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23 && 33 for 10 && 15

04 Friday Jul 2008

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I’ve been on a funk (well, sort of) lately. I dunno why — can we just blame STRESS just like the old times? Work, work, work. Ugh. I haven’t been updating myself with the STORM, too. That’s almost blasphemous in my world. Tsk tsk tsk.

So, anyway, I still get to listen to games but without the proper attention that I used to bestow on my favorite team on earth. And it’s not helping that we’re sort of sucking on the road (thank goodness for the 9-1 Home record or else we’re toast). And it also sucks that the SpOrks are on top of the Western Conf (wait, lemme check … oh hell no, they still are on top boooo!). Oh well, at least we’re still above .500 and are sitting at 3rd.

The last game I listened to was against the New York Liberty this morning. LJ lit up for 33 points (wooohoooo LJ!) on 12-for-20 shooting, grabbed 5 boards, blocked 2 shots, and swiped one ball. Birdy also played awesomely. She scored a season-high 23 points and assisted 6 shots. Swin played another solid game, scoring 8 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Swoopes had 9 points, 6 assists, and 7 rebounds. Yo Griffith had 4 points, 7 boards, and 4 steals.

The Up-Sides:
– LJ’s offensive flow has returned.
– Team has more rebounds now.
– Sue — oh Sue, keep that killer offense going. Downright awesome.
– That killer pick-and-roll is just, well, a killer. Pick your poison – LJ or Sue? Tsk.

The Down-Side:
– OMG, the bench?! The bench is missing! (I didn’t concentrate enough on listening so I dunno if they brought some hustle on the court that’s not reflected on the score sheet though).

The Game:

Score: W 81 — 74

[22–14][29–24][15–11][18–22]

Player of the Game: F Lauren Jackson (12-20) 33 Pts, 7 Rebs, 0 Assists

Box Score

Recap

Others:

– The SpOrks lost wahahahaha. To Minny. Good on Seimone Augustus, Candice Wiggins, and company. Yay.

– We’re facing Minny next though. Uh oh. Haha. Oh well, go Storm!

– What the hell? No photos of the game on the Yahoo Sports gallery?! Weird.

Debounce!

03 Thursday Jul 2008

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(1) Debounce (v) – To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an electrical circuit and makes a series of short contacts. [ Source ]

(2) Electrical contacts in mechanical pushbutton switches often make and break contact several times when the button is first pushed. A debouncing circuit removes the resulting ripple signal, and provides a clean transition at its output. [ Source ]

Switches can do some really odd things. Most engineers learn this dirty little secret soon after connecting a switch or a relay to a digital system. Switches don’t make and break cleanly on the time scales of digital systems. Instead, a typical switch makes multiple transitions during the tens of milliseconds required to open or close, due to effects that include age, operating inertia, mechanical design, and the microscopic condition of the switch-contact surfaces. Commonly called “switch bounce,” this behavior is an inescapable fact of life. [ Source ]

Now, those damn bounces can be easily taken care of using Software Debouncing (never mind the overvoltage spikes, electostatic discharge, and other transients). I remember we did this in CoE 115 (ya know, that subject that rendered me sleepless for many many nights) before. You have to introduce some sort of delay (say, a few milliseconds) before getting the voltage value of the switch. That way you’re sure if it’s the right value and not just some transient one.

Anyway, it’s like this: sometimes a switch is flipped or pressed in your head and a thought is suddenly there. That thought may be a temporary one (transient) or maybe it’s just an impulsive urge or whatever. Or maybe it’s the real thing — the one that infinitely loops inside your head and you forgot to put a “break;” statement in there somewhere so it’s there, just there, floating in your always-low-programmed-mind and it’s never-ending. The only way to make sure that that thought is real is to wait it out (for like 5 to 10 minutes — yeah, that works with me, coz I’m like fickle-minded as hell). Now, if that singular thought still lingers after a day (or a week, or a month, or God forbid — many many many months!), then maybe it’s the real value, maybe it’s The Real Deal.

