A week of limted internet

Limited Internet Connection


I think i cannot manage a week of no internet connection. Cannot check my mails, read slashdot and do business at the office.

I was out of town limited GSM signal and no network within the compound. Anyway i got to be busy with my codes and i need to finish the project before week end. And at last least i have plenty of time doing my research.

Wednesday afternoon Im already finish with all my work and i have plenty of time going around and touring the city and nearby places.
We go around the city then eat at German restaurant then proceed to a coastal area somewhere in the southern part of Panay island. Look at the Research Center of South East Asia for Marine Life it was indeed big area. Lots of marine life in their aquariums.

After going around the city we eat at a restaurant near the beach they call it "breakthrough " that was in villa. They serve sea foods; lobster, shrimps, fishes, oyster and lot more... it was a great meal.

Now, retire for the day! This should be posted last June 21, the birthday of Jose Rizal

Philippine Independence Day June 12 2007

I wake up very late in the morning. Thinking of something to do for a few hours before going to work for a half day duty. Then i decided to bring my computer at the shop for the replacement of the systems bus(mother board). At the SHOP, while waiting for the technician to diagnose my computer (which i already know that the system bus is busted), after performing all the necessary procedures this technician then declared that the hardware is not working and need to be replaced. So, I ask him what should be done and told him that the hardware is covered by warranty period. He then consulted the case to the management and ask what should be done. They told me that i have to wait for a period of 2-3 weeks for the replacement of the computer parts because they have to ship that parts to the supplier and fix (replace).

While waiting for the transaction to finish, i saw this one guy who wanted to recover his files from file system error (Operating System: XP Professional ntfs file system 2-pcs of more than 100GIB of hard drive) . This guy ask the other technician what to do for him to recover his files. "We have to reformat your hard drive in order for us to use our utility to recover your files", explained by this technician. Ouchhh! "Ohhh nohh" that was a big mistake and totally unacceptable for those who understand disk geometry.

From a total stranger's point of view, its a disrespect to offer a help. With hesitation i tried to get in their situation and offer a simple help. Hand him over my knoppix cd and told him to boot from cd drive and see if we can see his files. Penguin booting.....3-4 minutes before we can see the desktop. At last i can i gain access to his drive and locate his files. Then i instructed him to choose what files to be recovered and transfer to the other healthy drive. Change the drive permission to writable to that he can transfer all the recovered files. Then we wait till the process is finished.

Knoppix(GNU/Linux) once again proven its usefulness and its power. That opportunity gave Linux a boost with its capability, and a good introduction for those people who does not know anything about GNU/Linux, FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software).

With that event it may or may not influence the technician and the guy who sought for help but I am sure they appreciate what the good things that GNU/Linux has brought them.


FLOSS + LINUX + FREEDOM = Independence
"Happy Independence day to all pinoy out there"