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May 9, 2005

MovableType 3.16

I checked out http://www.movabletype.org and found out that there was update to MovableType 3.x. Naturally, I thought “what the hell, might as well upgrade too.”

Absent-mindedly I set the FTP upload to replace any existing directories… so the plugins directory was obliterated and replaced with a fresh empty one.

My blog is heavily modified with plugins and hacks, it simply will not work without them at this juncture, so I began the quest of looking for every last one of ’em – which was rather difficult since you don’t really remember these things.

So here I am, online again. And this time, I’m listing the plugins I use for later reference (read: in case I try something stupid again)

While I’m at it, might as well include links and explanations.

May 5, 2005

Tech support

http://www.bukaspalad.com, as of this posting, is dead. We’re forced to move it to a new server since the old one was terminating the account.

I was informed of everything, and I basically just agreed to whatever arrangement they intended to make. I wasn’t paying the bills so who was I to suggest anything.

I wish I had though…

May 4, 2005

Kingdom of Heaven

I’m slowly getting back to my routine, it’s really great to finally get some rest.

We watched Kingdom of Heaven the other night – I liked it. I don’t know if having just been to Jerusalem had anything to do with it. I definitely appreciated the geography in the movie and trying to compare it to what we saw during the pilgrimage.

THe story was not bad too. Simple and tells a story mostly fiction I guess. But nonetheless I appreciated that the Muslims were portrayed as the more decent people. Fiction or not, the movie at least reminded me not to generalize a whole belief system simply because I disagree with them. I guess it all boils down to “time” and “situation.”

I also liked how the movie reminds people that Religion, which teaches love, peace and justice – is also one of the leading causes of death to date hehehe. How’s that for an irony?

Is it just me, or does Orlando Bloom have only one facial expression?

March 31, 2005

WebNews

When’s the last time we had some WebNews? Thanks to NetNewsWire‘s post to blog attribution mechanism, It’s now easy to take in what I usually see around the net and post directly here to my blog.

MySQL reaches Beta status
Watusi cow with big-assed horns
Terri Schiavo’s blog
Computer crash survey
XDR RAM
Think twice with Apple

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March 28, 2005February 10, 2017

Banksy

Graffiti, vandalism, policitcal statement, or Art?

Sometimes, there are people who go do the darndest things… but you end up loving them anyways.

Such is a man called Banksy, who is notoriously known (and wanted) in the UK for his penchant of secretly putting up works of art of “subversive political nature” in public places (Parks, Museums, etc.)

His latest work is a six-meter tall bronze statue which depicts Lady Justice as a prostitute wearing leather boots and a thong, in Clerkenwell Green – as protest to the British Legal System.

This news article was a few weeks back, but I only got to post it now since I wanted to include some cool picture along with this entry… which you now see on the left – It’s a doctored version from what you will find in his website.

My hats off to this guy, he’s talented, and what he does makes sense: His method is radical enough to be noticed… but not radical enough to get people harmed/killed. And quite frankly can be classified as art in its own right. An almost if not perfect form of protest… sure beats the hell out of rallies, etc.

Be sure you get to read his thoughts on his website’s “help page.” Sometimes the simplest, and seemingly most ridiculous answers can make so much sense for the simple reason of them being right.