Hindi ko alam kung ano pumapasok sa ulo ko pagminsan. Siguro naiinggit ako sa mga kuwento ng aking ama na nung bata pa sila marami silang nagagawa sa bakante nilang oras. May ginawa silang mga "mural" sa pader ng bahay nila sa Lucena, sila ang naglagay ng "colored cement walkway" sa hardin ng bahay nila, doon din sa Lucena.
Magaling magbutingting ng bagay ang aking tatay. Kahit sa kotse kaya nga kalikutin, basta medyo luma na ang kotse. Masyado nang "high-tech" ang mga kotse ngayon, delikado na kalikutin at baka lalong masira, pero sa mga simpleng kasangkapan kaya ni erpat na laruin at ayusin ang iba.
Kaya siguro pinilit ko rin na ako ang magbubuo ng PC ko.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Siraniko
Hindi ko alam kung ano pumapasok sa ulo ko pagminsan. Siguro naiinggit ako sa mga kuwento ng aking ama na nung bata pa sila marami silang nagagawa sa bakante nilang oras. May ginawa silang mga "mural" sa pader ng bahay nila sa Lucena, sila ang naglagay ng "colored cement walkway" sa hardin ng bahay nila, doon din sa Lucena.
Magaling magbutingting ng bagay ang aking tatay. Kahit sa kotse kaya nga kalikutin, basta medyo luma na ang kotse. Masyado nang "high-tech" ang mga kotse ngayon, delikado na kalikutin at baka lalong masira, pero sa mga simpleng kasangkapan kaya ni erpat na laruin at ayusin ang iba.
Kaya siguro pinilit ko rin na ako ang magbubuo ng PC ko. Sa tulong ng aking ama binuo namin ang aking PC sa bahay, na gawa mula sa mga bago at lumang piyesa. Malaking pagkakamali.
Hanggang ngayon nagloloko pa rin siya. Tumatakbo naman pero masumpungin. Di mo alam kung tatakbo ba o hindi, kung nagloloko ba o hindi. Minsan nakaka-asar, kasi sayang ang ginastos ko sa kanya. Pero minsan napapa-isip din ako na ayos lang, kasi ako naman ang nagbuo, at ilan lang ba ang mga bumubo ng sarili nilang PC? Kaso mas marami sakit ng ulo. Sayang.
Ngayon kailangan ko palitan ang "motherboard" at "video card" ng aking PC. Yung motherboard ay masyadong maliit, at yung video card at masyado nang matanda. Pero ayos lang. Tuloy ang butingting. Tuloy ang paglaro. Kahit nagloloko, kahit di ko alam kung bakit nagloloko, aayusin at aayusin ko pa rin ang PC ko.
Ako ay siraniko. Bow.
Magaling magbutingting ng bagay ang aking tatay. Kahit sa kotse kaya nga kalikutin, basta medyo luma na ang kotse. Masyado nang "high-tech" ang mga kotse ngayon, delikado na kalikutin at baka lalong masira, pero sa mga simpleng kasangkapan kaya ni erpat na laruin at ayusin ang iba.
Kaya siguro pinilit ko rin na ako ang magbubuo ng PC ko. Sa tulong ng aking ama binuo namin ang aking PC sa bahay, na gawa mula sa mga bago at lumang piyesa. Malaking pagkakamali.
Hanggang ngayon nagloloko pa rin siya. Tumatakbo naman pero masumpungin. Di mo alam kung tatakbo ba o hindi, kung nagloloko ba o hindi. Minsan nakaka-asar, kasi sayang ang ginastos ko sa kanya. Pero minsan napapa-isip din ako na ayos lang, kasi ako naman ang nagbuo, at ilan lang ba ang mga bumubo ng sarili nilang PC? Kaso mas marami sakit ng ulo. Sayang.
