October 12, 2006
Prepare yourself for the shock of a lifetime.
Let me know about the other uses that you've discovered for the ultimate useless button. Long live Scroll Lock!
- Open Microsoft Excel 2003.
- Make sure that Scroll Lock is turned off.
- Press the down cursor key. Verify that you have moved from cell A1 to A2. Press up to go back to A1.
- Turn Scroll Lock on. You should see "SCRL" appear in the lower-right part of the window, where "NUM" and "CAPS" would appear if they were turned on.
- Now press the down cursor key. Better yet, try all the cursor keys.
- Repeat step 5 until the novelty wears off and you are no longer amazed.
Let me know about the other uses that you've discovered for the ultimate useless button. Long live Scroll Lock!
Labels: amazing, MS Office, scroll lock
September 29, 2006
I retract yesterday's statement that it was really scary outside. It wasn't just scary; it was f***ing scary. That's the only adjective that truly captures the reality outside the walls of our house. Can't recall a recent typhoon that really scared the shit out of me (not literally). You think you get used to typhoons when you live in the Philippines, but you haven't experienced the real thing until one hits you dead on.The typhoon started to calm down at around four in the afternoon. Our family went out in the evening for a movie because there were no signs of electricity coming back any time soon. Unfortunately, all the malls were closed by the time we decided to leave the house. We tried looking for a place to eat and pass the time and we managed to find an open Yellow Cab Pizza (Better Living branch) on the way home. Until now, there's still no power at home.
The weather was much, much improved this morning so I decided to go to the office (besides, I really needed to charge my cellphone). In the daylight, you could see the destruction brought about by the typhoon. The only word to describe it is "awesome". I don't mean to say that I enjoyed seeing uprooted trees, fallen signposts, and gigantic billboards crushing buses. The typhoon's destructive effects were an awesome sight to see. My brother took some pictures of the carnage; I'll try to upload some of them later.
It took me two and a half hours to get to the office. The MRT wasn't in operation and there was some serious traffic along EDSA for some unknown reason. The bus I took had to take a long detour to avoid the traffic. All seems well though, for now.
(Thanks to Pau for finding the above photo. I actually saw that bus on my way to work!)
Labels: amazing, current events, Philippines, typhoon, weather
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.
August 25, 2006
(Nope, I'm not referring to myself.)
Believe it or not, this guy is a Filipino. Here's the proof. Well, he's half-Filipino, but we'll proudly claim anyone famous with even a tiny drop of Pinoy blood as one of our own (sad, but true).
Ryan Patricio's the current world record holder for solving a 3x3x3 Rubik's cube with one hand. That's the record-setting 20-second attempt in the video. Mabuhay ang mga Pinoy! More about Ryan here.
I pride myself in being an above-average Rubik's cube solver (50 seconds on average), but I'd already be in Rubik's cube nirvana if I could do 20 seconds with two hands (my current record is 30 seconds, and that was a fluke). I ought to buy a good cube online because the ones available here in the Philippines just plain suck; you can't turn a face with just one finger.
Unsurprisingly, Ryan ascribes to the Fridrich method of cube-solving, arguably the fastest method available. I don't use the Fridrich method myself, and neither do I plan to. I use a personalized version of what is simply known as the "X method". Don't try to Google for it; you'll never find it published anywhere. I just learned it in high school from a classmate, who learned it from another classmate, who learned it from... well you get the drift.
Nobody knows the origins of the X method, and it has very few living practicioners. But that's gonna change once I tell the whole world about it. I'll be detailing the X method here one day, exclusively for the RubeTube (now you understand what's with my blog's title), so that you too can do the cube the "X" way.
Anyone know of tools for creating Rubik's cube diagrams?
Believe it or not, this guy is a Filipino. Here's the proof. Well, he's half-Filipino, but we'll proudly claim anyone famous with even a tiny drop of Pinoy blood as one of our own (sad, but true).
Ryan Patricio's the current world record holder for solving a 3x3x3 Rubik's cube with one hand. That's the record-setting 20-second attempt in the video. Mabuhay ang mga Pinoy! More about Ryan here.
I pride myself in being an above-average Rubik's cube solver (50 seconds on average), but I'd already be in Rubik's cube nirvana if I could do 20 seconds with two hands (my current record is 30 seconds, and that was a fluke). I ought to buy a good cube online because the ones available here in the Philippines just plain suck; you can't turn a face with just one finger.
Unsurprisingly, Ryan ascribes to the Fridrich method of cube-solving, arguably the fastest method available. I don't use the Fridrich method myself, and neither do I plan to. I use a personalized version of what is simply known as the "X method". Don't try to Google for it; you'll never find it published anywhere. I just learned it in high school from a classmate, who learned it from another classmate, who learned it from... well you get the drift.
Nobody knows the origins of the X method, and it has very few living practicioners. But that's gonna change once I tell the whole world about it. I'll be detailing the X method here one day, exclusively for the RubeTube (now you understand what's with my blog's title), so that you too can do the cube the "X" way.
Anyone know of tools for creating Rubik's cube diagrams?
Labels: amazing, Philippines, Rubik's cube, videos
