Archive for the 'Personal' Category

Patch to Allow Breaking the First Name Field into Multiple Lines

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

I spent a bit of last night cleaning up this patch to support the option for breaking the First Name Field into Multiple Lines in a GenealogyJ report. This is a wonderful report written by Przemek Wiech that allows people to create nice printable family trees.
Here is the patch file:
http://cng.ateneo.net/cng/wyu/software/patch/genj-20080205-multiline_firstname.diff
Good luck!

Patch to Allow Removing of Dates in GenealogyJ’s Graphical Tree Report

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

I spent a bit of last night cleaning up this patch to support the option for removing dates in a GenealogyJ report. This is a wonderful report written by Przemek Wiech that allows people to create nice printable family trees. Aside from adding the removal of dates option, I noticed that it only colors upto […]

Hoy Smokes! Why do Philippine Disgruntled Soldiers Like Hotels?

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Maybe they can’t resist the nice ambiance and food? This time it is the Manila Peninsula.

Closing Makati Avenue.

Reinforcements have arrived.

Lot’s of Free Parking Space.

High sigh …

Some Quick Shots of Macau

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Typically, business trips do not leave us much time to go around and check out the sights. However, here are some quick shots taken during my last trip to Macau.

Cab anyone?

Authentic Enough?

The opulence of the Venetian is really something with Venetian-style in-door canals, 3000 rooms, huge convention space and a 15,000 seater arena for concert […]

AMC 153 SY 2006-2007 Pre-Final Grades

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

For my AMC 153 students, here are your “pre-final” grades. Please be sure to submit your final conference ready papers via email. Also post your final submissions in Moodle.

Hope you guys learned a lot this semester. Good luck!

Wanted Researchers: Open to Ateneo CS, MIS and ECCE Students

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

It is that time of the year again when I hear my current batch of students finish their projects and write their papers in preparation for their defenses this week. While reading on some of the latest developments in the space, I found some interesting things that could be worked on.
Here are some ideas for […]

Apple iPhone: Can’t Receive SMS Problem

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Yes, there are some lemon iPhones that don’t allow you to receive SMS messages. Yes, you can’t receive SMS message in your iPhone. After a bit of playing around with the unit, it really feels like BETA quality hardware. Lots of little issues left and right. Oh well. Maybe their new version will be better? […]

Conquering the Apple iPhone II - Tested on Globe and Smart Postpaid

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

This is the next phase of my iPhone cracking exercise. No need for turbosims, supersims, soldering and paying. Yes, its free. Thanks to the iPhone Dev Wiki (link widtheld) folks. The first installment can be found here. However, this guide should be standalone since I am flashing the phone and restoring to factory settings.
Here […]

Pengiuns Can Fly: Panasonic Putting Linux in Every Seat

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Here is an interesting story about Singapore Air loading up each in flight seat with a copy of RedHat Linux. This is one of sure signs that Linux has really grown up. … or many become a kid again?
Flying in economy class doesn’t have to be a miserable experience. To make flying more enjoyable […]

A Big New Security Threat: The Apple iPhone

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

After playing with the Apple iPhone for a bit, I have come to appreciate Apple’s effort in designing this next generation device. All the development towards unleashing the power of the iPhone has left the world with about 200,000 pretty powerful mobile computers (I believe these devices are more powerful than just PDAs and phones). […]