thadphole's crackpot

2007-04-22T15:19:00.000-07:00

The geek shall inherit the earth.....

BSD is Dying

2007-02-14T16:44:00.000-08:00

A tongue-in-cheek look at the history and future of the BSD movement. Modeled after the presentation styles of Lessig and Hardt, the talk provides a light-hearted introspection of the leaders, technologies, and community that forges ahead despite having been left for dead some 15 years past.

This presentation was given by Jason Dixon at the NYC BSD Conference at Columbia University on October 28, 2006.

2007-01-13T17:47:00.000-08:00

My New York State of Mind

newyork2007

2006-11-29T16:07:00.000-08:00

Damn Microsoft bug!

Lesson learned:

Do not parse text file that will have "ID" as the first 2 characters in your output. Excel will throw this error if you import the text file containing it...

"SYLK: File format is not valid" error message when you open file

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you open a text file or CSV file and the first two characters of the file are the uppercase letters "I" and "D". For example, the text file may contain the following text:

   ID, STATUS
123, open
456, closed

Note This problem does not occur if the first two letters are lowercase "i" and "d".

WORKAROUND

To open your file in Excel, open the file in a text editor, and then insert an apostrophe at the beginning of the first line of text.

2006-11-23T17:27:00.000-08:00

Isis

Honorable, straightforward and idealistic. Active and self-confident.

Colors: male: white, female: blue
Compatible Signs: Osiris, Thoth
Dates: Mar 11 - Mar 31, Oct 18 - Oct 29, Dec 19 - Dec 31

Role: Goddess of motherhood, women, and magic; goddess of the South; protector of Imseti (the son of Horus who watched over the canopic jar containing the liver)
Appearance: Woman wearing the hieroglyph for "throne" on her head

What is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
Designed by CyberWarlock of Warlock's Quizzles and Quandaries

2006-10-01T15:55:00.000-07:00

Boca Cega
Sometimes its good to be lost! I did not find the way to the birthday party I was invited so I decided to drive aroung the Gulf to Bay Boulevard for a glimpse of Gulf of Mexico. On my way to St Pete, I passby a tollway and caught in traffic at the bridge od Boca Cega Bay. Here what I saw and the more I fell in love with this place:

2006-10-01T15:17:00.000-07:00

My Spaghetti

This recipe is a fusion of east and west. It uses fresh ingredients available in your ref, no canned or bottled spagehtti sauce, plus tuyo in oil flakes for a Pinoy hint.

Ingridients

angel hair spaghetti noodles
2 medium red tomatoes
1 red onion bulb
2 tablespoon ground garlic
5 table spoon extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoon tuyo in oil flakes
1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
fresh ground pepper
salt to taste

Direction:

Just go figure and I promise you--its good!

2006-09-30T20:41:00.000-07:00

My Adobo

This is pretty simple. American chicken is "malansa." I just boiled the chicken and throw all the broth away. I boiled it again with a little amount of fresh water, 3 tablespoon of kikkoman soy sauce, 3 tablespoon of vinegar, 2 heaping tablespoon of ground garlic, 1 teaspoon ground red pepper and dash of ground pepper. I cooled it down for few hours and before dinner I broiled it for 10 minutes in oven. Boiled asparagus is later added at the serving plates to provide fiber.

This is my gourmet adobe release candidate 0.08

2006-09-09T21:17:00.000-07:00

Black Flag

minus the search and destroy!

2006-09-09T20:13:00.000-07:00

My new multiply contact

2006-09-08T19:44:00.000-07:00

I remember I bought catfish fillet a month ago and it is still in freezer. I missed pesa so I passed by publix supermarket and bought a few strands of string beans. A black man told me that I could get a pre-packed 1-lb of string bean and I told him I only need a few strands because I will be cooking for myself. I also got ginger the important spice for pesa. I know I have potatoes, asparagus, green and bulb onions and dried red pepper so I'm all set. Voila I now have my dinner, pesang hito and since im lazy to cook rice so i boiled two corn cab and got a cup of mixed fruit and yogurt for my desert. As usual I always have my Tropicana sugar free juice.

2006-09-05T16:35:00.000-07:00

Lakeland, Florida

Yes they choose to retire here...

2006-09-01T17:42:00.000-07:00

PaREDES OFW episode 1-

2006-08-26T11:12:00.000-07:00

Marina

2006-08-26T11:05:00.000-07:00

baywalk tube...

