Archive for May, 2006
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
I went to Coron last month. I took a Super Ferry from Manila Harbor. Prior to boarding, passenger luggage was subjected to inspection by a bomb sniffing dog (I hear some of these dogs are insured to a tune of P100,000. )
One station in the boarding process requires each passenger ...
Posted in Gadgets | 6 Comments »
Thursday, May 25th, 2006
I stopped blogging for about 4 weeks. Apologies to my readers.
But you know what I discovered?
I’m still earning a little amount everyday from Google Ads.
This showed me how much content I have in my blogs that get hits from search engines.
Nakaka-tuwa because I didn’t lift a ...
Posted in Blogging | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Sent this to fellow-PTBloggers last night:
Techie Lolo is asking for my help:
Techie Lolo travels a lot. He wants to save outbound emails to his flashdisk (from his laptop)
then send and receive e-mail from flashdisk at an Internet shop when leaves his hotel and goes around town.
He prefers ...
Posted in TechTips | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
Excerpt From a press release for Panibagong Paraan which I wrote about last week (Ideas on Parade):
P52 million Await Winners of Multipartner Project Grant Competition
MANILA, MAY 22, 2006 - A total of P52 million in grants coming from the
Philippines’ nine local and international development partners, including the
World Bank, ...
Posted in ICT4D | No Comments »
Friday, May 19th, 2006
I had two online projects during the Holy Week break.
The first was an “idle assets” redistribution project, the other was an “re-connection of lost networks”.
Idle assets redistribution
I read about bookcrossing (http://www.bookcrossing.com) when it was featured as an innovative idea in “500 ways to change the world”.
The principle ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, Nets, Webs, Infostructure | 4 Comments »
Thursday, May 18th, 2006
I always wondered about a signage at some Western Union outlets. It says "e-Biz".
I found out from my friend Dex that e-Biz is a service for booking investments like mutual funds. Clients can enter investments for PhilEquity mutual fund, for example. A small fee of about P25-35 pesos will be ...
Posted in etc. | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Interesting product they have here.
PLDT and Smart came out with an all-in-one pre-paid card called "Pwede". The card can be used for PLDT pay phones, Smart cellphone load and Vibe pre-paid Internet.
Nothing super duper about that. It's been done before.
What's interesting is how the card can be reloaded. How? How ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, Telecoms | 148 Comments »
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
I gave Google Calendar a spin, just to see what's in store for users.
In the short ten minutes I tried it, I didn't find anything remarkable .. yet.
I was able to export my Outlook Calendar and imported it to Google Calendar. Quite seamless. Google Calendar displayed daily, weekly and monthly ...
Posted in TechTips | 6 Comments »
Monday, May 15th, 2006
In August 2003, I went to a parade of brilliant ideas in Megatrade Hall, Megamall. It was the first "Panibagong Paraan" -- a marketplace for innovative ideas for Philippine Development.
The organizers (a consortium of grant giving bodies) received thousands of innovative ideas and shortlisted them to around 50 finalists. ...
Posted in ICT4D | 1 Comment »
