Cope With Tech - by Eric John Emberda

Firebird SQL Database has been existing for so long already. However, not many have created a free and open source Firebird tool or IDE that is really easy to use. Developers are forced to use commercial ones because the free and open source in my opinion are not user-friendly at all. It's just ironic that a very good free and open source DBMS lacks decent free and open source IDE. I would like to create one and post it at sourceforge but I'm not that skilled yet. Hopefully soon. In the meantime, let's just enumerate the existing Firebird Tools currently being used by developers. 1. FlameRobin 2. EMS for Interbase and Firebird Lite 3. IBExpert 4. Lazarus 5. Firebird Maestro Of these, I like the EMS IDE.

Firebird is a free relational database that allows many SQL features and has existed since 1981. It supports indexing, primary key, foreign key, stored procedures, and many more. You can use it in many platforms of Linux and Windows. I liked using it because it's free. The only problem is with its IDE. It is really hard to find a user-friendly IDE that is also free. Although there is Flamerobin, I didn't like using it. The commercial ones like EMS for Firebird and IBExpert. I just wish the open source community also comes up with a comprehensive IDE for Firebird. It also took a very long while for Firebird to come up with another version. Maybe because it is almost complete.

The Internet has become a great tool in our time today. It has become a means to live a different life. Almost everything can be virtualized on the Internet. We can have friends anywhere. We can become different persons with different lifestyles in different places in a different world. It has created a new way of living. One reality that has become virtualized over the Internet is gambling. There are many types of gambling. From card games to slot machines, the Internet offers all of them. Some are free and some for a fee. You can have an online casino from different websites. Even facebook has applications with online casino. People mostly prefer free online casino . It’s just a way to entertain ourselves and make new friends both locally and abroad. An online casino is a form of website that provides you the opportunity to gamble on the Internet. It is also called Internet Casino or Virtual Casino. Whatever your game plan is, it’s either you win or lose money. Sometimes, I enjo...

School Year 2010-2011 is fast approaching. In the first semester, the 4th year students will be having their thesis proposal, and from what I have observed, students find it hard to look for topics for their research. The following categories might help: BSIT Major in Networking: Communications (Email, Chat, P2P File Sharing, Protocols, etc.) Networking and Network Security (Firewall, Routing, Monitoring, Access List, Virtual Private Network, VLAN, etc.) VOIP [Voice Over Internet Protocol] (Voice Quality, Transmission enhancement, Compression, etc.) Virtualization BSIT Major in Multimedia: Animation (2D,3D, etc.) Game Programming (Role-playing games, Simulators, etc.) Audio and Video Manipulation (Digital Image Processing, Audio Editing, Video Editing) BSIT Major in Software Engineering: Databases (Migration, Encryption, Load Balancing) Software Development and Integration (Interpreters, Compilers, Software Interoperability) Systems Security/Cryptography (Anti-Virus, Firewall,...

In a study published in the March issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine,  Dr. Rose Richards of the University of Otago said:  "Our findings give some reassurance that it is fine to limit TV viewing. In fact, it may result in stronger relationships between young people, their friends and their parents." The study concluded  that staring at any screen for a long time is detrimental. Richards advised parents to stick to the recommended time limit of less than two hours of any screen use a day. 

One of the common problems with laptops is the deteriorating performance of its battery. Laptop batteries are made up of Lithium Ion (Li-ion). I have a laptop that is more than a year old. Last week, its battery went totally dead. I'm still looking for a replacement. I'm very careful in finding one because most cheap alternatives are poor in performance (with only 45 mins up time compared to the original 3-4 hours). Some are overly priced. I now have a prospect seller and will be purchasing after this post. Well, to continue, out of my curiosity, I opened the battery. The laptop is a Lenovo 3000 G410. Before my exploration, I took the specifications of the battery. It turned out that it's manufactured by SANYO. Here are the specifications: Battery name: PABAS024 Unique ID: 3658QSANYO PABAS024 Chemistry: LION I really don't have any knowledge about the hardware. All I know is that it can be charged and discharged. Despite my limited knowledge, I still opened it up ...

It seems that some of the money-making Internet services are up again. Recently I received two tasks from blogsvertise worth $8 and $9 respectively. It's been long before they give consecutive tasks. It went slow since the recession. What I like about blogsvertise is that whatever is the amount posted for a particular task, you get it clean. Unlike other advertising services, many usually get a percentage of your earning. Take SponsoredReviews for example. They take 50% of whatever amount is posted for a particular task (e.g. you only get $5 for a $10 task). For those who know SponsoredReviews , yes! they increased the percentage causing you to earn lesser. Good thing though there are other sites that let you earn a bit. One would be LinkGrand. It's like Bux.to but the difference is that LinkGrand pays on time. Just search on " Linkgrand scam" in Google to see for yourself. This type of money-making services however, would seem silly to others (you keep on clicking l...