Thesis Project

Confused because I don't know what will be the project that I will make for our Capstone Project aka Thesis making. Brutal daw ang thesis namin dahil kailangan maganda daw ang gawa namin para maganda yung maipakita nung department namin para sa accreditation.


95% sure ako na ang gagamitin kong programming language is PHP dahil medyo master ko na itong language na ito pero to be honest nasa Intermediate level pa lang ako at hindi ko pa ka-level si Mark Zuckerberg in terms of programming pero i'm working (before) a social networking site pero hindi ko na natuloy dahil busy sa OJT.


So far, eto yung mga naiisip kong gawin na system which is web-based:


System para sa isang hospital (Computer Aided Instruction or Information System or a Billing System)
System para sa isang agency ng government like Payroll System, Information/Database System or i-automated yung mga process nila.
System para sa isang school at gawing automated ang kanilang enrollment
Or i-improve ang isang existing system
Wala na akong maisip dahil yung mga gusto ko SANA eh kailangang sa ibang language ko gawin like VB.net, C# or .NET framework languages.


Kung may naiisip man kayo eh suggest lang kayo.


Help me!!

Thesis Grouping

Thesis making na this semester at excited ako dahil challenge ito sa akin dahil kailangan kong gumawa ng paraan para lang mai-defend yung gagawin namin na thesis. By the way, grouped ang thesis namin, minimum of 2 at maximum of 4. Natuwa naman ako sa number of members per group pero eto na ang problema ko,


MARAMING MAY GUSTONG KUMUHA SA AKIN SA GROUP NILA!


Aaminin ko, I can program and do some documentations at konting common sense and hindi ko alam kung yan ba ang kailangan nila sa ka-grupo nila o sadyang gusto lang nilang may gagawa sa thesis ng group namin na mag-isa? Weird talaga at iniisip ko na kung pwede mag-individual dahil na-trauma na ako sa nangyari sa akin noong 3rd Year, 1st semester kung saan ako yung leader, ako yung nag-program sa system, ako gumawa nung documentation at AKO LANG ANG BUMAGSAK SA GRUPO NAMIN!.


Sino ba naman ang hindi ma-trautrauma sa ganyang sitwasyon at ngayon ko lang talaga nalaman na KAIBIGAN MO LANG PALA SILA KUNG MAY KAILANGAN SILA SA’YO.


Pag-iisipan ko pa kung ano ang gagawin ko tungkol sa grouping na yan.

PHL among least IT-competitive countries — survey

An international survey has ranked the Philippines among the countries with the lowest competitiveness in the field of information technology (IT).


In the recently released IT Industry Competitiveness Index, which measures the extent by which countries are capable of supporting a strong IT production sector, the Philippines ranked 52nd out of 66 countries. 


The Philippines, together with Bangladesh, also received a zero grade in terms of creating an environment for Research and Development (R&D) in the IT industry. The United States, Finland, and Singapore topped the index.


The IT Industry Competitiveness Index survey was conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit of the Business Software Alliance (BSA).


No surprise


Economist Cid Terosa from the University of the Asia and the Pacific said it was “not surprising" for the Philippines to have low rankings in IT competitiveness.


“There are no highly trained IT professionals here. We also have very low allocations for IT. Sa budget, palaging naiiwan ito because it is not an immediate priority," he said in a phone interview with GMA News Online Monday.


He added that the administration of President Benigno Aquino III has yet to tap public-private partnerships (PPP) to improve the country’s IT infrastructure.


“Sad to say, wala ito sa list of PPP project. Ang mga nandoon lang ay education projects and other infrastructure," Terosa said.


Terosa said that the government should invest in IT to respond to the demands of the modern world. “We are in the age of information technology. IT should really be a priority, especially training IT professionals," he said.


Increase funding


Senator Edgardo Angara, chairman of the Senate science and technology committee, explained that there is a need to increase government funding to build the country's capacity to innovate for development.


He pointed out that although the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recommends countries to spend at least one percent of their respective total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for R&D, the Philippine government had spent in 2009 a meager 0.12 percent of GDP for R&D.


“We have a lot of catching up to do," he said.


Angara said he will push for at least P322 million in dedicated funding for "innovation clusters" when Congress resumes plenary deliberations on the proposed 2012 national budget in November.


He explained that clusters will bring together the academe, industry, and government into groups that will adapt and develop usable technologies to address the country's pressing challenges on food security, climate change, energy use, and sustainable exploitation of resources.


"[The] P322 million is still far inadequate but it is a good start as it amounts to dedicated and pure R&D funding," Angara said. 


