Archive for August, 2006
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
I have another project: Finding my mom’s high school classmates from Blessed Imelda Academy – “The Imeldists”.
Question for my readers:
Any ideas other ideas on how to find my mom’s high school classmates?
It’s almost their 50th year anniversary after high school graduation. My mom’s really excited about contacting her classmates.
I put ...
Posted in Blogging | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
It's a year delayed. So this is a commemoration. Of a trip to Singapore...
Touring Singapore on National Day
Maya and I were at Singapore during their 40th Foundation Day (2005). It was a fun trip. We visited Sentosa, Suntec City, Clark Quay, tried the reverse bungee called G-Max, did the Hop ...
Posted in Photography | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
On a Sudoku pocketbook:
There are two kinds of people in this world.
People who are addicted to Sudoku
and people who are about to be addicted to Sudoku...
Here's one for the techie Sudoku addict - a Sudoku Handheld!
Go ahead, magpaka-lulon ka! :D
ka edong
sudoku rehab patient
Posted in Gadgets | 5 Comments »
Friday, August 25th, 2006
I’m an amateur better-than-average photographer. I’m a make-do-with-what’s-available photographer. I’m a trial-and-error photographer. I’m an experimental photographer.
And sometimes, I come up with some pictures that look quite nice.
I started experimenting with portraits after seeing Markku’s portraits. He used a flash-diffuser that looked like a white plastic cup, pointed to the ...
Posted in Photography | 2 Comments »
Thursday, August 24th, 2006
I had a chat with friend and colleague, Cody. It's interesting how their company set-up a brilliant business-model for call center training.
In a nutshell:
Content: some purchased for a small fee from U.S. , some locally developed. Includes grammar, vocabulary, speech etc.
Media: On-line audio, video with automated evaluations (i.e. Tests)
Delivery method: ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, ICT Industry | 21 Comments »
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
The grandmother killed the gamer-boy addict in her 11-year-old grandson.
Now grandson, Buloy, is undergoing rehabilitation - an exorcism of sorts - to drive away the gaming addict from this young boy's mind and body.
Little boy Buloy's gaming addiction was so bad that he was cutting classes, skipping meals & lying ...
Posted in etc. | 20 Comments »
Monday, August 21st, 2006
I hurt my wrist from extended hours of computer use. It's something like carpal tunnel syndrome.
It wasn't because of my mouse nor touchpad.
I figured it was because of how I hit the "shift" or "enter" key of my keyboard. I use my right pinky finger and twist my wrist while ...
Posted in TechTips | 5 Comments »
Thursday, August 17th, 2006
Ever encountered the "anti-spam" feature of Chikka that says your recipient needs to reply to your Chikka account for you to continue sending free text to your recipient? Here's a work-around...
Remove your friend's name from your buddy list
Add your friend's name to your buddy list
Voila! Chikka thinks your buddy is ...
Posted in TechTips | 61 Comments »
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
If you asked me in 2001 or earlier whether on-line relationships could thrive, I would probably reply that on-line relationships are superficial, artificial, fake, un-real, un-true.
But gathering various stories the past years, I have come to the conclusion that on-line relationships can be genuine and could lead to long-term relationships.
It ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams | 4 Comments »
Monday, August 14th, 2006
My 9-year-old pamangkin got his first e-mail address! It's a school-issued e-mail address in Australia.
My message to my pamangkin:
Hello Andrei!
Wowowowowie! Your first e-mail address in your whole life!
I got my first email address when I was 22 years old!
How are you? Write me!
Tito Ed
Andrei's reply:
i am good. how are you?. ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams | 2 Comments »
Friday, August 11th, 2006
I needed to send e-mail to a friend who uses Yahoo mail. It bounced. And bounced.
I asked for an alternative e-mail and she sent me two alternative email addresses -- both Yahoo mail. They bounced and bounced. I also tried sending her mails (and her alternative yahoomail addresses) via my ...
Posted in etc. | 3 Comments »
Thursday, August 10th, 2006
Nano nano...
Here's a way for jetsetters to phone home while travelling: G-webcall.com
It's a service of Globe that let's Globe post-paid subscribers place Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) calls from their computer to any TM or Globe phone anywhere in the world.
For travellers using Globe post-paid, they'll need to:
Download software, install ...
Posted in VoIP | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Last week was my first attempt at using the TickeTXT service of Smart in SM Megamall.
TickeTXT allows Smart subscribers to buy cinema tickets through texting and Smart Money.
I gave it a try and was half-expecting that the service will fail. I just wanted to know how it will fail.
I was ...
Posted in m-Commerce | 8 Comments »
