After a very mind-boggling semester, my laptop which was using Windows Vista then became full, crappy and slow. I have been itching to use OSS ever since people claimed its wonders. Now that I am on my semestral break, I decided to borrow the installer of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, released last April 2009, from James.

Now my Vista's wiped out. I am using solely Ubuntu as of the moment because I felt I need some software refreshment. My Ubuntu's now fully functional; I hope I didn't miss anything. But here are some problems/not-much-of-a-problem that I faced during/after installation:

• There are so many libraries and files to update. This is since the installer is for April 2009 and we are now in October and prolly there are thousands of upgrades/updates done in between. It took me around 3 hours to update.
  
• No sound! This is the biggest problem I had. My soundcard doesn't seem to be recognized or what. I have to scour the web with all the possible solutions. I have tried a lot and most of them failed. I found the solution here: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3103449.msg179195#msg179195. Just some minor file edits (I don't know and care what file that was) and a reboot and voila, I'm hearing That Girl by Plain White T's now.

One more question, will I stay with Ubuntu for a long time or do a dual boot with Vista? Of course I HAVE TO do a dual boot.

• I don't like Open Office that much. Though there has been lotsa improvements, Microsoft Office still has the twang I need to do all my school stuff.
• I think I'll be needing a Windows platform for my Special Problem next semester.
• Windows still has its advantages over Ubuntu/Linux vice versa. It's good to get the best of both worlds.

So that's it. Thanks James for letting me borrow the installer. I needed this. Now I'm done with this, I'll do some minor exploration and next focus on reviving my freaking dead blog. Screw Kinohost.

Adios! Visit http://www.ubuntu.com/, aryty?


PS: Ubuntu 9.10 coming soon, wanna test the Beta?

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As of writing my main blog is "suspended" and I don't know why they suspended it. No notice, announcement, email, anything! It frustrates you if that's the first thing that faces you in the morning! Rarr! I already sent an email to the owner Jon Towns asking for an explanation of such suspension of my bryankarl.net blog.

Now here's the deal, if my blog doesn't return tonight or I will not get a response from Mr. Jon Towns, I'd have to buy a new blog hosting service from bubblecrush.org or somewhere and I have no choice but to use my www.whataboutbryan.info domain since I still have it with me. And I have no money to buy a new domain in par with a new host so I'd have to recycle. And I don't care! Grrr.

Kinohost is dead. Booh!

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You heard that right! I'm going back again to one of Cebu's premium beach resorts, Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort. Well they're giving away this free day tour as you can read at the post entitled Maribago Bluewater invites bloggers to a Sunday by the beach over at PinoyWorld. The last time I went to Maribago was during the opening of the Maribago Gallery and it was also there that I heard from Mr. Ruben Licera about this bloggers' day tour every Sunday. It was exciting and we then planned to choose a Sunday on November. But I change my mind. Since we won't be pursuing with our Argao trip this weekend, I'm choosing to go to Maribago Bluewater this Sunday, October 25, 2009.


I just hope I'd be together a bunch of fun people on October 25. Hehe. Anyways, to those who don't know what and where Maribago Bluewater is, here are some resources (some are mine bwahaha):

1. Maribago Bluewater Blog
2. Maribago Bluewater Video @ Youtube
3. Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort Promotes Tourism, Invites Bloggers
4. Maribago Bluewater Opens The Gallery

See you all there!

Photo credit: PinoyWorld.org

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Currently listening to: Nothing's gonna change my love for you by Westlife. Why this? Why so emo? Nada.

I'm not in love. The song just irritates me big time. Why?

Because I can't relate. That's all. Sorry for this short and irrelevant post. :P

Juicier stuff soon... :)

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After doing some quick research in the internet, I think I may have found the name of my problem... It was yesterday that I started feeling some pain on my right ear. Well it pains when I pull my ear, when I push it, or when I do something that shakes my head. I got a bit (or very?) worried that I had to research on ear pain just now. I stumbled on this diagnostic tree-structured like something about ear problems and I followed the questions openly. It lead me to this problem called Otitis Externa. At first I was hesitant to open since it says "swimmer's ears" and I haven't been swimming lately. But I opened anyways.

Otitis externa — commonly known as swimmer's ear — is an infection of the ear canal, the tubular opening that carries sounds from the outside of the body to the eardrum. It can be caused by many different types of bacteria or fungi. This is my first time to hear of such problem. Let me quote, "But you don't have to swim to get swimmer's ear. Anything that causes a break in the skin of the ear canal can lead to an infection. Dry skin or eczema, scratching the ear canal, vigorous ear cleaning with cotton-tipped applicators,... can all increase the risk of developing otitis externa." And I remembered I cleaned my ears last weekend using cotton-buds . Oh noes.

That made me conclude I MAY have otitis externa. It's really painful. I don't have any hearing problems though or any yellow pus thing dripping on me ear. If this stays after the finals week, then I may have to ask my mom to go with me to the hospital or wherever (I don't know). I just wish this won't worsen. D:

Photo credit: kidshealth.org

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Whew, can't believe my latest post is about Ondoy. That's history. Pepeng's the present. But anyways, finals week is next week and I would really have to face a very very rough week -- sleepless nights, tired eyes, weak body, wobbly and all.

I just finished editing our "music video" entry for The Sipser Show (that's on October 16 in Royal Concourse). We shot it in the Boardwalk at SRP and it was not that great but at least we have one.


The Sipser Show animated logo
Yesterday, we had our finals in Automata wherein I made a modified 7-7-7 haiku instead of the conventional one. My haiku sucks big time. After the quick final exam, we played a game called Sipser Wars. More details about our Sipser Wars game on my main blog.

For now, my whole week next week is already filled with final exams, reporting, defense, dance practices, etc. I just wish I would be able to make it to the week after next.

On Sunday next week, I'd be taking an "important" and "big" exam. But I don't put my hopes high. After the exam would be Philippine Blog Awards 2009! Weeh. I've been saying this over and over again, lol. Congrats Nogra for the nominations. That's one big step to stardom.


Today's a Sunday, and after writing this blog entry, I'd prepare myself for "school". Yep, I'd go to school later and make our artificial intelligence case study (or maybe continue coding the document tracker module). Is it ironic that artificial intelligence is seeping away all my intelligence? Doh.

Good luck to me. Good luck to you. Good luck to all of us.

P.S. I hope everything's fine in Luzon.
P.S. Why do I like watching PBB? Err.
P.S. It's a BIG BAD WORLD! *sings to myself*

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