Errrr, having said all that … sooooooo … … what now?

Hahaha. I say, DEBOUNCE, Kilcher, DEBOUNCE!

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EXAMPLE DESU:

Sa train, papauwi:
[#] Parang gusto ko bumili ng desktop.
[~] Go.
[#] Pagkauwing-pagkauwi mag-customize na ko.
[~] Hay naku, dapat pagkatapos mo, orderin mo agad.
[~] Pag pinapatagal mo, di natutuloy eh.
[#] Eh sorry namaaaaaan. Fickle-minded. At saka maiksi ang attention span.

Pagkauwi ng bahay, nagcustomize na agad, hanggang sa antaas na ng presyong inabot:
[#] Naku, impulse ito.
[=] Hindi yan, bumili ka naaaa. Diablo 3 rin yan no.

After 15 minutes…
[#] Lumipas na ang urge.
[=] Bili ka naaaa.
[#] Di rin naman ako makakapag-Diablo 3. Wala akong oras.
[=] Magkakaron ka niyan ng oras.
[#] Hindi na muna siguro…

The next morning…
[=] Alam mo, makakamura ka kung mag-assemble na lang.
[#] Hmmmm…
(Pause)
[#] Oo nga ano …

Lumagpas na ng isang araw, iniisip ko pa rin. So what now?

Hahaha. I say, DEBOUNCE, Kilcher, DEBOUNCE!

PS — Marami pang examples, hindi lang yan. Meron pa ngang months na ang Δt no 🙂 Pero ayoko na isa-isahin kasi hindi ako matatapos for sure. Basta ang masasabi ko lang ay …

DEBOUNCE, KILCHER, DEBOUNCE!

The Third Alternative

29 Sunday Jun 2008

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[ MORPHEUS ]
It is sometimes a mistake to climb;
it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt.
If you do not climb, you will not fall.
This is true.
But is it that bad to fail, that hard to fall?
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Sometimes you wake, and sometimes, yes, you die.
But there is a third alternative.

[ TODD ]
And sometimes, when you fall, you learn to fly.

[ Neil Gaiman | The Sandman | Fables and Reflections ]

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Thanks, Scout 🙂

Photo: The Wingless Descendant originally uploaded by Ivoryillusion.

Doppleganger Survey Special Edition

28 Saturday Jun 2008

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Eh kasi naman, pa-importante pa talaga eh :p

Haha, joke.

Anyway, it’s been eons since I last talked to my walking diary and siyempre sa kakaunting panahong nagka-chikahan kami sa YM ay nag-survey pa ako sa kanya. Kaya eto, sariling entry for ya, Noodles (antaraaaaaaay!)

ONE

[nikki] pag pagpasok mo pa lang, di ka na naka-sneakers or tsinelas, hindi ikaw yun.
[tinats] grabe ka  naka-black shoes ako nung isang araw!

TWO

[nikki] kapag sinabi kong, “pinkie finger pact” ALAM NA!
[tinats] hay naku, nawawala ka nung nag-re-relapse ako waaaah!

THREE

[nikki] pag tinawag mo kong Nikki, di ikaw yun dahil dude ang tawag mo sa kin.
[tinats] or diary pwede rin tas ang dapat na tawag mo sa akin ay engineer master dude wahahaha.

FOUR

[nikki] kelangan pag sinabing session tayo….ALAM NA :))
[tinats] shet miss ko na yang mga session na yan sobra.

FIVE

[nikki] kelangan alam mo rin lahat ng mga codes sa lahat ng bagay at tao…
[tinats] sino si *ano* si wiglaf si grendel si X si frost witch si mo si steiner ano ang holy place ano ang mortal sins wahehehehe…
[nikki] at ang Password ay di isang salita, kundi isang tao.
[tinats] may tama kaaaa!

