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On This Day...

• 2013: Disabling touch on Windows 8 on a Lenovo X220 tablet — I often draw with my stylus in tablet mode. Palm detection doesn’t work particularly well, so I prefer to disable [...]
• 2012: What to do when you have a hard time listening to lectures: adapting as a visual learner — J- is taking Red Cross lifeguard lessons. She told us that she sometimes has a hard time understanding and remembering [...]
• 2011: A story of pi — A trivia question related to pi and my teammate’s subsequent recitation of pi to ten digits reminded me of this [...]
• 2011: Lotusphere 2011 wrap-up — This was my first Lotusphere, and it was a blast. Lotus has such an active, passionate, experienced community around [...]
• 2010: Monthly highlights: January 2010 — What a great start to the year! A vacation to Siargao gave me a chance to get to know my [...]
• 2009: Conversations about networking; scale, structure, and skills — I had tea/hot chocolate with Ida Shessel at Linuxcaffe last Monday. She had come across me through a Google alert [...]
• 2006: Banking arghs — I went all the way up to Yonge and Eglinton only to discover that I’d left the form I needed. SIGH. [...]
• 2005: Adventures with Ruby — This is my second day of Ruby, a programming language that is rather popular in Japan. I’m in love. It’s now [...]
• 2005: ri-mode bug when there is no current word — I replaced the stock implementation of ruby-default-ri-entry with the following code so that I could use it even if I didn’t [...]
• 2005: Upgrade yourself! =) — Creating Passionate Users is a great blog just full of insights. The latest gem is about upgrading users. Right, that’s you. (If [...]
• 2005: NEW YEAR’S CAT — 687 words Linlin couldn’t wait for the fireworks to start. While her parents watched the New Year’s special on TV, Linlin sat [...]
• 2004: SIGGRAPH — Introductions - Father Rene Javellana, director of Fine Arts program in Ateneo - Richi Lerma - Glen from the office of international programs - [...]
• 2004: New story: A Fairy Tale — I forced myself to write today (last night?), and here is the result: A Fairy Tale. Like many things, this story [...]