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Finally, after several hours of troubleshooting, loading up the Ubuntu alternate cd installer and having it fail to install the linux kernel, I got the bright (late but bright) idea of replacing the default dvd drive on Maia’s Tiny PC with one of my old cd-rw drives. Hindsight wags its finger at me, should’ve known [...]

While I was camped out by Maia’s PC installing Ubuntu (and having a rather difficult time doing so on this Tiny PC from my Aunt in Seattle) I was surfing for tips on how to install Ubuntu on a really old PC. One of the sites I found was Jessamyn’s Librarian.net, where she has a [...]

It was more than six years ago when this picture (above) was taken, in that small apartment we rented in Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City. Maui was just Maui and not Kuya Maui yet, he who walked to his school at Haven Montessori just a few houses away. This was during our pre-internet at home days, [...]

Kapag mahal mo
lahat gagawin mo
pero pag nawala
ang edukasyon
iiwan mo ang pagaartista
lalo pa’t buntis
ang kapitbahay
kailangan magwelga para
sa kapakanan ng mga tutubi
para walang
trafik sa bawat
pagpatak ng ulan
mamahalin mo ang bansa
kaya ikaw
at ang bulaklak
ng reyna
ang taas ng gasolina
wag ka nang umasa
kay Batman.
eto tandaan mo.
hindi ako adik.
*text message na natanggap ko ngayong Sabado ng umaga, galing kay Keifer, ang [...]

(Note to non-Visayans and people who do not understand Cebuano: The following post is entirely in Cebuano, aimed only at those who can comprehend the language. There will be no translations offered; however, you may find a friend to translate for you if you are interested. Heaven knows there are enough of us around, no [...]