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What it means to aggregate thinking

I love thinking. They say thinking burns as many calories as when you're having sex...so you may liken thinking to sex. Sounds good, eh? But be warned. Although you can easily fake either one, you don't lose as many calories as doing it for real! This isn't a sex column, so it's best I get straight to the point and present my thoughts on what aggregated thinking is (and what constitutes faking it). Wiktionary defines aggregation as an act of bringing together, or collecting into a mass or sum. We programmers are more familiar with aggregation as a slight modification of composition (yeah, we're no fun). Aggregation differs from ordinary composition in that it does not imply ownership. For example, an older model of a car engine will have a carburetor (yeah, it's spelled that way). Take away the engine and the carburetor will lose its usability. That's composition. Then there's a pond with a duck swimming about. Take away the pond and the duck will st

Hysteria

Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 broadcast back in April 1988 is being streamed today over XM Radio. Def Leppard’s Hysteria is currently playing. Measures and measures of this classic hit flood my ears and I can’t help but smile. There must have been thousands of Icehouse, Def Leppard, and Nelson (to name a few) playbacks since I got them cassette and 8-track tapes. I still think that the 1980’s was the best decade to grow in. All those crazy get-ups that now look fugly, the hair, and man, the dance moves! I did all those, and proudly at that. You wouldn’t blame me though, because like anyone who’s an 80’s kid, I’m peculiar. :)

Hysteria

Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 broadcast back in April 1988 is being streamed today over XM Radio. Def Leppard’s Hysteria is currently playing. Measures and measures of this classic hit flood my ears and I can’t help but smile. There must have been thousands of Icehouse, Def Leppard, and Nelson (to name a few) playbacks since I got them cassette and 8-track tapes. I still think that the 1980’s was the best decade to grow in. All those crazy get-ups that now look fugly, the hair, and man, the dance moves! I did all those, and proudly at that. You wouldn’t blame me though, because like anyone who’s an 80’s kid, I’m peculiar. :)

Are you an 80s kid in the Philippines?

You know you’re a kid of the 80’s in the Philippines if: 1.) You have scars on your knees and elbows 2.) You owned a bike 3.) You had a barkada around your neighborhood (all of you had bikes) 4.) You loved climbing on your house’s roof (and your neighbor’s roof as well) 5.) You went inside an abandoned house in your neighborhood just to see what it looks like inside 6.) You ate all the aratilis in your neighborhood 7.) You plucked all the Gumamelas in the area for soap bubbles 8.) Your parents forced you to take afternoon siestas with the threat that you will not be allowed to play outside. 9.) You are never found in your house in the afternoon. You are often found playing in the street with your neighborhood friends. 10.) You loved exploring vacant lots for hidden knick-knacks 11.) You just can’t resist jumping in a sand pile 12.) You know all the street games (Patintero, Agawan-base, Langit-lupa,etc.) 13.) You owned a family computer 14.) Your hand-to-eye coordination is terrific due