Apple welcomes the Executive Briefing of the faculty members from the University of the Philippines. Whilst there are nothing confidential discussed between Apple engineers and the faculty members, I’d rather that I not talk about details. 
Anyway, you probably have seen photos similar to this one from Pinoy Mac users…
However, only a handful of Pinoy Mac users have seen these…
Another government shifts to Open Standards and Open Source.
My dream is to really see the Philippines supporting Open Standards and finally dumping proprietary file formats that lock-in the government to certain vendors. It only takes political will to do this and I am hoping that our CICT commissioners will see the importance of support Open Standards. I am not saying that the government go Open Source but that will even be better, of course.
Anyway, this is a challenge to our CICT commissioners to commission a full blown study of the impact of using Open Standards and Open Source for the entire bureaucracy. I am sure that the advantages to the government will outweigh the disadvantages.
Finally met with Java.Net Global Education and Learning Community leader, Daniel Brookshier. We have been coordinating with him on the JEDI project Java.Net pages.
Met with Nichole from Sun – member of Matt Thompson’s team – to discuss a new Sun project. The project, although not yet official, will involve a lot of people from all over the world. Yes, JP and I are part of it. Cool, huh?
Right now, the project only has 20 members – with 14 attending this year’s JavaOne. JP and I met with the other 5 this afternoon to discuss the project.
It really is an interesting project and watch out for its announcement in two weeks!
Well, am a bit sleepy now but I could not sleep. Weird, eh? I claimed that I don’t usually get jet lag but I guess I have it now! Slept the entire flight and it is now 10PM, Sunday in Manila and Sunday is just starting here – 7AM. Argh and double argh! I need another 24 hours to be able to get my body clock synced with the environment.
Anyway, the flight went ok but the wait at the NAIA airport was something else. Imagine, PAL having the last security check, cordoned off a section of the boarding area but did not provide enough seats for a full flight! In addition, there was barely any air conditioning. Thanks to the weather, power was supplied by a generator that could not even provide enough juice to power all the lights! SHESH!!!! Thanks, PAL for the delay. I hope that the flight home is better.
Will post a longer entry later, when I get enough energy or should I say, if I still have enough energy left after going to the Apple Mothership (Apple Store).
Logitech’s new bluetooth headset is a great accessory for the iPod. This is something that I have been waiting for. I just hope that it also works with the powerbooks.
Yes, I WANT!
A few minutes ago, my eldest daughter gave me an envelope – a Starbucks envelope with a note greeting me a ‘happy father’s day!’.
The envelope contains a whole lot of these gift certificates! Yeah, they know that I am a Starbucks addict – always getting the caramel macchiato (hot), double espresso frap & rhumba – and that made them addicts as well since I always bring home donuts and eclairs for them.
No cards today but gift certificates and whole bunch of them!
Thanks, kids!
Surfed the iTunes Music Store and guess what I found? Yes, a Side A album – in all its OPM glory! Coolness!
Try to do your own search for OPMs and post the iTMS URLs here.
This is one day of the year when you get to show your appreciation and love for your dad. In our family, we usually just greet our Papa and treat the family to dinner. Being the eldest, I usually end up organizing it (and shouldering the bill) but I do not mind – anything for my Papa (and Mama, of course!).
Being a dad myself – this is one of those days when I just sit back and wonder what my kids are cooking up for me. They never fail to amaze me – a simple card from my Zoe and Eco, Oz’s hugs and Zia’s smile are more than enough but they always come up with something new. Yes, I am excited, of course. hahaha
To my Papa and my grandfathers – Happy Fathers’ Day to you – we love you.
