Offline

My 2nd attempt to pay my taxes this week failed miserably. Yesterday, the line outside the bank almost reached the end of the block so I decided not to even try.

This morning, I was there before the bank opened, and was 6th or 7th. The bank opened at 8:30AM. When I got to 1-person away from the teller, the unexpected happened.

Their dial-up connection failed. It was 8:55AM. I waited.

And after almost 4 hours, I've finished the book (The Last Samurai), I've learned some new stuffs from Linux Magazine, and they still haven't restored their line yet.

I finally gave up and just headed back home for lunch. Tomorrow morning, I'll be back again (3rd time this week) in Land Line Bank of the Philippines for another "uncertain" banking experience.

Compaq CQ40 ALSA Configuration

... for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)

I'm posting this for future reference...

Append the following lines to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:

options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=hp-m4

Bad Influence

This is why humans could be such a bad influence to cats...

A Screw Up Sounds Good... Sometimes

I was told some TV anchor screwed up during the live broadcast. I never thought somebody will actually publish it.

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/abs/20090801/tph-state-funeral-for-cory-no-pomp-for-d-8061bf7_1.html

Attack Mode

Our cat is getting ready to attack after seeing me with a camera...

Cat and Mouse

Working from home could be boring sometimes...

Movie Day: The Accidental Husband

Due to the lack of new and interesting movies, we had to settle with a romantic comedy, The Accidental Husband.

Well, it's neither good nor bad. I was more interested in trying to remember where I've seen one of the supporting characters.

It took me a while (due to deteriorating memory) before realizing that it was the guy from Office Space. The one who played Mr. Samir Nagheenanajar (yeah, try pronouncing it as fast as you can).

Watching him in his short scenes was more entertaining than the rest of the movie. :P