wordle: 3 libras

wordle rocks. try it out. i did. rakenrol.

yey! reunion concert daw! sana walang plastikan!

excited ka ba sa umiikot na balitang magkakaroon ng one-night-only concert ang THE ERASERHEADS sa darating na ika-30 na agosto? ako, hindi masyado.

medyo mixed emotions ako pagdating sa usapang yan. on one hand, op kors natutuwa ako na magkakaroon ng pagkakataon na mapanuod muli ang pinakama-impluwensyang bandang pinoy ng ating henerasyon. dyosko, sino ba naman ang hindi gustong mapanuod sina ely, raims, buddy at marcus. diba? pero, on the other hand, bakit kailangan pang may perang involve para lang mapilit na tumugtog yung apat ng magkakasama? saka wala na bang issues between sa apat?

ang sa akin kasi d'yan, kung gusto nilang tumugtog for the fans, then do it for the fans. bakit kailangang may 10 million pesoses na kailangang maging panulak para matuloy ang event na ito?

unang-una, positibo na ba ang na "bati-bati" na yung apat? no hard feelings na ba since nung masalimuot nilang break-up years ago? nakapag-move on na ba sila sa kung anong mang issue na bumalot sa kanila at naging sanhi ng galit-galit mode para sabihin ni ely noon na "graduation time na"?

kasi kung hindi, eh di parang plastikan lang ito. sa tingin ko naman eh mapapansin sa kanilang tugtugan kung meron mang animosity between them, diba? at paano magiging masaya ang gabing yun kung ganun ang mangyayari? at kung ganun man, what's the fucking point of playing together kung hindi pa rin sila okay? i don't fucking get it.

pangalawa, talagang pera-pera na lang ba ang usapan? noong binabasa ko ang mga articles na related sa event na ito, wala akong ni isang nabasa na kaya nila gustong gawin itong event na ito eh dahil sa gusto nilang tumugtog ulit together. at sa mga articles na ito, talagang pointed out na nag-offer itong isang company ng malaking halaga para ma-convince sila na tumugtog. huwatdafak?!

kasi, kung ganun nga, na pera na lang ang dahilan, sobrang nakakalungkot. kasi hindi na ito ang eraserheads na hinangaan ko noon. hindi na ito yung eraserheads na tumutugtog para sa mga fans (Para sa Masa, anyone?). kung ganun na nga, eh isang exibition gig lang ito nina ely buendia (ng Pupil), buddy zabala (ng The Dawn), raimund marasigan (ng Sandwich) at marcus adoro (ng Marcus Highway).. at hindi ng eraseheads. kung ganun man, sobrang nakakalungkot yun.

sana sabihin na lang nila na bonus na lang yung offers ng malboro at talagang gusto nilang tumugtog ulit as a band as a way para matapos na ang mga issue between them at para tumugtog ulit para sa mga fans na i know eh talagang sobrang gusto silang mapanuod ulit as a group. sana ganun.

sa darating na august 30, 2008 hindi ko alam kung nandun ba ako sa CCP grounds at nanunuod ng tugtugan na iyon o nasa bahay at nanunuod ng 2008 olympics.

oh well..

vacation's over.. back to the real time.

at kanina ay natapos ang pitong araw na training ko (with miss shelley baby) sa orange & bronze software labs para sa Spring Framework at Hibernate technologies..

sa pitong araw na iyon, masasabi ko na marami naman akong natutunan pagdating sa mga technologies na itinuro nina sir butch at jm. i mean dapat lang, nagbayad ang company na pinagtatrabahuhan ko para matutunan ang lahat ng pwede kong matutunan sa training na iyon. at masaya naman ako na natapos ang nasabing training nang nadagdagan ang aking kaalaman pagdating sa java software development, hindi lang kung papaano gamitin ang Spring at Hibernate sa mga upcoming projects na mahahawakan ko, pero pati mga best practices sa larangan ng software development, na sa tingin ko ay mas importante.

sa length ng training program na iyon, aside from the main topics na pinag-uusapan, may mga lilitaw na mga side topics tungkol sa software development in general. mga common mistakes, mga norms in programming, best practices in testing business logic. mga ganun. at iyon ang mga pagkakataon na talagang ako ay napapatigil sa kung anong ginagawa ko sa laptop ko (aside from writing code) dahil alam ko na may mapupulot akong little gems sa mga conversations na iyon.

