KENNETH PORIO | the blog

  There are years that quietly pass, marked only by birthdays, calendars, and routine. Then there are years that reshape the way we see ourselves. As I celebrate my 35th birthday, I find myself looking back on a season that I can only describe as the year of rebuilding with integrity . It was a year that asked difficult questions, tested deeply held values, and reminded me that rebuilding a life is rarely dramatic. More often, it happens one ordinary day at a time, through small decisions to keep moving forward. Not too long ago, I stood on the shores of Bulabog Beach in Boracay before sunrise. The beach was calm, the sky slowly changing from darkness into light. As I watched the sun rise over the horizon, I realized how fitting that moment was for the season I had been living through. Sunrises do not erase the darkness that came before them; they simply remind us that darkness never has the final word. Looking back now, that morning became an unexpected symbol of hope—a reminder t...

Welcome to the alternative reading of my CMSC 199 paper, " The Advancements of Graphics in Mobile Applications Using the Java Micro Edition Platform. " Here I share with you how you can enhance the power of Java to produce high-quality, rich and interactive graphics into your mobile phone, which has great applications in gaming, engineering, e-commerce and information systems. Would it be great that in the future you can hold a "virtual world" in your hand? Java has a lot to offer via its newly developed (and still developing) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that uses the same constructs as what is on your PC. One such API is the OpenGL for Embedded Systems or OpenGL ES, a Java API based on desktop OpenGL that features high-quality 3D graphics for use such as mobile gaming. However, many issues still remain in developing mobile graphics. One, the limitations of most mobile devices such as battery capacity, memory and display resolution hamper the per...