"The government can no longer afford to be a passive actor here. It must be the source of change. It should provide the impetus to industry and academe to come together in collaborative work. The government must demonstrate that it can lead the country's R&D efforts in a decisive, single-minded and purposeful way," he added.


source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/237106/technology/phl-among-least-it-competitive-countries-survey

Who Is Your Audience?

Understanding the type of people who visit your site is a very
important task because you can use that information to enhance your
site to suit them. As a result, you will gain more loyal returning
visitors that come back again and again for more.


What is the age level and what kind of knowledge does your audience
have? A layman might linger around a general site on gardening, but
a professional botanist might turn his nose at the very same site.
Similarly, a regular person will leave a site filled with astronomy
abstracts but a well educated university graduate will find that
site interesting.


Take your audience's emotional state into consideration when
building your site. If a very irritated visitor searches for a
solution and comes across your site, you will want to make sure you
offer the solution right up front and sell or promote your product
to him second. In this way, the visitor will put his trust in you
for offering the solution to his problems and is more likely to buy
your product when you offer it to him after that.


When you design the layout for your site, you have to take into
account the characteristics of your audience. Are they old or young
people? Are they looking for trends or are they just looking for
information served without any icing on the cake? For example,
introducing a new, exciting game with a simple, straightforward
black text against white background page will definitely turn
prospects away. Make sure your design suits your site's general
theme.


Try to sprinkle colloquial language in your sites sparingly where
you see fit and you will create a sense that your audience is on
common ground with you. This in turn builds a trusting relationship
between you and your audience, which will come in useful should you
want to market a product to your audience.

Buhay Graduating Student (1st Semester)

Mahirap pala ang maging isang graduating student. Hindi biro ang hirap na kailangan mong gawin para lang makapasa ng mga requirements na sobrang demanding dahil it's PASS or FAIL ang kalalabasan.
1st Semester pa lang, hirap na ako lalo na yung bandang patapos na dahil nga sa mga requirements. Mostly ng mga courses eh ang OJT ay sa 2nd Semester pero iba sa amin dahil mas konti ang holidays (daw) sa 1st semester at para mahabol namin ang 680 hours na kailangan namin tapusin. Nag-OJT ako sa school na rin namin kasi hindi ako pinayagan na mag-OJT sa labas dahil may hindi pa akong nakuhang subject salamat sa bagsak ko na subject noong 3rd year ako pero maganda naman yung binigay sa akin na office dahil in-assign ako sa Systems Administration. Demanding yung pinagawa sa akin na system dahil isang Ticketing System ang ginawa ko at akala ko noong una eh baka hindi ko matapos pero as of the moment 98% na syang gumagana at nagagamit na nung office namin yung system. Iba pa yung requirements ng office sa requirements nung subject dahil kailangan kong gumawa ng daily journal (or parang Dear Diary ang drama) dahil kailangan daw nilang malaman kung may ginagawa at kung may natutunan kami pero hindi ko masyado nagawa yun dahil masyadong toxic yung system na ginawa ko.

Nag-enjoy lang ako sa pinapagawa sa akin dahil ang dami kong natutunan in-terms of programming (PHP, SQL, Javascript at jQuery yung mga language na ginamit ko) at networking dahil mostly ng ginagawa ng mga boss ko eh sa network connections ng Internet sa aming campus. Toxic pero enjoy dahil hindi naman istrikto yung mga boss ko at mababait sila.
Dumating ang October at naalala namin na may mga requirements na kailangang gawin kaya dahil dyan at salamat sa aming pagiging utak-Pinoy, ginawa namin lahat ng mga requirements namin last last week at this week yung deadline. Revisions dito, revisions dyan. Gastos dito, gastos dyan. Problema dito, problema dyan. Sumagi na rin sa isip ko na sumuko na pero kailangan kong tapusin ito dahil gusto kong maka-graduate na matapos na ito.
After naming gumastos ng halos Php 5000, nag-sayang ng almost 1000 pages ng coupon bond, 190 hours of total hours of sleep last week at this week at halos masiraan ng ulo, tapos na rin ang paghihirap namin dahil isang requirement na lang yung kailangan na lang namin at tapos na sya!
Worth it lahat ng mga gastos, puyat at mga nasayang dahil fulfilling na may natapos kami pero lagi kong sinasabi sa mga ka-grupo ko,

"Guys, 1st sem pa lang. This is just the start. May 2nd sem pa at mas madugo yun."

Totoo nga yung sinabi ko pero mag-eenjoy muna akong matulog, kumain, procrastinate at gawin lahat ng gusto ko dahil baka hindi ko na magawa yan next sem.

