Boracay 09
Here’s a pre-processed shot made yesterday here in Boracay. More photos comong soon.
You may also check my flicker.
Sherlock Holmes Turned into an Action Star
I used to love reading Sherlock Holmes stories. He was witty, smart, he introduced the science of deduction. But I never imagined him to be an action star.
Some of the comments found in the youtube page criticizing the trailer (thus, the movie), which I agree as well:
Why is Sherlock Holmes bare-knuckle boxing? This looks like a ludicrous, horrific murder of an english literary great.
I agree. They ruined a master-piece and turned it into a farce. They turned aristocratic, intelligent, and modest Holmes, into some Bourne, or James Bond figure. Can’t watch this.
WordPress 2.8 is Here and Upgraded
Here I am at it again. Hopping directly into the new WordPress release as soon it hit the mainstream. Unmindful of things that could happen to my blog if something’s not right, or bugs that’ll definitely appear, or any of my plugins could break. I even forgot to deactivate the plugins first before proceeding with the upgrade.
The fact remains, I am a loyal WordPress user. And I loved the innovations introduced throughout the years in this favorite web platform of mine. Nevermind the bloated issue, as long as it’s working. (Just like my attitude towards Ubuntu. Yes, it’s bloated. But it works out of the box.)
Anyway, the new release offers some more enhancements. And I can’t wait to be the first to try those out. Check out the release announcement here, or watch this video:
My Yahoo! Account was Hacked
Lately, some friends were complaining about how they were receiving spam messages from my Yahoo! account via Yahoo! Messenger (YM). It was not something new as I myself received some from other friends in my contact list. It then occured to my mind that maybe my account was hacked.
Then, yesterday I couldn’t login to my YM account anymore from my favorite desktop client, Pidgin. It tells me that logging in from the web with the same account may diagnose the problem.
The Midlife Drama
Not really. No drama here. It’s just that it’s my 30th birthday today.
But the fact remains: I’m thirties early thirties now.
This photo was taken in The Old Spaghetti House in Waltermart Makati earlier today.
Everybody in the office just actually missed my birthday. That forfeits their chance for a treat. Bwahahaha!
The Most Celebrated Video Scandal of 2009
Perhaps you reached this page hoping to get maybe even a glimpse of the video I’m talking about. Well I’m sorry to disappoint you but you won’t get to watch any video here nor get any link to the videos.
Anyway, in the recent developments, Dr. Hayden Kho expressed his apology and regret over the whole scandal in an interview by GMA Network. I wonder though, did he regret for recording the video beyond the awareness of his partner or for failure to have discovered beforehand about truecrypt?
TrueCrypt is a software application used for real-time on-the-fly encryption. It can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file or a device-hosted encrypted volume on either an individual partition or an entire storage device. It supports Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (using FUSE) and encrypted volumes can be made portable. The version for Windows Vista or XP can encrypt the boot partition or entire boot drive and has the ability to create and run a hidden encrypted operating system whose existence is deniable.
You may want to read about my earlier post, “Auditor and Technology; Importance of Data Security“.
Okay, don’t get me wrong. I believe that recording a video of your sexual act beyond the awareness and consent of your partner is plain “retarded-ness” at best (I mean there could be worse descriptions). And failure to secure and encrypt those stupid videos is a grave blunder.
The Deuts.NET Coffee Mug
Got a gift from my girlfriend for the 3rd anniversary of Deuts.NET, a mug printed with the front page of this blog. How sweet…. :D
Deuts.NET: Three Years Online
Today marks the 3rd anniversary of this site. Nothing fancy about it, though. No celebrations, no party, no drinks. No milestones to brag about, no achievements, no nothing.
Moving forward, I’ll continue to be in pursuit of knowledge. No failed projects can hinder me.
So if you are still with me in this pursuit, subscribe now to Deuts.NET.
Dreamhost Shared Hosting Servers: No WordPress Mu
Dreamhost could probably be the most popular web hosting company out there right now, with their aggressive marketing campaigns via coupon codes, their unlimited webspace and bandwidth, up-to-date server and program software and hardware, and a whole lot more features they have in the table. Add to that their cheap price.
I availed of their geocities promo lately, and got two years free domain and hosting for free.
But here’s the big turn-off. Just lately a notice was posted here saying:
NOTICE
WordPress MU is not allowed to be run on our shared hosting servers. If you intend on running this under your account, you are required to be on a Private Server.
Acapella Video: The Voca People
Here’s an amazing video from youtube, an acapella from the group called “The Voca People”. I’m still wondering how they do the drums and beats sounds.
The Filipinos I’m sure are more talented and I still have to watch out for that video. Bring on the Pinoy style!