http://jrocas.com.ph On technology, the web, health and life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:53:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday there was no electricity in our neighborhood because of routine maintenance on the local power lines. It's a good thing that Meralco is taking active steps in preparing for more typhoons this year. Nonetheless, this necessary inconvenience almost drove me nuts because I needed to send an email yesterday morning ... http://jrocas.com.ph/archives/how-to-setup-globelines-dial-up-connection/ This is one the smoothest and fastest WordPress upgrades I've ever made in my two years of using this awesome blogging software. Now this blog is powered by its latest version, WordPress 2.6 and it is named in honor of “Tyner,” named for jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, which according to ... http://jrocas.com.ph/archives/now-powered-by-wordpress-26-tyner/ As a blogger or Filipino are you concerned about our democracy and the future of our country especially now that 2010 Presidential elections are just around the corner? If so, Bloggers' Kapihan is inviting you to an event that will be a step in the positive direction: What: Bloggers’ briefing on poll ... http://jrocas.com.ph/archives/bloggers-first-hands-on-of-poll-automation/ 2008 seems to one of the most awesome years in history, well Philippine contemporary history that is. First it's the first decade after the centennial anniversary of our Independence, this is the year that Manny Pacquiao won his 4th boxing title and re-wrote pages of boxing history, this is the ... http://jrocas.com.ph/archives/just-registered-for-wordcamp-philippines-08-have-you/ Every time I need to edit a photo for a blog post like adding speech bubbles, Photoshop needs to be fired up. This takes up considerable amount of time and system resources especially when ideas are so fragile during "eureka!" moments or when my notebook is already running 5+ windows ... http://jrocas.com.ph/archives/kyolo-add-speech-bubbles-to-your-photos/