Turn a PlayStation 3 Into a PC – Dual Boot with Ubuntu
Now what do you think of this? Dual booting the Sony PS3 game console and Ubuntu Linux in your Playstation 3. Bad thing, I don’t have a PS3, can’t try this on my own.
Year: 2008
Republic Act 9504
An Act Amending Sections 22, 24, 34,35, 51 and 79 of Republic Act no. 8424, as amended, otherwise known as The National Internal Revenue Code of 1997
Looking at the stats of this site, I’m sure many are already looking for a copy of the law. I have good and bad news: the good news–I have a copy of the law; the bad–I have a bad copy.
Download: RA-9504 pdf (440kb)
As expected, there were no changes in the progressive tax table. Our lawmakers and our President sure have gained credits for themselves for passing the bill into law. But it only did affect the personal exemptions allowed for most of us taxpayers. Only a part of the taxable income was adjusted, not the whole.
Come to think of it, rice in 1997 was (at the maximum, maybe) P20 per kilo. Now, how much is it? You can answer that question. That’s basically how inflation has gone up since 1997, when the original law (RA 8424) was enacted.
Tumblelogging at Obeertym.com (Update: at deuts.org)
What’s a tumblelog, in the first place:
A tumblelog (also known as a tlog or tumblog) is a variation of a blog that favors short-form, mixed-media posts over the longer editorial posts frequently associated with blogging. Common post formats found on tumblelogs include links, photos, quotes, dialogues, and video. Unlike blogs, tumblelogs are frequently used to share the author’s creations, discoveries, or experiences while providing little or no commentary.
Tumblelogs usually consist of a stream of ideas (and media) while one is online or even offline. While blogs usually are long post, tumblelogs are short–just anything you want to share.
In the words of Tumblr:
To make a simple analogy: If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks.
I particularly loved the system behind tumblr to build my tumblelog upon. I received an invitation to try out tumblr long before, but I actually tried out the service only since last week. Having some spare domain names, I decided to put them up to good use and give tumblr a try.
Continue reading Tumblelogging at Obeertym.com (Update: at deuts.org)
Shooting After The Rain
Professional photographers would agree that they like shooting outdoors after the rain. For one, the wet roads and pavements add saturation to the background.
Metaphorically speaking, the rain symbolizes a blessing (oops, but not the typhoon!), and it brings cold air to the naturally hot place like Makati.
New Yahoo! Mail Email Addresses
You sure already have that [email protected] Yahoo! email account, but that username is not really what you always wanted, because it was already taken when you signed up for your first Yahoo! account. You don’t want numbers like your birthday or combinations of your favorite numbers populating your email account either.
Now, this is your chance to grab that favorite username of yours. Yahoo! is offering two more domain names to associate with your user account, ymail and rocketmail. Same Yahoo! Mail technology, same inbox look, same storage space and spam protection. You can have that [email protected] and [email protected], and transfer all your contacts from your previous Yahoo! account.
Deuts.NET Photography: Greenbelt 5
Time for more photography.
I was on a solo photowalking today and sneaked this photo while I was in Greenbelt 5 in Ayala Center. Was waiting for the guards to turn their back on me and whipped out my camera, and here you go…
The Hour of Twilight
The Hour of Twilight
by George William Russell
WHEN the unquiet hours depart
And far away their tumults cease,
Within the twilight of the heart
We bathe in peace, are stilled with peace.The fire that slew us through the day
For angry deed or sin of sense
Now is the star and homeward ray
To us who bow in penitence.We kiss the lips of bygone pain
And find a secret sweet in them:
The thorns once dripped with shadowy rain
Are bright upon each diadem.Ceases the old pathetic strife,
The struggle with the scarlet sin:
The mad enchanted laugh of life
Tempts not the soul that sees within.No riotous and fairy song
Allures the prodigals who bow
Within the home of law, and throng
Before the mystic Father now,Where faces of the elder years,
High souls absolved from grief and sin,
Leaning from out ancestral spheres
Beckon the wounded spirit in.
Photo taken in Taganito, Claver, Surigao del Norte
Mozilla Firefox Download Day 2008
Within the next 24 hours, the download fest for the final release of Firefox 3 will be on. For all you Firefox fans out there, let’s join the community in setting the Guinness World Record for the most software download in 24 hours.
About Firefox 3
- New Features
Firefox 3 sets the innovation bar very high with exciting new features, including one-click bookmarking, the smart location bar and lightning fast performance.
- Security
Keeping you and your personal information safe is our top priority. Firefox 3 includes phishing and malware protection, plus our new instant site ID info.
- Productivity
With features like built-in spell checking, session restore and full zoom, Firefox 3 makes it possible to work faster and more efficiently on the Web.
- Customization
Your taste and needs set you apart from the rest. With Firefox 3 you can choose from over 5,000 add-ons that help you customize your browsing experience.
The Road Not Taken
The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Oftentimes in our lives we were confronted with two roads ahead of us, but did we really make the wise decisions?
Photo taken in Taganito, in Claver, Surigao del Norte.
Celtics and Lakers, Reliving the Rivalry
I initially wagered for a Celtics-Spurs NBA Finals. But unfortunately the other day, the Lakers beat the Spurs to advance to the 2008 NBA Finals. Eventually, my reason for looking forward to an exciting NBA Finals started to dwindle.
But today I realized the Finals won’t be that boring after all. On the contrary, this could be the most interesting NBA Finals since the turn of the century as the Boston Celtics and the LA Lakers relive their rivalry over the hardcourt.