Any Ideas?

Its 4:23 am of October 31, 2008 and I have no idea in mind on what to post in my blog! What do you think? any interesting topics in mind? Unfortunately, I have none so I'll told you about one silly thing that I did yesterday.

It was almost 2pm of October 30, 2008, I received a call from a friend named Jovin. He wanted my help about an email attachment he received and since he can't be able to open it up due to few errors, he wanted me to download that file for him. After few minutes I resolved his issue then I went back to sleep.

Again, after few minutes my phone rang and I was too excited to asnwer it when I saw an unfamiliar telephone number. Surprise! It was someone from IBM asking if I was able to took their employment exam. For better visualization of the scene....

IBM Agent: Hi this is _______(I forgot her name) from IBM. Is this Theresa?

Me: Yes?

IBM: I wanted to know if you already taken our employment exam?

Me: I am sorry but not yet!

"I am currently here in ILOILO and I HAVE NO PLANS IN GOING TO MANILA."

but thanks anyway!

IBM: Welcome and thank you!

ME: Welcome! Bye!




See the highlighted text? What do you think the way I acted upon the situation? Favorable or am I S-I-L-LY/A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T?

If I am, I am asking for forgiveness and your understanding! Thank you and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Meet Launchy 2.1.2

Are you tired of your usual start up menu?

Do you want an innovative application that will help you in indexing your files?

Introducing, Launchy, an open source keystroke launcher for unix and windows. Launchy is a free windows and linux utility designed by Josh Karlin to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. It indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes! Launchy was originally written using C# for its version 0.5 while the latest version was written in C++.



How does Launchy works?

Upon boot up Launchy will automatically loads itself and waits for the user to call it by pressing Alt + Space or a custom user hotkey. The user then starts typing the name of the program or file they wish to launch. Launchy automatically searches its list of programs for the closest match as the user types. When it finds the desired program, the user hits enter and it is automatically launched.
Launchy also has the option to add folders and file formats to its catalog for indexing. This makes it useful for launching almost anything on a computer, including internet, music, videos, and games. Launchy also can run Google, Wikipedia, MSN, and Yahoo searches, bringing the results up in the default browser. It also launches bookmarks as required. Launchy also supports plug-ins, adding to its versatility.

Few of the problems seen in the later version of launchy was it uses up to 100% of CPU because of its catalog refresh functions however the problem was resolved by upgrading your Launchy to the latest version which is Launchy 2.1.2.

The Wheel of Life

Life is like a wheel indeed, sometimes you'll find yourself at the top and sometimes you'll wake up and saw your self taking your way down.
I consider my self lucky because even in a small span of time I was able to held in my hands the material things that this life can bring. It was decades ago when our family business was at its top, never ever thinking that one day this will be over. I was an easy-go-lucky and an impulse buyer person then I tend to buy things in an instant, the moment it caught my eyes I will have it even sometimes its not significant. I also tend to treat my friends every now and then. I never knew the word “savings” not until four years ago.
January 2004 economic crisis started, our business slowly took its downfall but we still failed to notice it. It was midyear when my mom had us gathered and talked about it. We ended up crying and wishing that if we did this and that maybe we didn't came up to that point. Fortunately, my parents still able to continue the business despite the crisis and with God's help before the year thoroughly ended we able to cope up with it. God gave us another chance but along with that chance was another big obstacle, we discovered that my dad had an affair with someone that was close to us and whom we trusted most. It made my mom weaker that it made her gave up. Gave up in a sense that she failed to do her responsibilities with the business and with the family which results to the business second fall. During that time we came up to a decision to close the business for a while. It was almost months before my family was able to stand up again and surpass that obstacle.
Now, at this moment as I wrote this article I know that our business is facing its final fall and I think its the time for us to give up everything we had had and live a life that God wanted us to have. I told my mom few days ago, “Despite everything that happened Ma, we should thank Him, for He has given us the chance to experience the earthly wealth and now its the time For Him to get it back and we can't do anything about it. All we need to do is surrender everything to God and live each day as what He wanted us to do. He had a purpose in doing this things, maybe He wanted us to see a more important aspect of life through this. Let's just pray and have faith!”
To end this article I can say that I now learned the things that I should have learned before and it made us stronger as a family and it strengthened my faith with God. In His time, I believe that I'll be waking up again at the top of the wheel and by then living up with the lessons I had.

Android based Mobile Phone Launch

October 22, 2008, the latest timestamps in the history of mobile phones, T-Mobile launched T-Mobile G1, the first mobile to use the awaited Linux-based mobile operating system, Android. It was August of this year when T-mobile announces that they would deliver the first production smartphone — the HTC Dream (now known as the G1) — to use Google's Android software.

Where did Android Android started last July 2005, when Google acquired Android Inc. Android Inc. is a small company based in California which specializes in making mobile software. At Google, they developed a Linux-based mobile device operating system which later on known as Android.

Concurrent with the launch of T-Mobile G1 is the launch of the Android Market. Conceptually, the combination of the Android operating system and Android Market takes aim at Apple's Iphone operating system coupled with its Apps Store. Android Market will serve as a portal for mobile applications wherein this applications is free till the end of the year. In comparison to the Apps store, the Palm OS must be synchronized first to a desktop to allow installation but with Android Market applications are downloadable anywhere at anytime, of course with the help of the 3G Technology.

I think that's enough for Android, lets gat back to T-Mobile G1. To give you a glimpse of the phones features here are the two ofmy personal likes in its features.

The T-Mobile G1 has a somewhat unique design for QWERTY sliders. the Google interface employs a virtual desktop system to help organize more icons and widgets on screen. Unlike the iPhone, though, the Google phone lets you pick a background picture, and when you pan from virtual space to space, the picture pans as well, like a panorama.

Basically, the T-Mobile G1 uses a combined compass and accelerometer to display a virtual world on the phone screen, using Google's Street View. So, you can see the street you're on, and when you pan the phone up and down, or if you make an about face, the Street View virtual image will follow your movements.

The T-Mobile G1 is available on T-Mobile's U.S. network for $180 with a two-year contract. An unlimited data plan will cost $25 per month, while unlimited data and messaging will cost $35 per month. A voice plan is required for all configurations. The T-Mobile G1 will also be released in the UK sometime in November 2008, while the other T-Mobile markets in Europe will get it in Q1 2009. Countries include Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and the Netherlands.