Breakpoints for Debugging Every programmer knows that the hardest kind of bug to find is the semantic bug. Every piece of code will be guaranteed to work for the first line written. Maybe, even the first five (5) lines will also work, but what if you have a web of functions and a
I hate meetings When I was young, I have always wanted to be a backstage worker. I never liked working too much with stuffs that had to do something with talking.. discussions, etc. But as I have already climbed the career ladder, I had to enhance myself to be able to undertake on
File Transfer Protocol on Fire! Perhaps, before Peer to Peer Networks came about, the fastest and easiest way of sharing files is through FTP or File Transfer Protocol. FTP is a protocol that runs exclusively over TCP or Transmission Control Protocol. Over the years, the increasing need for remote hostings has made FTP very popular.
Building your site when you're not a programmer Its been a fast growing, ever changing world, don't you think? Just a couple of years back, nobody would've thought that ordinary people would care about what Kbps-Mbps they would want to have as their connection. Now, its surprising that even the young ones know about
Procrastination or Resting? Everyone knows me as the workaholic. I'm snobbish and aloof, not because I am socially unpolite, but because I am consumed in thinking about my work, and everything work related. At daytime, I work on full time as the Technical Team Head, and at night, I sneak out
Very, very offensive ad <p>In my days, I have seen, heard, and experienced a lot of belittling, bashing, and degradation of women in the IT business; and so, it seems, over the years, I have armed myself with being defensive and competitive most of the time. Women in the
Coding on Paper Let me tell you how much I love papers and pens… Back when I was still young, having born as the eldest of three siblings, the family was barely coping with a new lifestyle. My father was a technician, and my mom was working on her own business. There wasn&
Sweet Perceptions is Rated G <p><a href="http://mingle2.com/blog-rating"> Mingle2 - Tampa Singles Tags: blogging fun Posted by sweetperceptions at 22:43:00 | permalink
Thinking Blogger Award Its true what Carey has said about the definition of a Thinking Blogger. Its very difficult to find one these days (though I'm really honored to be nominated by her). Somehow, for me the people I've nominated to be Thinking Bloggers are those that write out
Hacking and Ethics I don’t know why its been a buzz eversince the computing world began. I think its because for every matter, there should be an anti-matter.. well, that for a fact still needs to be proven. Let’s just say, for every good, there is evil… but hacking isn’t
Do you think well? Consider this: List all kinds of shoes. List all available shoe color. Give statistics for the number of each available combination that X number of women has. Now would you solve this? It looks simple, but really its the thought process that can tell whether your code is good or
"We're good people… just working for bad companies" Don't just pick a company that pays big, or whose name sounds big. Stick to where you wanna be happy. Work becomes play when you love what you're doing. And with patience, all of this will pay off in the end.
"Sagings" and Sunscreen Its funny how one thing someone does can make a change throughout the world and throughout genres. Mary Schmich was a columnist of the Chicago Tribune and wrote something about wearing sunscreen. She described this writing as something she would have given in a commencement exercise. This article has been
Social networking rant Social Life I somehow believe that I still have a life–a life outside toiling forever. But, unless I have a very good imagination, I cannot fully support this thought. I joined almost every social networking sites there is, because, at that time, I needed to work on researches and
neTVision, The baby of the future of television I've been musing about Joost since it went off a couple of months back. I felt that it would be great to tune in to worldwide stuff while you're on the computer.. just like watching TV! I have really been wasting my time infront of the
The manager and the nerd in the cave I have had a few minutes of break come stressful Friday, and I got the chance to breeze through my tech feeds. I came across an entry about a book. Well, actually its not just a book (that is why I got attracted to it). For almost two years now,
I am cautious, but sure <p><em>"Before I spoke, I thought about it."</em></p> — SweetPerceptions.i.ph
Picasa for Linux <p>Everybody knows that eversince Google came about, I never let them out of my sight. I've been onto their latest all the time and been monitoring their moves and progress. Well, who's one techie who hasn&
For July 1 A father is defined as the male parent of a child. Like mothers, fathers may be categorised according to their biological, social or legal relationship with the child. Historically, the biological relationship paternity has been determinative of fatherhood. However, proof of paternity has been intrinsically problematic and so social rules
Techie Techie is a term, derivative of the word technology, for a person that displays a great, quite possibly even obsessive, interest in technology, as well as high-tech devices, particularly computers. Notably, techies express a disregard for any technology that could possibly be considered obsolete, even if the technology or process
Symptoms of a geek programmer 1. You wake up in the morning, and you suddenly remember your codes… or, you dreamt of a code, and feel positive that its the solution you've been thinking about for quite sometime now. 2. You can't do without having a notebook and a pen to
My top 10 must have opensource applications A couple of days ago, I thought about writing down a few must have open source applications. If I would've written them down sooner, then this post would be contradicting it. Some of the items in that list isn't going to be found in this one.
Music to my ears <p>Within today, I suddenly decided to rest. Since saturday, I was feeling sick and I'm with this cough and headache that I can't get rid off. So, I thought, I should take a break.</p>
Designing a good database I remember when I had OJTs last year. I was happy to have them, seeing them as the new, fresh faces of tomorrow's computing world. I had two coming from UP LB (Bless and Eleni) and three from UST (Chloe, Sam and Shiela). Each of them had their