2006-08-26T11:02:00.000-07:00

?LIAAAAAR!

you think you're gonna to live your life alone
in darkness
and seclusion
yeah I know
you've been out there
tried to mix with those animals
and it just left you full of humiliated confusion
so you stagger back home
and wait for nothing
but the solitary refinement of your room spits you back out onto the street
and now you're desperate
and in need of human contact
and then
you meet me
and you whole world changes
because everything I say is everything you've ever wanted to hear
so you drop all your defenses and you drop all your fears
and you trust me completely
I'm perfect
in every way
cause I make you feel so strong and so powerful inside
you feel so lucky
but your ego obscures reality
and you never bother to wonder why
things are going so well
you wanna know why?
cause I'm a liar
yeah I'm a liar
I'll tear your mind out
I'll burn your soul
I'll turn you into me
I'll turn you into me
cause I'm a liar, a liar
a liar, a liar

I'll hide behind a smile
and understanding eyes
and I'll tell you things that you already know
so you can say
I really identify with you, so much
and all the time that you're needing me
is just the time that I'm bleeding you
don't you get it yet?
I'll come to you like an affliction
and I'll leave you like an addiction
you'll never forget me
you wanna know why?
cause I'm a liar
yeah I'm a liar
I'll rip your mind out
I'll burn your soul
I'll turn you into me
I'll turn you into me
cause

2006-08-26T10:51:00.000-07:00

sunshine bridge

2006-08-26T10:47:00.000-07:00

gulf of mexico...

2006-08-24T17:18:00.000-07:00

oUr PeBoRiT PiNoY P!O!P!

Intro of sorts, this blog is just a look at the past, present & future of the assorted music released by bands & artists in the Philippines & the numerous ones based outside the motherland...from Rock, Reggae, Alternative, Folk, Indiepop, Electronica, New Wave, Goth, Punk, etc. Well, some did ask me, why do I have to call it POP...'my music is this and that and it's anything but' you might say...well, click here for the reason. Anyway, turn up the volume!

2006-08-21T18:28:00.000-07:00

Firefox Crop Circle video

Geeks have always valid execuses how to become crazy. Yes I use Firefox, swear by Firefox and alway surf with Firefox. I will name my future pet cat Firefox.

2006-08-21T16:35:00.000-07:00

Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - Redemption Song

Old pirates, yes, they rob i;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took i
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the and of the almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Wont you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? ooh!
Some say its just a part of it:
Weve got to fulfil de book.

Wont you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.
---
/guitar break/
---
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Wo! have no fear for atomic energy,
cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say its just a part of it:
Weve got to fulfil de book.
Wont you help to sing
Dese songs of freedom? -
cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs -
All I ever had:
Redemption songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of freedom.

my opensuse10.1 kde desktop

2006-08-20T17:43:00.000-07:00

mydesktop.png
Originally uploaded by thadphole.

This is my new Linux desktop opensuse 10.1 with KDE. BTW, my desktop wallpaper is St. Pete Beach.

2006-08-17T18:39:00.000-07:00

Pupil

the 4 piece blurry band

The Palladium in St Petersburg

2006-08-16T17:38:00.000-07:00

Palladium
Originally uploaded by thadphole.

Remember the 1985 Jessica Tandy movie Cocoon?
The dance scene in that movie was shot here. It is in 5th Avenue of downtown St Pete and just a few blocks away from my roomshare.

2005-10-12T13:35:00.000-07:00

CORNERSTONE
{Bob Marley]

The stone that the builder refuse
Will always be the head cornerstone-a;
The stone that the builder refuse
Will always be the head cornerstone.

You're a builder, baby;
Here I am, a stone.
Don't you pick and refuse me,
'Cause the things people refuse
Are the things they should choose.
Do you 'ear me? Hear what I say!

Stone that the builder refuse
Will always be the head cornerstone-a;
The stone that the builder refuse, yeah! -
Will always be the head cornerstone.

You're a builder, baby;
Wo, here I am, a stone!
Don't you pick and refuse me,
'Cause the t'ings people refuse
Are the things they should use;
The things people refuse
Are the things they should use.
Do you 'ear me? Hear what I say!

Stone dat them builder refuse
Will always be the head cornerstone-a;
The stone that dem builder refuse
Will always be the head cornerstone.