at iyon ang talagang mami-miss ko sa buong stay ko sa orange & bronze.

sa bawat araw na pupunta ako sa office nila para sa training, naiisip ko na ganun ang gusto kong working environment na pagtrabahuhan. ganun kasi ung environment kung saan eh priority ang development at improvement ng skills mo. nakikita ko kasi sa kanila na hindi lang dapat marunong kang mag-program, dapat maging MAGALING ka sa pagsusulat ng programs mo.

ako kase, gusto kong maging isang magaling na software programmer. at ang isa sa pinakamabilis na paraan para matuto ka at gumaling sa craft mo ay makihalubilo sa mga taong magagaling din at matuto sa kanila. at yung mga taong nandun sa o&b ay ilan sa pinakamagagaling na nakilala ko, so far. (at iyon din ang dahilan kung bakit gustong-gusto ko na makasama sa java faculty program nung company na pinapasukan ko ngayon.)

yung mga ilang nakakakilala sa akin, sinasabi nila minsan na ang galing ko daw pagdating sa programming. dyosko! eh kakainin ako ng buhay pagdating sa programming ng ilang mga taong kilala ko.. kasama na dun sina sir butch at jm ng o&b.

pero wala akong balak na umalis sa pinapasukan ko ngayon. mas gusto ko pa ngang mag-stay ngayon. dahil ang gusto kong mangyari ay maidala ko ang mga natutunan ko from o&b sa style ng software development sa pinapasukan ko. tulad ng importansya ng test-driven design, gawing self-documenting ang sinusulat na codes, code reviews sa mga ginawa within a project, at marami pang iba. gusto ko na maging magaling din ang sistema ng software development dun sa amin. sana talaga mangyari iyon.

hindi ko alam kung makikita ko pa ulit ang mga henyo sa programming na nakilala ko doon sa o&b, pero ang mga natutunan ko mula sa kanila eh hindi na mawawala sa akin. for sure. naks!

salamat ng marami sir butch at henyong jm!

pc units for sale!

okay, so we used to run a computer shop near our place, but due to various reasons (social, religious, financial and whatnot), we decided to close the shop. we've been trying to look for another place where we could setup our shop, but unfortunately, we can't find one that suits our needs (and budget). SO.. we have finally decided to sell off our PC units and move on..

i have 10 units that have only been used from the months of october 2007 to january 2008 (except for the monitor which is older), which have the following specifications:

CPU - Sempron 3200+ Socket AM2
Motherboard - ECS 6100SM (nForce Chipset w/ built-in GeForce 6100 video card)
RAM - 1Gb DDR2 667
HardDisk - 80Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200 (some are in SATA interface)
Monitor - 17" AOC CRT (Black)

- everything encapsulated in a Micro-ATX casing (with 300Watts PSU)

additionals:
- keyboard
- mouse
- CPU Box (includes the AMD sticker and warranty specifications)
- motherboard box (includes cables, device driver CDs, motherboard manual)

PRICE: 8000.00 PHP

here is a sample pic:

also, i have 4 other units which are a bit older (part of the first batch of units we have acquired when we started the shop) with the following specs:

CPU - Athlon XP 2400+
Motherboard - various vendors
RAM - 1Gb DDR
HardDisk - 80Gb Seagate IDE
Video Card - Nvidia MX440
Monitor - 17" AOC CRT (Black)
w/ LAN Card
ATX Casing with 300watts PSU

PRICE: 5000.00 PHP

also, i'm selling the Linksys BEFSR41 4-port DSL Router (1200.00 PHP) and the Linksys SD216 16-port Switch (2500.00 PHP) that we have. i guess i don't have any need for those anymore..

just give send me messages here if you are interested or have any questions.

who will watch the watchmen?

kanina, habang nag-aantay na maibigay sa amin ang machine problem na kailangang gawin para sa Spring-Hibernate training, ako ay naglilibot-libot sa rottentomatoes at aking nakita ang isang news update na talaga namang nanlaki ang mga mata ko ng makita ko..

a link to the teaser trailer of the upcoming Watchmen movie.

