Lauren's Tabulas

6 months ago

Posted by Lauryn at 03:51 PM on October 1, 2003 in Random Babble.

It's been 6 months. Jason and I decided that March 30th is our anniversary. How time flies. Happy half-anniversary, baby!

Currently feeling: loved

on XHTML 1.1 and templates

Posted by Lauryn at 07:24 AM on October 2, 2003 in Web development.

I've been trying to validate nimrodel.net as XHTML 1.1. Right now, it only validates as XHTML 1 strict. I'm just too lazy to tweak on it now. (PLUG: see my new layout too. Read the concept behind the new design.).

If you're looking for a free XHTML 1.1 and CSS template complete with PSD file and popout menu, download the Aura: web page exoskin. There are so many things I want to experiment but with schoolwork, this will have to wait till sem break (yay, 2 weeks left). Some goodies worth exploring other than the Aura template are : Tabbed Panels , Expanding Menu and all those vertical and horizontal Nested lists. I'm getting bored with my usual navigation. More stuff at my web resources.

(this is a test for future posting)

soba

Posted by Lauryn at 06:50 PM on October 2, 2003 in Food.

With the help of Daynah, my grandma, mom and this thread, I was able to prepare soba. Yummilicious.

Must finish my Pilipino essay tonight .

Currently feeling: stressed

pissed

Posted by Lauryn at 09:27 AM on October 3, 2003 in Rants.

Some things are really aggravating me right now. Maybe I'll talk about it one day or maybe it should be....

Currently feeling: aggravated

Where is my daily grind?

Posted by Lauryn at 10:35 PM on October 3, 2003 in Communities.

Argh, I don't have a Daily Grind. I totally forgot about it . ooops On my way to school, I had taken photos of the traffic and part of the campus. I could have shown those photos but I left my digicam at the dorm. Well, you won't miss much so just visit the rest of the Daily grinders like : Herbert, Jane, Lele, Pei, Pete, Su

Currently feeling: bouncy

The New "F" Word

Posted by Lauryn at 01:04 PM on October 4, 2003 in Reviews.

Funny article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

The math is this: No friend, no friendster. Fair enough.

World Animal Day

Posted by Lauryn at 07:01 PM on October 4, 2003 in Random Babble.

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October 4 is World Animal Day. I love my kitty cats. Aww, look at Iggy clinging for his dear life at the screen door by the garage. He was meowing to get in the house. hehe Cute Hasn't he grown ?

Speaking of world animal day, Sweet, a Filipino mongrel,that now lives a good life in the United Kingdom is an advocate against the illegal trade in dog meat in the Philippines. "The dog was rescued in June last year during a raid on a filthy slaughterhouse in Baguio City, by investigators and volunteers of the Animal Kingdom Foundation Inc. (Akfi) and members of the Special Operations Group Jericho. "

(Eating dogs:Is it a cultural gap or animal abuse?)

Destructive Manipulative Behavior

Posted by Lauryn at 10:41 AM on October 5, 2003 in Reviews.

What do you say to a person who veers away from the topic of the discussion and threatens to be suicidal ? Should you feel sorry for that person? or get mad? or what?

Well, if the purpose was to make me feel guilty..uh what's their problem?. That's really annoying. To gain attention and make me feel sorry. Excuse me, but if you're having problems, don't blame me for it.

And the first thought that entered my mind was "manipulative duh". Everyone can be manipluative but if it's destructive, that's another story...So I searched for it and found out that there is such a thing as " Destructive Manipulative Behavior" or (DMB). I am not saying this person suffers from DMB since I am not a therapist but just thought I'd share this article.

(What is DMB about?)

Check if you're one.

Currently feeling: apathetic

Free polyphonic tones

Posted by Lauryn at 08:39 PM on October 5, 2003 in Web discoveries.

I've been trying to download "Waltz for the moon"(FF8), a free polyphonic ringtone from this site. But everytime I connect to gprs, I always have "no access to server". I can connect fine to other wap sites. Ugh, I must have that ringtone.

New tableless layout

Posted by Lauryn at 08:41 PM on October 6, 2003 in Plug.

New tabulas layout but it's not done yet. This tableless layout was based from this freeware template, Aura: Web Page Exoskin. You should try it. It even comes with a psd file, popup menu and css template. Ack,for some reason it doesn't validate to XHTML 1.1. The one I made for my webhosting site validates . Oh well, I'll work on it when I have more time.

