Archive for July, 2007
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
Look what we've got.
Smart is coming out with a technology-enabled / mobile-commerce-enabled transportation pass at the MRT.
Evidence is a spiffy silver booth at the North Ave Station of the MRT labelled "Metropass" and sporting a Smart Money poster. I didn't find any details about the Metropass service, though. I had a ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, m-Commerce | 19 Comments »
Saturday, July 28th, 2007
"Ang pinaka-unang podcaster sa balat ng lupa"
I was a podcaster back in 1998. When I was in Cuyo Palawan, I would record sounds from the island. Sounds like waves, insects, folk songs, children playing, laughter. I would record them using a casette tape and the walkman of my brother.
Yun nga ...
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007
I'm experimenting with podcasts. Proceed with caution.
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some resources:
http://www.michaeldpollock.com/Podsnapper.pdf
www.podomatic.com – looks good, looks like it has the functionality I need. Only thing is the bandwidth limitations, I’m afraid I’ll consume 2Gb too soon.
www.esnips.com – like a good repository of audiofiles
http://www.avsmedia.com/AudioTools/converter.aspx - ...
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
Anybody experience 3G network problems on Smart lately?
I was at a Smart wireless center yesterday. A customer service assistant approached me asking me if I needed any help with GPRS/MMS (etc.) configurations on my phone.
I said yes, I wanted to get help distinguishing whether I was connected via GPRS or ...
Posted in Telecoms | 53 Comments »
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Notice the earphone jack on some ATMs?
I was suspicious first time I saw them. Thought they were being used for an ATM scam. I was told by a banker that all BPI ATMs in Quezon City had these earphone jacks. Quezon City mandated it daw.
One time I was in Serendra, ...
Posted in e-commerce | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Disclaimer: This worked for me. There are no promises that it will work for you.
I've encountered a wordpress database error twice in the past and this the error message of the latest one:
WordPress database error: [Table 'wp_comments' is marked as crashed and last (automatic?) repair failed]
SELECT * FROM wp_comments ...
Posted in Blogging, TechTips | No Comments »
Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Missed Call Alert of Smart. I find this free Value Added Service very convenient. It sends me an SMS message when somebody tries to call my number but doesn't connect. I get the alert message when I don't pick-up the call, when I was "out of coverage area", when "the ...
Posted in Mobile, TechTips | 4 Comments »
Saturday, July 21st, 2007
Every so often, I'd accidentally drag and drop the Show Desktop shortcut away from the Quick Launch Bar and unto my desktop. Dragging it back to the quick launch bar doesn't return the same functionality. Here's what I do to restore the shortcut:
Copy and paste the following lines into a ...
Posted in TechTips | 6 Comments »
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
I get a looooooottttt of spam in the comments area of my blogs. I've come to accept it as a fact of life, like inflation and taxes and death. The Akismet plug-in has screened a huge percentage of the spam, but a handful get through every day.
But I was thinking, ...
Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments »
Saturday, July 7th, 2007
I wrote a few articles about my experience with Swissfranc Internet Ponzi Scam.
Read on eOFW.net and Pinoy.Tech.Blog :
Here's an excerpt from my story on eofw.net:
My Encounter with Swissfranc Internet Scam
In this story, I share how I encountered the Swissfranc Internet Scam 4 weeks before the story broke out, how I analyzed ...
Posted in TechTips | 4 Comments »
Sunday, July 1st, 2007
I'm trying out some Securities and Exchange Commission online e-governance services:
The Philippine SEC offers the public the convenience of online registration through SEC-iRegister, the web-based Company Registration System of the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
SEC-iRegister is a quick, affordable, and user friendly service that is available to the public ...
Posted in e-Governance | 5 Comments »
