 Replies· 2005.06.09

Bamboo: Light Peace Love

Published in the early afternoon of June 9, 2005

I finally have my review of “Light Peace Love,” Bamboo’s sophomore record I mentioned recently. It’s a piece of quality music but not exactly comparable to “As The Music Plays,” and I mean that both in a positive and negative way. “Hallelujah” is no “Noypi,” but it’s beautiful nonetheless. Read on for more of my thoughts.

By the way, reviews.blogger.ph is one of a handful of sites I’m planning, sort of a blog network like 9rules. If you have a site to promote and wanna write, we should talk.

24 Replies· 2005.06.09

New music

Published around lunchtime of June 6, 2005

I just got copies of Bamboo’s “Light Peace Love” and Hale’s debut release this weekend. Bamboo’s sophomore record is quite pleasing, though may alienate those expecting something resembling their first album “As The Music Plays.” Hale is surprisingly good. Complete reviews of both CDs available soon at your neighborhood sari-sari store.

7 Replies· 2005.06.06

GMA Watch

Published mid-morning of June 6, 2005

GMA Watch is a new experiment I’m running, a weblog/aggregator on news about President Gloria Macapagal–Arroyo and her administration. Basically just a breaking–news blog, sprinkled with a few commentaries. This is not an anti nor pro–GMA project, but rather an honest–to–goodness take on what’s on the news. My take right now? The controversies are not looking good, and the economy isn’t doing any better.

2 Replies· 2005.06.06

Lifecycle of Bloggers → Everyone is currently talking about this, the phases of the blogger lifestyle. #
There’s the Rub → If you enjoy reading Conrado de Quiros’ essays on the Inquirer, this fan weblog is a keeper. #

Reachin’ out

Published mid-afternoon of June 2, 2005

I can’t help but listen to this song over and over again — and it’s all because of you.

Reachin’ out to you
Do you feel it too
Lovin’ you is all I wanna do
I’m completely sure
I’ve never felt this way before
When I smile you know that there is something more.

9 Replies· 2005.06.02

Gusto rin nilang mag-aral → Mong Palatino writes on the sad realities that affect Pisay aspirants that never get their fair chance. #
Tips for getting good customer support → Most useful tip: “There’s a human on the other end.” #
As Blogging Goes Corporate, It Becomes a Full-Time Job → “In its short lifespan, blogging has largely been a freewheeling exercise in online self-expression. Now it is also becoming a corporate job.” #

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