Ngayon kailangan ko palitan ang "motherboard" at "video card" ng aking PC. Yung motherboard ay masyadong maliit, at yung video card at masyado nang matanda. Pero ayos lang. Tuloy ang butingting. Tuloy ang paglaro. Kahit nagloloko, kahit di ko alam kung bakit nagloloko, aayusin at aayusin ko pa rin ang PC ko.
Ako ay siraniko. Bow.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Frankenstein
Some of you have probably read about this PC I built from scratch and old parts from my previous PC, I once called it LordVader but now is called DarthVader.
Well ever since I built him he's been nothing but a headache. My mistakes?
Out.
Well ever since I built him he's been nothing but a headache. My mistakes?
- Wiring. First build, no cleanliness. Wiring is sloppy, which probably causes this ground to happen to the motherboard (mobo) which renders my PC useless unless I open it up and start tugging and pushing at some parts.
- The mobo's wrong. Of course, being a newbie at building PCs I just bought whatever mobo was available. Big mistake. For one thing, the mobo I got was for small casings. I've got a big-ass tower casing, which can handle around 6 PCI slots. My mobo has 4 PCI slots.
- Cannibalism. I got some old parts from my old PC, like the 2 hard drives, power supply, and the video card. Which is probably another reason why this PC has lotsa glitches.
- Inexperience. So I built this PC with the help of my father. We just followed the manuals on how to build this, plus we read some PC magazines I bought that had "How to build your own PC" articles. None of the articles ever mentioned cannibalising old PCs.
- I'm the anti-tech. That's what Lau calls me. Because I seem to cause a lot of problems to go on with tech things. Or maybe its just because I'm a do-it-yourself person, which I shouldn't be.
Out.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Stuff
My girlfriend left for the US two weeks ago. Why? Because she wants to live a better life.
It is a sad truth that if you want to live a better life you cannot live it here in the Philippines. Hence the brain drain continues. Lots of people are leaving for other countries in search of better things. One of my cousins, who was a doctor, studied nursing and became a nurse and is now in Australia.
Don't think I don't have plans to move. I do. I just have to polish up my skills a bit more. Because I've seen how skilled other 3D artists are abroad, and while I believe I can match skills with them, I still have more to learn. Those artists abroad aren't just employees, they are artisans. Masters of their craft.
This country is getting worse. People once told me that I can't complain about the government or the state of the country because I haven't voted, not once. Haven't even registered. But the thing is, I pay taxes. I give them money which supposedly will be used to improve the country's situation. Instead they use said taxes for themselves. So technically, yes, I can complain. Because I'm giving them the resources to fix our country and they are throwing it away.
Sad. Sad stuff.
I truly wished I could just live my entire life in this country and experience a happy life where I could buy whatever I wanted because I was earning good coin. I didn't expect to be earning "this much" and paying taxes to fatten up our president and her family.
I want my money back.
Out.
It is a sad truth that if you want to live a better life you cannot live it here in the Philippines. Hence the brain drain continues. Lots of people are leaving for other countries in search of better things. One of my cousins, who was a doctor, studied nursing and became a nurse and is now in Australia.
Don't think I don't have plans to move. I do. I just have to polish up my skills a bit more. Because I've seen how skilled other 3D artists are abroad, and while I believe I can match skills with them, I still have more to learn. Those artists abroad aren't just employees, they are artisans. Masters of their craft.
This country is getting worse. People once told me that I can't complain about the government or the state of the country because I haven't voted, not once. Haven't even registered. But the thing is, I pay taxes. I give them money which supposedly will be used to improve the country's situation. Instead they use said taxes for themselves. So technically, yes, I can complain. Because I'm giving them the resources to fix our country and they are throwing it away.
Sad. Sad stuff.
I truly wished I could just live my entire life in this country and experience a happy life where I could buy whatever I wanted because I was earning good coin. I didn't expect to be earning "this much" and paying taxes to fatten up our president and her family.
I want my money back.
Out.
Monday, August 07, 2006
Terrawars: New York Invasion
A year or so ago I was working on a PC game. Holy Cow, the company I work for, was subcontracted to create models for a game being created by Filipinos. The game?