Back to the Old Theme

I deactivated my Macbuntu theme to prepare for the new OS upgrade

Alternative Solution.

Heto ang aking Alternative Solution para sa On-The-Job Training ko para sa office namin.

It’s a Ticketing System where all the problems are reported from simple to hard problems that can jeopardize ones technology life. Kailangan ng office namin (System Administration) itong klase ng system para alam nila kung may problem within the network or system kasi our school is running 90 mbps internet speed plus U.S. connection kaya tuwang-tuwa yung iba na manood sa Hulu, Nexflix at kung ano-ano pa na pwede mong ma-access na hindi basta-basta ma-access ng mga users dito sa Philippines.

The system is up and running at ginagamit na nila ito to report slow internet connection, packet loss and etc.

I’m proud na nagawa ko ito alongside with my partner at masarap pakinggan na ang job description mo eh “Senior Programmer”. #LOLS!

If you have any questions about Web Development, PHP, SQL and other related things, don’t hesitate to comment or email me.:D

5 Important Rules in Website Design

When it comes to your website, extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to
make sure it performs optimally to serve its purpose. Here are seven important rules of
thumb to observe to make sure your website performs well.

1) Do not use splash pages

Splash pages are the first pages you see when you arrive at a website. They normally
have a very beautiful image with words like "welcome" or "click here to enter". In fact,
they are just that -- pretty vases with no real purpose. Do not let your visitors have a
reason to click on the "back" button! Give them the value of your site up front without
the splash page.

2) Do not use excessive banner advertisements

Even the least net savvy people have trained themselves to ignore banner advertisements
so you will be wasting valuable website real estate. Instead, provide more valueable
content and weave relevant affiliate links into your content, and let your visitors feel
that they want to buy instead of being pushed to buy.

3) Have a simple and clear navigation

You have to provide a simple and very straightforward navigation menu so that even a
young child will know how to use it. Stay away from complicated Flash based menus or
multi-tiered dropdown menus. If your visitors don't know how to navigate, they will leave
your site.

4) Have a clear indication of where the user is

When visitors are deeply engrossed in browsing your site, you will want to make sure
they know which part of the site they are in at that moment. That way, they will be able
to browse relevant information or navigate to any section of the site easily. Don't confuse
your visitors because confusion means "abandon ship"!

5) Avoid using audio on your site

If your visitor is going to stay a long time at your site, reading your content, you will
want to make sure they're not annoyed by some audio looping on and on on your website.
If you insist on adding audio, make sure they have some control over it -- volume or
muting controls would work fine.

I hope this has given you an insight of some of the biggest mistakes web designers often
make.

Steve Jobs, Rest in Peace.

Web Dev Projects: Snapshots

Created the profile page and the user can edit his information thru a link that I’ve created and he will be redirected to a page where he can edit his information. The user can also upload his profile image.

Azkals and Smart - Gilas Pilipinas

May point si Kuya Anon9396 pero mukhang mas may point si Anon0746.

Mark Zuckerberg said in the movie Social Networking that "Fashion is never finished" and this statement reflects to the new design of Facebook, Facebook is never finished.

but, is this included?

what a mess...

Something is missing, Facebook

I don't know if i'm just the one who's experiencing this...

Web Dev Project: Snapshots

UPDATE:

Natapos ko nang gawin yung interface nya which is ALMOST similar to Flickr. Medyo weird nga lang kasi hindi ko maayos yung uploading problems nya kasi mapili yung script.

Eto nga pala yung latest screenshot nung homepage nung site:

BTW yung image (bokeh) eh hindi akin, nakita ko lang sa Internet at yan eh nagpapalit every 20 seconds using a jQuery.

More updates to come. :D

PS: Alam ko merong mas mgagaling sa akin na mag-program dyan kaya don’t criticize my work. thanks. :D

May nakakaalam ba kung ano ang name nung interpreter ni Ms. Angola?

 Balita ko kasi sya yung Miss Universe 2011...

Watch how Jon Jones gets the UFC Light Heavyweight belt from Shogun Rua

http://www.ufc.com/media/ufc-128-jones-rua

"The Names" by Billy Collins (b.1941), written in 2002.

Yesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night.
A soft rain stole in, unhelped by any breeze,
And when I saw the silver glaze on the windows,
I started with A, with Ackerman, as it happened,
Then Baxter and Calabro,
Davis and Eberling, names falling into place
As droplets fell through the dark.

Names printed on the ceiling of the night.
Names slipping around a watery bend.
Twenty-six willows on the banks of a stream.

In the morning, I walked out barefoot
Among thousands of flowers
Heavy with dew like the eyes of tears,
And each had a name —

Fiori inscribed on a yellow petal
Then Gonzalez and Han, Ishikawa and Jenkins.
Names written in the air
And stitched into the cloth of the day.

