http://www.nonoh.com think, implement, compile, execute Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:54:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's Independence Day weekend and for those who will be staying home (like me) during the long weekend, I am recommending the films below. They are all foreign films (not if you're Japanese or Korean). I have them as part of my tiny DVD collection. They aren't new. They're about ... http://www.nonoh.com/20080704/must-see-films Here I am sitting, thinking of something optimistic to write about. It's very difficult, so here's what I came up with... String inputDir = "/home/user/"; String inputFile = "in.txt"; if (!inputDir.endsWith("/")) inputDir += "/"; File iFile = new File(inputDir + inputFile); String outputDir = "/home/user/backup/"; if (!outputDir.endsWith("/")) outputDir += "/"; iFile.renameTo(outputDir + inputFile); ShareThis http://www.nonoh.com/20080703/optimism I'm giving Moonstar 88 recognition in my site. They keep making hits, yet they are not very well known. They're the band who brought us Torete. During my week-long trip to Canada, I had their latest album Todo Combo as my personal radio. I mostly enjoy the cover of Yano's ... http://www.nonoh.com/20080702/moonstar-88 The theme that's inherently present in the world is rebellion. There is no perfect system. People will always criticize and change a system. Usually a group would confine themselves into one goal in changing a system, but once that system is changed, another group within that new system will breakthrough ... http://www.nonoh.com/20080701/operating-system Readiness and Disaster Management are the recent issues in the Philippines. PAGASA claims that there was a breakdown in the structural aspect of their readiness program during typhoon Frank. There is no such thing as readiness. Nature is uncontrolled that's why most of us thrive to be unnatural. The only ... http://www.nonoh.com/20080630/readiness-disaster-management Another finalist who did not deserve to be booted out of the contest is a goner. Mae Flores who is one of the better contestant did not receive enough text votes. I'm not going to complain...I just needed to give Mae a special mention.ShareThis http://www.nonoh.com/20080629/pinoy-idol-result-disappointment Here is the top-10 list of my favorite songs of all time (not in particular order): Imagine (John Lennon) Lightning Crashes (Live) Losing My Religion (R.E.M.) Under The Bridge (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Creep (Radiohead) Everlasting (Manic Street Preachers) Don't Look Back In Anger (Oasis) No Good For Me (The Corrs) Promises (The Cranberries) Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns 'N ... http://www.nonoh.com/20080629/top-ten-songs I'm back in New York. It feels like I've been gone for more than six days. Now I'm in my comfort zone. I have nothing left to say, except a few pictures I'm going to parade below. Visit the photos page for more. I didn't capture much. I'm a lazy ... http://www.nonoh.com/20080628/im-back Montréal, Québec — That means my flight is canceled. I had to re-book my flight for a later one to a different destination. What troubled me was when I called Air Canada's reservation hotline, the representative gave me a Toronto flight to be an option. My original destination was Newark, ... http://www.nonoh.com/20080628/vol-est-annule Winnipeg, Manitoba — It's been a while since my last entry and here I am full of expectations for this one. I don't like Canadians. I have been solid about that for years now. I don't like them politically, culturally and throw in also economically. Canadians have been unsubtle about their ... http://www.nonoh.com/20080626/oh-canada