One @ HP

Today, I celebrate 1 year of financial freedom. I celebrate the end of dependencies and celebrate the beginning of living.

Your own money
Your choices of expenses
Your pick on investment oppurtunities

The gains of the freedom to choose and the responsibility of choosing well.

Today, I am officially a year old as a professional in the IT industry.

Life and Tech

A quote from the article "The secret of youth discovered" under the Highblood section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. It was written by Tranquilino V. Quinto Jr.

"As I look around me day by day, I am troubled to see people ostensibly withering away when they should be enjoying the prime of their lives. So early the flame of their dreams and aspirations seems to be flickering off. Instead of stoking the embers that make it burn blazing and bright, they have left it to be extinguished by the destroyer of life: despair. Instead of getting up and moving on after a fall, they have chosen to stay down. And instead of learning from their mistakes, they have checked out."

Fulfilling your dreams or at least die trying. Pick yourself up after every mistake and move on. Do not fall into helplessness and hopelessness. This could very well be in perfect for our trying times - and this not pointing towards politics alone. I mean, all of us live day to day with dreams for something better. There is always that vision, that urge to strive to better ourselves, to better the conditions of our community, and if you are truly nonself serving, to the better of our country. To make a difference in the world, leave a mark, be remembered.
Oh well, that's life.

Anyway, to all you techies out there, here's a funny video about an Intel processor in a Mac. It came up in one forum that a friend sent through email about the recent news of Windows XP now running on a Mac. I think its pretty stupid though to introduce vulnerabilities into something that is already pretty good. And in the end, it was just a means to earn profit.

New Naruto Starting Song

For all Naruto fans out there, there is a new starting song for Naruto. :) See video below...

Java Puzzlers

Here's something that every Java person (developer, architect, enthusiast, whatever) should get. It's a book that gives an example of code illusions we face in our everyday coding life. Very much like an optical illusion, there are times when we sort of think pieces of code is doing something that seems pretty obvious until we run the code.

Anyway, I haven't read the book yet but you can get a better review by visit the article I read here.

Also, the book has a website. Its worth a visit too.

Have a Happy Moment!

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will.

You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time.

You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken.

You'll fight with your best friend.

You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.

You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love.

So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.