Wherever I May Roam…

This is my last night on Karmic Koala ‘coz tonight, I’ll be upgrading to Lucid.  So I decided to try out my 3G stick from Smart and test it on my buggy Koala (MSI Wind issues mostly). Whaddaya know? It still works.. although I’m not quite sure if it works out of the box or because I still have Liam Green-Hughes’ usb-modeswitch and zte-mf627-switch old Jaunty packages.

The speed can’t compare to my broadband DSL, but still acceptable if I’m on the road.

I can only imagine what people put on their facebook profile… Oh wait, I don’t have to.

see more funny facebook stuff!

I was at work during the Ubuntu Developer Week, but that didn’t stop me from attending this event via irssi. I was, however, disappointed when I found out that Lernid doesn’t work (yet) from behind a proxy server. And I didn’t get to experience the full potential of Lernid – you know, with the presentation thingie!

Anway, I was planning on using this great app for our Tutorial Series since it already integrates an IRC client, a Browser, and a Presentation pane. But I’m afraid it’ll only disrupt #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat since our team do not exclusively communicate in English. And there are instances where our channel’s flooded with 3 or more languages, you can only imagine the chaos we’ll cause on an English-only channel. Maybe an option to direct to another channel? I’ll file a feature request later.

The University of Baguio recently hosted a one of kind event north of Manila and it’s aptly named the 1st North Luzon Free / Open Source Software (FOSS) Conference. It was held on January 18-19, 2010 and sponsored by the ASEAN Foundation and the International Open Source Network among others.

There are three tracks to choose from this event. Track 1 which is the Business and Service Delivery. Track 2 which is a hands-on seminar on various Open Source Softwares used in the Educational sector. And Track 3, another hands-on seminar on System Administration and FOSS Migration.

The event kicked off with the obligatory prayer and national anthem performed by the UB Voices. The welcome remarks from Mayor Bautista was inspiring and a very informative keynote address by Dr. Filemon Uriarte of ASEAN Foundation.

There’s also a cultural presentation by the UB dance troupe (sorry, I’m not sure what they named their group). One of which is a Cordilleran dance – it’s technically a thanksgiving ritual.

Read more…

This has been a long time coming. The organizers have been planning and preparing laboriously for months – and boy, did it pay off. The reunion was fun, fun, fun. We got to reconnect with old friends, share a few laughs, and even got drunk at the end of the evening (them, not me).

Israel and the group really made sure we had a blast. The food was fantastic, the venue was lovely – although no one dared dive into the icy pool, and the games well thought out. Too bad I had to say my goodbyes early. I may have forgotten a few faces, but I remembered bringing those moments and smiles with me.

getting reacquainted with old friends

The graduating class of 6-Determination
Read more…