now if i had the time, what would i do. hmmm… i would take that long overdue boxing sessions that i so much wanted, so i can jab away my flabs. i would also want to go to china to get my boxes of stuff back to the philipppines. then i would schedule my time to go surfing at last! spend some quiet time at the beach listening to the waves lapping the shores. just being still and lost in my own thoughts. no laptops, no tickets, no service request and no databases…

ngiii! ang mahal! at maraming nagsasabi na di makatarungan. oh well, you pay the price for being “IN”. kaya ako, OUT na lang. i’m so much happier sa HTC Tytn II ko. at di magpapakandarapa sa pagbili ng iPhone 3g. pero kung afford nyo, larga! bili! kaskas sa creditcard! =)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\USB\FunctionDrivers\RND IS]
Name of the Value to add: MTU

Type : DWORD Data: 1514 (Value is Decimal)

*Registry Sub Key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\USB\FunctionDrivers\RND IS]
Name of the Value to add: MaxOutTransfer

Type: DWORD Data: 1642 (Value is Decimal)

Just do a soft reset of the pocket pc. afterwhich, connect to the  pocket pc to your laptop and you should be able to connect without any issues.

Write, for instance: “The night is full of stars,
and the stars, blue, shiver in the distance.”

The night wind whirls in the sky and sings.

I can write the saddest poem of all tonight.
I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.

On nights like this, I held her in my arms.
I kissed her so many times under the infinite sky.

She loved me, sometimes I loved her.
How could I not have loved her large, still eyes?

I can write the saddest poem of all tonight.
To think I don’t have her. To feel that I’ve lost her.

To hear the immense night, more immense without her.
And the poem falls to the soul as dew to grass.

What does it matter that my love couldn’t keep her.
The night is full of stars and she is not with me.

That’s all. Far away, someone sings. Far away.
My soul is lost without her.

As if to bring her near, my eyes search for her.
My heart searches for her and she is not with me.

The same night that whitens the same trees.
We, we who were, we are the same no longer.

I no longer love her, true, but how much I loved her.
My voice searched the wind to touch her ear.

Someone else’s. She will be someone else’s. As she once
belonged to my kisses.
Her voice, her light body. Her infinite eyes.

I no longer love her, true, but perhaps I love her.
Love is so short and oblivion so long.

Because on nights like this I held her in my arms,
my soul is lost without her.

FOR PREPAID:

• NO installation fee.
• Includes 1 Visibility USB Modem and 1 SIM.
• Free P30 load good for 6 internet sessions (1 session = 15 minutes) equivalent to 1.5 hours of continuous internet time.
• Mobile internet access connections available include GPRS, EDGE, 3G, and HSDPA. Free hours are applicable to browsing within the Philippines only.
• Mobile Internet rate in excess of the free hours is charged at P5 for 15 minutes.
• SIM is Call, Text, Value-Added Service and charged based on standard Prepaid rates.
• Can be reloaded at all Globe Business Centers and Autoload Max Retailers or using Share-A-Load or GCash.

FOR POSTPAID:

• 1-time installation fee of P1,000 applies to all availments (whether line only or with device).
• Availment of line only includes 1 SIM and lock-up is 12 mos. Availment of line with free device includes a 24-month lock-up period. Device is free on all Visibility Plans.
• Mobile internet access connections available include GPRS, EDGE, 3G, and HSDPA. Free hours are applicable to browsing within the Philippines only.
• Mobile Internet rate in excess of the free hours is charged at P0.50 per minute.
• WIZ Wi-Fi rate in excess of free hours is charged at P2 per minute.
• Roaming feature is pre-activated and charged on top of the MSF.
• SIM is Call, Text, Value-Added Service and Roaming activated and charged on top at the following rates:

Local Call Globe-to-Globe:	P6.00/min
Local Call Globe to Non-Globe	P7.50/min
Local Video Call Globe-to-Globe:	P6.00/min
Internation Call	$0.40/min
Internation Video Call	$0.40/min
Text/SMS	P1.00 per text
VAS (non-browsing content ex. Ringtone, Wallpaper)	Standard rates

Roaming follows the partner telecom’s browsing rate. Please call 211 before leaving the country to check the rates.

