Category Archives: Thought

Debarge – I like it

Posted on November 21, 2011

It’s hard to say really much about Debarge without mentioning that they were one of the few definitive R&B acts of the 1980′s. Debarge is not so much about the hits they had as much as it was about the the sensibilities that they had tried to project: the shy honest guy wanting the girl, the wholesome fun that supposedly would be found just around the corner, that love could still be real and romantic, and so on. The sounds that Debarge had in their songs really capture a portion of the charms of 1980′s American pop music and also reflect the ideals, and I’m willing to dare say even fantasies, that were part of the zeitgeist of the times.

Although the thing that I find a bit annoying, and maybe even tragic, is the ongoing nature of the songs themselves and the way it conveys that there is supposed possibility to find warmth in some shiny and cold world. This can be immediately seen reflected in the very instrumentality of the music: the sounds of the synthesizers and over slicked production being taken on by the organic melodies of the voices of the lead and chorus; quite like the feeling of a warm zephyr midst a cold winter night near the ocean side.

Take a break. No really take a break.

Posted on October 9, 2011

Once every few times, every gamer needs to take a break.It’s not simply a matter of making sure that you don’t ruin your sight by straining your eyes fixed in one position all the time, it’s also a way to have your mind take a break. Sometimes with the constant flow of information that goes in and out of your mind, things can be quite hectic in the mind, you have to remember that your machine has an off button. It’s there to turn it off whenever you need it to be off (^_^);

The fact is, that if you spend too much time in front of the computer, doing nothing that would call for the critical need of a computer to be used proactively, then it’s best to take a few breaks if the usage is going to be purely recreational.

There is the argument that there is nothing to be done offline or that the people around you are not exactly the kind of characters you want to obligate yourself with. And that its easier to conduct certain types of relationships casually online since your friends are always “on call” for whenever you want to contact them (that is if they are available).

But although this is true to a certain extent, it is good to turn your machine off. Have a walk, don’t answer the phone or give text messages needlessly (unless it’s an emergency) and enjoy some time being by yourself to rest, to contemplate, to enjoy the stillness that can be found still in hectic times, within time. For despite the fast paced and short-tempered world we live in today, I think that there is time to save for just being alone to yourself and enjoy some silence from the hum.

So if you are a hard core gamer and you find yourself in a moment where you just have to turn off your machine to rest, then by all means…press the button.

When it’s over: Another look at RPG gaming.

Posted on September 8, 2011

After finishing the main quest line of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, I’m finding that the game is not exactly what I’m used to as far as role playing games are concerned as far as format. Usually, given my history of playing Japanese RPGs, I’m used to having a story for which I’m to work my way to finish the game to get to the ending; to follow a simple story structure where you have your introduction, conflict, climax, and finally ending. Such as is the usual way of telling a story in other game genres such as in first person shooters (another genre of games that I’m more used to playing).
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Pink Floyd – Breath In The Air

Posted on September 6, 2011

And so we sat there in the morning fog just eating our breakfast.

I had no idea what tomorrow would bring. I did not care anymore. I just wanted to sit there and have my bacon and eggs.

I just wanted to have my cup of orange juice. I wanted to just stare into the gray sky and just observe the movements of the clouds while my food was slowing going through me. I wanted to feel that wonderful feeling of listlessness and of being lost again. Because the entropy that comes with conformity had really numbed me to bits so I just had to, tomorrow, run into the open arms of that beautiful feeling called “the unfamiliar”.

I really wanted to see her again at the edge…she was always beautiful to me.

The Ambassadors of Funk – Super Mario Land

Posted on September 3, 2011

If there was one song that was found played by any hip-hop station in the Bay Area that was only reserved for moments where they remixes took to the program’s center stage, this one is it.
It was a very exciting time for any kid at the time that was listening to this in the U.S. as it was during several months before the Nintendo 64 (Ultra 64) would be released. So many people were just ready to start playing Mario 64 and all the other games that were given the guarantee that the games featured on the system were going to be as close to what is seen in some game titles on the arcades.

In hindsight, although most were already with the knowledge that the technology of the time would only allow for so much to be possible to deliver graphically to what was found in arcades (as arcade boxes were really just personal computers program to run application programs with motherboards dedicated specifically for particular graphics card platforms). So the whole paradigm where consoles could never reach the level of PCs when it comes to gaming in general can be traced back in it’s clearest back then than today where, although the debate has ended with the admittance that consoles would never be able to catch up, yes, but it would be ultimately the software itself that would determine the worth of the console platform for gaming over the PC. And that debate is still going to this very day.

Glimpse Phlog – Dead Phone Booth.

Posted on August 28, 2011

“I could not believe it, they finally took away the phone. Out of all the times that I had passed by it they finally took it out.

I always wondered what would become of the phone booth once everyone would start, whether for the sake of appearances or for the sake of mere necessity, to get cellular phones.

And once that happens, what would then become of these phones?
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It’s funny really how things progress and how they become forgotten over time. And it’s not just things it’s people too. The sort of encapsulation all for the sake of “progress” for something that is not totally justified except when it comes to money. You know what I mean?”

He turned to me and I looked at him and then at the phone booth. While he was talking I was a bit distracted in being able to control the make-shift wedge I was making with pouring tartar sauce from a condiment cup. So while munching on my bite of the sandwich I said while looking at the phone booth.

“I wonder if you could have still called collect and not get charged on the day this was pulled out”



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Two cents on learning C

Posted on August 14, 2011


One thing that I’ve been noticing since I’ve decided to slowly teach myself the c programming language is that the vocabulary to describe components and basic ideas that are incorporated in the language are heavily borrowed and highly applicable in other programming languages; a case in point: PHP.

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Cyberspace

Posted on August 9, 2011


There are two schools of thought about the internet that concern themselves on the internet being a conceptual place. One particular belief is that the internet can be considered a conceptual “place” and another school that favors the thinking of the internet as simply for what it’s made up of: just a series of interconnected computers and clusters of computers in various real-world geographical locations. It was an ongoing small debate among professionals that work with computer networks and fiction writers, marketers, and anything that is promoting anything related to the internet, for the idea that the internet, is a “cyberspace”, or a ” great information superhighway”, or just simply “The Internet” as a , being a pseudo space of ever expanding and morphing real-estate for the mind.
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