still playing around with Google Earth. the slick aerial view. you can't help but notice how frighteningly congested the NCR is. on another context, you realize there is so much that the earth could offer. rojan would be delighted to see this!

next stop, singapore (darn, can't find chua chu kang, i stayed there in northvale a few years back) and hk. then new zealand and canada. i'll hover thru the eiffel tower in paris and check out mount fuji in japan. what's next? hawaii? thailand? around the world in 80 seconds.

this is an armchair-aerial-traveler's dream come true.

long distance, circumstance...

bilog ang mundo!

Google Earth. download it now! prepare for an awesome jaw dropping experience!!!

pan, zoom, tilt! even elevation is included.

3d terrains!

check out mount mayon!

Wired News: Google Gets Earthy... another amazing app from google... it has a wiki like feel into it as it allows the user to add notes to locations. and of course, staying true to the google tradition, has an open architecture for the whacker (wacky hacker) in you!

i had long been a fan of location based services, imagine binding it with mobile phones! even without the ability to triangulate, just a database of cell site locations would do. when an sms is received by a CP/VAS the cell site id information is attached to it.

imagine the possibilities:
* want to know the nearest G-Cash/Smart e-money cash-in/cash-out? done (? kilometers away)
* want to know the nearest drug store? done
* want to see an aerial view of an environmental NGO's project site? done
* want an mms map of where you are? done
* want to know if your near a point of interest (POI)? done
* want to find the nearest hospital? done
* want to know if ka edong is nearby? done
* the lists goes on and on...

the POI sample above can be expanded by allowing you to make a comment on a POI (e.g. this restaurant sucks!). or just simply allows you to rate a POI. and when 90% of the mobile user phones has a camera and at least gprs wap enabled, technologies like shotcode could make things more user friendly.

another location based application would be presence initiated services. e.g. during an emergency, all persons near a vicinity gets an sms -> "calmly run for your life..."

of course some of these are already possible with the current telco locator services. but those are still too limited. there are far too many wonderful uses of mobile technology. wouldn't it be nice if those guys follow the google model?

according to Wireless Developer Network - From The Editor May 12, 2000, a local telco was using kannel to serve thousands of SMS requests per day (circa 2000).

i can't find the UCP/EMI spec anywhere, so no go whacking a home brewed java implementation. no luck on a free java library either as most of the libs out there (simplewire, jsms etc) aren't for free. so am now trying out kannel, hopefully would make things easier.

bicolano.org dns seems to have propagated enough. if your a bicolano and has a blog, let me know. am trying to setup a planet.bicolano.org.

cheers!

Not only that telecomms are not exactly developer friendly, the protocols used are different (UCP, HTTP, SMPP etc.). the likely solution is for JSR# 212 to be widely adopted. wonder how the patriot is coming along.

just another manic wednesday... oh UCP, can't you see what your doing to me (with shampoo commercial effect)?

cmon' pareng bob, sing me "no telco, no cry"...

iAudio X5. pretty slick alternative to an ipod, and cheaper too.

Sassy Lawyer's take on the political landscape of callow-politicians-ladden-philippines. recent entry on GMA's latest TV appearance and the corresponding reader comments is definitely worth reading.

Eclipse and laptop-mode:

for some reason Eclipse won't start when am on battery. i had to do a laptop-mode stop, then run eclipse, then do laptop-mode start for eclipse to run.


SJSAS on Ubuntu Hoary:

been trying to install SJSAS on ubuntu hoary. it bails out with the following error:

./sjsas_pe-8_1_01_2005Q1-linux.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

cant find the proper libstdc++6.2-x on the default hoary sources. so i tried the following:

sudo ln -s libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.6.2-2.so.3

it worked... and the sjsas installation went thru.

currently looking for a free CMS. Mamboserver.com looks quite nice. also testing drupal and other java based alternatives.

and last friday we discovered a notice on our mail box informing us we have something at the post office. yes the Ubuntu Hoary cd's finally arrived! so i took a cab and went to the post office at NIA road. quite secluded and the building has seen far too many summers. the post office was charging P30.00 and additional P50.00 since it was the second notice "daw". i have no idea where the first notice went. i inquired who received the first notice and they just insisted that somebody must have received it. oh well, P80.00 ain't too bad considering the Ubuntu cd's were free courtesy of the kind folks at canonical.

so after giving away the installers to friends in a futile effort of coercing them to use a non-MS alternative, i still have 5 pcs left for the x86 platform, 2 pcs for the AMD 64 and 1 for the PPC. if anyone would want a copy and you are near the SM North Edsa area or somewhere near makati let me know.

now playing:



gotta love Mahal Kita by tropical depression and Beautiful Eyesore by Gaucho.