THE WATCHMEN.

by allan fucking moore and dave gibbons. the ONLY graphic novel that won the Hugo Award. the fucking graphic novel that transcended the comics medium and showed the world that comic books CAN BE more than just "funny books". the fucking graphic novel that everybody thought was deemed impossible to translate to the big screen.

yes people, THE WATCHMEN movie has now a teaser trailer. and it is FUCKING AWESOME! i almost shit on my pants after watching it the first time. i have seen it almost ten times today, honestly i lost count. i can't get enough of it. i even have it on my ipod so that i can view it anytime i want now.

wanna see a sample screen shot?


yes, THAT is (or are?) dr. manhattan for you people. exactly how i wish he would look like if the movie comes out. goddamn, 2009 can't arrive fast enough.

for the teaser trailer, click here.

reason why - rachael yamagata

ako, well, i'm such a sucker for break up songs.. i mean, really really good break up songs. like yung "simple together" ni alanis or "the fight is over" ng urbandub or kahit ung "burn" ni usher. those are really good break up songs.. and i love 'em! haha!

so eneweis, i've been listening to rachael yamagata's album, Happenstance (which i really do think that you guys should give yourselves a favor and listen to it), again this past few days and there is this song that i really, i really like from that album. and yes, it is a break up song..

so para ma-share ko naman sa inyo ang sample ng kagandahan ng album na iyon, ito po at aking inupload dito. listen away..


reason why - rachael yamagata

i think about how it might have been
we'd spend out days travelin'
it's not that I don't understand you
it's not that I don't want to be with you
but you only wanted me
the way you wanted me

so, i will head out alone, hope for the best
and we hang our heads down
as we skip the goodbyes
and you can tell the world what you want them to hear
i've got nothing left to lose, my dear
so, i'm up for the little white lies
but you and i know the reason why
i'm gone, and you're still there
i'm gone, and you're still there
i'm gone, and you're still there

i'll buy a magazine searching for your face
from coast to coast, or where ever i find my place
i'll track you on the radio, and
i'll find your list in a different name
but as close as i get to you
it's not the same

so, i will head out alone, hope for the best
we can pat ourselves on the back
as say that we tried
and if one of us makes it big
we can spill our regrets
and talk about how the love never dies
but you and i know the reason why
i'm gone, you're still there
i'm gone, you're still there
i'm gone, and you're still there

so, steal the show, and do your best
to cover the tracks that i have left
i wish you well and hope you find
whatever you're looking for
the way i might've changed my mind,
but you only showed me the door

so, i will head out alone, hope for the best
we can pat ourselves on the back
and say that we tried
and if one of us makes it big
we can spill our regrets
and talk about how the love never dies
but you and i
you and i
you and i know the reason why.

Your Personality Type: The Groundbreaking Thinker

Your Personality Type: The Groundbreaking Thinker

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so ayun, ang aking personality daw eh "groundbreaking thinker". naks! haha!

although feeling ko eh masyadong konti yung mga questions to really define one's personality, may mga traits na talagang nakuha nila ng tama dito para sa akin. some of them are:

* Groundbreaking Thinkers tackle changes consistently with their optimism and firm belief in their own abilities; they are always on the look-out for improvement possibilities.

* They love to astound others with bold ideas for an original, new project and then leave it up to the others to implement them.

* Their sociability and enterprise ensure that Groundbreaking Thinkers always have a large circle of friends and acquaintances in which activity plays an important role.

* For the partner, it is often a challenge to have a long-term relationship with a Groundbreaking Thinker. Groundbreaking Thinkers need a lot of space and diversity or otherwise they become bored and feel cramped.

at ito ang aking sobrang nagustuhan dahil saktong-sakto:

* Hierarchies, rules and regulations arouse their opposition and they love outsmarting the system.

hehe... nice. :)

insignias & enigma: sa wakas!

simula ng marinig ko ang tugtugan ng bandang Neruda sa kanilang myspace site, inantay kong talaga na magkaroon ng kopya ng kanilang album. inantay ko ang mga buwan at sinubukang isa-isahin ang mga record bars sa mga mall na mapupuntahan ko para lang hanapin ang kanilang album. sinubukan ko na ring mag-email noon sa isa sa miyembro ng banda upang magtanong kung saan bang record bar ko pwedeng mabili ang kanilang album (dahil wala akong makuhang oras na sumunod sa mga gig nila at doon bumili ng album), pero ng subukan kong puntahan ang sinabing record bar, alaws pa rin.