SIX

[nikki] pag kumakain ka, pag isang kagat na lang ang burger mo..ang linya mo..”ayoko na”.
[tinats] hahaha, naalala ko pa to.

Kwentong Giving-Up

26 Thursday Jun 2008

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“oi!”

tumigil ka sa paglalakad, kumawala sandali mula sa kapit ng iyong sariling mundo, at lumingon-lingon. hinahanap mo ang pinanggalingan ng tinig na yun. saka mo lang nawari na gwakanangshet para kang na-time-space-warp.

ang setting: velasquez road malapit sa college of science lib, up diliman. mga alas kuwatro ng hapon. circa early 2000-something. papaano kang napunta sa setting na ito?

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Alak Pa Nga

23 Monday Jun 2008

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Oh you are in my blood like holy wine
And you taste so bitter but you taste so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you
I could drink a case of you darling
Still I’d be on my feet
I’d still be on my feet

Joni Mitchell | A Case of You

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I’ve heard this song before but sort of forgot about it (just like every single thing actually, nothing ever stays in my mind anymore, you see). And then Madam brought it up again during the mini-jam-session last Friday and well, can I just say that Joni Mitchell is frikkin’ awesome?

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Kilcher04 2.0

23 Monday Jun 2008

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So, kunyari may doppleganger ako. Tas pumunta dyan at kausapin ka, pano mo malalaman na fake yun? Bawal magtanong, kakausapin mo lang. Bigay kang 5 details na titignan mo para masiguradong ako nga yun.

Ready! Aim! Fire!

MARCT (**new**)
1. kukunan kita ng picture tapos pag hindi mo nilukot iyung mukha mo hindi ikaw iyun — pero pag film gamit mo baka pagbigyan kita at umayos ang mukha ko.
2. lalaitin ko sa harap mo ang seattle storm at si sue bird — ang tunay na tinats ay magrereact ng “akala ko ba kaibigan kitaaaaa?”
3. kakain ako ng ube sa harap mo tapos kunwari sarap na sarap ako. — yaaak, dude, yaaaaaaaaaaaaak!
4. hihiramin ko iyung camera mo, tas titingnan ko, feeling ko lang dapat maraming self-portrait dun. — ahahaha vain na kung vain, bakit ba? kelangan sa project 365 yun :p
5. magjo-joke ako, tas dapat di ka tatawa tas sasabihin mo lang “korni” — bwahahahaha, ganun ba ako palagi? *scratchhead*

MEEMAX
1. bading talk, lalo na ang word na”kebs”. — hahaha, kebs 😛
2. mabilis sumagot, kahit “kebs” lang ang sasabihin. — a talaga? kebs. 😛
3. malilimutin. — bakit na nga ba ako nagsusurvey? *scratchhead*
4. antukin. sleep anywhere anytime (parang guia). — oh yeah. swak.
5. dangle a checkered thingy in front of your face, tignan natin kung di ka magreact. — yosh!

LAIZEE
(1) pipicture-an kita. pero kapag ngumiti ka nang maayos, hindi ikaw yun. — nagiging default answer ito.
(2) magpe-play ako ng kahit anong bring it on movie, kapag di ka sumabay sa dialog, EKNL. — ready?! okay! shabooya-sha-sha-shabooya!
(3) pag may nakakatamad gawin na kelangan na gawin at di ka nagreklamo, na-body snatcher ka na. — haaay, mendoukuseeee!

KROTONE
1) kung nerdoks ang salita — oi di ako nerd no 😛
2) “hanubah!” — hanubaaaah!
3) other salitang bading hehehe — kasi ako lang mahilig magganun sa barkada 😛
4) un pagblow ng cheeks … pag nag-eexplain ka or nag-iisip binoblow mo cheeks mo. — imperness, di ko alam to, krotone. may ganung factor pala ako?
5) mahilig magexplain! — may nagsabi na sa kin dati neto.

