Niece's Birthday at Jollibee

Trip at Zoobic zafari

A day spend on Zoobic Zafari, together with my family. May 2010 while having a vacation on Morong Star Beach Resort, Bataan

My daughter and I

My family

Island hopping at Caramoan Island, April 2010.

Computer joysticks

A computer joysticks is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks are often used to control video games, and usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the computer. A popular variation of the joystick used on modern video game consoles is the analog stick.The joystick has been the principal flight control in the cockpit of many aircraft, particularly military fast jets, where centre stick or side-stick location may be employed. Joysticks are also used for controlling machines such as cranes, trucks, underwater unmanned vehicles and zero turning radius lawn mowers. Miniature finger-operated joysticks have been adopted as input devices for smaller electronic equipment such as mobile phones. Most joysticks are two-dimensional, having two axes of movement (similar to a mouse), but one and three-dimensional joysticks do exist. A joystick is generally configured so that moving the stick left or right signals movement along the X axis, and moving it forward (up) or back (down) signals movement along the Y axis. In joysticks that are configured for three-dimensional movement, twisting the stick left (counter-clockwise) or right (clockwise) signals movement along the Z axis. These three axes - X Y and Z - are, in relation to an aircraft, roll, pitch, and yaw.

viruses create chaos

If you have a virus checker, when was the last time you updated it? You’d be surprised at how many people say, “Huh?” You can update these for free and should at least once a week. Newer versions even do it for you. Be wary of opening e-mails with attachments, even from those you know. Scan every one with your virus software first. Keep backups of your hard drive that are three or four days old and constantly rotate them so you will have a virus-free version at all times. Viruses seem to love to attack on Monday, though there is no real pattern. Always update your virus program on Monday, at the very least.

The Hand me down victim

The hand me down victim is sometimes poor, or poorer than her rich relations. Sensitive and sentimental, she dislikes hurting other people's feelings. So she gets a lot of strange donations, usually from her husband's family although I know one who got a particularly loathsome estate from her own favorite uncle. She loved the uncle too much to get rid of the furniture. A guilt legacy is unusual, though. More often the lucky recipient " just happen to need a new sofa. I know you'll just love this. Its too good to throw out". Needless to say its not good enough to keep either, but the Hand me Down to say no.
The Hand me down Victim must fight back or be inundated in junk and peculiar antiques. The two best weapons are outright refusal and subterfuge.
If the donation is really shot, just refuse it. Such offered are vaguely insulting, anyway, but usually emanate from well-intentioned relatives who just hate to throw things out.
If the piece is valuable or a sentimental heirloom but not your taste, try fading-heirloom trick. This usually works when you really don't want the piece but love the person who gave it to you and don't want to hurt feelings. A friend of mine, Lilia, once received a large Victorian cabinet from a dear aunt who visited regularly. As is so often the case, the most interest in the piece is in the both cabinet and her Aunt's generosity. Everybody admired it, and her Aunt was pleased that Lilia appreciate it enough to put it in a place of prominence. Three months later, Lilia moved it into the hallway and over the next three months Lilia edged the cabinet down the hall. Next she was inspired to move it into the guest room. Such a useful piece, why I didn't think of that before. After it had been in the guest room a year she gave it to a young relation who actually admired it-a Victorian buff. Lilia told her Aunt," Much as I liked that piece, I just couldn't turn Mary Ellen down-she loved it so much she cried when I gave it to her.
All were evasions, of course, except that Mary Ellen really did want the cabinet badly. This technique often works well for savings people's feelings. So just be grateful at the onset and then keep edging that gift down that hall.