pero kaninag umaga, pagbukas ko ng aking friendster account, nakita ko na merong bulletin post ang friendster account ng bandang Neruda. sabi doon na maari ng idownload (for free!) ang kanilang album sa site na binigay doon. nanlaki ang mga mata ko at dali-daling nag-type ng URL sa aking firefox3 browser at hinanap ang links para sa album download ng Insignias & Enigma na album.

at ayun na nga, after some minutes, meron na akong digital copy ng album (na kasama sa wish list ko noong nakaraang disyembre pa). happy day.

naalala ko tuloy yung unang beses na napanuod ko sila ng live, sa freedom bar yun, kasama ko ung banda ng tropa ko na tumugtog din noong gabing yun. naalala ko na bago tumugtog ung Neruda eh ung Kiko Machina pa muna. todo hiyawan kaming mga nanunuod sa kwelang tugtugan ng Kiko Machine. pero noong tumutugtog na ung Neruda, napatahimik ako. napabilib ako sa klase ng tugtugan nilang ang description sa kanilang site eh "experimental rock" daw. kapag pinakinggan mo ang kanta nila, maririnig mo ang influences ng progressive rock (mala-Coheed & Cambria), post-hardcore, industrial. galeng nila. pramis.

pero sana, makahanap pa rin ako ng kopya ng CD nila. hehe..

note:
para sa site kung saan pwedeng madownload ang kanilang album, pindutin lamang ang link na ito.

numanakaw ng oras sa opisina.. update muna!

ayun na nga, tentay, sorry naman po.. sobrang busy lang talaga sa work. hehe. :)

ngayon kasing week na ito, binigyan ko ang sarili ko ng schedule na mag-OT sa office ng until 9:15 (ayun kse ang alis ng huling shuttle from our building papuntang gate), hanggang biyernes ganito ang uwi ko. mayroon kasi akong dapat matapos na workload nitong linggo na ito, para ito sa isa pang project kung saan ako ang team lead, at sa darating na lunes, ika-14 ng hulyo ay kailangang mai-present sa aming boss ang mga hiningi nyang changes sa system na soooobrang tagal na ginagawa. no choice, big boss na ang nagbigay ng ultimatum.

kaya ayun, kapag dumarating na ako sa bahay galing office, sobrang pagod na. mentally at physically exhausted. mag-tutbras at mag-hilamos na lang ang nagagawa ko, derecho tulog na agad. kaya ayun, hindi na rin ako makapag-update nitong blog na ito. (ngayon nga eh nasa office ako, numanakaw lang ng oras para makapag-update. hehe.)

next week, for sure eh makakabawi ako, nasa training kasi ako sa makati noon, at laging maaga akong makakauwi. may oras ng makapag-update at makapag-kwento. medyo excited na nga ako para sa training na iyon ng Spring Framework at Hibernate (geek talk.. alert), sana marami akong matutunang bago at ma-validate ko yung mga alam ko na. mahirap na, baka yung alam ko eh hindi naman pala yung mga best practices para sa technologies na iyon. saka pampaganda sa resume iyon. hehe.

so ayun.. wala munang makabuluhang updates sa mga darating na araw, pasensya talaga.. except kung gusto nyo na ikwento ko ang mga codes na isinusulat ko sa mga modules na naka-assign sa akin. haha! eneweis..

pagkatapos ng tatlong araw, siya'y nabuhay namagmuli..

holy syet! tatlong araw na walang post?! anong nangyari sayo?!!

hehe.. ang totoo po niyan eh naging busy lang. minsan, ang hirap lang talaga ng andaming dapat gawin o naka-planong gawin na sobrang mauubusan lang talaga ng oras. ganun pala talaga..

noong biyernes, naka-plano kami ng tropa na manuod ng pelikula. gusto nilang panuorin ung Wanted (although napanuod ko na yun at meron pa nga akong rebyu nun dito) at gusto nila magkaroon ng oras na makapag-bonding dahil si kaibigang jons ay nag-resign na at malapit na ang kanyang last day at itong si kaibigang ains naman eh papuntang spain sa july 25. so kailangan talaga namin ng pagkakataon na makapag-bonding. kaso ang nangyari eh absent si jons at ains, kaming dalawa na lang ni kaibigang lars ang naiwan. eh gusto talaga niya manuod, so ayun, we end up watching sa shangri-la. eh late na natapos at naulan pa, paguwi ko sa bahay, plakda. tulog. at wala ng pagkakataon na makapag-blog pa.

