I’ve decided to post some stuff that is unedited and raw. It goes against most blogging “standard rules” but I feel it would be beneficial if others see the raw emotion and thoughts underneath. Like a Jackson Pollock painting but in written form. Most will think it’s all just laziness–that it will be in disarray […]
Being free is hard. I once read that people would rather be held within the confines of proprietary software and SaaS‘s comforting embrace rather than trudge along in the rocky path of freedom. “I can’t get Skrype to work on this.” “My friends are all in Facebork.” “WTH, I can’t watch Frash on this!” “No […]
Nothing like something bad happening that makes you realize what’s really important to you. Almost got robbed the other day. I was riding the commute to work at around 5 AM, when our jeep was stopped by two men. One of them wielding a revolver and the other was blocking the exit of the vehicle. […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgicuytCkoY#] If you don’t know what the software you’re using is for, then you’re not using it–but being used by it. Okay I’m convinced, it’s time to learn more about programming.
I am a GNU/Linux user and I have been for more than 4 years already. I first found about GNU/Linux in the late 1990s when Bayanihan Linux was giving away free CDs. At first I was astonished that they were giving these away for free, when compared to Windows 3.1 which my parents bought for […]
I’ve been mulling it all week already: should I have my own blog, email, xmpp, and microblog instance? Seeing that my old Statusnet personal site was taken down without my knowledge, made me realize that depending on other people/corporations for my online information would not be the right way to go. For example, right now […]
I won’t be carrying/wearing anything worth more than 1,000 PHP ($22) on me when I go out of the house. Anything above that would make me feel uneasy when in public places. It’s a wonder for me how many people would safeguard their pricey things and clothes because they’re expensive. Some of them would avoid […]
I asked myself why I needed a smartphone in the first place. I already have my old non-smartphone (an Alcatel e101) with me and I’ve been able to function with or without it. It’s a handy tool when contacting my friends and family when they’re/I’m out, it’s a nice alarm clock, and calculator. Although it […]
“Simplicity is a mindset,” she says. “It’s not so much about what you have and how much you have, but how you think about your life.” —Kristin van Ogtrop, managing editor of Time Inc.’s Real Simple magazine I envy the couple in this story as they support each other in making life more simple. They […]
This is a paradigm for non-action: the purest and most effective form of action. The game plays the game; the poem writes the poem; we can’t tell the dancer from the dance. It happens when we trust the intelligence of the universe in the same way that an athlete or a dancer trusts the superior […]