Monthly Roundup for the Month of June

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This Month's Post !

1. To Blog or Not to Blog

2. Capones Island Misadventure

3. Powershot Vs Cybershot

4. Capones Island Revisited!

5. Bistro Filipino Site

6. How to bypass Bios Password

7. What a strange text? Am I dead?

8. Funny Alcohol Warnings !!!

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Funny Alcohol Warnings !!!

Posted by Priam07

WARNING: consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a jerk.

WARNING: consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell the same boring story over and over again until your friends want to SMASH YOUR HEAD IN.

WARNING:consumption of alcohol may cause you to thay shings like thish.

WARNING: consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell the boss what you REALLY think while photocopying your butt at the office Christmas party.

WARNING: consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe that ex-lovers are really dying for you to telephone them at four in the morning.

WARNING: consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what ever happened to your pants anyway.

WARNING: consumption of alcohol may cause you to roll over in the morning and see something really scary (whose species and/or name you can’t remember).

WARNING: consumption of alcohol is the leading cause of inexplicable rug burn on the forehead.

WARNING: consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, handsomer and smarter than some really, really big guy named “Psycho.”

WARNING: consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe you’re invisible (or invincible).

WARNING: consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.

WELL, HERE IS OUR VERSION OF IT . . . .
WARNING: Too much alcohol may lead you to think you are an Acrobat, Cartwheeling (20x) !!

WARNING: Too much alcohol and lack of chasers may lead you to experiment on anything you see and put it in a drink (GINCAPEHALLS anyone???)

WARNING: Too much consumption of alcohol may lead your friends to think of you as a greeting card, and put a "Happy Birthday" notes on your body.



WARNING : Too much alcohol may lead you to sleep anywhere and in an unpleasant way then make you snore like hell.


WARNING: Too much alcohol may lead you to those pictures above hehehe joke . . .



* On the bright side, No one get hurt on these pictures, and I promise, more to come on the following days, Hope this will help in reminding you to drink Responsively !


WARNING: Too much alcohol consumption may lead you to read this blog ! -Priam07

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth. - George F. Burns

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How to bypass Bios Password

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Have you ever been in a situation where your PC suddenly attack by a virus and there is no more solution except to format it?, and by the time you are ready to format the drive, the first boot was not set and an annoying pop-up is blocking your Bios Configuration because you forgot what you set on your password?
If you do, here is a simple instruction on how you can bypass Bios configuration and install your OS, but first, let me give you a little info on what virus, Trojans, and worms are , because most of the time these are the reasons why my customers brought their PC to me.

Virus Virus Virus ..
  • Your computer freezes frequently or encounters errors.
  • Unusual system messages or fake error messages appear.
  • Your computer slows down when programs are started.
  • You receive notification from your firewall that some applications have attempted to connect to the Internet, although you did not initiate this.
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer freezes or functions erratically.
  • Your computer automatically shuts down after displaying a System Shutdown message.
  • Registry entries have been added or removed to execute unknown programs at start up.
Here are some symptoms that your PC is infected with either a Virus, a Trojan or a Worm. Most of the time when my customer brought their PC to me for servicing, I always ask them if they have an Antivirus installed, but most of the time they answered none. what the...., so I always make sure that I will give them information and awareness about Viruses then give them advices on how to prevent these viruses from coming back.

What is a Worm, a Trojan and a Virus?
"A Worm is a small piece of software that uses computer networks and security holes to replicate itself. A copy of the worm scans the network for another machine that has a specific security hole. It copies itself to the new machine using the security hole, and then starts replicating from there, as well. The term worm was coined by John Brunner, a science fiction writer, in his 1975 novel Shockwave Rider. The hero, a talented programmer, created self-replicating computer programs that tunneled their way through a worldwide network.

A Trojan Horse is simply a malicious computer program that damages your computer system upon installation. The program claims to do one thing, such as pretending to be a game, but instead do something else when you run them. Some nasty Trojans will actually attempt to erase your hard drive. They were originally named after the historic Trojan horse used by the Greeks to conquer Troy because the first Trojan horse programs pretended to be innocent games or applications. Trojan horses have no way to replicate themselves automatically. Below you will find some of the various ways that viral related attacks can be transmitted and spread.

