It seems the provincial government of Batangas has approved putting up a huge sign a la Hollywood on Taal. Apparently they’re unhappy the scenic volcano being mistaken as part of Tagaytay (which is in the province of Cavite) since that’s where people usually go to view it. While at it they should tattoo “Batangas” on their foreheads so nobody will mistake them to be from anywhere else!
My hair was getting rather long and people are starting to wonder if I’m going for a Justin Bieber look (NO!). Today, I finally had the opportunity to get a haircut. And I had it cut the way I like my hair (short). After I was done, Jeanne saw me, she started crying! But she got used to it after a while and afterwards we walked around the mall and visited the toy store.
Just a few weeks ago I had recommended his book to my dad. Today, I learned Dennis Ritchie, designer of C, co-designer of Unix, and co-author of the classic book The C Programming Language, has passed away a few days ago. His creations are some of the foundations of where computing today stands.
Yesterday, Jeanne and I were on the bed playing with her Duplo blocks when she decided she wanted to go to out the room. I wasn’t looking when she slid off the bed and out. Then I remembered she had closed the door before going up the bed to play! To check, I carried her back inside the room, closed the door, and asked her to open it. And she did!
This morning, when I got to my desk and checked the iPhone, I read the news: Steve Jobs has passed away. Just a day after the launch of Apple’s latest iPhone, just a few months after he resigned as CEO of Apple. His passing is the end of an era for Apple, the industry, even the world. He is a visionary whose ideas, principles, and philosophies (much influenced by Zen) are what formed Apple and its products to what they are today: less technical and more functional. Or more simply put: simple and works. He will be missed.