So I got this black mug as a Christmas gift. I fill it up with my freshly-pressed steaming-hot coffee.
Then Jeanne says: “Daddy, you don’t like your black mug anymore?” I look down on the mug:
Ooops!
Month: July 2013
The geniuses over at MMDA are proposing to ban cars two days in a week.Why oh why are there people in the government thinking this way? With this kind of thinking then why not three days in a week? How about four? How about ban cars altogether? That ought to solve the traffic problem. Sheesh! Talk about killing the patient to free up hospital beds.
It’s elementary but maybe it’s worth stating for the sake of the people at MMDA: Transportation of people and goods is the objective. Traffic congestion is the problem. How about solving the problem while preserving the objective? Finding solutions may not be easy but that’s what you’re there for. That’s what you’re being paid for!
How about some ideas as well? Improve the existing mass transit system capacity (MRT, LRT), expand mass transit system (say PPP), unify intra-city bus system, get rid of provincial-route buses within the city, get rid of colorum buses, get rid of jeepneys and tricycles on the major thoroughfares… Beyond Metro Manila: develop other cities, improve intercity transportation. Oh right, you’ve thought about them. You just don’t find them easy. But nobody said it was easy. Again, that’s what you’re being paid for!
Apple has released iOS 7 beta 3 to developers. Looks like it’s gonna be a 2-week cycle. The most visible change is the system font: thicker and more readable. Most importantly, it’s much more stable now. Haven’t experienced a crash or reboot since installing yesterday. Good going Apple!
The story is then picked up by Avery who is a rookie cop and a new father himself. The shooting elevated him to something of a local hero. This and his idealism eventually got him into conflict with the corrupt cops in the police department. He then leveraged the situation to become the district attorney and eventually a candidate for attorney general.
Then the story shifts to Avery’s and Luke’s sons who are now teenagers and studying in the same school. There’s the irony that Luke’s son had a father in his mom’s husband (Kofi). While Avery’s son didn’t since Avery got divorced and was very busy with his career. The two became friends, then enemies when Luke’s son realized who his friend’s father is. The story culminates in a confrontation in a place beyond the pines :P and with Luke’s son following his father’s tracks. Motorcycle tracks, that is.
Good watch. Almost like reading a good book.
It went longer than it should be. I had to spend practically the whole day filing a BAF that nobody seemed to have the comprehensive information on. Only to find out at the last hour or two that there is no need for it. By then some of the signatories for my clearance have already left so there’s still the that to finish up. But finally, no more CQ, PPM, and other hideously ugly, overly expensive commercial software tools. Hello to free and open source. And maybe even to some pretty but inexpensive commercial software. Whee!!!