Computer viruses are actually small programs that have the ability to replicate themselves and then spread throughout your system in many ways. This is usually done without a user’s knowledge. Such programs may copy themselves to a shared network resources or mail themselves to E-Mail Contacts that are stored in your address book.After a Virus has infected your system, it will usually trigger itself in some sort of fashion. It can launch annoying pop up windows that repeatedly place messages on your screen. It can deny you access to your data files and even change your system configuration settings. In advanced stages of infection, a virus can cause major damage to your system as it can corrupt your files and render them unreadable. It can even start deleting files as well. A virus doesn’t always have to trigger itself upon infection. It can actually be programmed to launch at a specific time or on a specific date so that there will be no obvious sign of system infection. A virus will usually disguise itself and may even attach itself to another file, so as to trick a user into running it."
Now you know what these Trojans, worms and viruses are, please make it an SOP that if you don't want to lose your important data on your PC like most of my customers do, install an antivirus after you install an Operating System, there are lots of antivirus on the market but if you lack on budget there are few freewares on the net but be careful, some of it act as an antivirus but it's not.

Formatting a Hard Drive
I don't want to broaden this topic, but in the Internet, there are several ways on how you can format your hard drive and here is one example of it:

For Windows XP
1. If you want to save any of the data on the disk, back it up by copying it to a CD or another hard drive. Formatting will destroy ALL of the data on the disk.
2. Use the Windows XP CD-ROM to boot the computer.
3. Select the "Recovery Console" option.
4. At the prompt, type FORMAT C:

Resetting Bios
Yesterday, a customer sent me her PC to format, but the problem is that the first boot was set to Drive C and I can't configure the BIOS setup to set the first boot because of a security password which she also forgot, so heres what I did, first I read an article on how to bypass this password on BIOS and luckily i did it, I removed the password and the Bios was reset on its original configuration.

Here are the steps on how you can reset your BIOS Configuration. ( but be careful, make sure you follow the steps carefully)

Standard BIOS backdoor passwords
The first, less invasive, attempt to bypass a BIOS password is to try on of these standard manufacturer's backdoor passwords:

MOST COMMON ADMINISTRATIVE PASSWORD
1234, ADMIN
AWARD BIOS
AWARD SW, AWARD_SW, Award SW, AWARD PW, _award, awkward, J64, j256, j262, j332, j322, 01322222, 589589, 589721, 595595, 598598, HLT, SER, SKY_FOX, aLLy, aLLY, Condo, CONCAT, TTPTHA, aPAf, HLT, KDD, ZBAAACA, ZAAADA, ZJAAADC, djonet, %øåñòü ïpîáåëîâ%, %äåâÿòü ïpîáåëîâ%
AMI BIOS
AMI, A.M.I., AMI SW, AMI_SW, BIOS, PASSWORD, HEWITT RAND, Oder
Other passwords you may try (for AMI/AWARD or other BIOSes)
LKWPETER, lkwpeter, BIOSTAR, biostar, BIOSSTAR, biosstar, ALFAROME, Syxz, Wodj

Flashing BIOS via hardware
If you can't access the computer with the standard backdoor passwords, you'll have to flash the BIOS via hardware.

Using the jumpers
The canonical way to flash the BIOS via hardware is to plug, unplug, or switch a jumper on the motherboard (for "switching a jumper" I mean that you find a jumper that joins the central pin and a side pin of a group of three pins, you should then unplug the jumper and then plug it to the central pin and to the pin on the opposite side, so if the jumper is normally on position 1-2, you have to put it on position 2-3, or viceversa). This jumper is not always located near to the BIOS, but could be anywhere on the motherboard.
To find the correct jumper you should read the motherboard's manual.
Once you've located the correct jumper, switch it (or plug or unplug it, depending from what the manual says) while the computer is turned OFF. Wait a couple of seconds then put the jumper back to its original position. In some motherboards it may happen that the computer will automatically turn itself on, after flashing the BIOS. In this case, turn it off, and put the jumper back to its original position, then turn it on again. Other motherboards require you turn the computer on for a few seconds to flash the BIOS.
If you don't have the motherboard's manual, you'll have to "bruteforce" it... trying out all the jumpers. In this case, try first the isolated ones (not in a group), the ones near to the BIOS, and the ones you can switch (as I explained before). If all them fail, try all the others. However, you must modify the status of only one jumper per attempt, otherwise you could damage the motherboard (since you don't know what the jumper you modified is actually meant for). If the password request screen still appear, try another one.
If after flashing the BIOS, the computer won't boot when you turn it on, turn it off, and wait some seconds before to retry.

