Archive for December, 2005
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
There's a good discussion on Pinoy.Tech.Blog about Globe to Globe at P0.10 per second
Here's my 1 centavo's worth of insights:
Hi guys,
nice discussion here. cool lang tayo ha ;-) .
I don't see the promo resulting in network congestion. In fact, the promo promotes responsible use of the network: "make ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, ICT Industry, Mobile | No Comments »
Friday, December 23rd, 2005
I have a good friend, EL. She told me she was buying a new cellphone. Thus I shared to EL one of my eccentricities: I name my gadgets.
Brosia is my Smart Phone. Her full name is Brosia Almighty. She got her name after I dropped her at an MRT station ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, Gadgets | 6 Comments »
Thursday, December 22nd, 2005
I’ve had this Smart Phone “accessory” for more than a year now. It’s an earphone adapter that allows me to plug in an ordinary set of earphones into Brosia, my Smart Phone.
It was made by a fellow Airfagev member (sorry, nalimutan ko na name niya). It’s a quick and ...
Posted in Gadgets, TechTips | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
On Pinoy.Tech.Blog, I write about Gmail for your mobile phone. Here's an update...
I noticed a handful of other countries in the sign-up page drop-down list. There were only around a dozen countries in the list. I was pleased to see Google had put the Philippines in their shortlist of countries ...
Posted in Mobile | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005
My sister, pamangkin and I went to a library to do photocopy some papers and to ring bind a book.
It's interesting how many establishments in Sydney are self-service. I guess it's because the cost of labor there is expensive. It's cheaper to invest in automated gadgets that help customers ...
Posted in Gadgets | 12 Comments »
Monday, December 19th, 2005
What I like about Firefox:
Clean tab-browsing (I loved it when I discovered the Ctrl+tab shortcut)
Find! - ah, heaven for text searching!
popup blocking
Download manager
What I don't like about Firefox:
It starts up less quickly than IE. I felt the difference in start time a lot when I was using Kurdapia, my less ...
Posted in TechTips | 6 Comments »
Monday, December 19th, 2005
We were at Blue Mountains in Sydney when I saw this 24-hour Tourist Information Kiosk. I tested my EQ and stopped myself from tinkering with it until *after* looking at the real main attractions: The three sisters and the vastness and beauty of the Blue Mountains.
Okay, EQ test is over. ...
Posted in Gadgets, Techies | No Comments »
Friday, December 16th, 2005
My current interest is finding audio books that I could listen to during my commute from work to home in the afternoons.
So far, I’ve found a couple of sites with free audio books. But many of them contain the classics – books that have been declared public domain and ...
Posted in Mobile, TechTips | 2 Comments »
Friday, December 16th, 2005
Meet BrosIaPod! Brosia is my Smart Phone, also known in the Philippines as a “Smart Amazing Phone”, formal model name HTC Tanager.
I’ve been using Brosia for about a year and half. (More about Brosia on Technobiography Archive).
And lately, I’ve revived one of her functions: I’ve been listening to ...
Posted in Mobile | 3 Comments »
Friday, December 16th, 2005
In the Philippines, bus konduktors either issue you a small ticket torn out from a bundle or a perforated ticket with many numbers where you need to decipher your fare.
In Sydney, the Light Rail around the city center also had konduktors. Except they aren't called koduktors. They are called ...
Posted in Gadgets | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 15th, 2005
There were a couple of public toilets in Sydney that were illuminated by blue light. I remember reading about these blue lights. I remember that they were a deterrent against drug use. I first was thinking “maybe it’s difficult to sniff cocaine under blue light”.
But I recalled later on ...
Posted in etc. | 3 Comments »
Thursday, December 15th, 2005
On Pinoy.Tech.Blog, I write about Trying out PhilHealth's e-Government services...
I had the need to find out my PhilHealth number. I didn’t have it among my records. I could have called my friend at our former office, she would have the info. But that’s the less exciting way. How about we ...
Posted in TechTips, e-Governance | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 15th, 2005
After an exciting 3 hour climb over the Sydney Harbor Bridge, tourists can get printed pictures earlier taken from the top of the bridge.
Earlier, while we were on top of the Bridge, our climb leader, Kevin, said that he'll take our photo to be developed later. Instantly I started thinking ...
Posted in Gadgets, Photography | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
I tried to observe the telco industry in Sydney while I was there.
Here are a few things I found out or observed during my tech usiyosero escapades:
• Sydney has around 5 major mobile telcos
• Some telcos use GSM, and one (Orange) uses CDMA
• SMS and calls are exchanged seamlessly between GSM and ...
Posted in Mobile, Wireless | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
It can tell your future by analyzing your breath! Just kidding, of course!
The breath test is actually to verify your alcohol intake level.
I heard about this from my brother who said that spot checks are made on some motorists to check for "driving under the influence (DUI)".
In our ...
Posted in Gadgets | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
I first saw the Taser gun on the 80's TV show "That's Incredible". Basically, it fires two darts that sends an electric shock enough to immobilize a person for a few minutes but without any permanent harmful effects.
Now in Miami, the Taser gun is under scrutiny. This after the gun ...
Posted in Gadgets, Tech World | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
The Web 2.0 discussion in Pinoy.Tech.Blog reminds me of a conversation I had 11,000 meters above the earth...
On my way back from Sydney, I had a nice chat with my airplane seatmate whom I’ll call AJ in this article.
AJ happened told me about her experience with a cellphone Global ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
It was the finals night of Australian Idol when Maya and I were at Circular Quay (pronounced quay as in "key" and not "kway").
We bumped into these folks peddling a promotion of one of the Australian telcos. The promo is:
You get for free an HP Photosmart 335 Printer ...
Posted in Gadgets, Mobile, Wireless | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 12th, 2005
I got two pleasant postal mails lately.
First is from Google Adsense. ;-)
Second is a book entitled:
Information Economy Report 2005
e-Commerce and Development
from the United Nationas Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The book has tons of charts and tables. Siyempre I went looking for our country in the tables ...
Posted in Blogging, ICT4D | 2 Comments »
Monday, December 12th, 2005
In Sydney, they don't have people in small huts at the entrance of a parking lot to give and collect a parking ticket. They have a parking meter that issues parking tickets. The ticket must be placed on the dashboard of the car while parked.
Here, my brother buys a ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, Gadgets | 2 Comments »