Sharp Zaurus in the Philippines... from fellow *BSD'er barry of UP.

nice sweet little machine... not for the practical techie juan tho. at 38k, all my pocket can say is "ouch!".

AIM grad finds micro-financing future in mobile commerce - INQ7.net

sikat na si pareng edwin. clap! clap! clap!

isulong ang m-commerce! freedom for CP/VAS providers!

in this troubled times, its refreshing to know that some people still has the capacity to share:

from migs:

The Smart GPRS gateway sends these:

X-Nokia-msisdn: 63918xxxxxxx, 63918xxxxxxx
X-Nokia-ipaddress: 10.155.141.201, 10.155.141.201
X-Nokia-imsi: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
X-Nokia-CONNECTION_MODE: CMODE
X-Nokia-BEARER: GPRS
X-Nokia-gateway-id: NWG/4.0/Build64
x-nokia.wia.accept.original:
*/*,text/x-vCard,text/x-vCalendar,image/vnd.wap.wbmp,image/gif

and from mark:

...while globe use cookies :)

if (isset($_COOKIE['User-Identity-Forward-msisdn'])) {
$x = $_COOKIE['User-Identity-Forward-msisdn'];
for($cell='', $i=1; $i<=strlen($x); $i+=2)
$cell .= $x{$i};
}
?>


it seems you can get the msisdn of the browsing phone! sweet! hooray for mailling lists :D

now, the next question would be sun. hmmnn... time to buy a sun prepaid sim...

yesterday the jeepneys and busses started implementing the 2 pesos fare increase, and the extended VAT issue is still quite fresh. the government is testing the patience of the Filipino people.

ineluctable? but it just seems too soon.

and here is my own shotcode, can you guess where it will take you? ;-)



independently mobile!

ShotCode.com. interesting! should be handy if i started marketing mobileindie? could also be used for bar code hungry apps.

hmmnnn... this could mark hotspots! you do the shotcode thing and viola you are given a username and a password. plenty of ideas you can throw in there. yeah, you can do this via sms. *sigh* why not just put up a sign that tells text whatever_keyword to access_code. but, gasp! it requires an access code, {...}.

lets just do the funk, the first day funk...

itaas ang kamay at iwagayway. if you don't know the answer, eh di lagot.

lets do the funk :D

Digital Life by Chin Wong -- Wi-Fi for the people astig ang mga to. right in the middle of NCR. samantalang si barangay wireless nasa mindanao? pa yata pero medyo ingat pa si kapitan.

now, if this can be duplicated in the regions, i'd be skypeing at the foot of mount mayon :D

rojan + janro = happy me

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Originally uploaded by nocs.

post father's day musings. and i just can't imagine life without these two.

rojan the nerdy

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Originally uploaded by nocs.

janro the wacky

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Steve Job's Commencement Address. its for you, fresh grads out there.

"Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish".
- Steve Jobs


but don't take it too literally, the Philippines is always an exception.
- Nox

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus... slick! see the demo!

same concept can be applied to a wiki? a visual wiki perhaps? how about the web represented visually like this? google, would you like to try?

wouldn't it be nice to visually navigate the web?

Boing Boing: Everything Bad is Good for You: How TV and games make us smarter... hmmn... wish i could find one at the local bookstore...

the last time i had read a real book (and i haven't even finished reading it yet), as opposed to an ebook was a book entitled "How to discipline a child without shouting and spanking". boy! you can't even begin to imagine the weird look on people's faces on the MRT when they saw me reading it. now that was disorienting.

