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Muni-muni

Hindi ko alam, pero bigla kong na-miss ang Pilipinas. Na-miss ko na magsalita ng Tagalog, hindi Ingles, hindi Hapon. At bigla ko na-miss magsulat sa Tagalog. Tapos napagmuni-muni ko na hindi pa nga ata ako nakakapag-blog ata sa wikang kinagisnan … Continue reading →

Specks

I spend a lot of time imaging my samples. It is one of the routine characterizations I perform on my samples. It usually doesn?t take that long to get an image using a conventional SEM (scanning electron microsope) measurement, but … Continue reading →

A Bit of Sleuthing at Saizeriya

It’s been a while. I had to forego blogging for a few months in order to focus on the demands at work. Now that I’ve hurdled the two major conferences of the year, met deadlines for research proposals and other … Continue reading →

Aya, The Pokemon Artist

Aya has been bitten by the Pokemon bug. She plays it on her DS every chance she gets. Well of course I let her play from time to time, kids will be kids! She is quite taken with it, that … Continue reading →

Piano Recital

Finally, a chance to perform on stage! Actually, Aya started taking piano lessons (in a group) as early as four years old; unfortunately, when we went to the UK, there had been no opportunity to continue her lessons (it was … Continue reading →

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Splitting 4D Nifti file into a series of 3D files in Matlab

NIfTI-1 is a data format proposed by the NifTI (Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative) DFWG (Data Format Working Group) that can be used for storing neuroimaging datasets (e.g. MRI, functional MRI, etc.). This format is adapted from the widely used ANALYZE 7.5 format from Mayo Clinic. A Nifti file consists of a header part containing the meta-data and the [...]

Looking at how the brain works in real-time

Re-posting this article on real-time functional MRI I wrote several years ago. The technique known as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been extensively used to elucidate the functions of the human brain. Functional MRI provides a “window” where we can see what part of the brain is involved when we think, smell, taste, feel, [...]

When the virtual world merges with the real one

Just want to share this YouTube video from MicrosoftResearch. It’s just amazing. The idea is to augment the real environment with a virtual one and interact with it. Using four ceiling-mounted Kinects, the entire room is mapped into a virtual 3D environment. Virtual objects can be placed in this virtual environment and projected into the [...]

Creating a backup SVN repository

This is a brief guide on how to setup a backup SVN repository using svnsync. I will assume that subversion is already installed and the master repository is located in the machine called remote.com and in the directory /home/ruser/master_repos directory. 1. Create the mirror repository mirror_repos/ using svnadmin command [user@mycomp] svnadmin create mirror_repos 2. Go [...]

Correlation coefficient

Definition Given two random variables X and Y, Pearson’s correlation coefficient ? is defined as the ratio between the covariance of the two variables and the product of their standard deviations: where are the means and standard deviations of X and Y. The correlation coefficient is usually used as a measure of the strength of the [...]

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Thunderbird 3 and the Lightning Calendar Extension

I just upgraded my Thunderbird email client to version 3. This version offers several enhancements including tabs, search, message archiving, among others. Emails are now loaded in separate tabs (just like Firefox) instead of windows, enabling users to quickly jump between them. It also now offers email search with search results displayed in a tab. [...]

Got an invite from Google wave

Google Wave has been making a lot of buzz in the online world recently. According to Wikipedia, "it is a web-based service, computing platform, and communication protocol designed to merge email, instant messaging, wikis and social networking." It's an all-in-one application touted to change the way we communicate on the web. Currently, it is only [...]

VMware Player Updated

I have been using VMware Player for sometime now. I used it to run Linux virtual machines on my Windows PC. It is really convenient. Instead of dual-booting the PC with Linux, you can just used VMware player to run Linux in a virtual machine. You then have two operating systems running at the same [...]

Yokosuka and Hakkeijima Aqua Museum

We were visiting Kanagawa last weekend. Kathy attended a research meeting in Yokosuka City and Aya and I tagged along. Yokosuka is along the coast and we did have a wonderful view of the Yokohama Bay. The hotel is facing the dark blue sea. Nearby is a 'boardwalk' where you can stroll along the seashore. [...]

Autumn is here

Its getting colder these days. The trees are shedding off their leaves. Leaves scattered all over the ground. Brown, red, orange, and yellow colors engulfed the mountains. Even trees in the park are changing. Night arrives early and sunrise is a bit late. Noon time is cool and the night colder. Fall is here and [...]

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Pokemon White!!!

Hey Readers! I am publishing this the same date as the summary but just wanted to update you readers about my life outside of school! I am crazy about Warriors right? I told you on the last post. But I also am crazy about Pokemon. I know it is on the DS. But I still [...]

Bluestar?s Prophecy Summary

Hi people! Sorry I don’t post often but school is driving me crazy! Well, I started to read Warriors. It is an ongoing story about cats and it’s got me so captured I got crazy about them, in total I have (already!) got 16 books!!! >:D Anyway here is a summary! Book: Bluestar’s Prophecy A new kit (it is [...]

Nice O? Jelly

Hey! I do not get the title?????? :p Here are some fun things you can do in pokemon black for me. Trade with me and you can get my Zorua’s and I will earn master balls while you can also get eeevelutions. Here is my friend code 4727 9646 6560. Also if you can trade [...]

Fossils: Clues to the Past

Sorry that I did not update last week but we had camp so I got delayed! But here it is now! Fossils played a very important role in the work of paleontologists (The kind of scientist that studies fossils). Did you know that they helped people realize that ancient mythical creatures called ?dragons? turned out [...]

Rome, the Place of Wonders

Hello this is Aya and this is another essay! —– Rome, the place of Wonders Italy is a very nice place to visit because there are a lot of attractions inside the country. I would say if you were going to Italy for the first time then first you might want to visit the capital, [...]

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