I recently left my group (Syndeomedia, Exist Global, G2iX) to do freelance software development on the Ruby on Rails framework, and have a bit of time to work on personal projects on the side.
So here you go: I am for hire. If you are interested in working together, please do contact me regarding your project and timeline.
I finally have a 4-day break from work ahead of me, and I have to say I could not wait. I intentionally did not get copies of movies and tv show episodes to watch so I don’t end up spending most of the days bumming — I have regular weekends for that.
These four days are for:
Hello again, lovely world! Keep me excited.
(Haha, before you even think about it: I am working remotely on Philippine time, not on vacation.)
My second sister and I flew over to Maryland on the 13th so we could spend the holidays with the rest of the family. We are just about to end our fifth day here.
So far everything is good. We have been around Washington D.C. this weekend, have driven through Maryland a bit, and will be in New York City tomorrow til Friday (Hopefully, I can drop by MET this time.). The company is great, of course. A different range of shops, the Wii, HD on demand, and GPS also deserve so much more than a bit of mentioning. I’m especially looking forward to possible skiing and eat-all-you-can cheesecake feast.
Hmm, what else to say. I’m starting colds because of the cold and some lack of sleep, but I’m just about to pwn it. 
So forget about that.
I got some books earlier today. I wonder what else I’ll end up bringing home.
My dad caught Sony Cybershot DSC-S700 on a big sale a couple of weeks ago, so now, both my eldest sister and I have a digital camera too. I played with white balance (First thing I checked out. 
Thanks, Mutya.), effects, scene modes, and other configurables today, and it seems there will be a lot of photographs of practically anything under the sun coming.
(Irrelevant: My parents do not play favorites, my other sister got hers some time ago. And we got other things that time, alright? Although gifts are not important.)
I could be quite sloppy with my dealings on the Web. You guessed it, I have never bothered to investigate OpenID until today, for reasons I will not disclose just yet.
OpenID is a shared identity service, which allows internet users to log on to many different web sites using a single digital identity, eliminating the need for a different user name and password for each site. OpenID is a decentralized, free and open standard that lets users control the amount of personal information they provide.
[SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID]
I looked into a couple of OpenID providers and even ended up creating an account on some, but eventually decided to settle on Personal Identity Provider (PIP) of VeriSign Labs.
Personal Identity Provider brags an extensive trust and information management tool, giving flexibility to share which information with whom. I especially wanted its support for the Simple Registration Extension, which allows data on the provider to be used for registration on other websites. I assume it also uses certificates for sensitive transactions, so we are assured private information are secure. Multiple identities and the ability to create custom attributes are definitely pluses.
Personal Identity Provider appears to have the whole deal, so I jumped right in. Guys, my OpenID URL: http://kristinalim.pip.verisignlabs.com.