Is Linux For Losers? - Forbes.com

let the flamewars begin... :))

i think linux is *great* for desktops/laptops. but i'm still biased to freebsd and openbsd on the server front. hmnnnn, haven't tried opensolaris yet. my memories of good ol' solaris is still fresh, those machines (oozing cool blue sex appeal) were way slicker than the macs of today.

yesterday, was rojan's first day at school. the hard part is waking her up at 6am. after the initial crying session, and she got dressed up everything went smoothly. as when she was fully awake the excitement of going to school got her to forget the need to go back to her pillow.



both nhelle and i accompanied her to school. Excited as I am, its no match to my wife's excitement.



the added bonus was the kwento-kwento during dinner where rojan gets to narrate what happened in school. the only downside is the 10 month old janro seems a bit sad when her sister was away.

life is a blur.

had a fantastic weekend up north in a place called botolan zambales. nothing beats swimming with 3 feet high waves. food was great, everything fresh and hand picked from a nearby organic farm. seafoods galore!

went with rojan, she had a blast playing in the sand.

when its time for my sunset, i want to retire to a place like this. somewhere in bicol :)

FreewarePalm: Idea Pad v3.0... killer app for the mind mapping enthusiast in you. wiki based tomboy should have plugin that lets you view your notes as visually connected stick-on looking notes.

still dreaming of a treo 650 tho. why does it has to be so darn expensive...

can't seem to install sjsas on ubuntu. google doesnt seem to have the answer either.

Jon Udell: language evolution in del.icio.us. a screencast to see del.icio.us in action. i still dont have any use for it yet, but seems to be another slick online tool to tame the chaotic web.

Seth's Blog: Small is the new big

GNOME Bluetooth Control Remoto (GBTcr)... wicked! too bad my lappy doesn't have a bluetooth module. still waiting for pareng winston's advice on how much does it cost in hk as i can't find a shop that sells a dell bluetooth module here that is compatible with the 600m series.

Just finished watching The School of Rock (2003). needless to say, it rocks :D

hehe, enjoying ka edong's Technobiography: Hotspot Hunting Episodes. my oh my. getting a internet connection is rather trivial in urban areas nowadays.

waiting for episode 1...

Linux radio show - LugRadio... been listening to this whilst on the daily mrt trips. lot's of swearing, but generally entertaining and provides a way to listen to the actual voices on some of the popular persons behind open source. i particularly like the mono discussion with de icaza. insightful comments there on both the pros and cons.

Istanbul - GStreamer... great for screencasting!

gnome women... flower power!

FavIcon from Pics -- favicon.ico for your website... nice little web utility...

Mamboserver.com - Home... looking rather nice...

anyway, am on a random reckless hunt to finally create a CMS for mobileindie.com...

www.bobmarley.com | Official Bob Marley Web Site...

in life i know there's lots of grief, byt your love is my relief...
-Waiting in Vain

JarWars... how duke went to the darkside... hehehe....

6uadec Bertha, one of the streams from the ongoing guadec... the streaming component simply rocks... the lightweight java applet client is incredibly smooth!

New Scientist 11 steps to a better brain

mono::live... no more excuse not to try it out...

This Live CD contains lots of exciting software. You can:

* Develop, compile and run software with MonoDevelop.
* Listen to your music collection in style with Muine.
* Take notes with Tomboy.
* Manage your photos with F-Spot.
* Search music, photos, chats, and documents with Beagle.
* Explore web applications such as ASP.NET Forums, IBuySpy, and mojoPortal.

(ootips) Should Distributed Objects Be Stateless? picked this up from pinoyjug... will read later...

Maemo SDK Tutorial... gotta love this developer docs!

Nokia - Nokia 770, bummer... you can't use it as a phone... voip perhaps? cant find where the mic and speaker is placed. but it does have bluetooth.

now this competes with palm's lifedrive, albeit 4gig seems to be on the lifedrive's favor. on the linux front, this one goes head to head with the zaurus product line.

more reason to pursue my "as titilating as the wet corners of the mind" pet project. but damn, its a bit akward to go back to developing stand alone apps when you're basically surrounded by 365 degrees of server side programming in the past few years.

Nokia - Nokia 770 runs on linux! way to go nokia!!! palm, do take the hint ;)

Google personalized page also supports drag and drop for arranging your portlets... google's javascript hackers really rock!

Personalized Google... hmmnn... getting more portal like as each day passes by eh?

i like the quote of the day feature... i just hope it could be much more like the fortune cookies that unix has... and word for day is a nice feature too. today's word -> suffuse: spread through or over; to flush; so instead of saying " flush me baby" you can say "suffuse me baby... suffuse me".. . the latter sounds a bit sexier...

Planet GNOME's new look is rather sweet... wonder what it would take to coerce migs to upgrade pinoytech's look to something similar... :D

Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby... oh ruby...

Matthew Thomas ? Blog Archive ? My first 48 hours enduring Ubuntu 5.04... reality check for ubuntu... still a long way to go, but at least its heading there...

bob marley... the man knows how to make sweet music...

good good lovin'... turn your lights down low...

testing code dump..

