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Top 20 Schools in the Philippines

By Yan • Sep 26th, 2007 • Category: Random Tidbits

I just received the Top 20 Schools in the Philippines report through my college org’s egroup (thanks, Jo!).
Of course, my alma mater, the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman), tops the list yet again.
In fact, UP seems to have monopolized the top three spots, with UP Los Banos and UP Manila trailing behind [...]



Do People Really Change?

By Yan • Sep 24th, 2007 • Category: Random Tidbits

Browsing through my our old blog, I found this:
Do people really change?
I’ve always believed that time doesn’t change people, it reveals them.
People don’t change, no. Perceptions and feelings change. Beliefs and attitudes change. But personalities really don’t.
It’s easy to put on a mask for daily wear. And it is these masks that change. One can [...]



ghost of my waking

By Yan • Sep 24th, 2007 • Category: Random Tidbits

It’s no secret that I love Neil Gaiman and that I have a healthy obsession with Dream. I rave about Neil and his Sandman graphic novels whenever I can, sharing my fixation with anyone who’s willing to listen.
There are those Gaiman admirers (“someone” comes to mind) who seem to think that Sandman readers belong to [...]



This is Why I Love Hastang

By Yan • Sep 24th, 2007 • Category: Groupie-isms, Random Tidbits

Exquisite. Sublime. Hastang.

Embed Hastang music in your blog or website. Here’s how.



Confirmed: Neil Gaiman to Speak at 20th Philippine Ad Congress

By Yan • Sep 22nd, 2007 • Category: Random Tidbits

I’ve been out of the advertising world for 3-4 years now, but it helps that I still have some friends who just love to keep me updated (taunting me until I salivate, in some cases). Anyway, I’ve been told that the Neil Gaiman rumor that’s been floating around for months now is true indeed. That’s [...]



Apologies for the Downtime

By Yan • Sep 20th, 2007 • Category: Random Tidbits

I apologize for the 48-hour downtime. Apparently, I’ve had a recent surge in traffic, thanks largely to Good Tutorials. My meager hosting plan couldn’t take the pressure (in spite of precautions I initially took; e.g. installing wp-cache), and I had no choice but to upgrade to a more expensive plan with a higher bandwidth allotment. [...]



What’s Up With Philhosting?

By Yan • Sep 15th, 2007 • Category: Random Tidbits

In the past 30 days, my blog has been down at least 10 times. What’s wrong with Philhosting?
A shout out to the folks at Philhosting: you need to upgrade your servers asap. Don’t wait for me (and other annoyed customers like me) to switch to a more reliable hosting company.
“Cheaper is not always better,” [...]



because i’m bored

By Yan • Sep 12th, 2007 • Category: Random Tidbits

So which chaos is Mark’s and which one is mine? Take a wild guess.
Cryptic truth in the picture by Troy Malilong, Esq. Photography by Mark. Random bit of boredom by Yan.



Intelligent Content-Aware Image Resizing

By Yan • Aug 29th, 2007 • Category: Random Tidbits

Wow, wow, and wow! I want this NOW!
Developer Dr. Ariel Shamir uses such terms as mesh partitioning, object feature-space analysis, visual succinct representation of information, seam carving, and the like.
While I don’t even understand half (okay, all) of that, I’m already drooling. Imagine how many steps you can skip with this amazing piece of [...]



Malu Fernandez Refuses to Fade into Oblivion

By Yan • Aug 29th, 2007 • Category: Random Tidbits

I would rather believe that this is all over, but the heat still sizzles in the comment thread of my initial post regarding Malu Fernandez and her bigotry. Elsewhere, several like-minded individuals refuse to accept her apology.
It seems that a lot of people are only just catching up. And who can blame them for lashing [...]