Kata - lightweight MVC framework

Got this from tariquesani in twitter, a new framework but a lightweight version of cakephp.

Kata is a lightweight PHP5 MVC-Framework that balances speed and comfort.

I think it’s an interesting piece of software. I downloaded to check on it briefly. The coding is very straightforward, and the size has a total of 172KB! The folder structure is very much like the app folder of cakephp. I’ll be doing a full review on this in the coming days.

WordCamp Philippines 2008 Memories

I’m so excited to blog this but did not find enough time to compose it last week. Well after I got home on Saturday night, I tried to watch PDA but tiredness really struck me so I went to my bed and fell asleep shortly. I woke up around noon the next day. I managed to blog my Octoberfest experience and then took another round of sleep. hehe.

Anyway, going back to my wordcamp experience. Junelle almost laid out the whole story and I could only add a little details but you’ll get the whole picture of my experience too.

At 6am, I kinda feel a little alive. We went to Lisa’s place to get dressed and then they escorted me to the LRT (thanks again to the group). It took me only a few minutes to get to St. Benilde where the Wordcamp event took place. I’m happy to see Junelle already there because I could not tell how much longer I could stand on my own. The event is well organized and great! I love the lauriat from Chowking! I hope next time we can ask Max to donate some chicken :D.

While in the event, I missed some talks specially the how to create a theme by Gail and Matt’s introduction. I was sooo sleepy I wish I was at home at those moment. I was day dreaming I was in my bed. Hehe. I still manage to listen to some talk though and I was able to ask Matt Mullenweg for a picture. Yey!

As for what I learned in the event. I think I can create plugins from now on! My favorite part though is the SEO plugins list. I am not much into SEO but I am curious so I went to Hans Koch talk about SEO and he gave 11 plugins. It was really helpful because up until now I installed only 2 from those he gave me. Haha. Below are the list of those suggestions. (If it’s unethical, let me know though so I can erase them asap.)

• All-in-one SEO Pack
• Wordpress SEO master
• Crawl rate tracker plugin
• Google sitemap generator
• Redirection wordpress plugin
• Similar Post plugin
• Ultimate tag warrior
• KB Robots.txt
• Add this social booksmarks widget
• WP Backlinks
• Internal link building plugin

Those are the only thing I was able to grasp. We left early because Junelle still had a flight to catch. We were not able to catch the Powow section of Matt where anyone can ask questions. Oh well, maybe next time if there is a next time. The moral lesson here, I should not try again to stay up for 36hours!

OctoberFest 08: The First Time Series

I like to try new things because I don’t want to grow old regretting because I did not try when I had the chance. October Fest 08 is a lot of first time to me.

(btw, I decided to also express myself in Tagalog, my first language. It’s just hard to express my true feelings using a language other than Tagalog.)

So here it is. It’s my first time …

• to be in a party till 4am and we have to drive from Pampanga to Mandaluyong just for that! Some of my friends tagged me lakwatsera although I am not. Naka-trip lang. LOL
• na makipagsiksikan sa mob, ung as in hindi kana makagalaw and I literally mean di ka na makagalaw sa sobrang dikit dikit ng mga tao. Words from Neri, “para kang na-rape”. The maniac are taking all the chances to do their evil stuff. I was willing to go home at that moment already. Then bouncers let the girls in first but we got scared when they (bouncers) started to lift the women in order to pass the bars when there is in fact a small area on the left side where we could get it. I felt sorry for some of the women because they were kinda harassed in a way. Ggrr, men, men, men.. Bigs was so pissed off at that idea and she really looked for other way. I so much love Bigs for that! I was saved from another harassment.
• to see a lot of bouncers! haha! and bouncers holding hands! haha!
• to drink 1/4 glass of beer (I tasted beer before but I only had a sip). Never really like the taste until now. I wonder why they don’t offer sweet beers. Haha.
• to watch a concert where there were many artists. I never knew third eye blind sang the songs I liked. Now I know! I also saw spongecola, southborder and spongecola even it was just in the monitor. Our male friends weren’t able to enter the place after the bouncers let the girls in, so we just decided to enjoy the party outside. Before we left though, I had the chance to take a glimpse of the third eye blind. Overall, it was enjoyable, too bad I did not hear Nyoy sing. Too bad really. I am his fan.
• to meet people with different personality.
  Lain is to accommodating, I felt the warm welcome and sincere desire to make sure I had a good OctoberFest experience. Well, you still did
  Raymond, the person with the dry wit, reminds me of my friend in college.
  Bigs, made it possible for us to enter the party. I love Bigs diskarte, truly a Capampangan!
  Lisa, allowed us to change clothes and get some rest in her apartment.
  Melay, the person I talked to half of the time while the others are busy fighting the circumstances. We really did not do anything, not even support! Haha! We were the princesses.
  Ji and Bigs BF (I forgot his name), I did not had the chance to know them a little more, hope I do next time.
  and of course Neri, wasn’t a first time to meet her (ofcourse) so I would not say anything:P But she was the one to invite me so thank you.
• to seriously fight with sleepiness because I had to attend the WordCamp at 8am. We went in McDonalds after the party and chatted about anything and everything about college life, highschool craziness, serious work stuff and a lot of funny funny stories. Thanks to the group for all the help, really really really appreciate the gesture. Imagine, they had to stay up and court me to the LRT so that I can attend the WordCamp event safely. I’m touched.
• to be part of the new Guinness World record breaker for the longest beer bar. They beat Taiwan’s record of 220 meters with 603.5-meter-long beer bar, with four concert stages to boot.

Was that a lot of first time? Even we did not able to get inside, I still think the experience is awesome. Couldn’t exchange it for anything else. Here are some photos:

OctoberFest + WordCamp = Eyebugs

I need drugs for tomorrow! It’s whirlwind decision for tonight. Pano ba nmn kc ininvite invite pko ni Neri sa OctoberFest Kick Off party. Eh syempre makikita ko mga fans ko dun kaya di ako makatanggi. I don’t want to dissappoint them. Kaya eto, naghahanap ng panggising for 36hours. Alis kmi dito at 6PM tomorrow and then partying till 4AM in the morning tpos at 8AM may Wordcamp pko! waaaa. Ilang extra joss b kailangan ko dito? Haha. Well, I am excited pa rin. Haha. It’s going to be a bloody bloggable event.

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