February 12th, 2008 It irritates me when people think that IT is some magical solution to all the world’s problems. An unrealistic expectation to say the least. But it irritates me even more when these same people think that just because you’re an IT guy (or girl), you can fix computers, program, know office applications, cook, paint, write, [...]
February 8th, 2008 One of the things you want to do as you integrate your systems would be to have them authenticate from a common user base. That user base is usually an LDAP source, in my case Microsoft Active Directory (don’t say anything!!!). One of the systems you would want to use the common user base is [...]
February 7th, 2008 Get two 9mm casings and line them up with the lugs. Voila! The lug width of the watch in question is indeed 18mm :D
February 6th, 2008 There are some people who really infuriate you. Like this one who makes you almost want to bash her face in. She talks like she knows it all and she won’t hear of anything you say. In fact, she’s insultingly dismissive when you try to talk to her. But I did get to talk to [...]
February 3rd, 2008 Cloverfield is Godzilla meets The Blair Witch Project. Essentially Godzilla’s attack on New York from the perspective of a group of friends or more accurately from the perspective of their old-model home video camera that severely lacks a shake-reduction/motion-stabilizer feature. Could have been an interesting story but the first-person perspective approach was dizzying and I [...]
February 3rd, 2008 Tried Rufo’s early this morning (like 2AM early). Actually I’ve tried it almost exactly a week ago at Makati. That time, I ordered (what else?) tapsilog, their signature dish. Unusually, the tapa comes with sauce. In fact there’s more sauce than meat. They claim that the sauce alone is already viand. Frankly, I didn’t expect [...]