Removing the battery
If you can't find the jumper to flash the BIOS or if such jumper doesn't exist, you can remove the battery that keeps the BIOS memory alive. It's a button-size battery somewhere on the motherboard (on elder computers the battery could be a small, typically blue, cylinder soldered to the motherboard, but usually has a jumper on its side to disconnect it, otherwise you'll have to unsolder it and then solder it back). Take it away for 15-30 minutes or more, then put it back and the data contained into the BIOS memory should be volatilized. I'd suggest you to remove it for about one hour to be sure, because if you put it back when the data aren't erased yet you'll have to wait more time, as you've never removed it. If at first it doesn't work, try to remove the battery overnight.
Important note: in laptop and notebooks you don't have to remove the computer's power batteries (which would be useless), but you should open your computer and remove the CMOS battery from the motherboard


Other methods are difficult to do and might ruin your board, so I don't include it here on my blog, but there are more methods and steps on how you can reset you Bios on the net, research is the key !!!

Need PC repair? leave a messege or your contact number at my chatbox !!! thanks
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. - Stephen Hawking



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Bistro Filipino Site

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Summer's Over, Classes had started, I'm back to work, and its time to update Bistro Filipino Website again!

Bistro means a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.

Bistro Filipino, Formerly 'Philippine Fiesta Village' is opened for business last December 16, 2006, it is located at the heart of Richmond Hill, New York City, and it is owned by my Uncle Wills and Aunt Kristine. Bistro Filipino is providing the Filipino community with a place for Dining, Dancing, Karaoke & Entertainment. Here, they offer a variety of selection of filipino food that will satisfy your taste buds, and every month they provide a special entertainment event for filipinos abroad, they even have guest talents from the Philippines like Ms. Pops Fernandez, Ms. Kuh, Rachelle anne wolf, and the comedians Porkchop to perform live on stage, they also hosted battle of the bands, ballroom contest and singing contest. As we all know Filipinos love to sing karaoke, they also have that too, they also have catering service and mobile service abroad, anyway just visit www.BistroFilipino.com for more infos.

Bistrofilipino.com first posted on the internet last 2006 and until now I am happy that it is still up and running. I have been designing and maintaining this site for about two years now. (Wow, didn't see that until now)
This is only a "sildeline job", every month they sent me an email for updates on events and pictures for the gallery, download the stuff, arrange it on the designated page, make a flash banner and after that, upload it again to the web, it's a hard work but I'm happy about it, I know that I did used what I've learned in HTML and Flash codes, and the fact that my love for designing a website since I was in college did help.

Please visit www.BistroFilipino.com to generate more web hits, this will help the site attract more viewers and customers.Thanks!


"Bistro cooking is good, traditional food, earnestly made and honestly displayed. It is earthy, provincial, or bourgeois; as befits that kind of food, it is served in ample portions."
David Liederman (New York restaurateur)



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Capones Island Revisited!

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Sunday Morning, June 8 2008, the weather is good, the trip has been planned, all are prepared and pumped-up, ready for another Capones Island Adventure!
After what happen to us last three weeks on Pundakit (Capones Misadventures blog), we already learned our lesson to check the weather forecast before leaving Manila, we make sure that no storm signal number 3 will hinder our trip this time.

Not all early bird catches an early worm!
When all participants are present (Dhoc, Leila, Mark, Jo, Nelson, Ana and Jefford), we immediately went to Victory bus liner at Caloocan earlier than the last time we did (around 1:30am I think), we plan not to waste our time going to the market in Zambales and worrying about the time we spent for buying for our food supplies in the morning, so we decided to go to the station as early as possible and hoping that there is an early trip heading to Zambales, but when we arrived at the station, we are disappointed because the first trip was set at 4:30 in the morning, so we waited for around 2hours until everybody on the booth was awake.

Capones now and then..
The Bus trip to San Antonio Zambales took us about 3 hours with 15 minutes stop-over on Pampanga and Olongapo. Then we spent an hour bargaining with vendors at Zambales market, buying food, water and all the necessary things we needed for camping. After buying all the stuff we needed , we immediately went to pundakit port where Robert, our contact Boatman was already there waiting for us. He brought us to the same spot where we camped out 2 years ago, we ride his small banka and took us 30 minutes from pundakit shore to Capones Island.
The first time we are at Capones Island, we enjoyed the clear water and the beautiful white sand around us, There are no visible garbage(maybe a few sandals left by the tourist). We make sure that by the time we get off the island, we will leave no garbage behind, keeping the island as clean as possible. Unfortunately this time, I was surprised that the island became more populated and polluted than it was before, maybe because Capones Island is getting more popular for local and foreign tourist nowadays. I was somewhat disappointed because some tourist left their garbage behind, and the white sand was not that white anymore, maybe due to oil spills or the storm that hit it last time but nevertheless the island was still beautiful and the trip was fun fun fun !!!