   

       test value

   

wan tu tres...

Plugins in Mono... a good place to start for my "an idea as titilating as the wet corners of the mind" pet project...

wonder what it would take if we can form a community that aims to build on ubuntu's success and produce a distro based on that with the typical Filipino desktop user in mind. bundle that with the ongoing tl translations and massive word of the mouth campaign and just maybe, just maybe, we could have something better than the current efforts to bring open source to mainstream pinoy desktop users.

iaudio X5... should be cheaper and BETTER than the proprietary ladden ipod...

A Conversation with Anders Hejlsberg... for later reading... AH is one of those Giants in the phrase "standing in the shoulder of giants" when spoken in a hacker context...

The BileBlog... interesting take on the harmony project...

Too much backend work for the past few years... Thats why using Glade feels somewhat weird... also the fact that my undergraduate thesis is exactly like Glade... except of course it was made to run on top of DOS...

an idea as titillating as the wet corners of the mind. :D

Miguel de Icaza comment's on firefox search model that takes away the annoying popup dialog box for searches. mentioned there was that the feature has been available for emacs and xemacs forever.

not to be outdone, am posting here a screenshot of vi:

yes, it has that feature too :D

managed to get the acegi working at last!!!

the current getting started articles on the web are quite confusing... now is the time i really wished i had not slept on english class... it would make writing tutorial type articles easier...

at any rate, i will take a stab at doing an article about acegi authentication for web applications soon...

got this from the jaredean blog... Main Page - FreeMind - free mind mapping software... just exactly what i need to visualize an itch i need to scratch...

the problem with open source is the itch in question constitutes of gargantuan monstrosity and as an individual you only have pin sized wooden scratcher? in hand... :))

after relentless qwerty pushing, i managed to fix this Spring Framework :: View topic - weird xsl form behavior on 1.2-RC2...

the culprit is the getStylesheetSource() of the AbstractXsltView class... it gets stuck to the first xslt you call... so the template used to cache xslt for performace reasons will repeatedly call the same pre compiled stylesheet even if you are calling a different xslt file...

if you dig spring xsl, this
spring.jar will save you from cursing the console...

but be warned i havent tried it with other application servers aside from resin, so this problem might be resin specific as i am using resin's xslt classes for the transformation (e.g. jaxp javax.xml.transform.TransformeryFactory is set to com.caucho.xsl.XSL)... you can use other jaxp compatible implementation like xalan if needed...

yes, i am being punished for sticking to xslt for the view component...

now, back to the acegi thingy...

*sigh*... seems am the only one trying to use springs mvc xsl view... Spring Framework :: View topic - weird xsl form behavior on 1.2-RC2

Mono Mania

jim paredes' blog Writing On Air... truly inspiring...

since my goal is to be able to run the webapp to other application servers aside from resin, container managed authentication and authorization doesnt fit the bill. now am looking at acegi so that it would inflict less pain when switching applications servers. i found a nice intro to acegi in this article -> Javalobby - Java J2EE Programming Forums - Securing Your Java Applications - Acegi Security Style...

previously i was using this format for loading my spring context files:

String configFiles[] = {"/applicationContext-orm.xml", "/applicationContext-manager.xml",
"/applicationContext-wrapper.xml"};

these require that you copy the context files to your webapps WEB-INF/ directory.


but if you want to carry it around your jar for convenience you can also use the classpath syntax:

String configFiles[] = {"classpath:applicationContext-orm.xml", "classpath:applicationContext-manager.xml",
"classpath:applicationContext-wrapper.xml"};

this is relative to your jar's classpath.

of weekends and kung fu movies:

had a nice long weekend... family time as usual. rented a couple of kung-fu inspired movies like kung fu hustle, crouching tiger hidden dragon and house of flying daggers. kung fu hustle was a good one, its like watching those popular dragon ball z fight sequences done by live actors. crouching tiger was a bit boring, house of flying daggers was much much better.


of java and the spring frameworK:

also finally managed to port some apps to spring mvc. to those using xsl as your view component, stay away from version 1.2 for the meantime. it has a bug that causes the improper view to appear.

the nice thing about this framework is there's a tendency for the developer think about modular code. for example: i use to have methods goes something like getTransactionsByDateInXML in the service layer. this is neatly separated in spring mvc via a separate object doing the DOMification.

