Entries from July 2008

July 30, 2008

Snarl

Snarl, according to their website, is (I quote)
Snarl is a notification system inspired by Growl for Macintosh that lets applications display fancy messages on the screen with the minimum of fuss [...]

July 29, 2008

Solace

solace n.
Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or distress; consolation. A source of comfort or consolation.
I’m not one for writing about personal-related stuff, but I feel the urge to share, because I believe I owe it to her.. I want to tell the whole world that she was able to change the way I see things, even [...]

July 27, 2008

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

01 Introduction
This tutorial covers most topics regarding SQL Server 2005 Express Edition; from downloading the installer to installation procedures. This was written, purely to keep record because the writer has a minor case of amnesia and forgets from time to time how to do certain things. This is so she can retrace whatever she did [...]

July 26, 2008

Poverty?

Pinoy: Ang hirap naman ng buhay! (Life’s so hard!)
GMA: Konting tiis nalang. (be a little more patient)
Pinoy: Bakit, makakaahon na ba tayo sa hirap? (why, will we be survive from proverty?)
GMA: Hindi, masasanay din kayo! (No, but you’ll eventually get used to it!)
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** Sorry for the crappy english translation. If you have a more appropriate [...]

July 26, 2008

Why Partitioning is Good

If you don’t know what partitioning is, here’s an excerpt from a Wikipedia article about Disk partitioning:
Disk partitioning is the creation of separate divisions of a hard disk. Once a disk is divided into several partitions, directories and files of different categories may be stored in different partitions. More partitions provide more control but too [...]