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Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

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“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”

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May 15th, 2010 at 11:37 pm

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Technology can be an ass, sometimes.

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I’m maybe one of the most technical persons my friends know of (at least that I know of) and I mean technical in the practical-technical sense, not your theory-technical sense (though I’m sort of going in that direction too) and believe it or not, we get frustrated at technology sometimes.

I spent the whole day trying to extract some dev files from a bunch of ISOs on a virtual machine, trying to build those extracted files, trying to get my laptop to boot CDs, trying to get some source files from Android — all in all, trying to get things done.

Here’s the breakdown of what happened:

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May 3rd, 2010 at 10:24 am

Graduates and Hope — from Mar Roxas

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Here’s a message from aspiring Vice President, Mar Roxas:

I’d have to commend that the message, at first glance, is a purely motivational one. But, as any message from politicians at *this* (read: elections) season, I’m quite sure there are some subliminal messages cramped in between-the-lines. BUT! Because trying to read messages in between-the-lines require a lot of squinting, for now, I won’t bother. You’re free to field in your comments, as usual. :)

PS: Yes, I’m a sucker for “You can do it”, “The future is in your hands”, “If not me, then who else” messages. *thumbs up*

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April 15th, 2010 at 11:54 pm

For keepsakes

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Too bad I wasn’t there last night. XD

Read from bottom-up. :3

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March 23rd, 2010 at 10:47 pm

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For @maykol

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`The endless gratitude from other people pales in comparison with a simple pat in the back from your own ‘mates.`

Imagine how it would feel when these same people, not only fails to appreciate what you’ve done but at the same time, betrays you? Are you feeling the pain yet? Good.

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March 20th, 2010 at 11:04 pm

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