of blogging:

read that there will be an ongoing blog summit. varying topics to be discussed seems to be fun. way back memory lane the early form of blogging was thru publishing .plan's or creating just static pages full of todo's and random notes for the day. then it was migrated to personal online journals. i think the blog summit should also emphasize on the idea that blogs are personal. a lot of blogs started that way. you don't care about traffic, and even content. you write what you want to write. if people stumbled on your blog and say it sucks, tell them its YOUR blog and you can write whatever you wanted to write. nobody should care if 90% of your entries goes like "nothing happend today, so i have nothing to blog".

but then, if your aim is to be a blog star, then by all means, study the medium. create mind-boggling, thought-provoking, etc etc content. but if its not your aim, just do it, write it, its all about freedom. but then, it only applies to you, think twice when what you write is not about yourself.


of cs teachers and profs:

sometimes i cant fathom why students complain that their teachers arent relatively linus torvald's like material. and most specially if its students of top notch universities. compared to what i have gone thru, studying cs in the province (where resourcefullness is a must to be able to keep up with the times), i think those kids are very lucky. man, look at how they write, their english writing skills are to die for. i think they are still much, much fortunate compared to the majority of the student population who has to go thru sub-standard colleges. they have the resources and facilities. i think the main problem is the lack of SELF-MOTIVATION. the ability recognize these challenges as opportunities. in reality, their diploma stating what school they graduated is already considered an ace. so heck, why dont they just ride thru it and just spend their energy on honing their skillsets thru PRACTICE. indeed, more often than not, we see students who thinks you can learn everything by reading, or, pray tell, spoon feeding. for short, happy enough they know how it works in theory, only to curse the console later in life. also, there seems to be lack of of focus on learning the fundamental problem solving skills nowadays. indeed, we have a lot of people wandering around who knows the syntax well enough, but seems to have great difficulty when, and where to use them.

*sigh* spur of the moment blogging. my apologies if its crap. its my blog... whatever....

here's my rather normal, conservative look:

my long rumored naked pic:


courtesy of planearium...

best ubuntu wallpaper daw? -> ubuntu-calendar-march_original.jpg (JPEG Image, 1600x1200 pixels) - Scaled (51%)

and if you thought barangaywireless.net sounds hard, try doing it in iraq -> MAKE: Blog: Hacking in Iraq, Interview with Jake Appelbaum... fascinating!

here's a <1 href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/ioerror">link to his blog...

this rocks! -> Coredump: Ubuntu installation photos

never expected to see one locally... a few blogs back i posted something similar...

and posting xml-xsl examples is not for the faint of heart... i have to google to find out that it takes an xmp tag to display xml on html properly...

many summers ago (since we dont have winter), i used to write html input type default value in xsl like this:

our simple xml:

<page>
<input_value>hello xm-xsl world</input_value>
</page>

first we declare an xsl variable like so:

<xsl:variable name="input_value">
<xsl:value-of select="page/input_value"/>
</xsl:variable>

then we write our html input like so:

<input type="text" name="text" value="{$input_value}"/>

resulting to a boring html input box with a default value of "hello xml world"...

recently discovered there's another way to do it via . using the sample xml above we can create a similar output with:

<xsl:element name="input">
<xsl:attribute name="type">text</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="name">text</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="page/input_value"/></xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>


if page/input_value doesnt exist it simply produces a blank input box. the default value is commonly used when validating a form and you want to retain the user inputted values but wanting to do some fancy label highlighting of the offending fields...

speaking of june, my eldest would already start going to school... rojan had a perfect score at her entrance exam... my wife is the one responsible for this achievement, as she can still find time to teach rojan the basics amidst her hectic schedule... the school said rojan can already be accelerated to kinder... but we decided that would be too much and we still want her to enjoy being a kid... am really excited to see her wearing her first school uniform and make "kwento" about her first day in school...

Digital Life by Chin Wong -- This old notebook... nice article.. i feel rather stupid whining about one stuck pixel on my lappy... but then again i aint no rich fellow with much disposable income... so i feel pain even if its just a single stuck pixel... as june drew nearer, life's competing priorities will come in full force... and i wonder if i will be able to have the luxury to buy one again... crossing my fingers this thing will last me at least 3 years at the minimum... but would really be happy if would extend to 5 years and hopefully it would still be suited to run the current breed of applications by that time...

i'd say coding and cooking have much in common... there are many ways to solve a particular problem domain as there are many ways to to cook a particular dish... both has a distinct science at the background... the more exotic the solution/dish the more complicated it gets....

spring me baby... spring me...

that said... the spring framework documentation direly needs some diagram lovin'...

i should get one of these -> Kona LapPad... anyone know of a local supplier?

heise online - Linux notebooks by Hewlett-Packard... another good news for today... ibm, dell, asus etc.. when will you follow?