Photos Photos Photos !!!!

Nasaan na sila?

Tres Amigos at the Fura de Punta Capones

At Campsite

"It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever."— Jimmy Carter


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Powershot Vs Cybershot

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Its's been a long time since I wanted to replace my old but handy Kodak C300 digital camera (now auctioned at www.sulit.com.ph).but I'm having a hard time choosing between these two newly released compact, point and shoot digital cameras I'm aiming for this year, The Canon Powershot A590IS and the Sony Cybershot DSC-T70. Both digital cameras marked good ratings and standings from the users and editors of the forums and review sites I have read, both cameras have 8 Mega pixels (which is standard for digital cameras nowadays), a 4x optical zoom, a 2.5 inch LCD screen, an expandable external memory and the best of all, an image stabilization and face plus motion detection system which is very helpful in focusing your subject specially when you are not using a tripod or you just have a shaky hands like me. They also both have the same image processor from their own SLR Cameras, for canon it has a DIGIC III processor(from canon's D-SLR series) and BIONZ(from alpha and H SLR series) for Sony, both cameras can take good pictures with its Carl Zeiss lens for Sony and canon's original lens (which claims to be the lens of Nasa's Hubble telescope on the outerspace). The only difference I noticed between them is the price, the battery, the style and the features which I am very particular of. (FYI:I really like to have an SLR Camera but I don't have enough budget for it, anyway thanks in advance for those who want to contribute one!).

The Battle Begins:
Introducing on the left corner :SONY Cyber-shot DSC T70
Specifications
Resolution : 8.01 Megapixels
Lens : 3.00x zoom(38-114mm eq.)
Viewfinder : LCD
LCD Size : 3.0 inch
ISO : 80-3200
Shutter : 1-1/1000
Max Aperture : 3.5
Mem Type : MS Duo / MS PRO Duo
Battery : Custom LiIon
Dimensions : 3.5x2.2x0.8in(90x56x21mm)
Weight : 5.5 oz(156 g)
MSRP : $330
Additional Info: Wide and Touch 3.0 clear photo LCD, 31 MB internal Memory,Lithium Ion Battery

Introducing on the Right corner :Canon Powershot A590IS
Specifications
Resolution : 8.00 Megapixels
Lens : 4.00x zoom (35-140mm eq.)
Viewfinder : Optical / LCD
LCD Size : 2.5 inch
ISO : 80-1600
Shutter : 15-1/2000
Max Aperture : 2.6
Mem Type : SDHC / SD
Battery : 2 x AA
Dimensions : 3.7x2.6x1.6in (94x66x41mm)
Weight : 6.2 oz (176 g)
MSRP : $180
Additional Info: multiple shooting modes from full automatic with multiple scene modes to full manual for complete control, 2xAA Batteries which is available anywhere

Style vs Performance Which Do You Prefer?
Both Cameras are great, but each one has it's own strong points and weak points. For Sony , it is undoubtedly stylish, sleek and very attractive to look at, but i think it lacks performance (in terms of image details due to blurriness according to reviews) and lack of full manual control modes of the camera,but still, I love it's macro function over canon's a590IS (based on flick'rs group photos), on the other hand, Canon boasts its performance in color quality and image details plus it's cool manual control feature,but the downside of it was, it only uses a plastic material for its body which might easily break when you drop it, and a little bit bulky on the pocket.

Let's Vote!
So after reading my blog , can you help me choose and decide what Digital Camera should I buy, by answering the poll questions I gave earlier. Thanks!

More reviews here:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/
http://www.dpreview.com/
http://www.cameralabs.com/

 Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner. ~Author Unknown


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CAPONES ISLAND MISADVENTURES

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A Majestic Place...

