CodeIgniter 1.5.0 Release
Rick Ellis is on fire. Just nearly two months after CodeIgniter 1.4 was out, version 1.5 is released. I’ve been happy with version 1.4.1. But I can’t wait to try 1.5’s database transaction support.
Edgy Eft Laptop
I hope to say goodbye to laptop freezing/lockups after upgrading to Ubuntu 6.10 or Edgy Eft last Sunday. Dapper Drake was the most unstable OS for my laptop. It would normally freeze just after login or when you’re in the middle of something. After 3 days with Edgy, I have yet to experience a freeze.
Upgrading took me the whole day. The process was smooth except for the missing Kate editor, Apache webserver and a broken PHP5 config. All that was easily fixed with apt-get –purge command.
One thing I like the most with Edgy, it boots faster.
EdgyEft Tomorrow
Final release of Ubuntu 6.10, codenamed Edgy Eft, is set to be released tomorrow, Oct. 26. I just hope they didn’t bundle any Random Freeze Technology with it.
I’ll upgrade the moment it becomes available. I’m crossing my fingers that it’ll have the correct video driver this time.
Why PHP Sucks
PHP is a great language for web development. Although I hate it, but I can’t blame tonguelashers for looking so low at PHP. This article is one good example why PHP suck. PHP newbies like to think they already knew everything and start writing tutorials.
My Friday The 13th
Just when I think I can get back on coding after bug hunting for a two days, my laptop conked. I can’t use my other two PCs, aside from them being too old and slow, they only have text consoles. Not really good even for data storage but that’s how I use them.
Anyway, I’m using a lightweight derivative of Ubuntu 6.06 Xubuntu because the regular Ubuntu 6.06 locks up after I login. This past two weeks I was having random kernel panic and Segmentation fault messages on boot up and sometimes, it won’t even get past the stage1.5 grub prompt.
Yesterday, for two hours of force on/off cycle and booting from a livecd, the damn laptop won’t respond. Since my data are in a separate HDD - thank God - I proceed to reinstall Ubuntu Dapper (forgot where I put the xubuntu cd). Whatever I do, the screen just locks up after the login.
I dugged deeper in my install cd box and found my old Ubuntu 5.10 install cd. This installed without a hitch with a minor problem, the touchpad’s vertical scroll doesn’t work. But I’m ok with it. I’m using the mouse most of the time. I think I’ll stick with Ubuntu 5.10 until the screen locking issue is fixed.
When after I’ve setup my development environment, my internet connection went dead. And it’s only late in the afternoon that I notice, it’s friday the 13th. All in all, I had zero productivity yesterday.
Tasty Japanese Food
Maki Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar started serving Ilonggos their japanese food concept a couple months back Smallville Commercial Complex in Diversion Road, Iloilo City. It’s only now France and I, finally, found time to try their japanese cuisine.
Being a big fan of Rai Rai Ken, I’m already expecting the usual semi-salty seafood based japanese flavor. I can’t help comparing. Rai Rai Ken’s is more of a fastfood while Maki uses the typical restaurant setup. Maki’s interior look very similar to Al Dente Ristorante Italiano in Sarabia Manor Hotel which isn’t surprising since they’re owned by the same person.
The food as I’ve said is tasty. Too tasty, in fact, that I can’t force myself into finishing bacon-topped maki. We ordered four item from their menu but neither I nor France can remember any of their name except for the refillable green iced tea which are also too sweet. That was our first visit so I can’t say much about their other menu.
Paypal in the Philippines, Finally
Got this from j4sont of seophilippines yahoo groups. Paypal is finally in the Philippines.
Javascript Leak Monitor
I’m currently using Javascript/AJAX and found a way to check my scripts for leaks. Mozilla Leak Monitor extension came in handy.
Going Wireless at Home
I was thinking of going wireless at home for the longest time now. It’ll give me the mobility I always wanted. What the heck I had a laptop for?
My reason was nothing more than vanity. I feel that my eyesight is starting to suffer for working in the bedroom. It’s convenient and pretty quiet to work there but I would love to work where there are greens to look at when thinking a lot and not coding. I’d love to be in the garden coding. Staring at the screen for 8 hours or so, I need to look far. I also prefer natural lighting.
Good thing, I got a good buddy willing to sell his old wireless router for dirt cheap price. Hey, what are friends for? I was buying second hand computer parts and accessories from him. I don’t believe in being flashy when it comes to tech devices. I see them as a big waste of money. I just live with what I have and use them to their fullest potential. The same reason why I’m settling for a second had wireless router. As long as it gets the job done, it’s fine with me.
I still have to wait for a couple of days/weeks though until he finds a decent adapter for his point to point WiFi antenna. This may just be in time until I figured out a way to organize my home office corner.
Of dots and commas
I just went through my codes hunting for that comma that’s supposed to be a dot. Two days with late nights to be exact. Damn waste of time.