That gorgeous logo is supposed to be me as illustrated by Jenn. The complete drawing can be found at nimrodel.net. Isn't Jenn amazing? Check out her site. Another artist I admire is Annia. *sighy* Bah, I can't draw

mini buttons

Posted by Lauryn at 08:16 AM on October 7, 2003 in Web development.

These cute little buttons were just addicting. That squeaky little thing is dedicated to Pei while the protag girl icon is Lele. ( couldn't find a chicken ) Guess who I am? It was first created from this buttonmaker and edited it further in Photoshop using the silkscreen font. I And those cutesy pixel icons were taken from this site (from the left menu, it's the 15th link). These buttons conform to the "standard" mini-button size of 80 x 15 pixels so as to be consistent with w3c, RSS, etc mini-buttons.

My nimrodel button

You can also Steal these buttons.

It's voting time : Doll avatar pageant

Posted by Lauryn at 06:12 PM on October 7, 2003 in Communities.

All ye good protag citizens in this planet , get out and VOTE. Click these polls

For the main event:
Best Overall Avatar

Sub-categories (runner up)
Best Design
Couple Dolls

Read more about it .

What kind of thinker am I?

Posted by Lauryn at 10:39 AM on October 8, 2003 in Web discoveries.

What kind of thinker am I?

Just as I expected

Intrapersonal thinkers:

* Spend a lot of time thinking about and trying to understand themselves
* Reflect on their thoughts and moods, and work to improve them
* You understand how your behaviour affects your relationships with others

Other Intrapersonal thinkers include
Sigmund Freud, Gandhi, Grahame Greene

Careers which suit Intrapersonal Thinkers include
Psychologist, Teacher, Pilot, Child care worker, Explorer, Drama therapist

Take the quiz here and tell me what kind of thinker you are. That would be interesting.

Currently feeling: okay

Missing Daily Grind

Posted by Lauryn at 06:54 AM on October 9, 2003 in College.

This was supposed to be part of my October 2 Daily Grind but forgot about taking more pics when I got to school. Yeah, forgetful me. And here are three more photos.

Jealous

Posted by Lauryn at 11:12 AM on October 9, 2003 in Random Babble.

Jason is jealous of Iggy.

(here's why)

Post email test ((lauryn))

Posted by Lauryn at 03:38 PM on October 9, 2003.

Testing the Post via email for paid accounts.

This is my third attempt. I just read Roy's note " *Note: You MUST
e-mail FROM the e-mail that you have registered with Tabulas!"*

(testing by email )

*edit

Finally worked but the html I added was all funky . So I removed it .

Yahoo! 2SMS

Posted by Lauryn at 03:49 PM on October 10, 2003 in Web discoveries.

Use the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger to send SMS to your friends' mobile phones and receive their responses -- all you need is their phone number! Some of the compatible operators are SMART, Globe (in the Philippines), Singtel (Singapore), TMTOUCH (Malaysia) , AT&T, CIngular (USA) etc. They even have an SMS tutorial. Great but when you reply to this SMS, the fee is 2.50 pesos. Chikka is around 2 pesos per reply for post paid subscribers like me. The latter is still cheaper but unlike the Yahoo! 2SMS, chikka can only be used in the Philippines. Jason uses the chikka often to send me SMS. Last month, my chikka bill was 63 pesos (roughly $1.10). Still cheaper than overseas SMS feature.

My slave followed me at friendster

Posted by Lauryn at 10:49 AM on October 12, 2003 in Rants.

Remember my slave? Great...he found me at friendster:

"Hi

I was so stunned seeing your pic here ur the
girl in makati when i used to work a servant
janitor at AC and when i worked at the bargain
basement i find in that skul too

you the kind of girl that a man like me never
forget i used to have so many wet dreams about
you despite my age

So many times i followed to watch you in your
tight jeans and sexy top i like yur feet so much"


I'm not even from AC! What a stupid fucking pervert

My English Professor

Posted by Lauryn at 04:42 PM on October 15, 2003 in College.

I'm so flattered. My English prof is in friendster and wrote this testimonial:

"There is that moment in a writer's life when he/she gets threatened by the arrival of someone younger and potentially more gifted. For me, that feeling comes courtesy of Lauren."

I can't believe he said that....

Speaking of friendster and perverts, I changed my userpic to a guy's photo. Mwahaha.

Currently feeling: giddy

Postcard from my favorite Pei

Posted by Lauryn at 11:55 AM on October 18, 2003 in Random Babble.

