Soundskool - an inter-school battle of the band competition released teaser videos for this upcoming event, and the “announcement” of a link, going to this particular site (http://www.handakanabangsumikat.ph/).
Fellow musicians, join now and help me spread the good news!
Nothing special really, I have just upgraded the processor from 1.7GHz to 3.0GHz with HT technology. The 1.7GHz (1.9GHz overclocked) processor is now for sale. Too bad I’m still using Intel processors. Hopefully after graduation I’ll be able to make my switch to the dark side of the force, AMD.
CPU : Intel Pentium 4 (*1) CPU Arch : 1 Cores - 2 Threads CPU PSN : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 CPU Cache : L1 : 12/8 KB - L2 : 512 KB Core : Northwood (0.130) / Revision : M0 CPUID : F.2.5 / Extended : F.2 Freq : 3006.76 MHz (200.45 * 15)
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I had my canopy replaced. All systems operational. Average bandwidth has increased a bit. I guess my time is running out. I have to accelerate, deadline’s fast approaching. Judgment day is never scripted.
[Thesis Update]
Development phase is doing great! Coding spree. Signing off through Robert Collier’s words of wisdom:
“We can only do what we think we can do. We can only be what we think we can be. We can only have what we think we can have. What we do, who we are, what we have, all depends upon what we think.”
With a processor clock of 1.70GHz and a pair of 256MB DDR PC3200 (200MHz), Netbeans 5.5 will never be an IDE of your choice especially if productivity concerns you. It runs on top of the Java Virtual Machine using the Swing Tool Kit which is a bit heavier compared to what Eclipse is using.
Since I prefer using Netbeans 5.5, a desperate move would be maximizing the use of the CPU’s core speed.
Here’s a validation from CPU-Z:
CPU : Intel Pentium 4 (*1) CPU Arch : 1 Cores - 1 Threads CPU PSN : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.70GHz CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 CPU Cache : L1 : 12/8 KB - L2 : 256 KB Core : Willamette (0.180) / Revision : D0 CPUID : F.1.2 / Extended : F.1 Freq : 1953.28 MHz (114.9 * 17)
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My CPU runs at 1.9GHz now. I just increased its Front-Side Bus clock to 114MHz and there’s a big impact on Netbeans’ performance.
P.S.: Thanks to Betelgeuse for the correction 
Just extended my RAM to 512mb with heat spreaders attached.
Timings Table
Frequency: 200MHz
CAS# Latency: 2.5
RAS# to CAS#: 3
RAS# Precharge: 3
Tras: 8
We did our best! We burned the stage! A video of our performance will be uploaded in youtube soon. I will post the notification here.
We got the most awards. It was indeed a blessing!
1) Best Bassist - Joset Zamora
2) Best Vocalist/s - Bon Padayhag, Macky Alger
3) Best Drummer - Daryll De Leon
4) 2nd Place - Junkyard
Congratulations to the winners as well. You did great! Thank you Dream Radio RX 93.1!
[Resolution]
No gigs before graduation day. Now it’s time to get the Reiser4 File System Driver for Windoze XP done. Yeah, that’s our thesis. God bless us all.
RX Band Breakout will be on October 9, 2006. It is going to be a tough competition though. Most competing bands are extremely good! So acting like a duck on stage would surely drive you down. We want to burn on stage and fire them up with our solos.
Sad thing is that, I do not have enough time for practice so I searched for bass solo stuffs. I found a lot of cool Brazilian scales incorporated in a bass solo and all that. Which also lead me to rank bassists who happened to be my influences. I wish could play well like them. Here’s my ranking.
1) Victor Wooten - Versatile
2) Bill Dickens - Versatile
3) John Myung (Dream Theatre) - Progressive Rock
4) Romel (Barbie’s Cradle, Freestyle) - Progressive Folk
5) - name - (P.O.T.) - Funk Rock
6) Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - Funk Rock
7) Nathan (Rivermaya, Kapatid, Bamboo) - Rock
8) - name - (Wolfgang) - Rock
9) - name - (Razorback) - Rock
10) Stuart Ham - Jazz
For as long as we’ll be able to burn the stage, it doesn’t really matter whether we’ll bring home the trophy or not.
By the way, thanks to Kamikazee and APO Hiking Society! We’ll be playing one of your songs, Doobidoo. I’m really excited about this!
I hope the weather as well as the power lines would cooperate on that day.
Cheers.
First of all, thank you God for giving me the gift of life and the countless blessings. Many thanks to Ma’am Yolynne Medina for choosing me as a speaker. I am so grateful. As well as RJ Ian Sevilla, thanks man! You did a great job! For the audience, muchas gracias for fighting boredom during my presentation.
