Nostalgia, whining, and even more whining in this issue of “Bry is too lazy to get a Tumblr account”.
existence, refactored
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Archive for October, 2009
Finally decided to take the StrengthsFinder quiz after months of buying the book. My top 5 strengths according to the site below the cut:
PhP 183K for a PC looks like is overkill. 
For the curious, I’ve checked how much the whole thing would cost in real life.
Windows 7 launch this week. Will drop by Gilmore tomorrow to see if they’re already selling OEM versions of Windows 7.
Japan probably got the best deals out of this launch. Not only do they get a custom theme, an official OS-tan voiced by popular voice actress Nana Mizuki, they also get a special Burger King 7-patty Whopper for only ¥777 (for the first 30 customers, ¥1,450 for the rest).
What do we Filipinos get?
A freaking SM North Edsa Launch Event and a PhP 7,777 pre-order “promo” for the stripped down Windows 7 Home Basic. If it was a Home Premium, that might have made sense, but just a PhP 223 discount for an already crippled version? Sorry, we’ll pass.
Oh, and yeah, Apple has already rolled out their Get a Mac response ads. They were fun back in the Vista days, but after the Snow Leopard screw ups and the stability of Windows 7… meh.
More random stuff from this week below the cut.
As promised, here’s my write-up on my first Google Wave Robot, Watexy (Java Port).
I was supposed to write a post mortem on Watexy-Java before this one but since the gadget has already been accepted over at the Google Wave Samples Gallery, it’s probably better that I write this one first.
A couple of guys put up a StackExchange based question and answer website last week, NullPointer.ph, targeting pinoy software developers.
The people there right now (including yours truly) have a wide range of skills (PHP, RoR, Java, .NET, etc) but there seems to be a shortage of questions. If you’re facing a head-scratcher at school or at work it may be worth dropping by that site and posting your problem.
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