Some graphic novels I’ve been/’m reading

So yeah I’ve been loving the city (and state) library since I got here. Admittedly, I haven’t made full use of its potential but I had just moved to a new country and I was a bit busy with other things. Pretty basic and administrative tasks, like getting my shiny new Boost Juice card. Mhmm [...]

What happened to October 2009?

I’m going over my calendar now and I’ve got things color-coded. I’ve got a lot less of the green (work) and pink (school, less days but more full on) in October, more of the yellow (interesting things I do/attend that are not necessarily related to work or school) and black (social) and a bit of [...]

Soon is here

Okay let’s get something clear. When I said ‘back soon’, I meant ‘Gimme a month’. So it’s all good really. I’m even 2 days ahead of schedule.
Soookay, what’s been happening here? Work’s fine, the steady computer job is coming to an end soon. The project deadline is in a week and a half and then [...]

Before Houdiniing

I got this term’s timetable and it’s even better than last one’s! I’ve got 2 days of school per week only and a damn straightforward daily schedule at that. A solid 9 to 5:30pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Which means I can wait on tables after classes on both nights and Sunday evenings. I’ve even [...]

Retooling

Wow I know it’s been a bit over a month since I last wrote but OMFG it’s been a helluva month. So much has happened that I actually had to go over the last few entries to reacquaint my now self to my then self. I feel so changed inside. Hm but then again I [...]

Reschooling

I never enjoyed classes as much as I am right now. Well, the language courses can probably compete. First of all, can I just say that I’m loving the whole NOT WORKING part of being a student? But yes yes I know I should have be part time jobbing by now.
The school is new so [...]

Have a talk with yourself if you think you need one

I just heard this from the NCIS episode I’m watching right now.
If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten
This line is from a scene where a couple that’s just started dating is having a romantic movie at the girl’s place and the girl is wondering why the guy hasn’t tried [...]

The search for the best text editor (for me) continues

I started out with TextEdit, which comes bundled with the mac I bought last year. I never warmed up to it. I don’t like that the default settings is rich text. Each time I want to paste text in, I keep thinking it’ll strip all formatting (like Notepad). But it doesn’t and it took me [...]

Typography tips 1 and 2: em dash and ellipsis

In this first installment of the Typography tips series, we learn two very good things:
1. How to type an actual ellipsis instead of philistinely (I’m sure that’s a word) typing 3 periods in a row. All we need to remember to type is alt + 0133. Apparently this is very important for editors, printers and [...]

Chris is learning PHP #1

I’ve just finished reading part 1 of a 15-part series of PHP tutorials entitled PHP 101: PHP for the Absolute Beginner and this is what I understood:
PHP tags start with <?php and  end with ?>
The rest went over my head.
Oh and I can assign values. And I get to use the $ sign. I’m not sure why [...]