A postcard from Pei!! I got it the other day...


Hehe, that inspired me to go to the bookstore and buy postcards today. Okay that was a side trip actually since I also bought PS2 DVDs like "Ico", "Enter Matrix", "Fatal Frame", "dot hack, Mutation" . Time to vegetate for 3 weeks!!!

(Pei, Buddhism still interests me)

Code generators

Posted by Lauryn at 01:38 PM on October 19, 2003 in Web development.

Among the best code generators I've seen are the List-o-matic and the Form builder. The former can generate navigation bars based on list items (li) that are styled with CSS (up to 10 styles). It's as easy as falling off a chair, only less painful. The latter is a hybrid of the Form Element Generator and the Accessible Table Builder. This tool lets you enter a number of fields for text input, then creates a table (or CSS-based layout) to lay them out in, and puts in the necessary mark-up for accessibility. Forms have never been quicker!

I've been updating my web resources site so go check it out.

The Spirit Questors

Posted by Lauryn at 09:38 AM on October 20, 2003 in Reviews.

"Psychic Powers and Shamanism" is not a class one would expect to be found in a Catholic university. However, this unusual subject was offered by the Interdisciplinary Studies department of the Ateneo eight years ago, with Tony Perez as the facilitator. The syllabus sounds like something one would take up at Hogwarts;.... . This is the introduction from , Tony Perez and the Spirit Questors: Shamans or Shams? , an article that I co-wrote with another Guidon staff member. It was orginally intended to be written by me but our boss rejected the article of my co-staff member.

More articles at The Guidon Alt+G.

With my high school friends

Posted by Lauryn at 06:23 PM on October 20, 2003 in Random Babble.

My friends from high school and me, arranged from tallest to shortest. =P. You can see how short I am. More photos

My computer

Posted by Lauryn at 06:01 AM on October 23, 2003 in College.

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I just love my computer !! I couldn't bear leaving it at the dorm. The elevator wasn't working but that didn't stop me from bringing it all the way down from the 4th floor. With the help of our helper. What can I do without her? Yay, now I can download more mp3s.

(The psychedelic lights from the motherboard is so pretty)

Just another stupid reason to blog

Posted by Lauryn at 10:29 PM on October 23, 2003 in Random Babble.

(Yet another survey)

My first A since forever

Posted by Lauryn at 03:38 PM on October 25, 2003 in College.

My English prof's email on my final grade for English.

surprise, surprise: you got an A.

Ahhhh.... That's like...my first A since First grade or was it second grade!

Currently feeling: cheerful

A concert featuring Nina and Paolo Santos

Posted by Lauryn at 12:02 AM on October 26, 2003 in Cool stuff.

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Just arrived from a concert with my cousins. My sister took most of the photos.

Confessions

Posted by Lauryn at 02:08 PM on October 26, 2003 in Reviews.

Following Juan, I got this confession from grouphug.us

"I run a fairly popular blog site and also write another one that people think is "written by" an asian female. People have no idea that I'm both people. " (the confession)

I wonder which blog site that is.

My passport

Posted by Lauryn at 06:49 PM on October 29, 2003 in Random Babble.

Finally got my renewed passport. It had been pending in Room 100 at the Department of Foreign Affairs for quite awhile now just because of my photo. Yeah right, they want to collect my lovely photos. It took 3 attempts to get it right. The first photo was glossy paper. Then when I submitted another one, it wasn't acceptable because a sliver of my naked arms was seen. Grr, what is so inappropriate with naked arms? On my third photo, I made sure I wore a jacket just to be sure and tucked my hair behind my ears. I'm ready to travel next year without that Social Welfare clearance since I'll be 18. Yes!

why godaddy.com sucks

Posted by Lauryn at 03:30 PM on October 30, 2003 in Web discoveries.

Why is godaddy.com evil?

1. I've been their customer for 3 years now but I can't access their site because apparently they banned my country's isp. Other companies don't do business with other countries ever but godaddy has done business with me and now bans me from even accessing my domain management.

(Godaddy.com is being discriminatory in the process)

2. And another reason to avoid or move from godaddy.com is this : a GIANT ad for grabbing YOUR domain embedded into the WHOIS. I know they are not exactly selling my domain name yet but still....sometimes people forget to renew their domains.

Yeah Godaddy.com sucks

Trick or Treat

Posted by Lauryn at 11:07 AM on October 31, 2003 in Random Babble.

"Trick or Treat!", meows Lady. hehe..she's so cute, isn't she?





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