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On This Day...

• 2011: Learning from CSS tweaking — My current project is so different from the others I’ve worked on. Instead of building logic, I’m doing front-end HTML/CSS/Javascript, [...]
• 2010: Thinking about time tracking — One of the insights I liked from “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” was on getting more out of [...]
• 2009: I write because I cannot waste time — Writing is not a luxury for me. I do not find time for it. I do not make time for [...]
• 2008: Not personal enough — It took me a while to write to the bottom of that one, to break through the confusion and anger [...]
• 2008: Two screens without rebooting, with xrandr — Dual screens can improve your productivity by up to 50%. It’s one of the reasons why I like working at [...]
• 2007: More writing is possible — 2And hey, stuff like this gives me hope and something to stretch for. =) Is 5,000 words per day Possible? « [...]
• 2007: If you throw enough pots — 2It’s important to make room in your life for randomness. New ideas come from serendipitous juxtapositions. That’s why I have [...]
• 2007: Writing progress — 2For the chapter on task management, I have 10,715 words or 38 pages of raw text that still need be [...]
• 2007: Awesome articles on leadership — David Singer, one of my IBM mentors, blogged a great link to a site just full of good articles, podcasts, [...]
• 2007: Clocking Time with Emacs Org — 2Many professionals bill clients for their time. Even if you don’t, keeping track of the time you actually spend on [...]
• 2007: Oh no! Version dependencies… — 2I really want to share my code for reviewing Org timeclock entries for each date. However, it depends on functionality [...]
• 2007: Procrastination — Okay, no more procrastinating. I just spent the last couple of hours working on my finances. My ledger now shows all [...]
• 2007: 5 ways to deal with writer’s block — Oh no! I’m stuck in the doldrums. My dad said that the difference between an amateur and a professional is that a [...]
• 2006: Waking up — Day five of waking up before 7:30. I’m starting to like this. Waking up early means I have lots of time [...]
• 2004: February in review — - 2/4: Wrote “A Fairy Tale”. Many repercussions. - 2/10: My students found this exchange hilarious. Continued here. - 2/15: planner-rss.el; yay! - [...]
• 2004: January in review — - 1/1: I kept one resolution: to chat with friends often. - 1/4: Dominique had a run-in with Neko. He was [...]
• 2004: Snow picture — Me in the snow From yesterday, 2004.12.29
• 2004: Open Source Speaks Your Language — (title needs tweaking) English is the language of education, business and government in the Philippines, but many people are not as fluent [...]
• 2004: Surrounding myself with ideas — If I had my own house, I’d scribble on its walls. Perhaps the walls will be made of glass backed by [...]
• 2004: Interview: Chris G. Haravata — Asia Pacific College is one of the best examples of Linux education in the Philippines and a favorite venue for Linux- and [...]
• 2003: TLA migration to 04 archive — cd ~/notebook/emacs/emacs-wiki/ tla register-archive sacha@free.net.ph--main ~/notebook/arch/ tla my-default-archive sacha@free.net.ph--main tla make-archive -l sacha@free.net.ph tla tag sacha@free.net.ph--03/emacs-wiki--sacha--1.0 emacs-wiki--sacha--1.0 tla cacherev Here I use -l to make sure [...]
• 2003: Four variations on sukiyaki beef — Impressions: - Sweetly brown sukiyaki broth - Soft, bland, a childhood memory: tofu - A faint buzzing in my head: the sake in [...]
• 2003: Took the MBTI again – still an INTJ — http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp Your Type is INTJ Strength of the preferences % Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging 11 78 11 11 - slightly expressed introvert - very expressed intuitive personality - slightly expressed thinking personality - slightly [...]
• 2003: Dominique’s moblog — Dominique looks like he’s having tons of fun with his moblog. Envy! Nice to have quick pictures like that.
• 2003: ANSI manipulation in Perl — You can go to specified (x,y) positions, clear the screen, and output colors by using modules from CPAN. Under Windows, you [...]
• 2003: Unanswered mail hack — I’m having a hard time keeping track of mail I’ve already answered. To better keep track of my mail, I think [...]
• 2003: Smarter indexing — Check out ../emacs/emacs-wiki/planner-experimental.el‘s advice for emacs-wiki-generate-index and the new function planner-generate-index for smarter indexing of day pages. To see the results, check [...]
• 2003: Stuff for Kathy — Making of a Flight Attendant 10,000 23-27 Feb 2004 20% of the course should be paid 3 working days before the [...]
• 2003: Get-together yesterday — Impressions: - The sharp staccato clacks of stiletto boots on polished tile - The animated chatter of friends long not met - The [...]
• 2002: Rant — I’m here in Legaspi, so far from Makati and from everyone else I know. Got dragged off by my parents. [...]