1. PIM Backup - a freeware utility for backing up your contacts, calendar, SMS and custom files. Theoretically works on all PPCs. but I have tested this to work on the Tytn II and Hermes.
2. WM6 Threaded SMS - ported by Shogun from the WM-based Treos. one of the best chat style sms application.
3. Pocket Informant 8 - full featured PIM application that replaces the default calendar/task/contacts manager of your pocket PCs.
4. Sprite Mobile Backup - application to backup and restore your Tytn II from the SD card. No PC required
5. Cash Organizer 2008 - nifty application if you are, like me, conscious of monitoring your expenses.
6. Codewallet Pro 6.62 - application to save all your passwords
7. Megasoft Clock - nifty clock application that includes information such as sunrise, sunset time, and multiple alarms
8. enAlarm PPC - a alarm application where you can set N-numbers of alarms and choose x-numbers of mp3 files as alarm tones.
9. Mp3 trimmer - trims MP3 from within the pocket PC. no desktops needed. very handy when you come across mp3s that you want to set as ringtones but only parts of it (i.e., chorus only ringtones, etc.)
10. SKTools 5 - application to tweak your Tytn II/Kaiser
11. Resco Explorer - full featured pocket pc explorer (much like windows explorer)
12. Field Test - works like Nokia’s network monitor
13. Group SMS - for group SMS.
14. HSDPA Switch - turns on/off HSDPA capability of your phone (network dependent)
15. Memmaid - memory manager. can also tweak your PPCs PIE cache
16. Turbo GPS - one of the best and lightweight GPS application. good for saving waypoints, and checking speed when driving
17. Mapking R12 - the only GPS application that offers a map of the Philippines. Manila area only

Note that some of the applications mentioned above are freeware, the rest are pay-ware or shareware. Credits goes to the maker(s)/developer(s) of the above applications.

You can download the above applications by checking the developer sites at google or by checking this link.

IBM Outsourcing Crash in Denmark
Mette Ahorlu
April 22, 2008

IBM recently experienced what can only be described as a major service breakdown that affected a number of large outsourcing customers in Denmark. The crash was reported in the Danish press and on the www.denmark.dk Web site.

The Crash

A failure in a network switch impacted a number of IBM customers:

• Danske Bank, which has more than 1 million customers in Denmark, Finland, and Northern Ireland, was unable to use credit and debit cards.
• Arla, a Swedish-Danish dairy company, was unable to supply a range of outlets in Denmark.
• Carlsberg, the Danish brewery, was unable to accept orders.
• DSV, a Danish transport group, lost access to most of its fleet.
• Maersk Zealand, the world’s largest container transport company, lost access to some of its core global applications.
• Pharmacies in the Copenhagen area were unable to receive prescriptions from doctors (a mainly electronic process in Denmark).
• Citizens were unable to access Sundhed.dk, Denmark’s official health Web site.
• An unspecified number of Copenhagen Municipality’s 57,000 employees were unable to use their core applications.

The outage lasted for up to 18 hours for some customers.

The Impact

DSV has decided to cancel its outsourcing contract and take operations back in-house, while other companies are considering claiming damages from IBM, according to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The outage raises a number of questions. First, IBM did little to communicate with its customers or with the media, analysts, or the public during the breakdown. IBM claims this was because it does discuss specific customers. This may be the case, but in terms of damage-limitation the company was at best naïve. The breakdown did not just affect a single customer: IBM has a very strong outsourcing position in Denmark, with close to 30% market share, so the impact was wide-ranging.

IDC is surprised that the outage of one component can bring down a large part of a datacenter — and its backup center — for so long. Normally, operations would simply switch to the other center, but in this case that didn’t happen, and guaranteed availability couldn’t be delivered. IBM has some serious work to do in trying to prevent single points of failure in the future.

The question now is how customers should react. Should they conclude that IBM is not good at infrastructure outsourcing or (worse) that infrastructure outsourcing in itself is not safe? Some, like DSV, have already made their decision. On balance, however, IDC believes outsourcing will enable customers to save money and let them concentrate on what they do best. Should enterprises spend more time and money to develop contingency plans? In most cases, this is not a realistic option — and, anyway, it’s the outsourcer’s job to guarantee service continuity. Everyone would like 100% uptime, but this is not realistic, and nor is it economic. Making IT unaffordable is not an option. But neither is paralyzing large swathes of Danish industry. IBM simply cannot afford another crash like this.