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We left Zamboanga City around 0700H aboard on a fastcraft. It’s a fast craft! I did not take any anti-vertigo tabs. It’s not Rialto anyway. We took the last trip around 1730H on our way back. I will never forget this event. My first time to step on Isabela City, Basilan, will never be an ordinary day for me.
So dad bought a new air-soft rifle. Weeee! Now I have two in my room. The new one can adapt a .22 caliber bullet with an improvised hammer. Its recoil kicks a little stronger than when fired with air. Now even if I will ran out of C02 gas tanks it will not stop the fun. Its far and near sights were calibrated perfectly. Unlike my 15-year old air-soft gun whose (0,0) sight lands at six o’ clock.
I can still remember way back then, I was five years old when I had my primary hobbies, hunting, fishing, and shooting-range. Today, we went to Sinubung, a semi-dangerous place located in the far west coast of Zamboanga City and is known for its shore having huge waves and numerous sea urchins. We have gone fishing. It was fun riding my grandfather’s motor-operated vinta again though I am deeply saddened with what had happened today. The last time I set foot on that vinta was 15 years ago. I can still remember my grandfather pulling the nylon with a huge squid hooked up. Of course, the squid fired up a black tint. Because of that black tint, and the times when I threw up while riding the vinta, I have something now which I call memories worth remembering.
Awhile ago, we did the same but no squid and from what I have observed fishes are already scarce! We spent almost three hours, changing position from time to time on the sea. I was the one throwing and pulling the anchor everytime we shift locations but damn no fishes!
A very nice experience. The prize for the experience? Well, a swollen left foot, 5 thorns pierced from black sea urchins. It’s not a big deal though. The prize does not outweigh the experience. Waves were really strong awhile ago. I was a little nervous.
The truth is, I am sad today. It could be that I’ve lost someone very special.
Red Horse Muziklaban is fast approaching. Tomorrow will be the qualification or shall I say audition. One composition down. I am still trying to come up with a nice riff for the adlib. Hoping to impress the judges tomorrow.
[Programming]
I am just messing up with DOS Assembly. I started out programming in 32-bit protected mode, now broadening my knowledge by diving into 16-bit real mode. I have nothing new these days, just reviewing C++.
Signing off through a quote by Albert Einstein
“Information is not knowledge.”
Today is the second day of the Senior Summer Trainings 2006. Yesterday, we have started off MySQL running on Ubuntu. We did just simple exercises but very worth-doing even if I had previous experiences with the subject.
To Ma’am Flisha Fernandez, thanks a lot. The Ateneo Spirit of Magis has a way of rewarding people like you.
[Kernel]
Please welcome “The Instrument of Doom” linux-2.6.14-kee-innovative with nVidia support. I have purchased a second-hand graphics card (GeForce FX 5700 256mb 128bit) from a friend. Good to go!
[Gig]
I hope the training will end up earlier than the usual time. I have to warm up for the gig tonight at Park 88.
Junior year’s over. New daily schedule has emerged. In a day there must be at least 2 hours of bass exercises which include music bass theory, scales, funky bass lines, and jamming sessions. 6 hours of programming (right after this sissy FoxPro RDBMS project). In weekends, there must be at least 2 jamming sessions with my band for compositions and reviews. Play at different bars at night, for pleasure and income. My top priority for this summer break is to code some modules for our final project ahead. Of course, schedule is subject to change due to unpredictable and uncontrollable forces such as heavy household chores, family affairs, family business, or anything that concerns morality.
It is indeed true that my passion for guns already existed long before I came to this chaotic world. Guns are the most outstanding weaponry ever in the history of man. Let me give you some facts about my preferred gun as of the moment.
Avtomat Kalashnikov 47 (AK-47)
Country: Soviet Union/Russian Federation
Type: Assault Rifle
Inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov
Year of design: 1947
Service duration: 1951-Present
Cartridge: 7.62 mm X 39
Action: Gas-Operated rotating bolt
Rate of fire: 600 rpm
Muzzle velocity: 710 m/s
Effective rage: 300 m
Weight: 4.3 kg (unloaded)
Length: 870 mm
Barrel: 415 mm
Magazine Cap.: 30
Viewing sights: Adjustable iron sights, optional mount required for optical scope
Variants: AK-47, AKS, AKM, AKMS, AK-74, AK-101, AK-103
Number built: More than 1 million excluding unlicensed (paltik)
Do not confuse yourself with its figure since it resembles a Dragunov sniper rifle when mounted with an optical scope.
On the 25th of November 2005, Parokya ni Edgar, Bamboo, Joey Ayala and Noel Cabangon will be performing live at the Zamboanga City Sports Complex. It will be another big event for us all. Junkyard will be performing too. My bass guitar must serve a purpose of the mirror starting today.
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