It is my second time around here at one of my favorite Camping and beach island destination of Zambales, the Capones Island, the first time I set foot on this island was with my ex-officemates on the summer of 2006, I was captivated and fell in love with the place immediately and promise to come back again, which I did last May 17 2008, with my college friends and colleagues. With it’s crystal clear turquoise colored water, white crushed coral sand, a healthy trek at the mountain top (where you can see the whole panoramic, picture perfect view of the island as shown on many photos on flickr), the average water waves for surfer beginners, the old Spanish Lighthouse and the survivor feeling and warm sea when you go camping at night, who wouldn’t fell in love with this place?
The Plan
Before we pack for our summer outing to the island, we research a few background information and reminisce our old experience about the place, we do this every time we go to our destinations to lessen the questions and hesitations of my first-timer colleagues and the fact is that, it is my first time to commute going to this place, we also did some research of the place for planning the Iterinary budget, travel hours, activities, food preparation, etch, etch, anyway here’s what we've got:
The place itself
The island is a 2 kilometer, long-boned shape surrounded with white sand and rocky shores which is good for camping and several huge cliffs which may serves as a shade for the summer heat. The island is also known as “Isla de Gran Capon” during the Spanish era and serves as guide for sea faerers because of an old Spanish solar powered lighthhouse (Fura de punta Capones), built way back 1890, its old but still beautiful, with its original red painted brick house beside it. The lighthouse is the only stablishmnet you’ll find there but still it gives a dramatic view of an old spanish style structure which many photographers loved and make your visit there a worthwhile. On the other side of the island is a long stretch of white sand shore where the a famous Telenovela in the philipines, Marimar, was shot. Close to the Capones island is the Camera Island, a two small islands which are connected by a sand bar.
How to get there:
Capones Island is located few kilometers offshore from the shores of barangay Pundakit, Zambales, (where MYMP Get Me, MTV was shot), it will take you 3 hours or so bus trip from Manila passing through Olongapo further north to San Antonio via a VICTORY LINER BUS, The liner is located at Monumento (In front of Ever Gotesco), Caloocan City, board Sta Cruz or Iba Zambales and tell the conductor of the bus to drop you off on San Antonio Plaza/Market, then a 10-15 minutes tricycle ride from San Antonio Plaza to Pundakit Shore and a 30 minutes or so of a bumpy "bangka"(small boat) ride to reach the island. The fare we paid was approximately P270 for the bus, 50 pesos for the tricycle and the boat ride will depend on your boatmen you’ll negotiate with).
After having all this information it is time to go!
The Miscalculated Plan
All are set with full battle gears to camp out, we even have 3 tents, enough money for food supplies, swimwear, ice coolers, sun block lotions, fully charged cameras, etch, there is nothing to block our way to go to the island except one, Cosme, a signal number 3 storm that hit Zambales. Here in Manila the weather hasn’t changed dramatically with its hot humid temperature and a little bit of rains, what could go wrong?, but when we reached the island you’ll see the wrath of the storm, Huge waves and fast winds welcomes us when we reached Pundakit, we cannot even go to the island because the boatmen refused to sail due to huge waves, and the wind blows so hard that it hurts when it touches your skin maybe because of the sands that gushes with it. Anyway the trip was a failure, yet still, we manage to enjoy the misadventures we did, we took some pictures before we left, and on that same day we head back to Manila and laughed at our mistakes.
Will I Ever Go back?
Hell yes!, but this time, I will include the weather forecast to the plan and will never ignore it before we leave Manila. In fact June 8-9 is the best date to go back, so I am hoping that no bad weather will block our way this time.
More Photos and Info here..http://waypoints.ph/detail_gen.html?wpt=capons
http://www.flickr.com/photos/priam07/http://coldsouljeff.multiply.com/photos/album/39/Road_Trip


Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen.
Keep in the sunlight.- Benjamin Franklin

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To Blog or not to Blog!

Posted by Priam07

Welcome to my Blog!

This is my first attempt to write a blog, and I'm not sure if this would be my last, I know that I'm not good in writing but I'll still try to give you a glimpse of my adventures and misadventures of my life, just let me know when you stumbled a wrong grammar or misspelled words along the way! Thanks!

Hmmmmm.. what to say ...what to say...
For sure, I'm not good in words, and I'm not good in writing stuff, I failed my English class twice when I'm in high school (hate those silly essays!) but I really excel on mathematics, science and computer stuff , thanks to my professors and to discovery channel. I don't know, but some people are good in sharing things or solving problems mathematically or scientifically with formulas and pictures rather than explaining things in sentences and in paragraphs, others are vice versa, maybe you cannot excel on both, but you can manage to practice both of them to improve it. Anyway, what I've decided to do with this, is to create a photo-blog, you know!, I will take some pictures with my old but nifty camera and place it here, well of course there is a story behind on every photo right? but a single picture can tell you ALL the details you'll need to know.

Yey, I Blogged!

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. - Maya Angelu



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