the boredom of ramfree17

One more gadget-want in the bag

Erin — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:25:59 +0000

Testing the MHL adapter that Nanang Lucille sent over. When upright, the display only uses the center with large black spaces on both sides. Rotate it sideways and the magic happens… Unfortunately the device will only be detected if power is supplied via the micro-usb input port. Not bad for a $10 MHL device. The [...]

Welcome to reality! A parody.

Erin — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:21:36 +0000

The image below was posted in a yammer group and I felt inspired to write a parody. All resemblance to real life are imaginary. It is not meant to reflect my place of work. Now with the legalese out of the way… There is work and there is your life-at-work. The kind of work that [...]

Bashwk to basics

Erin — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:08:12 +0000

It was the first time to generate and send the report. It deals with downloading a lot of access logs, combining them based on certain scenarios, filtering out the cruft, slicing and dicing per service accessed and then tallying the responses to see if they meet the SLA. The first manual extraction took around 4 [...]

Down boy, down

Erin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:08:17 +0000

Let me get the caveat out of the way: I was raised as a Roman Catholic by my pious paternal grandmother. I spent 13 years in Catholic schools and university. I progressed from being a Roman Catholic to non-practising, and now agnostic. It is possible that you visited my ranting space through a link I [...]

14 years

Erin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:53:40 +0000

A few more minutes and the day that marks the 14th year of being with my wife is about to pass. A steak dinner in Bistecca (courtesy of a gift certificate), dessert of swapped Magnum ice cream sticks being eaten while the car is parked in an underground mall parking, and a lot of “I [...]

Almost fresh salsa

Erin — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:00:30 +0000

I really like the Tostitos salsa but I can’t really justify paying that much for something that could be whipped up at a fraction of the price. Ok, not exactly the way it taste but hopefully something that could pass as salsa. Here is my take on the Tosterin Salsa. Ingredients Plump red tomatoes, about [...]

The perfect drive

Erin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:17:59 +0000

Not much vehicles during the early morning drive back to Manila, and its foggy to boot! :)

Musings from the kitchen counter

Erin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:45:49 +0000

Some things that I realized today: - boil a liter of water with some lemongrass stalks, steep 1-2 tea bags. Strain and cool. Doesn’t taste much but smells wonderful. Remember to sweeten it with honey or brown sugar. - Sliced lemon adds flair to the iced tea but dont leave it in the pitcher. It [...]

[TipJar] Enabling Aero window service from the command line

Erin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:33:33 +0000

Aero is a default theme in Windows Vista and Windows 7 Home Premium or better but is not enabled by default. Aero adds some nifty features like Peek (showing thumbnail previews when hovering on the open programs), Shake (shaking the window minimizes all other windows), Snap (dragging the window to the edges snaps it, useful [...]

Using SMART BRO (USB Internet) Plug-it in Linux

Erin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:14:22 +0000

This guide is created to show how to use the SmartBro USB Internet dongle in Ubuntu Linux. The steps should be adaptable to other USB Internet modems/dongles.