noong sabado, ayun the usual, kulitan with my peborit pamangkin na si gwen noong umaga. sinusulit ko ang mga pagkakataon na makipaglaro kay pamangkin kasi "bati" kami ngayon. noong mga nakaraang buwan eh hindi ako pinapansin nito. hindi raw nya ako loves. kamusta naman yun, diba? pero ngayon loves na nya ako, maraming-marami daw. hahahaha! buti na lang ako eh loves ko sya lagi.

noong hapon ng sabado eh nakipagkita ako kay miss aby manuel dahil meron akong surprise gift sa kanya (bertdey kasi nya noong july 3. happy birthday ulit bing! haha!). ayun, we had our usual "talk over coffee" sessions, pero this time eh naging "talk over ice cream". natuwa naman ako at nagustuhan niyang talaga ang gift ko sa kanya na medyo nahirapan akong hanapin. surprisingly eh nakita rin namin ang aming long lost friend na si thesis partner jet ravago. sobrang nakakatuwa na makita ang batang yun. ang aking buddy nung college days, ang aking ka-wavelength, ang aking dating padawan learner na ngayon ay isang ganap ng jedi knight.

at kahapon eh rest day ko. natulog lang ako magdamag, gumising ng alos dose ng tanghali, nakipaglaro kay gwen, binisita ang ginagawang kwarto sa third floor namin (excited na akong matapos ang aking bagong kwarto! bwahahahah!), at pagdating ng hapon eh ako'y tumungo sa pinakamalapit na david's salon at aking pina-trim ang buhok ko na feeling ko eh napapansin na ng aking boss at kailangan ko na talagang pabawasan.

nanuod rin ako ng ilang movies kinagabihan. ganda pala talaga nung Pan's Labyrinth. ibang klase talaga ang style ni guillermo del toro. na-excite tuloy ako para sa Hellboy II. pinanuod ko rin ung Batman: Gotham Knight na isang collection ng animated shorts na filler between sa movies Batman Begins at yung darating na The Dark Knight. para siyang yung Animatrix na lumabas noon bago dumating ung Matrix: Reloaded. parang ganun. ganda nung collection kailangang makabili ako ng original nun (downloaded ko lang kasi sa mininova. hehe).

saya ng weekend ko no? hindi? okay, sabi mo eh. eneweis, basta ako eh enjoy nitong nakaraan weekend ko. sana laging ganun. haha! kaso yun lang, kung laging ganun eh malamang wala akong post dito every weekend. ganun lang.

teka nakailang araw ba ako na sunod-sunod na may post? parang ang konti lang. hay.. oh well. masubukan na lang ulit. aja!

totoo ang global warming.. tayo nang tumulong sa pagbabago! :)

Here is a list of 50 simple things that everyone can do in order to fight against and reduce the Global Warming phenomenon: some of these ideas are at no cost, some other require a little effort or investment but can help you save a lot of money, in the middle-long term!

1. Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl). CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb. This simple switch will save about 300 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

2. Install a programmable thermostat. Programmable thermostats will automatically lower the heat or air conditioning at night and raise them again in the morning.
   

3. Move your thermostat down 2° in winter and up 2° in summer. Almost half of the energy we use in our homes goes to heating and cooling. You could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.

4. Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner. Cleaning a dirty air filter can save 350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

5. Choose energy efficient appliances when making new purchases. Look for the label on new appliances to choose the most energy efficient products available.

6. Do not leave appliances on standby. Use the "on/off" function on the machine itself. A TV set that's switched on for 3 hours a day (the average time Europeans spend watching TV) and in standby mode during the remaining 21 hours uses about 40% of its energy in standby mode.

7. Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket. You’ll save 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple action. You can save another 550 pounds per year by setting the thermostat no higher than 50°C.

8. Move your fridge and freezer. Placing them next to the cooker or boiler consumes much more energy than if they were standing on their own. For example, if you put them in a hot cellar room where the room temperature is 30-35ºC, energy use is almost double and causes an extra 160kg of CO2 emissions for fridges per year and 320kg for freezers.

9. Defrost old fridges and freezers regularly. Even better is to replace them with newer models, which all have automatic defrost cycles and are generally up to two times more energy-efficient than their predecessors.