A name under a photograph taped to a mailbox.
Monogram on a torn shirt,
I see you spelled out on storefront windows
And on the bright unfurled awnings of this city.
I say the syllables as I turn a corner —

Kelly and Lee,
Medina, Nardella, and O’Connor.
When I peer into the woods,
I see a thick tangle where letters are hidden
As in a puzzle concocted for children.

Parker and Quigley in the twigs of an ash,
Rizzo, Schubert, Torres, and Upton,
Secrets in the boughs of an ancient maple.
Names written in the pale sky.
Names rising in the updraft amid buildings.

Names silent in stone
Or cried out behind a door.
Names blown over the earth and out to sea.

In the evening — weakening light, the last swallows.
A boy on a lake lifts his oars.
A woman by a window puts a match to a candle,

And the names are outlined on the rose clouds —
Vanacore and Wallace,
(let X stand, if it can, for the ones unfound)

Then Young and Ziminsky, the final jolt of Z.
Names etched on the head of a pin.
One name spanning a bridge, another undergoing a tunnel.
A blue name needled into the skin.

Names of citizens, workers, mothers and fathers,
The bright-eyed daughter, the quick son.

Alphabet of names in a green field.
Names in the small tracks of birds.
Names lifted from a hat

Or balanced on the tip of the tongue.
Names wheeled into the dim warehouse of memory.
So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart.

-a poem to commemorate the victims of 9/11 Terrorist Attack Former New York governor George Pataki

Dear 234 ng Smart

I didn’t request for any ****ing ringtone and why you kept on sending and make bawas on my load.

Very nice marketing / robbery strategy.

Song of the Day: Won’t Go Home Without You - Maroon 5

Boy dies after masturbating 42 times

A 16-year-old boy died after masturbating 42 times without stopping in Rubiato town, in Goiás region, Brazil.

His mother told a local newspaper that she already knew about his son’s addiction and that she planned to see the doctor, but the decision came too late.

The young man began to masturbate at midnight and spent the whole night to compulsively touch himself.

At school, his classmates commented on the boy’s problem and some said he asked them to connect to the webcam for being observed.

They further said that his attraction to women was extreme; he was attracted to all kind of women, regardless of texture physics, color and age.

In his room a great amount of pornography was found, including photographs and videos of nude women that were saved on his PC

Source: http://www.atlnightspots.com/2011/boy-dies-after-masturbating-42-times

Web Dev Project / OJT Alternative Solution: Ticketing System

My boss approached me after we installed the Ticketing System that I’ve created for the department in a web server and asked if I can possibly make the system just allow 1 user per access which means only 1 person can access the system in a particular time. So the logic of it is when a user is currently logged in to the system and another user will login to the system, the first user will be logged out and vice versa.

So I created a database where there’s just only 1 data saved and this will be the source of the system to know if there are logged in user.

When a user logs in to the system, a script will be triggered to update the database and input its unique id, the id is encrypted by sha1 and base64_encode. The user will not be logged out unless the unique ID is changed.

That script is the one responsible in checking the unique ID from the database.

Naruto

Rules para masuspend ang klase. Applicable ito sa mga schools kung saan Waterproof ang mga estudyante

1. Ang baha eh lagpas tao
2. Ang baha eh hindi pa devastating, yung tipong mababasa lang ngay yung pantalon mo.
3. Ang ulan eh hindi pa umuulan ng pako, bato and etc that can cause damage physically.
4. Kung ang bagyo eh signal number 5 (possible yan)
5. Habang may instructors na magtuturo, tuloy lang kung wala hanap ng sub, kung wala talaga. suspend na.
6. Hihintaying pa ang utos galing sa pinakamagaling na institusyon ng bansa, ang CHED.
7. Kung may utos si Mayor.
8. Kung may utos si Gov.
9. Kung may utos si Tito Noy.


kalokohan talaga ito. umayos naman kayo. 

Di ba may signal dito sa La Union? Bakit hindi man lang kinansel ang klase? Porket walang pasok ng 2 araw eh hahayaan nyo na lang na pumasok ang mga estudyante kahit ang lakas ng ulan? TANGINA THIS! kalokahan na po ito, hindi naman po kami WATERPROOF at hahayaan na pumasok kami kahit may bagyo.

TANGINA THIS! talaga, umayos naman kayo.

