February 23, 2007
I've been spotted on YouTube! Our team in the 2005 ACM-ICPC World Finals (held in Shanghai) is in the freakin' thumbnail of the video below. We're the three guys in the bright Ateneo-blue shirts. From left to right, that's Allan Espinosa, myself, and Miguel Arguelles (who's actually hidden in the thumbnail). That's 0:46 into the video (or 0:48 from the end). Watch our 2 seconds of YouTube fame!
And here in this second video, I've been spotted again! This time, from the 2006 ACM-ICPC World Finals in San Antonio. I have a cameo role for another 2 seconds starting at 0:59 into the video (1:32 from the end).
...Yes, I am absolutely sure that those are my hands that are on the keyboard, and that that is my watch. I confirmed it by observing how my wrists and hands look like while typing. At first I was doubtful that it was me because I usually take my watch off during programming competitions (it gets in the way, you know). But then again, them hands were typing quite slowly so I figured it could've been during the practice session or in the Java Challenge (we placed 6th!) where we weren't in any rush.
And here in this second video, I've been spotted again! This time, from the 2006 ACM-ICPC World Finals in San Antonio. I have a cameo role for another 2 seconds starting at 0:59 into the video (1:32 from the end).
...Yes, I am absolutely sure that those are my hands that are on the keyboard, and that that is my watch. I confirmed it by observing how my wrists and hands look like while typing. At first I was doubtful that it was me because I usually take my watch off during programming competitions (it gets in the way, you know). But then again, them hands were typing quite slowly so I figured it could've been during the practice session or in the Java Challenge (we placed 6th!) where we weren't in any rush.
August 31, 2006
Move over, Jerry Yan. There's a new idol from Taiwan and he plays some wicked guitar (and he has long hair too).
His name is Jerry Chang, or "JerryC". The song he's playing is a kick-ass rock version of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D, a classic classical piece. He wrote the arrangement himself and if you want to rock as hard as Jerry, you can visit his website and pick up the tabs and the background music track there (in the "Lessons" section). I guarantee that after listening to it a few times, you will get a serious case of Last Song Syndrome. You can download a WMV version of the video here.
Ironically, a guy named "funtwo" was the one who got famous on YouTube (most discussed video of all time!) for performing JerryC's "Canon Rock" arrangement. The New York Times did an article on him which revealed his true identity: Jeong-Hyun Lim from Korea.
There's been some serious JerryC-versus-funtwo debate about whose performance was better, but I couldn't care less (though I feel that JerryC is better just because he's the original). I just wish I could at least play the chorus.
His name is Jerry Chang, or "JerryC". The song he's playing is a kick-ass rock version of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D, a classic classical piece. He wrote the arrangement himself and if you want to rock as hard as Jerry, you can visit his website and pick up the tabs and the background music track there (in the "Lessons" section). I guarantee that after listening to it a few times, you will get a serious case of Last Song Syndrome. You can download a WMV version of the video here.
Ironically, a guy named "funtwo" was the one who got famous on YouTube (most discussed video of all time!) for performing JerryC's "Canon Rock" arrangement. The New York Times did an article on him which revealed his true identity: Jeong-Hyun Lim from Korea.
There's been some serious JerryC-versus-funtwo debate about whose performance was better, but I couldn't care less (though I feel that JerryC is better just because he's the original). I just wish I could at least play the chorus.
