Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category

My BlogBank First Quarter Report - Yey!

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

I got a raise! Raise the roof! :-) Yesterday, I got my first glimpse of how much I could earn from my BlogBank ads.  And am a happy puppy! It gives me an additional income stream from my blog. What I like about it is it's based on page impressions of the ...

I am “My Phone” on Google :-)

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Search for "My Phone" on Google. It's not often that a generic keyword puts me on the number one spot on Google Search. I'm keeping this as a memento... Celebrate! Especially when you're on top! But not just when you're on top ;-) ka edong

Catching notable blogs: Sexy Money Genius and other finance blogs

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

There have been a couple of websites that I visit at one time or another and intend to go back to in the future. But when I go searching for them, I couldn't recall the right keywords to find them. So here's to quick-blogging some of my stumblings and using Scribefire ...

Blogbank brings new blood to Philippine online advertising

Monday, February 11th, 2008

I signed up for Blogbank (http://blogbank.com.ph/) after seeing advertisements on Byahilo.com. I thought at first that it was a blood donation program for bloggers. :D . But the catchy name has an enviable concept behind it. The BlogBank is a cooperative effort to provide simple, cost–effective internet advertising through the most ...

eOFW.Net on Inquirer.Net

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

It's always good getting a call from Erwin Oliva of the Inquirer... as long as you're not doing anything on the bad side of the news, that is. I got a call from fellow-Baguio boy Erwin this afternoon. He received the eOFW email survey and wanted to know more about eOFW.Net. I ...

Wordpress error? Try repairing database

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 ...

Does blog SPAM improve my search engine ranking?

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, ...

Preacher in Blue Jeans comes to my world

Monday, February 5th, 2007

Bo came to the blogging world, and I wasn't there! :D I first wrote about Preacher in Blue Jeans in December. Glad to see improvements in how they're spreading the faith to the common-tao. They now use YouTube for their videos. Way to go! I see they're doing podcasts. Great! (I haven't tried ...

World Pyro Olympics Photos!

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

Starting my blogging year with a blast! Met up with fellow bloggers and photography enthusiasts Anton, Abe and Jayvee (and others who's names will be published on Anton's blog). It's funny because I came with an ordinary point-and-shoot Kodak EasyShare CX7220 2 Megapixel Camera. While everybody else had their DSLRs and tripods ...

Technobiography and eOFW on Manila Bulletin Blog-O-Rama

Monday, December 18th, 2006

On Manila Bulletin's Blog-o-Rama  Technology Deconstructed at ‘Technobiography’ By Annalyn S. Jusay (now blogging at www.annalyn.net) "Technobiography" is a blog about the sundry uses of technology in our daily life. Whether you want to know about the location of wi-fi hotspots in Manila or simply curious to find out about the grandma who uses ...

Out of Pocket Experience - blog IN your phone

Monday, December 18th, 2006

It was nice seeing some old Airfagev friends at a Christmas Party in Malate. When Master Rey saw me (first time in more than a year), he quickly took out his Windows-based O2 phone and showed me (drumroll please)... Pocket Technobiography! Whoa, buhay pa pala iyon?! Ka Rey gets a fresh copy ...

Preacher In Blue Jeans - Daily Online Video Teachings by Bo Sanchez

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

Way cool, Bo Sanchez is! Back in June, I was looking for Filipino Daily Reflections that I could read when I start my day at work. Arnold sent me a weekly podcast of reflections at Grace Place: We're recording the weekly Sunday inspirational messages and posting it as a podcast. Most messages are ...

my blogging hiatus ends (episode II)

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

Hello everybody who missed me, all two of you! :D My body, mind and heart have been to so many places, I no longer know where they are. This was not my first hiatus. So does that mean I had many hiati? Or hiatuses? But hey, here I am again on cyberspace, making ...

Philippine BlogCon 2006

Monday, September 25th, 2006

Just came back from the Philippine BlogCon 2006. Nice to see friends like Chris, Abe, DarXkin, Markku. Also nice meeting people to match the faces behind the online names like Jun, Karla, Clair (the soon to be ex-employee. Finally we meet), Gloria. Nice chatting with you, Ade. Am looking forward to downloading ...

Paging 65 Year-old Friendsters

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 ...

WikiMapia on Pinoy.Tech.Blog

Monday, July 24th, 2006

After a long hiatus from contributing to Pinoy.Tech.Blog, I muster a fun article about WikiMapia. Go, quick! start labelling! ka edong

My first Text-Link-Ad ;-)

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

I registered on Text Link Ads many months ago. But I didn't find out the details. So it was a bit late when I activated my ad code. And, a few days later, I have my first text-link-ad: Digium! Kewl! Keep 'em coming, TLA! ka edong

eOFW updates

Monday, July 10th, 2006

I have some updates in my long dormant blog, eOFW. I listed some remittance services. And I changed the theme. Yun lang ... ka edong edong-OFW

I blog for perks

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

Last week, I got a thank you note from a website owner. I wrote about sendmeload.com and he got a couple of hits and purchases through this referral link. My (un-solicited) reward: cellphone load, of course. Some of the perks of blogging. What perks have you got from blogging? ka edong

Why do I blog?

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Why do I blog? I blog to remember. I blog so that I can forget – to process my thoughts and feelings and to just release them into the net – to let go. I blog to inform. I blog to express my self. I blog to earn some passive income. ...