Web Dev Project: Snapshots

I just finished the base function of the Snapshot Project and by the way, this is a would be an image uploading site and so far here are the functionalities that I’ve finished creating thanks to the tutorial that I have:

• Register User
• Login / Logout System
• Create Album (it will create a folder directory where all you images will be put thru)
• Upload Image (it will also create a thumbnail for preview)
• View all Images (per album)
• View an Image via Lightbox

Here is the preview of the Lightbox feature:

similar to the the theater view function of Facebook but the difference is you can’t comment or tag or what so ever thing that Facebook has. It’s purpose is just to view the image in full size.

Resources:

http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/

http://www.youtube.com/phpacademy

Web Dev Projects

I halted my Picsbook project due to lack of encouragement and inspiration. So far, it’s 5% complete. This is my current login page:

*PS: That’s not Facebook, that’s my Picsbook.

As I halted my Picsbook Project I started a new one named Snapshots. Snapshots is a “social networking site” which people can share their uploaded images or videos just like in Flickr, DeviantArt and Youtube.

Stalker Mode, ACTIVATED!

Salamat sa new function na ito ng Facebook, puwede ka nang maging stalker to the next level. hahahah

Babaeng Drummer

Nakakalalake yung drummer dito, babae na nga at vocals pa sya.

Imba.

What’s with that script?

That script gets the message from the parse script it depends if it is an error message or success message.

Medyo magulo kasi it took me 3 hours to do this dahil session variables are sensitive (hahaha, i don’t know the term pero yan na yun) and so far, this script give me messages both error and success. :D

534 lines and still counting.

Hello Mac OS X este Ubuntu.

Tweaked version of Ubuntu

Almost 1 hour kong sinolve ito dahil gusto ko kasi dito sa script na ito eh kapag nag-set ng date ang isang tao dapat hindi beyond sa date ngayon. for example nilagay nyang date eh January 1, 2011 tapos ang date ngayon ay July 27, 2011 makakatanggap ng error yung user dahil tapos na yung date na yun. nagawa ko rin salamat kay Papa Google. wooh!

Ayusin ninyo mga buhay ninyo dyan lalo na yung mga nagdedeclare kung may pasok o wala.

Ang hirap kasi sa mga nagdedeclare na walang pasok eh hindi sila yung mga mismong mahihirapan kapag hindi dineclare na walang pasok. Dahil andun lang sila sa opisina nila na naka-jacket dahil malamig ang buga ng aircon nila, naka-upo sa sofa nilang mga upuan at nagkakape dahil ang kape nila eh galing PAGCOR  na worth 1 Billion pesos ang presyo samantalang tayong mga estudyante papasok ng sobrang aga halos makalimutan pang mag-breakfast ng mga iba para lang maagang makapasok sa mga eskwelahan tapos dadaan ka pa sa mala-ilog na kalsada na kulang na lang eh balsa at bangka ang mga dumadaan. Mababasa ka pa, mapuputikan pero carry on lang dahil kailangan nating pumasok tapos pagdating sa school, teng-eneng buhay ito, nakalagay sa may mga school gates: “NO CLASSES TODAY”.

Mahirap ang ganyang buhay, maswerte pa ako dahil minsan ko lang naranasan yun pero maraming mga estudyante dyan na ganyan lagi ang nangyayari sa kanilang buhay dahil sa MALING AKALA at dahil na rin hindi maayos ang sistema ng pagdedeklara kung may pasok o wala.

-Rico Maglayon

Para sa may mga assignment tungkol sa SONA ni PNoy

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/227363/nation/aquinos-sona-2011for-kids?utm_source=GMANews&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=GMANewsTwitter

Ticketing System Project

yan yung ginagawa ko ngayon dito sa System Administration ng school namin para sa Practicum namin. medyo 50% na ang complete dyan pero hindi pa ako sure kung secured ito.

Photoshop Tutorial.

Eto na Adonis yung pinapa-request mo! :D


Problem: "Then create a selection of the layer contents for out text (you can press Ctrl and click the Layer Thumbnail in the Layers Palette to make this selection). Now, go to gradient layer and press Ctrl+J to create a copy of the gradient in the shape of the text."


1. "Create a selection of the layer contents for out text (you can press Ctrl and click the the Layer Thumbnail in the Layers Palette to make this selection)

(kung nasaan yung mouse, dun mo gawin yung Ctrl + left click. Kung nagawa mo, may mga langgam na nagsu-surround dun sa text)


2.  go to gradient layer

3. next, click mo lng yan.

4. press Ctrl+J to create a copy of the gradient in the shape of the text. (o kaya right click mo yung gradient layer tapos click mo duplicate layer.

5. for sure may magpapop-up na dialog tapos click OK lng.

so far, ganyan yung pagkakaintindi ko. sana makatulong yan brad. :D