Terrawars: NY Invasion
You may remember a link my blog had. The one below, War of the Worlds? That was Terrawars' first name. I guess they had to change it for legal reasons or whatnot.
We did have a good time working on the models. I learned how to be frugal with faces/triangles in the models I did, I also learned how to optimize spaces available for the textures. It was a good learning experience. I even learned how to do FK animation (which is more tedious, albeit more controlled, in my opinion, than IK animation).
Anyway that was that. We did the job and moved on. Lo and behold I was browsing through gametrailers.com today and what do I see in the latest updates section?
A downloadable video review of the Terrawars: NY Invasion.
So I downloaded it. And while downloading I was curious as to how the game did, since I forgot to check the rating for it at the game's page in gametrailers. So I googled the game. I saw one other review. From gamespot.
So I click on the link and read the review. The rating was 2.6 - Terrible. Shucks. Gamespot said the voice acting was bad and that it was obvious that the actors weren't American. The Filipino accent was thick. Duh. The voice actors were Mike Enriquez and Vicky Morales. No American accents there. And the characters were supposed to be American.So I can't blame gamespot for what they said about that.
Gameplay and other graphics? Mostly negative reviews.
"Terrawars: New York Invasion is a terrible game that should be avoided. The visuals are dated, the gameplay is repetitive and simple, the multiplayer is worthless, and the story is nonexistent. Even at $20, Terrawars is a rip-off."
That was the conclusion gamespot gave the game.
As for the video review from gametrailers? 3.1 rating. Ouch.
What am I trying to say? The game did poorly. It was already intended to be a budget game yet the two reviews I read both said it was still a rip-off at $20. I just hope the company that did this game will learn from their mistakes and improve on the next few games that they plan to build. Because I know for a fact that they are in production already for another first-person shooter game. How do I know this? Because we also did a few models for that game.
And they didn't even get my family name right. They spelled it "Nanangas".
It's "Nañagas".
Out.
Terrawars: NY Invasion
You may remember a link my blog had. The one below, War of the Worlds? That was Terrawars' first name. I guess they had to change it for legal reasons or whatnot.
We did have a good time working on the models. I learned how to be frugal with faces/triangles in the models I did, I also learned how to optimize spaces available for the textures. It was a good learning experience. I even learned how to do FK animation (which is more tedious, albeit more controlled, in my opinion, than IK animation).
Anyway that was that. We did the job and moved on. Lo and behold I was browsing through gametrailers.com today and what do I see in the latest updates section?
A downloadable video review of the Terrawars: NY Invasion.
So I downloaded it. And while downloading I was curious as to how the game did, since I forgot to check the rating for it at the game's page in gametrailers. So I googled the game. I saw one other review. From gamespot.
So I click on the link and read the review. The rating was 2.6 - Terrible. Shucks. Gamespot said the voice acting was bad and that it was obvious that the actors weren't American. The Filipino accent was thick. Duh. The voice actors were Mike Enriquez and Vicky Morales. No American accents there. And the characters were supposed to be American.So I can't blame gamespot for what they said about that.
Gameplay and other graphics? Mostly negative reviews.
"Terrawars: New York Invasion is a terrible game that should be avoided. The visuals are dated, the gameplay is repetitive and simple, the multiplayer is worthless, and the story is nonexistent. Even at $20, Terrawars is a rip-off."
That was the conclusion gamespot gave the game.
As for the video review from gametrailers? 3.1 rating. Ouch.
What am I trying to say? The game did poorly. It was already intended to be a budget game yet the two reviews I read both said it was still a rip-off at $20. I just hope the company that did this game will learn from their mistakes and improve on the next few games that they plan to build. Because I know for a fact that they are in production already for another first-person shooter game. How do I know this? Because we also did a few models for that game.
And they didn't even get my family name right. They spelled it "Nanangas".
It's "Nañagas".
Out.
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