The question is not about outsourcing being sufficiently stable. The question is if IT itself is sufficiently stable. Overall, it is. In Denmark, however, IBM appears to have an operational issue that it needs to fix before its reputation is seriously damaged in the Nordics, and maybe beyond. We do not expect the breakdown to trigger a wave of insourcing, but DSV’s decision to cancel its contract will do nothing to help improve IBM’s image.

fresh from the email! HP now launches its counterpart of the popular Asus EEE PC dubbed as HP Mini (or HP Compaq 2133 Mini-Note PC). Priced at under US$500, the laptop’s target are students/teachers whose computing requirements are fairly light (surfing, emailing and documents creation). the specs vary, from typical SATA HDD or the cheaper SSD, with or without webcam and is capable to run Windows Vista. Also, the HP Mini wears an all aluminum casing.

unlike the Asus EEE PC which has a 7″ LCD screen, the HP Mini sports a bigger 8.9″ inch diagonal WXGA screen. EEE PCs only have SSD as their fixed drive while the HP Mini can either have a SATA HDD or a SSD. The weight therefore is dependent of the configuration of the HP Mini PC. You can also choose either 3 cell or 6 cell batteries. CPU wise, Asus EEE PCs sports an Intel CPU while the HP MIni utilizes the VIA C7-M ULV Processor which can go up to 1.6ghz.

Detailed specs below:

HP Compaq 2133 Mini-Note PC
*Operating system Preinstalled Options:
-Genuine Windows Vista Business
-Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic
-FreeDOS
-SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
*Processor: VIA C7®-M ULV Processor (up to 1.6 GHz, 128 KB L2 cache)
*Chipset: VIA CN896NB and 8237S SB
*Memory: DDR2 SDRAM, 667MHz, one SODIMM memory slot, supports up to 2048MB
*Internal Storage: 120/160 GB 5400 rpm SATA, 120/160 GB 7200 rpm SATA, HP 3D DriveGuard;
or 64 GB Solid State Drive; optional 4 GB PATA Flash Module with SuSE Linux
*Display: 8.9-inch diagonal WXGA (1280 x 768)
*Graphics: VIA Chrome 9
*Audio: High Definition Audio, stereos speakers, integrated stereo microphones, stereo headphone/line out, stereo microphone in
*Wireless support: Broadcom 802.11a/b/g, b/g, optional Bluetooth 2.0, HP Wireless Assistant
*Communications: Broadcom Ethernet Integrated Controller (10/100/1000)6
*Expansion slots: (1) ExpressCard/54 slot, Secure Digital (SD) slot
*Ports and connectors: (2) USB 2.0 ports, VGA, power connector, RJ-45/Ethernet, stereo headphone/line out, stereo microphone in, optional VGA webcam
*Input device: 92% full-sized keyboard, touchpad with scroll zone
*Software: HP Backup and Recovery Manager, Roxio Creator 9, Microsoft Office Ready 20078
*Security: Kensington lock, Symantec Norton Internet Security
*Dimensions (h × w × d): 1.05 (at front) x 10.04 x 6.5 in / 33 (at front) x 255 x 165 mm
*Weight: starting at 2.63 lb / 1.19 kg (with 3-cell battery and 4 GB Solid State Drive,
weight will vary by configuration)
*Power: 6-cell (55 WHr) or 3-cell (28 WHr) Lithium-Ion battery, 65W HP Smart AC Adapter, HP Fast Charge7
*Expansion Solutions: Optical drives via External MultiBay II
*Warranty: Limited 1-year and 90-day warranty options available, depending on country,
1-year limited warranty on primary battery

Snippets below from the HP Press Kit

Datasheet can be downloaded here

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To help schools offer affordable computing to every student, HP today introduced a full-function, mini-notebook PC priced starting under $500

Designed for the education market, the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC is flexible enough for students to use from the classroom to the family room.

HP listened to our needs and now is delivering a product designed by education for education, said Chris Sieger, director of information technology for Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia. Teachers and technology are the two most important assets in education. HP’s announcement demonstrates that it understands what schools need from industry.

At slightly more than two and one-half pounds,(2) the HP Mini is smaller and lighter than many math or science books. It includes a suite of wireless,(3) multimedia and security capabilities to allow students to learn everywhere they go from class to home, from field trips to vacations.

Education shouldn’t end at the bell, said Jeri Callaway, vice president and general manager, Personal Systems Group Americas, HP. HP believes providing each student with an affordable, creative multimedia tool like the HP Mini will better prepare them to live, learn and work in an information-rich society.

Business and mobile professionals value the same mobility, usability and cost concerns of the education market. The HP Mini provides mobile professionals a sleek, lightweight device that provides access to information and the ability to collaborate with others as well as to communicate via email, instant messaging or even blogging.