10. Don't let heat escape from your house over a long period. When airing your house, open the windows for only a few minutes. If you leave a small opening all day long, the energy needed to keep it warm inside during six cold months (10ºC or less outside temperature) would result in almost 1 ton of CO2 emissions.

11. Replace your old single-glazed windows with double-glazing. This requires a bit of upfront investment, but will halve the energy lost through windows and pay off in the long term. If you go for the best the market has to offer (wooden-framed double-glazed units with low-emission glass and filled with argon gas), you can even save more than 70% of the energy lost.

12. Get a home energy audit. Many utilities offer free home energy audits to find where your home is poorly insulated or energy inefficient. You can save up to 30% off your energy bill and 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Energy Star can help you find an energy specialist.

13. Cover your pots while cooking. Doing so can save a lot of the energy needed for preparing the dish. Even better are pressure cookers and steamers: they can save around 70%!

14. Use the washing machine or dishwasher only when they are full. If you need to use it when it is half full, then use the half-load or economy setting. There is also no need to set the temperatures high. Nowadays detergents are so efficient that they get your clothes and dishes clean at low temperatures.

15. Take a shower instead of a bath. A shower takes up to four times less energy than a bath. To maximize the energy saving, avoid power showers and use low-flow showerheads, which are cheap and provide the same comfort.

16. Use less hot water. It takes a lot of energy to heat water. You can use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of carbon dioxide saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year) instead of hot.

17. Use a clothesline instead of a dryer whenever possible. You can save 700 pounds of carbon dioxide when you air dry your clothes for 6 months out of the year.

18. Insulate and weatherize your home. Properly insulating your walls and ceilings can save 25% of your home heating bill and 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Caulking and weather-stripping can save another 1,700 pounds per year.

19. Be sure you’re recycling at home. You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide a year by recycling half of the waste your household generates.

20. Recycle your organic waste. Around 3% of the greenhouse gas emissions through the methane is released by decomposing bio-degradable waste. By recycling organic waste or composting it if you have a garden, you can help eliminate this problem! Just make sure that you compost it properly, so it decomposes with sufficient oxygen, otherwise your compost will cause methane emissions and smell foul.

21. Buy intelligently. One bottle of 1.5l requires less energy and produces less waste than three bottles of 0.5l. As well, buy recycled paper products: it takes less 70 to 90% less energy to make recycled paper and it prevents the loss of forests worldwide.

22. Choose products that come with little packaging and buy refills when you can. You will also cut down on waste production and energy use...

23. Reuse your shopping bag. When shopping, it saves energy and waste to use a reusable bag instead of accepting a disposable one in each shop. Waste not only discharges CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, it can also pollute the air, groundwater and soil.

24. Reduce waste. Most products we buy cause greenhouse gas emissions in one or another way, e.g. during production and distribution. By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes.

25. Plant a tree. A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15%.

26. Switch to green power. In many areas, you can switch to energy generated by clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar. In some of these, you can even get refunds by government if you choose to switch to a clean energy producer, and you can also earn money by selling the energy you produce and don't use for yourself.

27. Buy locally grown and produced foods. The average meal in the United States travels 1,200 miles from the farm to your plate. Buying locally will save fuel and keep money in your community.

28. Buy fresh foods instead of frozen. Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.

29. Seek out and support local farmers markets. They reduce the amount of energy required to grow and transport the food to you by one fifth. Seek farmer’s markets in your area, and go for them.

30. Buy organic foods as much as possible. Organic soils capture and store carbon dioxide at much higher levels than soils from conventional farms. If we grew all of our corn and soybeans organically, we’d remove 580 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere!

31. Eat less meat. Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas and cows are one of the greatest methane emitters. Their grassy diet and multiple stomachs cause them to produce methane, which they exhale with every breath.

32. Reduce the number of miles you drive by walking, biking, carpooling or taking mass transit wherever possible. Avoiding just 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year! Look for transit options in your area.

33. Start a carpool with your coworkers or classmates. Sharing a ride with someone just 2 days a week will reduce your carbon dioxide emissions by 1,590 pounds a year.

34. Don't leave an empty roof rack on your car. This can increase fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 10% due to wind resistance and the extra weight - removing it is a better idea.

35. Keep your car tuned up. Regular maintenance helps improve fuel efficiency and reduces emissions. When just 1% of car owners properly maintain their cars, nearly a billion pounds of carbon dioxide are kept out of the atmosphere.

