anomaly

The Lazarus Experience

anomaly — Mon, 26 May 2008 08:56:00 +0000

The time has come to write again. This blog is now resurrected.

Dubbed as Urban

anomaly — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:48:46 +0000

I was surfing my suking PS website, lookin' at the Audio threads for something worthwhile to download (just to make it clear :P ) when I chanced upon an Urban Dub thread, stating that they managed to beat Rivermaya, Eraserheads etc on Album of the year for 2005. That alone got my attention and proceeded to download the album EMBRACE.

Upon listening to the first few tracks, I was immediately blown away...they did'nt sound like any local band at all! They reminded me so much of Smashing Pumpkins with the emo themed songs, the not so verse-chorus-verse arrangement, the band members (3 guys-1 girl playing bass, vocals do guitars etc), even the sound formula (drums dominate the songs, song dynamics, effects driven guitars). Now, I'm not saying that they are SP copycats alright, they still are unique in more ways than I care to describe and I can attest that as i've scrutinized both bands. :D

To be continued...(Uwian na! :P Still have to go to the gym and ray's parteh! woot!)

Mayday! Mayday!

anomaly — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:01:21 +0000

I've got 3 presentations in my masteral class today and a bad case of sinusitis. Things does not bode well for me....

5 hours to go and counting...

To Blog or not to Blog

anomaly — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:31:59 +0000

....that is not a question...(it's a phrase you moron)

A friend of mine asked about the site where I put my 'mountain pics' as he called it, I gave him my yahoo photos page and he replied 'dili na mao..., kadtong naay i.am. na site.' WTF is he talking about?! hmm...lemme think...oh he must've meant my blog (which has been inactive for 4 month I think.) :P

So, here I am now, i re-read some of my entries and they were quite funny IMO or I'm just plain dumb to laugh at my own mishaps and stories. I hope to write again and share a little bit of myself. I have 4 months of making up to do. So do check my site every now and then.

CIAO.

Geektionary

anomaly — Thu, 04 May 2006 10:53:05 +0000

Don't you just get tired of answering the same questions about geeknology? I do.... So when I stumbled upon this geektionary, I was compelled to post it here not just so when someone asks about geekstuff, I can say 'visit anomaly.i.ph' but also to refresh my mind on some terminologies that I tend to forget.

I warn you, some of these terms can be a mouthfull. :P

Access Time: The amount of time something takes to find a piece of information and allow it to be used by other devices.

ACR: Audio Communications Riser - a slot that is only used by large OEMs to add cheap devices to their computers. Since ACR devices are software based, they often times sap a lot of CPU resources.

ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - Like ISDN, ADSL uses standard phone lines to deliver high-speed data communications. But while ISDN's transmission speed is limited to 64 kbps, ADSL technology can deliver upstream (from the user) speeds of 640 kbps and downstream (to the user) speeds of more than 6 mbps. Even better, ADSL uses the portion of a phone line's bandwidth not utilized by voice, allowing for simultaneous voice and data transmission.

AGP: Accelerated Graphics Port - Brown slot located nearest to the processor on most motherboards. AGP ports are used exclusivly for graphics cards and are set back and keyed differently so that other expansion cards will not fit in them.

AMR: Audio Modem Riser - like the ACR, AMR's are extremely low cost software devices that can do a host of functions. Since they are software based, they use quite a bit of CPU resources.

Anti Alaising: The method in which jagged lines in 3d enviroments (easily seen in the horizon of games) are removed and smoothed out for a picture that is easier on the eyes.

API: Application Program Interface - The API is a set of functions that programmers use to develop software for specific purposes or to interface with other software. For example, the windows api allows programmers to develop software for windows. The api for a graphics suite would allow programmers to develop software for that graphics suite.

ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange - The ASCII set of 128 characters includes letters, numbers, punctuation, and control codes (such as a character that marks the end of a line). Each letter or other character is represented by a number: an uppercase A, for example, is the number 65, and a lowercase z is the number 122. Most operating systems use the ASCII standard, except for Windows NT, which uses the suitably larger and newer Unicode standard.

Asic: Application Specific Integrated Circuit - ASIC is a custom microchip designed for a specific application.

AT Power connector: Mother Board Connects for an AT power supply.

ATX Power Connector: ATX - AT Extended form factor. Referrs to a standard for motherboard configuration and layout called the ATX Motherboard Specification. The AtX power connector replaced the older standard and allows the power supply to be turned on or off by the computer itself, rather than just by a physical switch.

Backup: A duplicate copy of files or an entire hard drive. A backup of your important files should be done regularly.

4-day vacation marathon

anomaly — Mon, 01 May 2006 20:21:13 +0000

Just got back from the gig, had fun on white water rafting and Tinago falls! :D Will post pics and update you on things later. Right now, I have to get some shut eye, just traveled almost 400 Kms. Chiao! :P

What's been cookin'

anomaly — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:29:46 +0000

It's been a while since I posted in this blog. I guess I was too busy living my life, so I forgot to write about it. ;) Anyway, let me update you on whats been happening, and what is bound to happen.

We (my group and I) managed to pass the defense of Organization of Databases after a tremendous amount of sacrifice and pain. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! :D

After promising myself that I was gonna spend my whole summer "study-free", I found myself enrolling for summer classes. Ngano? UIC is planning to increase it's fees by 10% by next semester and I have to avail of the lower rates as much as I can. yes, it sucks... To think that I still owe the school 5G's for last sem's fees. haayzzz....life...

Call me a late bloomer or whatever, I recently got addicted to DOTA (Defense of the Ancients) during the holidays although I haven't played in cafes or such, we simply hook up through hamachi for our dose of multi-player carnage.

We're off to Cagayan de Oro for the weekend to get a taste of what rafting through wild rapids with grades 1 to 3 would feel. wahooooo! Many thanks to Ma'am Mar for spear heading this adventure and also to PPA, our office for supporting us all the way. CDO here we come!

A ray of light, A glimmer of hope

anomaly — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:39:00 +0000

After weeks of painstaking work on the system documentation and application for our OrdDB subject, we have finally managed to create a working program. working pa lang, not a working, error/bug free program. :D

We then consulted Mr. John Q. Ruero, (yes sir, I stand corrected :P) last night for initial testing and comments. There were a lot of errors and lapses specifically on error-trapping of entry fields and referential integrity of related databases. A few design glitches were also discovered, but all can be solved, in time...and time is one thing that we don't have.

The End is the Beginning is the End

anomaly — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:50:34 +0000

OrgDB defense today....Null sleep, caffeinated, irritated, one step from insanity.

...may God have mercy on our souls...

MEDIC! MEDIC!

Videoke Quickie

anomaly — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:16:41 +0000

Me and my GF went out to have dinner last night as I was going to be buried neck-deep in projects and requirements of my masteral subjects for the rest of the week. I remember while talking during my lunch break, I absent-mindedly suggested we go to that videoke place at Autoshop compound to work out our vocal chords. hon: *smiles* really?! sige sige!

So around 8.30pm we went to Autoshop compound and proceeded to rent a room...a videoke room...a little reminder for my green-minded friends and fiends. :P Rent was @ P100/Hour, not bad for an hour of nonstop wailing session. 'Pero dapat paspas ang turnover, walay dead air. ahihihi...' I suggested to my boo. When we entered room no.1 (our designated room) the first thing we heard was the guys and gals at room no.2...'eeeeeek. abi nako videokehan ni, naa man lagi gi-ihaw sa pikas room?' I'm not kidding here, It really sounded like Sarah Geronimo was being slaughtered in the other room with their grotesque rendition of "To Love You More". hahah...anyway, the minutes are counting, we had to start.