ATHAN
1) tutsang yung baby hairs mo na nakatayo — tutsang pala tawag dun.
2) sabihin ko na lang di magaling si bird. tapos hintay ko react. — anak ng tinola, away na ito!
3) bibili ako ng coke tas aalukin kita ng pepsi. — di na ko nagko-coke ngayon. pero magrereact pa rin ako.
4) pipicturan kita tas tignan ko pano posing mo. pag matino yung picture hindi ikaw yun. — default answer.
5) pwede siguro sabihin na. mas magaling mapua sa up. hehehe.or circuit sa erg. or ust sa cheerleading. — bwahahaha. away na naman. magngangalit talaga ako haha.

RHODHOLFHO
1) tutuksuhin kita kay gab. dun pa lang huli na sya sa isasagot nya. — ano ba dapat sagot? tipong “wag ganun! umayos ka!”

TOIO
1) tatakbo ka kapag nakita mo ko kasi ayaw mong mag-pa-hug. — hindi na ko tatakbo. kasi di na kaya ng lungs kong patakbuhin ako :))
2) kakantahan kita ng weezer song tapos dudugtungan mo. — yosh!
3) nerd ka. — once more with feeling, HINDI AKO NERD! 😛
4) allergic ka sa cigarette smoke, so ma-a-atching ka ka agad. — di ako ma-a-atching pero walang katapusang itchy nose naman.
5) itetest ang memory, pero paradox siya. pag naalala mo, ikaw yun. pag di mo maalala, kasi makakalimutin ka, ikaw yun. — oo nga naman no?

TRINJY
1) Bibigyan ko ng food tas after 5 minutes dapat wala na siya gana. — yon, or tapos ko na ang food within 5 minutes.
2) Papatulugin ko tas mag-alarm ako tas after 100 snoozes pa siya babangon. — right on!
3) Papipiliin ko between Storm at LA SpOrks, dapat Storm ang piliin niya. — susmaryosep naman talaga kahit anong team vs. LA, yung any team na lang no.
4) Sabihan ko na merong may crush sa kanya tas deadma at bato lang siya. — hee ^_^ sadyang ganto na talaga eh.
5) Sabihin ko na Michelle P-fay-fer ang tamang pag-pronounce at maniniwala siya. — hoy grabehan, malakas ka sa kin kaya lahat ng sinasabi mo pinapaniwalaan ko. :p

AMPZ
1) Unang-una, naka-stripes ba siya? — oi di ako naka-stripes ngayon, so doppleganger itong nagba-blog?
2) Pangalawa, 4’11” ba siya? — lech, bawal nga physical eh.
3) Pag tinanong siya kung sinaniban siya ng full moon.. ang sasagot niya… 😛 or :”> or  waahahaa :)) — wahahaha. ewan ko sa yo 😛
4) Ang tawag niya dapat sa akin ay AMPZ — aba dapat lang, julio!
5) kung papipiliin siya ng object vs. lens.. lens ang pipiliin niya sa una… — hoi, di ko kinukumpara ang lahat ng bagay sa lens 😛
6) pang anim mahilig mangdila… — 😛
7) antukin — amen.

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List mada under construction. Hehe. Iyung ibang kelangan ko i-survey ay nag-MIA eh. Interesting pa naman ang mga sagot nun, at baka di na ka-post-post 😛 Hehe.

Kore wa Sarada Desu

22 Sunday Jun 2008

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Mula sa twitter page ko:

alec: i can’t understand the world…………..

tinats: @alec sinabi mo pa!

meemax: @alec naku wag mong dagdagan ang masalimuot na mundo ni tinats. ang mundong walang conflict pero nagkakaconflict. wahahahah. peace!

tinats: @meemax @alec out of nowhere sumusulpot ang virtual conflict. kelangan pa i-cast. (huwaaat?!) amfufung memory prob to (huwaaat?!)