The HP Mini is packed with a combination of features to boost productivity and improve the overall mobile experience, including:

* Simple, refined design and anodized aluminum shell that is sleek and sturdy yet lightweight;
* HP DuraKeys, featuring a clear coating applied over the notebook keyboard that protects the finish and printed letters and characters;
* An HP 3D DriveGuard, which sends a signal to shut down the hard drive upon sudden movement or shock by using a three-axis digital accelerometer chip
* Scratch-resistant display and magnesium hinge bracket
* A large 8.9-inch diagonal WXGA display, user-friendly full keyboard (QWERTY) and touchpad;
* Ability to view video, still-image capture, web conferencing or video-enhanced instant messaging(3) with no additional hardware to buy or carry. An optional(4) integrated VGA webcam enables video and still-image capture to allow the addition of photos and video clips to presentations, documents and email;
* Two battery solutions – three-cell for lightest-weight configurations or optional(4) six-cell for longer battery life;
* Wireless technologies such as integrated Wi-Fi Certified WLAN(3) and optional Bluetooth™, allowing students to access the Internet as well as communicate via email, IM, chat, VOIP and blogging. The wireless technologies also enable connections at hotspots as well as with Bluetooth devices such as printers, mice and headsets; and
* Optional(4) Absolute Software’s Computrace(5) allows IT professionals to work with local law enforcement to track and help recover stolen or missing computers, inventory computers district wide and detect changes in hardware and software.

Additional education initiatives

HP also announced the development of the Teacher Experience Exchange, an online community sponsored by the company and Microsoft to provide educators a one-stop resource to discuss, share and learn with other educators. At the exchange, www.hp.com/go/teacherexperience, teachers also can access tutorials for teaching with technology in the classroom.

To help K-12 teachers effectively integrate new technology in the classroom, HP also plans to provide free, online professional development courses designed to engage students and improve student achievement through the use of technology.

Pricing and availability

The HP 2133 Mini-Note PC starts at $499 and is expected be available later this month

so ano ang bago sa bagong taon? except for the new work. i’ve gotten myself a couple of toys for a couple of days until i let them go again. san ba tayo magsisimula? hmmm… sa SE 1i. it was good at first. pero there was nothing exceptional about it. same old UIQ 3.0 interface. like my previous SE P900 or SE M600i. 3G internet was quite stable. pero para wala lang. di ako naexcite sa kanya. mas gusto ko pa rin yung M600i ko dati. kahit walang camera, the tactile feel of the qwerty keyboard was better. maybe not. maybe its just me. then move on tayo sa Nokia 6300. dito ako amazed sa QVGA screen. ang ganda! and i do mean na maganda! i have never seen a nokia with a screen like that (until i saw my best friends 6120). madali lang i-setup ang internet connection. trouble is, the unit heats up so easily. the battery drains much faster than usual because of the screen. i wouldn’t want to let it go but my dear friend needed a fone so sa kanya napunta… moving on i got a samsung u700 because of its HSDPA capability. twas nice and slim. but it was too slim for me to decently hold it. and with the touch sensitive buttons, i always end up calling people by accident. nakaka ubos ng load. so i ended up trading it for an SE W900i (since i am getting another fone for the office and that i needed the dough anyway). the W900i packs a whopping 470mb of phone memory and a cheap MS Duo memory card slot. audio was excellent as always but i got tired of its size, too thick. add the fact that its not A2DP capable, so i ended up swapping it for a SE W880i. perfect! the phone is thin but not too thin for my hands, working A2DP, 3G capable, a decent battery life. not to mention a good (but not exceptional screen). i think i’m keeping this, along with my softbank x01ht. problem is, pano na pag dumating ang 6500 slide? oh, choices choices!

gotta go peeps! until next chikahan!

thinking back at everything that has happened, i only have on conclusion. that God is still a part of my life, guiding me through all these trying times in my life. even though i’m stupid enough not to go to church as often as i should or pray religiously everyday of my life. He has religiously guided me this year, when i was as lost and depressed and was walking blindly like a zombie. when everything was beyond my comprehension, i cried my heart out, trusted Him, followed Him even though the road was full of thorns and my whole body was raw, bleeding and aching. at the end of everything was full understanding and peace. He knew that the person I was with would just cause me pain in the long run, that there is someone wonderful meant to be for me. and that after all this pain is just pure bliss. at the end of it all, everything turned out all right. and i could not remember the time when i was as happy as i am now.

the road maybe long, winding and painful. but what matters is that at the end of the road is peace.

i wish everybody a merry christmas and a peaceful new year!