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Fully articulated Transformer robots made from Bristol board. Credit: Arlan Esmeña . The artist for this astounding work is Arlanzandro Esmeña , great Pinoy komikero Gerry Alanguilan 's collaborator in "Where Bold Stars Go to Die". He sadly passed away last February 18, 2010. RIP, Arlan. (I haven't had the pleasure of reading his work yet, but judging by what's available on the web , I'm sure it is great, like the artists who created it.) /via Komikero.com

I use an SSH gateway for work (one that requires two-factor authentication: an RSA SecureID PIN and an AES-encrypted Kerberos password). Problem is, since the gateway servers are clustered and change often, I sometimes get the following: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY! Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)! It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed. The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is Please contact your system administrator. Add correct host key in /home/username/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message. Offending key in /home/username/.ssh/known_hosts:1 RSA host key for gateway_server has changed and you have requested strict checking. Host key verification failed. Connection to gateway_server closed. ...

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If robots ever go ahead with their plan for an uprising , we can rely on these wonderful creatures to save us. Here's one in training.

Bayan Muna , the people first. This is our battlecry. A society where true freedom, democracy, justice and peace prevail. This is our vision. We, the members of BAYAN MUNA, pledge this commitment as we draw inspiration and lessons from the historic struggle of our heroes and martyrs. We stand on a platform of change and social transformation that addresses the basic problems that have plagued our country –foreign domination, feudal bondage and a graft-ridden government. We embody the yearnings and aspirations of the most oppressed and the least heard, the "common tao" -- workers, peasants, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, urban poor and other downtrodden. We also give voice to the concerns of the middle social strata and the cause of women and youth as well as other various pressing issues. We believe that the test of an authentic democracy lies in the empowerment of the people, particularly the toiling majority. We believe that this can be realized by harnessing their collect...

[W]e ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the book we are reading doesn't shake us awake like a blow to the skull, why bother reading it in the first place? ... A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. -- Franz Kafka in a letter to Oskar Pollak

Julian Emmanuel turns three , originally uploaded by iandexter . Happy birthday, Wild Mutt-Echo Echo-Power Ranger! :) We love you. -- Kuya Gab, Mom, and Tatay