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  • PDF Download: Head First Java (2nd Edition) – by Katy Sierra and Bert Bates

    PDF Download: Head First Java (2nd Edition) – by Katy Sierra and Bert Bates

    Learning Java? Great, this book will help you.

    I uploaded this Java Programming PDF to share with IT Elective 1 (Object Oriented Programming with Java) classmates. 🙂

    I searched for it in Google, and I’m lucky to find this free e-book of Head First Java – Second Edition. I can’t remember where I got it from though. It’s been days (EDIT: no, it’s been months now! or maybe years), and I got a poor memory. lol.

    And by the way, I used A-PDF Split to split the e-book into separate chapters of the PDF for our convenience. The file I downloaded is only one PDF file which had 690 pages. It lags in slow computers. It’s also better off being separated by chapters for ease of reading, right? So, there. 😀

    I hope the Java PDF download links on this blog entry (Head First Java – Download) help you guys, and if you do find them helpful, please LIKE my website on Facebook. To find it on Facebook, search for “Catzie.net” 😀

    Download Link for Head First Java Ebook

    New! The following Head First Java Ebook is of better quality than the scanned one. It’s not split into several PDFs of individual chapters though, because I have no time to do it yet. It’s one big PDF file for now.

    FILE SIZE: 37.53MB

      Head First Java (2nd Edition, Better Quality in One Big PDF) by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates (Non-hotlinked from MediaFire) (unknown, 6,128 hits)


    Download Links for Head First Java Ebook

    The zip file that follows contains Head First Java scanned ebook split into several PDFs of individual chapters.
    FILE SIZE: 31.6MB

    Java Book Chapters

    1. Breaking the Surface: a quick dip
    2. A Trip to Objectville: yes, there will be objects
    3. Know Your Variables: primitives and references
    4. How Objects Behave: object state affects method behavior
    5. Extra-Strength Methods: flow control, operations, and more
    6. Using the Java Library: so you don’t have to write it all yourself
    7. Better Living in Objectville: planning for the future
    8. Serious Polymorphism: exploiting abstract classes and interfaces
    9. Life and Death of an Object: constructors and memory management
    10. Numbers Matter: math, formatting, wrappers, and statics
    11. Risky Behavior: exception handling
    12. A Very Graphic Story: intro to GUI, event handling, and inner classes
    13. Work on Your Swing: layout managers and components
    14. Saving Objects: serialization and I/O
    15. Make a Connection: networking sockets and multithreading
    16. Data Structures: collections and generics
    17. Release Your Code: packaging and deployment
    18. Distributed Computing: RMI with a dash of servlets, EJB, and Jini

    Happy Java programming, y’all. 🙂 Make good use of the learning Java book you downloaded.

    Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems (which is now a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation) and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems’ Java platform.

    The syntax of Java is mostly derived from that of C and C++ programming languages, but with simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities.

  • Opening MS Office 2007 files in MS Office 2003

    For our school work, Microsoft Office is very much used. Students exchange MS Office files with one another for homework and projects. Based on my observation, each time a file in MS Office 2007 format (.docx, .pptx, or .xlsx) is sent to a student who uses MS Office 2003, that receiving student complains, and either makes the sender save it as a 2003 file and resend it, or sulk face in one corner of the room for not knowing how to open the 2007 file.

    Let’s make a list here of few ways to open .docx, .pptx, and .xlsx files in a computer without Microsoft Office 2007. 🙂
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  • PHP: Dynamic inclusion tutorial

    I’m posting this because I thought that it might help some people who want to structurize their website in a way that they can easily edit pages which contain contents and pages which contain the code of the layout, as we separate layout code from contents in dynamic inclusion.

    This is for PHP beginners, but I assume that you have basic knowledge about PHP variables and form submission methods if you would read this tutorial.
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  • CyStats Template Functions / Template Tags

    I used to use the WordPress plugin Counterize II to keep track of my blog’s statistics, but then I felt that I had to switch into something else. I looked for another feature-rich stats plugin but one that is faster and that will take up less database space. After trying different plugins, I chose to stick with CyStats.

