MySpace offers ‘Sync with Facebook’ feature
White flag raised and now the fat lady sings
If you can’t beat them, ‘sync’ or connect with them. Former king of social networking sites have practically surrendered to Facebook as it has announced a new feature, ‘Sync with Facebook‘ The terms of surrender, err the new feature has been described on a recent blog post: Today, we’re introducing Sync with Facebook, which allows [...]
While testing this blog’s new page load times to see how using Amazon S3 + Cloudfront has improved it, I’ve noticed a significant lag was caused by the tracking script from 103bees.com. It’s one of the most popular analytics sites/services a few years ago when the blog-o-sphere was still obsessed with SEO and making money [...]
Posters of numbers and colors for Baby Julia
Transforming our bedroom into a nursery room
What used to be posters of Che Guevara, Gundam Wing and John Lennon on my bed room wall, now hangs a poster of numbers and some primary and secondary colors. They are for Julia who is about to turn three months old this September. She has progressed so much this past few months, doubling her [...]
Faster way to remove Windows System Restore Points
Recover hard drive space with free PC tool
Windows System Restore creates ‘snapshots’ of your PC’s system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., making it possible to roll back to a previous state in the event of system malfunction or failure. It works most of the time but this post is not about that. The problem with System Restore is that the snapshots, [...]
PNoy doesn’t mind if you don’t go into college
State abandonment of education continues
Here’s my first major disappointment over President Noynoy Aquino, in his 2011 budget message: Quality education at all levels is our priority. This includes vocational training so that those who cannot pursue higher education, either by choice or by circumstance, can find a dignified livelihood. Isn’t it self-contradictory? He says that quality education at all [...]
Quick Thoughts on ABS-CBN’s Statement on Aug 23 Hostage Tragedy
They tried but failed
ABS-CBN has come out with a statement on the Aug 23 hostage tragedy at Rizal Park, essentially clearing itself of any lapses in their coverage of the said incident. To which I raise the following points: 4. All throughout the day and until the first shots were aired, we kept our cameras 400 meters away [...]
When we talk about internet calls, Skype immediately comes to mind. Not Yahoo! Messenger for it’s mainly used for video chatting, nor Windows Live Messenger because very few are using it. There’s Google Voice but…oh you get the picture. Skype is still the king when it comes to making free calls over the Internet. Google [...]
No need to legislate imposition of news blackouts & Anti-Usisero Bill
It could just lead to government abuse
Whether Media finally agrees or not that it must start to be more professional with its news coverage, imposing a news blackout during crisis situations as proposed in House Bill 2723 is an over-reaction. It could be abused by the government like trying to cover up excessive use of military and police forces or hide [...]
The entire nation and the rest of the world has witnessed many negative things about our country during the 12-hour hostage crisis instigated by a dismissed Police officer yesterday at the heart of Manila. The aftermath: 8 tourists from Hong Kong dead, many injured with some still being reported as unaccounted for. Gross shortcomings of [...]
Legalize Divorce in the Philippines – Support HB 1799
Those in irreparable marriages deserve a way out
It’s time to move forward into the modern era and away from medieval times. It’s time to give women more protection, empowerment and a better chance of having a happier and more fulfilling married life. This could be achieved by legalizing divorce in the Philippines, which along with the Vatican City, is the only remaining [...]
The problem with live streaming Senate proceedings on the Internet
It's about government transparency and accessibility to the public, not overcoming technological hurdles
There’s a series of blog posts by Cocoy about the live streaming the Senate proceedings as proposed by Sen. Francis Pangilinan in Senate Resolution No 53. If the Senate Resolution No 53 is approved, the Senate will start to live stream its proceedings: plenary sessions, committee meetings and hearings via the internet allowing anyone with [...]
SPlayer – a worthy replacement for VLC
It even downloads matching subtitles for your movies
For so long, those who ditched Windows Media Player have used VLC as their default program for watching virtually every video file format out there. Simply because Windows Media Player sucks. So ever since I was introduced to VLC more than four years ago, it’s also been the default video player on my PC. Though [...]
Hopefully, Intel won’t shove McAfee AV down our throats
Intel just bought McAfee for $7.68 billion
The screencap says it all. For $7.68 billion McAfee is now a subsidiary of Intel under its Software and Services Group. So in the near future, Intel chips would be optimized to run with McAfee’s security software products and vice versa. Would these mean that other anti-virus softwares would now have performance issues with Intel [...]
Pagsasara ng Kursong AB Community Development: Labag sa Vision-Mission ng Pamantasang De La Salle Dasmariñas
Isang mensahe sa mga kinauukulan
Nakatanggap ako ng balita na sa susunod na taon, ay posibleng isara ang kursong AB Community Development sa Pamantasang De La Salle Dasmariñas. Hindi ko alam ang buong detalye o dahilan sa panukalang ito. Sana ay maging bukas at tapat ng pamunuan ng pamantasan at ng Kolehiyo ng Malalayang Sining tungkol sa bagay na ito. [...]
Using Amazon S3 to host images for your blog
Optimize WordPress by offloading your images to Amazon's cloud
This blog had seen better traffic days and had not experienced traffic spikes from Digg, Del.ico.us or StumbleUpon in the last 12 months. But in the rare cases it did, all of the shared webhosting services I’ve tried broke down and came close to suspending my account because of the sudden strain on their servers. [...]
