DivisionByZero

Since last year, I’ve been trying to figure out how to disable spit (spam text messages) on my cellphone particulary those coming from the 386 number.

If you’re stuck in the same predicament as I was, you can opt not to receive those messages by typing TNS OFF and then sending it to 386.

That information is actually in the message that that number sends. Almost always, I immediately delete them so I didn’t notice that the unsubscribe information is contained in the message.

Fedora Core 3 doesn’t come with MP3 support enabled by default (due to licensing issues with the MP3 format). Below are the instructions to enable MP3 playback in Rhythmbox and xmms.

Note: Make sure that yum can find the repositories it needs to download the packages. There are instructions in the Unofficial Fedora FAQ on how to do that.

For rhythmbox:

At the root prompt type:

#yum install libmad
#yum install libid3tag
#yum install gstreamer-plugins-mp3

Then…

#/usr/bin/gst-register-0.8

For xmms:

#yum install xmms-mp3

Happy listening!

Affirmation
Savage Garden

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people’s hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it’s bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I’m loved when I’m completely by myself alone

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can’t appreciate real love ’til you’ve been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don’t know what you’ve got until you say goodbye

from today’s /usr/bin/fortune:

My calculator is my shepherd, I shall not want
It maketh me accurate to ten significant figures,
        and it leadeth me in scientific notation to 99 digits.
It restoreth my square roots and guideth me along paths of floating
        decimal points for the sake of precision.
Yea, tho I walk through the valley of surprise quizzes,
        I will fear no prof, for my calculator is there to hearten me.
It prepareth a log table to comfort me, it prepareth an
        arc sin for me in the presence of my teachers.
It annoints my homework with correct solutions, my interpolations are
        over.
Surely, both precision and accuracy shall follow me all the days of my
        life, and I shall dwell in the house of Texas instruments forever.

Mungkey sent me this really cool Star Wars Episode III spoilers link.

from /usr/bin/fortune:

Look, it cannot be seen - it is beyond form.
Listen, it cannot be heard - it is beyond sound.
Grasp, it cannot be held - it is intangible.
These three are indefinable;
Therefore they are joined in one.

Stand before it and there is no beginning.
Follow it and there is no end.
Stay with the ancient Tao,
Move with the present.

Circa April 2005 at Duka Bay Resort, Medina, Misamis Oriental

According to the Gay-o-Meter, I’m 40% gay… hahahaha

This poem was written by a comrade. She’s now in the mountains.

Aalis Ka Na Ba
Ni Leslie Santos

At sana…
Sa iyong pamamasyal
Sa SM at sa Divisoria isang araw
Ay bibili ka
Ng bagong pares ng salamin o di kaya’y “contact lens”
Upang makita mong muli
Ang mayayabong na mga punong
Pagsasabitan ng duyan mo.