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I just really don’t get the world sometimes — well, no, scratch that out, make that almost all the time. My head’s gonna burst due to all the things that I don’t wanna think about but I kinda have to since they’re all here anyway.

Haaaaay, world, you sneaky sneaky you. You really like to throw curve balls at me, don’t you? Tsk. You keep doing that but I still don’t know whether to get out of the way or hit those pitches like there’s no tomorrow. I’m sorry but it takes a while for me to figure things out and see which is which. Your curve balls shatter the order of my universe and I’m left confused and discombobulated for days (or weeks or months). Ugh. What on earth — I don’t even play baseball! I should stop using these analogies and stick to those geeky ones. Bahala na lang kayong mandiri sa ka-nerdox-han na yan.

But anyway, see the thing is, life (and this blasted world and this frikkin’ universe) hurls into you some unexpected and out of the blue happenings that are of the omfg-san-galing-yun and wth-ano-na-ang-nangyayari variety. Hay, not all people can go with the flow or adapt to those unexpected things. I’m one of those people who are just plain useless in that area.

Argh. I don’t want to think about this because I don’t really need to think about this and my head is hurting like hell from all the lack of sleep and the chu-hi(gh) that I’ve chugged this past week and all the thinking that I’ve been doing about THIS.

Demmit.

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I’m very fond of puns. And earlier, in the train ride from Keio-Nagayama to Shinjuku, I realized that there’s something really really really clever about this thing that’s been in my head for quite some time now (I know, it’s an anomaly coz normally, nothing is stored inside this useless brain — stupid memory, I blame you). Hahaha. OMG astig lang haha. Oh the fun with double (triple, quadruple, quintuple … n-tuple) meanings. Hee.

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Remember my wawents ode to Shinjuku-Eki? If not, refresher here.

So yun. I went to Shinjuku yesterday to meet up with Meemax and go lens-window-shopping (na palpak desu, bigo ang Kilcher ahuhuhu). Argh~ness ever, I got lost again — and twice pa! Pinakamalala when I was trying to find the Keio West Gate so I could take the Express Train to Hashimoto. I found myself wandering aimlessly at the JR-sen East Gate and I was really dizzy what with lack of sleep and those damn chu-hi(gh)s last night! Buti na lang I entered the JR gate and voila, I found myself at the place that I was trying to find.

My gash. Shinjuku-Eki na kaya ang pinakamalaking challenge ng buhay ko? Hahaha. That or baka ang paghihintay kay “ikaw” na hanggang ngayon wala pa din? Hahaha ulit. Can’t decide — pareho lang ng level of difficulty yan eh. Tsk.

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Kilcher: Inaantok na ako.

Doppleganger: Kelan ba hindi?

Kilcher: At masakit na ang ulo ko.

Doppleganger: Yan ba ang missing link dun sa linya mong “ang dami kong gagawin, nasusuka ako”?

Kilcher: I think I need to sleep.

Doppleganger: You shouldn’t think. You should know.

Kilcher: Wala na kasi sense tong pinagsasabi ko.

Doppleganger: Kailan ka ba nagkaron ng sense, aber?

Kilcher: Tse. Buzet.

Asar tong si Doppleganger ah. Mas kilala pa niya ko kesa sa sarili ko. Gash.

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Commercial Desu Kedooooo ….

STORM DOUSED THE FEVER this morning. Hay, finally, a win. And Birdy played awesome, yeah yeah yeah! Pero weirdly enough, our three-game-skid this past week wasn’t enough to bring down my spirits. Ang weird ng pakiramdam, parang may sanib lang. Ewan ko na lang kung ano to and I ain’t wasting any brain cells trying to wade through the muddy and murky waters of uncertainty and whatever else — ah basta. Ewan ewaaaan ewaaaaaaaaaaaaan, kanta na lang tayo ng mga kanta ni Marie Digby. Yebbers!

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Okay, hontou ni bangag da yo. I should sleep bago pa dumami ang sahog nitong word salad ko.

Ijou desu.