I can see you, silly!

Stop hiding! I can see you, silly!

Oh, and I can see you too, Duke! Too bad Cozy’s not transparent. Teehee

[Heroes] Bad guys, like Birran!

Bir·ran:
noun

1. A wicked or evil person; a scoundrel.
2. A dramatic or fictional character who is typically at odds with the hero.
3. Me, if I give away spoilers on the latest episode of Heroes.

Hahahaha.

So what’s with the Birran word? This conversation goes around with Hiro and another character on the show.

N: So, what do you think makes this bomb thing go off?
Hiro: Don’t know. Probably, bad guy?
N: Bad guy?
Hiro: Yes, like birran.
N: What’s that?
Hiro: Birran.
N: Billan?
Hiro: Birran.
N: Villain!
Hiro: Vvvv
N: V.
Hiro: Vvvvvviiirrran.

Teehee… Hiro’s just so funny. (Though nothing beats his one-liner: “Gimme Lraido, please… Poop poop!“)

After more than a month of waiting, they’re finally back! It’s the only reason why I look forward to Mondays.

Tonight’s episode was nothing spectacular, but still very good. They met a new hero btw, and seems like they’ll be meeting more. Nope, I’m not giving away any spoilers, Ozzie might kick my butt.

If you’re one of the few who don’t know what the fuss is all about, in a nutshell, the show is about certain people over the world who discover that they have extraordinary abilities. Therefore, the title “Heroes“. My favorite character is aptly named ‘Hiro‘. Hiro Nakamura is a geeky Japanese dude who can bend time and space-o. Plus, he’ll have a cool-looking sword someday.

(^o^) ===[================>

I took the ‘ability quiz‘ on nbc.com and what do you know? I’m a Hiro!

Fine, fine, fine! I rigged it. I’m a Micah. Hmph. (However fitting Micah’s powers are, I still want to be Hiro-ish)

Too bad I just learned (right after the show) that they started Heroes 360 – an interactive program that only runs while the show is on the air. I have no idea what they show in that interactive program. Oh well, I’ll just have to find out next week. Sigh…

Yeah, I’m a total fan. I even called 1-800-PRIMA16 a while ago. Teehee. (Uh-huh! I also applied for Primatech.)

P.S.
Take a look at this. I’ve never seen a torrent downloading that fast. (Yeah, not even pr0n can beat this!)

Edit: I saw a on my stats a couple of google searches for the Primatech access code, so here it is: MT36.

Have fun!

Come and get it!

(WoW: Burning Crusade)

I bought this for my Ozzie at Best Buy. My brother and I got the last two stocks on display.
There was this one guy who wanted to buy it too. Hah, tough luck!

Ozzie: Wag masyado play ng play! (You owe me waaaay much more than this is worth. I went to the mall… so naturally, what does the Hunny do when she’s at the mall?)

By the way, I took this picture using my Pearl’s 1.3MP Camera. Horrible picture quality. My old phone’s camera is still better.

Scriptlets in JSPs or HTML inside Servlets?

Neither, please!

In case you wondered, yeah we have both.
I was terribly annoyed by the amount of logic inside the JSPs I’m refactoring for our company’s web app. I was ranting out to Ozzie, so he asked me that question. Fine, fine, fine! Refactoring Servlets which generate HTML is definitely worse than refactoring JSPs with a ton of scriptlets.

This one cracked me up, though (I laughed so hard, but at the same time I wanted to crack my head open). What will you do when you find code like this?

<!–Scripting elements, directives, actions, Template text, JSTL (if you’re lucky), and what-have-you’s–>

<%
for (int i21=0;i21<dft21.length;i21++)
{
String thisUrl21 = dft21[i21].getURL();
StringBuffer buf83 = new StringBuffer();
StringBuffer buf84 = new StringBuffer();
if (thisUrl21 != null)
{
buf83.append(“<a href=\”");
buf83.append(thisUrl21);
buf83.append(“\” target=\”_blank\”>”);
buf84.append(“</a>”);
}
%>
<%=buf83.toString()%>
<%– some other things (scriptlets & template text) inside the link –%>
<%= buffer84.toString()%>
<%}%>

<!–Scripting elements, directives, actions, Template text, JSTL (if you’re lucky), and what-have-you’s–>

No, dont mind the obscure naming and seemingly random numbers appended to them. JSPs with scripting elements that generate HTML? Oh, this is just so awful! (Mind you, I had to format the code too. It was like they really made it so that the code would be as unreadable as possible)

Hopefully this refactoring and replatforming will get these ‘wtf codes’ out of our system. Here’s hoping!

University of the Philippines Department of Computer Science Homecoming

Unfortunately, I can’t make it. I might change my mind, but that’s highly improbable.
In any case, I’m just reposting so that I can spread the word to my fellow alumni and alumnae (plus, I’ve been tagged by Sir Rommel and Aimee [who was likewise tagged by Sir Rommel ]).

Hope you guys have fun!

Below is the invitation letter from Prof Quiwa:

Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
University of the Philippines Diliman

January 05, 2006

Dear CS Alumnus:

The Department of Computer Science, your home for four years or so, is celebrating its 26th Anniversary. As a member of this family, we invite you to come home to see and experience the CS life as we have it today.

The Department has gone through a number of changes — from ES to ECS to CS, from a few lecture rooms to a new building, from ‘the youngest department’ to ’one of the best departments’ in Engineering, from paper to online submission of academic requirements, from a few Radio Shack TRS 80’s running TRSDOS and Basic to fully-equipped laboratories running the latest software. Indeed we have gone through exciting transformations, but still we are the same CS Department that you know.

With 5 Outstanding Engineering Faculty awardees among our faculty members, with 7 Engineering Class Valedictorians, 2 Summa, 40 Magna and 121 Cum Laudes among our 1047 graduates (so far), with several BPI Science, P&G Excellence, and Undergraduate Research Competition winners among our students, and a curriculum that is constantly reviewed and revised to adapt to the dynamic discipline we are in, we keep alive the tradition of excellence that has always been the hallmark of our Department. With 22 CS Week celebrations, annual freshmen orientation and department-sponsored events and competitions, with the newly instituted Mentoring Program and GeeCS for academic-related activities, we continually strive to keep our students well-rounded as well.

No matter what period of the CS Department history you were a part of, no matter what contribution you have made, your Department is waiting for you to be back home. Be a witness to the way it has grown; better yet, be a part of it.

We hope to see you in February 24, 2007.

Very truly yours,

(signed)
Evangel P. Quiwa