Oct
15
2008
Finally I was able to attend the first WordCamp in the College of St. Benilde, De La Salle University in Taft Avenue. It was the first WordCamp in SouthEast Asia and it’s indeed a successful one.
I learned a lot from WordCamp on how to maximize the use of WordPress not only as a blogging software but as an all-rounder online management software, and also, was able to see in person, Matt Mullenweg, the guy who invented WordPress who owns the company, Automattic. He was able to show us a glimpse of the next version of WordPress (2.7), which will be released on November 2008.
Congratulations to the organizers and many thanks to the sponsors!
Sep
12
2008
- philippine flag in luneta park
We visited some of the historical sites in the City of Manila as part of the educational information for the kids. First off was the Manila Cathedral, then proceed to Fort Santiago and last to be visited was the Luneta Park. Here are some of the pictures we took.
The Manila Cathedral
Fort Santiago
Noli Me Tangere book by Dr. Jose Rizal
El Filibusterismo book by Dr. Jose Rizal
Imitating Dr. Jose Rizal
The Luneta Park
The Manila Hotel
Aug
02
2008
I registered for the WordPress WordCamp Philippines 2008 and hoping to be approved in order for me to attend such event.
The WordPress WordCamp Philippines 2008 is the first in SouthEast Asia and organized by the Mindanao Bloggers.
It would be beneficial to me and to all the other bloggers who use wordpress as their blogging software.
Many thanks to the organizer, the Mindanao Bloggers and also to the following sponsors:
who made this event possible here in the Philippines.
Jul
31
2008
For the benefit of all readers, Terry Childs is the San Francisco, California’s FiberWAN Network Engineer/Administrator who is charged and accused of withholding administrative access to the city’s network and is now behind bars with a $5Million bail (too steep).
Based on the information I gathered online, Terry Childs has his own personal reasons why he did those security procedures.
“Mr. Childs had good reason to be protective of the password,” Crane said. “His co-workers and supervisors had in the past maliciously damaged the system themselves, hindered his ability to maintain it … and shown complete indifference to maintaining it themselves.”
from SFGate
It’s a good thing Childs cooperated by giving the codes/script/s only to the mayor (Gavin Newsom) himself when mayor Newsom visited him in jail.
“Even though the rest of the system’s administrators feared that Child’s actions might lead to very troublesome situation, the system seems to be working fine and there are just a few more glitches to fix in order for everything to return to normal.”
from efluxmedia.com
The case of Terry Childs just prove that Systems Administrators have a big responsibility and powerful on any system or network infrastructure, but can be controlled by implementing policies.
Top managements should also be aware of the existing system and network implementations and should assign to at least a minimum of two (2) technical personnels for all administrative accesses.
Documentations of access codes and regular drills can also minimize these kinds of problems.
So it is up for you to decide if Terry Childs is either good or bad.
Jul
30
2008
Google is allocating $10 Million US Dollars for the Android Developer Challenge which is now on its second and final round. This is a big opportunity for software applications developers to show their talents and skills, and provide high-tech mobile apps which we hope will be freely available.
Back in my programming days, funding is really an issue when we develop certain applications. We normally end up in purchasing surplus/used computers and other technical equipments in order for us to operate and complete such projects. But with Google, you have the opportunity to be funded.
Android by the way, is an operating system/software platform for mobile handsets based on Linux which is an open platform. It was initially started by Android Inc. and was acquired by Google in 2005 with the Open Handset Alliance.