Paul Bothner Music - The Musical Instrument Specialists - Articles: Effect Chain Order... nice guide..

saw this on Monologue... hilarious =))


pacman, what do you think?

curious so i installed F-Spot last nite... two words -> "totally sweet!"



i have been meaning to blog on the value of a search oriented desktop interface feature... more on this later...

reading thru Migs
post on smart's SIP contest...

there's also another ongoing VOIP contest at http://www.callforconvergence.com. more oriented to the Voice XML... so i guess its official: VOIP is going mainstream locally...

anyway it would be nice to monitor these developments and see what kind of apps the contestants would submit... ideas? dunno if x10 devices are available locally or are still in production... but you can create a VOIP app to manage those devices... text to speech app would also be great for newsfeeds, blogfeeds, traffic, weather etc (on asterisk this can be done via festival)... on the crappy side you can have it preview your favorite moan/mp3 tone before downloading... the list of cool apps goes on...

wonder what the smart sip contest platform would be?

Strike disrupts RP transport - INQ7.net...

WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE A CLOSED DOOR MEETING??? here's a dirty finger to everyone inside that room...

GADMEI TV BOX of VGA series - will turn your idle/old pc monitor into a tv... price is 250hkd... baka may magregalong taga hongkong... hehehehe... i have a spare 17" pc monitor and would be nice to have this device to turn it into a tv box.... saw also a similar device advertised on tipidpc.com

Simon Phipps's Blog: Brazil - the Global Java Leader?... a step in the right direction... not really because of the java component alone, but the embracement of an open source platform by a nation...

Mayon spring resort...

Bumming around the beach.

Beautiful Mt. Mayon

Nice to be back home!

3rd floor view

only in the philippines...

Actually, just testing flickr a bit more...

Flickr works! and integrates nicely with blogger... photoblogging is as simple as sending an email or mms to your flickr email addy and it will automatically add to your blog!

Janro

Janro
Originally uploaded by nocs.

Testing flickr 1 2 tres...

Janro

Blogshots via flickr test!

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

been googling around if there exists a yahoo messenger client for the SE T630 (which until now can only send mms messages by the way, its a problem on Globe's end and its almost a month now since i started bugging 730-1000... but still no solution in sight)...i stumbled upon this -> Yamigo - It's a Wireless Village... a single registration page is all you need to use this service... then you configure your my friends app on the t630 and viola! you can now chat with your yahoo, msn, icq, jabber? mates... i initially had trouble logging on since the yamigo howto seems to imply i have to use an internet gprs account... i experimented using the gprs wap account and was able to login just fine... however, this service/app relies on a polling mechanism so messages are not recieved in realtime like in agile messenger... you can set it on either 2 minute, 4 minute and 10 minute intervals... it works so am happy! its better than the plain yahoo messenger wap (more after this) because i get alerted when a new message comes in, just like a regular sms message does...

anyway, if need to chat in realtime i still have several options: if its local, simply text the person ;-) if its not and i have the clie with me, then i can go the wifi or do the pda+phone+gprs combo...

am just curious on the costs... if this thing rides on gprs wap then am charged at .15 centavos per kb... way cheaper than the 1 peso per text rate... or 15 pesos for international texting... i hope yahoo become widespread on the mobile front as it allows us to circumvent the madly overpriced rate of text messages...

if all phones are equiped with at least a decent useable wap browser it can also use this Yahoo Messenger via WAP... THESE COULD GREATLY EXTEND the number of messages you can send (assuming your reciever also has a wap capable phone)... MORE POWER TO THE CENTAVO! i dont know if its futile to spread this idea to the masa... the learning curve is a bit steeper than that of plain sms...

so there you have it... VOIP for cheap voice calls and IM for cheaper text messeges... of course, the infrastructure is controlled/owned by the telcos... relatively trivial for them to block wap access for example (walled garden approach)... so these might only be possible now... and later on just become a distant dream... wonder if i should also write about nonsense dreams... ala ka edong's dream... *sigh*... its almost 3am again...

from melvin's blog... yeah, its an old game... but interesting nonetheless... the solution is deceptively simple... ;-)