Archive for June, 2006
Friday, June 30th, 2006
Disclaimer: I am not connected with wi-max.ph. You may contact wi-max.ph directly. (Added August 8, 2006).
URL seen on a company vehicle: "wi-max.ph".
Curious. I look it up, expecting to read something about the wireless technology being developed by Intel – like WiFi on steroids.
But wi-max.ph has nothing to do with ...
Posted in Info on the Flyers | 25 Comments »
Thursday, June 29th, 2006
There’s a vendo machine at the Shaw Blvd MRT station that allows users to load any pre-paid cellphone.
They call the vending machine "iLoad". It’s has a touch screen, full-color monitor. It has a slot to accept paper bills and coins, similar to the vendo coke machines. I’m not sure if ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, Mobile | 55 Comments »
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
And then there's this story of a WeRoam subscriber, a yacht maker and salesman who relies heavily on his wireless internet connection to do business from his laptop.
One time, he had to deliver a yacht to the Visayas area. He travelled at sea from Manila bay to the Visayas. ...
Posted in Wireless | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
I saw a poster of G-nius, a contest of Globe for students.
The contest calls for students to create innovative uses of G-Cash.
Some of the criteria:
has to be easy to implement
cost-effective
creative
This is not the first time Globe came out with this G-nius contest. But you know, I never ...
Posted in m-Commerce | 4 Comments »
Monday, June 26th, 2006
I met up with some bloggers the other day.
Jayvee has some photos of our blogger meet-up. Markku has photos too. So, Gail didn't make it?
I agree with Jayvee, Markku does excellent work with his dSLR, nice portraits!
I got a compliment from Abe -- he asked me what ...
Posted in Blogging | 3 Comments »
Monday, June 26th, 2006
I used to be such a mirroproject fan. I would take photos and upload regularly. But now, I haven't been uploading much.
Although I do have a couple of interesting mirror projects in my hard drive. Tinatamad lang mag-upload.
Here are the latest three mirror projects I uploaded (old, really). ...
Posted in Photography | No Comments »
Friday, June 16th, 2006
My brother, Elmer, is on Inq7.net:
Davao considering web tool for participatory governance
A Davao City councilor who started blogging this year to promote participatory governance among his constituents has started exploring another web technology, dubbed "wikislation."
Prompted by a project led by Dr. Elmer Soriano of local firm Thinklab Solutions ...
Posted in ICT4D | 3 Comments »
Thursday, June 15th, 2006
I uploaded some photos from my trip to Coron, Palawan last May.
I wonder how Abe did his photo album such that the mere uploading of maaaaaany photos brought him considerable Google Adsense revenue.
Maybe something to do with his pagerank.
I preserved Markku's Google adsense that display's below ...
Posted in Blogging, Photography | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 2nd, 2006
I got this link from my officemate 6 months ago, from the popular small book of daily reflections, Our Daily Bread.
It's a good way to start my work day. It's the first thing I read in the morning before opening my e-mail.
But I've been looking for a more Filipino ...
Posted in TechTips | 4 Comments »
Thursday, June 1st, 2006
Continuation of my trip to Coron ...
I boarded the ship and found my way to my bunk. There was a swarm of people in the vicinity. I wondered if someone was serving free drinks, what with the crowd that was gathered.
I approached and found the reason for so many ...
Posted in Mobile | No Comments »
