Remember those old Gallaga, PacMan, Space Invaders, Missile Command, Centipede, Frogger, Donkey Kong (and Donkey Kong Jr.), Mario Bros., and all those other token eating gadgets where we wasted spent most of our youth learning valuable skills for later on in life? (or at least thats what I told my dad)
Where can you buy those things now?
Probably owing to my background as a groupware purveyor (I used sell Lotus Notes solutions, and was also a Microsoft Product Manager and evangelized MS Exchange – for which I studied certification for), I am a heavy believer in the Calendar, the central focus of a groupware solution after the Inbox.
Joey Alarilla would probably be interested in this bit of news about Lara Croft.
Not necessarily because of Lara (more on her later), but about how the article says how one of the problems of the video game industry is its ‘lack of celebrities’.
First off, you would notice that I quite ingeniously used “Part Deux” instead of the more commonly used “Part II” to mark the distinction that this post is the second part of an ongoing process, namely to leech a laptop off of my client, as discussed here.
Using the French version done ostensibly, of course, to parlay the message that I am a smart person, incidentally one of the many, albeit hidden reason why this blog exists. Other than that of course, is the fact that I am a fan of stupid Charlie Sheen movies, one of which is Hot Shots! Part Deux, which for some reason I dreamt of last night.
Just about to take a trip back to civilization (I call Manila civilization, as opposed to the lush countryside (not) that is mountainous Cainta), to visit some clients, and maybe get paid before the stoppage of all normalcy and the start of all that is unholy called – Holy Week.
One would surmise such a lengthy undertaking as a trip back to the big city, specifically Makati, would entail an early head start. But nooooo.. it’s 8am and still here I am, blogging.
At any rate, best to keep this short, so I’ll go ahead and introduce my latest pro bono project:
I promised I’d post my interview of Mr. Arnold Gamboa, Managing Director of Sparrow Interactive, regarding the successful migration of 16 of their Windows machines to Linux.
This has to do with my talk last April 8, Saturday, at the PLUG 2nd Quarterly Free Seminar Series. Incidentally, I learned of Arnold’s migration from his post about it at Pinoytechblog, so here’s some linklove in that direction.
Without further ado:
The many fans of this blog (all two of them) will be happy to note I am speaking at the PLUG 2nd Quarterly Free Seminar Series, to impart my knowledge on the Black Arts, namely Interviewing, Writing Articles, and other related debauchery.
I just read this Cnet article about Boot Camp, Apple’s effort to make their machines run Windows.
Have to admit it was a little hard concentrating, mainly because of the question that kept going on and on in my head: But In God’s Name, WHY?
For the record, Metrobank’s P50.00 surcharge for interbank deposits, is the most blatant attempt I’ve yet seen by a bank to suck money out of anyone unlucky enough to have to deal with them.
My long time client whose roots are deeply nested into the local I.T. Distributorship scene (she used to work in a major Distributor and now runs a Dealership for a well-known gadget brand) floored me recently when she agreed to offset my retainer for a laptop when I broached the idea.
Naturally this sent me scurrying off to several local websites, battling fatigue late into the night trying to make sense of what was available out there. My priorities were simple. 1. Cheap As Possible., 2. Lightweight, 3. As much RAM as possible. 4. Sturdy, and 5. Cheap as possible.