“Sir” and “Master” Considered Harmful

Apart from text and Jejemon speak, there is nothing that annoys me more than the constant (mis)use of the honorifics “Sir” and “Master” in Filipino forums and discussion groups. You’ll see this a lot in PinoyExchange and TipidPC, but it has already spread into other tech sites that attract newbies.

This short post will explain why I think these honorifics shouldn’t be used outside an ironic and/or personal (i.e. you know the guy personally) context.

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Short Rant on CS Curriculum

Spent the day tweaking my SweetCron based frontpage lifestream (nakikiuso as usual :P ). The theme’s currently a mix between Tarot and CCG frame templates. If all goes well, I should be able to tweak that to use more xxxHolic and Persona motifs.

It’s already 10 PM so I’ll keep this short.

If you’re a Computer Science student, you should at least learn the following before graduating regardless if it’s in your college’s curriculum or not:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • basic photo-editing/image manipulation

Trust me on this.