36. Drive carefully and do not waste fuel. You can reduce CO2 emissions by readjusting your driving style. Choose proper gears, do not abuse the gas pedal, use the engine brake instead of the pedal brake when possible and turn off your engine when your vehicle is motionless for more than one minute. By readjusting your driving style you can save money on both fuel and car maintenance.

37. Check your tires weekly to make sure they’re properly inflated. Proper tire inflation can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Since every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, every increase in fuel efficiency makes a difference!

38. When it is time for a new car, choose a more fuel efficient vehicle. You can save 3,000 pounds of carbon dioxide every year if your new car gets only 3 miles per gallon more than your current one. You can get up to 60 miles per gallon with a hybrid!

39. Try car sharing. Need a car but don’t want to buy one? Community car sharing organizations provide access to a car and your membership fee covers gas, maintenance and insurance.

40. Try telecommuting from home. Telecommuting can help you drastically reduce the number of miles you drive every week.

41. Fly less. Air travel produces large amounts of emissions so reducing how much you fly by even one or two trips a year can reduce your emissions significantly. You can also offset your air travel carbon emissions by investing in renewable energy projects.

42. Encourage your school or business to reduce emissions. You can extend your positive influence on global warming well beyond your home by actively encouraging other to take action.

43. Join the virtual march. The Stop Global Warming Virtual March is a non-political effort to bring people concerned about global warming together in one place. Add you voice to the hundreds of thousands of other people urging action on this issue.

44. Encourage the switch to renewable energy. Successfully combating global warming requires a national transition to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass. These technologies are ready to be deployed more widely but there are regulatory barriers impeding them.

45. Protect and conserve forest worldwide. Forests play a critical role in global warming: they store carbon. When forests are burned or cut down, their stored carbon is release into the atmosphere - deforestation now accounts for about 20% of carbon dioxide emissions each year.

46. Consider the impact of your investments. If you invest your money, you should consider the impact that your investments and savings will have on global warming.

47. Make your city cool. Cities and states around the country have taken action to stop global warming by passing innovative transportation and energy saving legislation.

48. Tell Congress to act. Tell your representative to support laws on environment conservation and such.

49. Make sure your voice is heard! Filipinos must have a stronger commitment from their government in order to stop global warming and implement solutions and such a commitment won’t come without a dramatic increase in citizen lobbying for new laws with teeth.

50. Share this list! Spread this list worldwide and help people doing their part: the more people you will manage to enlighten, the greater YOUR help to save the planet will be (but please take action on first person too)!

rest in peace michael..

talgang nakakagulat na balita, lalo na para sa aming mga fans ng kanyang gawa, pero pumanaw na ang isa sa mga kilala at maimpluwensyang comic book artists ngayon na si michael turner.

siya ang gumuhit sa mga kilalang comic book series tulad ng Witchblade, Fathom at Soulfire. isa rin sya sa mga in demand na cover artists ng mga major comic studios (siya ang gumuhit ng lahat ng covers ng Civil War series ng Marvel). ang kanyang style sa pag-guhit ay isa sa mga kilalang-kilala at ang isa sa mga paborito kong talaga.

isang malungkot na araw ang kanyang pagpanaw. rest in peace michael turner.





syet. parang kailangan ko ulit basahin ang buong Fathom series..

pasensya, walang ma-post. hahahah!

30 more minutes at patapos na ang araw, pero wala pa rin akong naisusulat na bagong post dito. syet talaga. of course, hindi counted itong kung ano-ano na isinusulat ko ngayon. hay..

ang hirap kasi ng tambay ng tambay kung saan-saan eh. ayan tuloy, wala ng oras para mag-blog. bwahahahhahah! dahil wala na akong maisip ito na lang ang ipo-post ko:

You are Apocalypse
You believe in survival of the fittest and you believe that you are the fittest.

Apocalypse 75% Dr. Doom 75% Dark Phoenix 72% Juggernaut 68% Magneto 66% Venom 64% Lex Luthor 60% The Joker 55% Two-Face 52% Mr. Freeze 49% Kingpin 37% Catwoman 36% Riddler 28% Green Goblin 28% Poison Ivy 25% Mystique 20%

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okay. enough of that.. back to playing Civilization IV. aja!