    The only thing I needed but didn’t get (right away) from CyStats is the code to insert into my themes in order to call functions to return values like the total number of hits, total number of comments, total number of posts, and such. Maybe there’s a web page lying around in the Internet and I simply did not search thoroughly that I wasn’t able to find it. And since I didn’t find it, I’m making my own list of template tags (template functions) here, hoping that it would help other users.

    By the way, I got all these from the template-functions.php which is inside the /includes folder of the plugin. I’m putting a list here just to make our task easier. 😀
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  • Assembly Language: a simple shop/store program

    A small program I made a year ago in Turbo Assembler.

    tasm shop assembly language

    It’s a shop displaying four items, each item having 9 stocks. The user is first prompted for which item he/she wishes to buy, for the quantity of the purchase, and if he wants to buy again. The program closes once the shop runs out of stock.

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  • Star City – ticket prices, opening time, and photos from this theme park in Manila, Philippines


    I’m not affiliated in any way with Star City. Please try to contact them directly if you have questions. Still, I’m hoping that the information already provided here would help you. 🙂

    Ticket prices, opening times and closing times were UPDATED on April 7, 2011.

    INFO

    I went to Star City on August 9, 2009. Before going there I searched on the Net for info about ticket prices and opening times, but most seemed to be outdated. I wasn’t even able to stumble upon the official website of Star City. So, I told myself that I’d make a blog post with the info that I’d see right there in the park. For a long time the info in this page was outdated too, but I on April 7, 2011 I finally acquired the updated ticket prices. Schedule didn’t change.

    Ticket Prices

    Rates are per person.
    FREE FOR: Children 32 inches and below

    Entrance Only – Php 60.00
    Entrance inside Star City only. Mid-way games, coin operated machines, rides, attractions,
    Winter Funland, Pirate Adventure, 4D Theater and Walk on Water excluded.

    3 Cheers Ticket – Php 300.00
    Three rides of your choice (Ride restrictions apply), except mid-way games,
    coin operated machines, Winter Funland and Walk on Water. Entrance fee included.

    Ride-All-You-Can (RAYC) – Php 350.00
    Unlimited access to Little tykes, Quack-Quack, Kiddie Wheel, Rodeo, Kiddie Bumper Car,
    Magic Tea Cup, Grand Carousel, Magic Forest, Telecombat, Wacky Worm, Wacky Dragon,
    Red Baron, Balloon Wheel, Viking, Spring Ride, Surf Dance, Blizzard, Adult Bumper Car,
    Bumper Boat, Zykloon Loop, Wild River, Star Flyer, Dungeon, Gabi ng Lagim, Kilabot ng Mummy,
    Time Tunnel, Peter Pan, Pirate Adventure and Land of Giants (Ride restrictions apply).
    Except Mid-way games, coin operated machines, Winter Funland, 4D Theater and Walk on Water. Entrance fee included.

    Lazer Blaster – Php 100.00
    Good for 1 (one) game only.(Ride restrictions apply) Entrance fee excluded.

    Winter Funland – Php 120.00
    Unlimited access. Jackets will be provided. (Attraction restrictions apply) Entrance fee excluded.

    4D Theater Max Rider – Php 120.00
    Good for 1 (one) film showing only.(Ride restrictions apply) Entrance fee excluded.

    Animal Wonderland – Php 90.00
    Good for 1 (one) entry only.(Ride restrictions apply) Entrance fee excluded.

    Ride-all-you-can 20% DISCOUNT: For Senior Citizens with ID

    Opening Time & Closing Time (updated August 2009)

    Mondays to Thursdays – opens at 4PM
    Opens: Fridays to Sundays – opens at 2PM
    Closes: Depends on number of people still in, but usually 9-10PM

    Address

    Star City, Sotto St., CCP Complex Roxas Blvd., Pasay, Manila Philippines

    PHOTOS

    I got here a lot of photos from Star City, though I wasn’t able to take a shot on every ride. All photos taken using a point-and-shoot camera. Don’t forget to view the next pages because they contain the other photos 😀
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  • Assembly Language: check if a one-digit input number is odd or even

    assembly programming odd even number

    I coded this back when I was taking up Computer System Organization. It was a homework that I decided to share in my old blog.

    The program accepts a one-digit number as the input, and then shows whether that number is ODD or EVEN.

    The program uses the attribute byte to highlight ODD or EVEN with a color.
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