Apple has come up with a phenomenal device this 2010. The new IPad, Apple has once again built a product that looks good and feels great in the hand, and the familiar user interface, simillar to iPhone and iPod touch, that comes with a wider screen for your viewing pleasure.
At first, i am not impressed with this device as I am not an Apple user, (I am a blackberry geek) but this device really got my attention as it seems to be a killer of those Netbooks in the market today. You know why? because of its features… Just finished watching the keynote presentation of Steve Jobs on this device and somehow… I am starting to love apple!
A few weeks ago, Apple has just sold 250 million Ipods, establishing 284 retail App stores having 3 billion Apps downloaded all for Ipod and ITouch and this is world wide! Not to say their revenue earning to 50 billion dollars a year. They are much larger than Sony, Samsung and Even Nokia as Apple is now considered the Top Mobile Devices Company… IPods + IPhones + Mac = 50 Billion….. and that is amazing!
Way back 1991, Apple has shipped the first Power Book, and if i remember it right it has this Trackball but with a modern TFT screen. 2007 thay have reinvented Mobile phones and a few years later, The Iphone 3GS.
Now this 2010, Apple came up with a third Category on the mobile device, something in between, common for our everyday tasks, something that is much better and more intimate than a Laptop and more capable than a smart phone. Read more »
The Inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center(CPDRC), a maximum security prison in the province of Cebu of the Philipines, did it again. Together with Travis Payne, Michael Jackson’s long-time choreographer, danced to the tune of “This is It!” a tribute to the late King of Pop.
The video was last uploaded on the 22nd of January 2010 and up to date, it has generated 1,170,386 views and still counting. The inmates of cebu started dancing to Michael Jackson’s songs way back 2007, one showing the phenomenal success of “Thriller”, which rocked the youtube world, worldwide as this is one of a kind. It is such a great discipline for these inmates proving that even behind bars, they can do something worthwhile. it would have been so awesome if the King of Pop rendered it himself.
Remebering the days of College life, the homeworks, the projects, the thesis, the gimmicks, the fun and the circle of friends we have. Sometimes, we cant help but reminisce those moments and wish that we could turn back time, either to change something or do something…
Somehow it has been considered as a four or five year struggle with books, strict professors, never ending projects, quizes and other stressful activities that molded us as a person today. A symbol of complete freedom and Self-Discovery….But we know that all of those things made us what we are now, in this thing called life!
Here are some of the things, the usual lessons we have learned during our college days… Read more »
The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. it was one of the most densely populated and culturally dynamic societies in the world. -wikipedia.org
Back in my earlier years, I am always amazed on the history and cultures of every countries, in fact when i was a kid, i have memorized a couple of capital cities in the world. (But now, due to memory gap i cant..) And among them is Mexico and the great Maya Civilization.
The Mayan civilization is divided into three time periods which engulfed 3,000 years. The first is the Pre-Classic Period spanning from 2000 B.C.-250 A.D. The second is the Classic Period which spanned from 250 A.D.-900 A.D. The third is the Post-Classic Period which spanned from 900 A.D.-1500 A.D. The Maya lived in the eastern one third of Mesoamerica, mainly on the Yucatan Peninsula. They are a group of related Native American tribes who have the same linguistic organization.
One of the best traits of this civilization is their form of writing, considered as one of the most sophisticated systems in the world. It was created in order to pass on and record their transition of power throughout their generation. The writings were composed of inscriptions on wood and stones, and was usually used on the inside or outside of their architecture. The books they made were called folding tree books. These books were made from fig tree bark and usually placed in the royal tombs. Few of these books have survived due in part to the tropical climate of the region. Read more »
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.–Albert Schweitzer
Life’s common question, Are you now happy?
According to the dictionary, Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy, sometimes described as “positive emotions” and “positive activities”. A variety of philosophical, religious, psychological and biological approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.
But if you would ask yourself again, are you now happy?
Everyone knows or at least maybe not all, knows what apocalypse is, what is hell is and the hell on earth. With several games releasing this year, most of them debuting with biblical references, one game that would surely fireup those PS3’s is Darksiders.
THQ’s Darksiders is the first to take players into the end of days battling the demonic legions of hell and the overzealous armies of heaven.
If you have played God of War before, this one for sure is another addicting game. This awesome epic/adventure action game does not feel like a movie to be created on the future nor a comic book to be published but was wriiten by a good and well known comic book artist. It simply feels like a badass story meant to be played over and over again. With awesome fighting scenes and puzzle solving components, complemented by a fun set of weapons and tools that let you traverse the game world in varied and interesting ways.
The main character is from the biblical Book of Revelations; the horseman named “War,” who rides with his three compadres of the Apocalypse. Death, Famine and Pestilence. (but i havent seen their part of the game) “War” who is caught between the conspiracy of heaven and hell that resulted on earths destruction and he is being blamed for it, he has given a chance to come back to earth 100 years after the apocalypse and is proving himself that he is not the one to be blamed. The story is all about revenge not to save mankind but to seek the truth. Read more »
Earlier today had some issue with a customer having latency on one of their MPLS circuit. MPLS or Multi-Protocol Label Switching defines a mechanism for packet forwarding in network routers. It was originally developed to provide faster packet forwarding than traditional IP routing, although improvements in router hardware have reduced the importance of speed in packet fowarding. However, the flexibility of MPLS has led to it becoming the default way for modern networks to achieve Quality of Service (QoS), next generation VPN services, and optical signaling.
Traditional IP networks are connectionless: when a packet is received, the router determines the next hop using the destination IP address on the packet alongside information from its own forwarding table. The router’s forwarding tables contain information on the network topology. They use an IP routing protocol, such as OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, RIP or static configuration, to keep their information synchronized with changes in the network.
I am not able to diagnose the issue myself so i called in one of my mentors/guru/Boss Dean Zerbe to help me isolate the problem. If you want to know more of MPLS, check out his blog.
Dean gave me some advice on how to troubleshoot things…