Archive for the ‘Tech World’ Category
Monday, September 8th, 2008
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Natuwa naman ako nung makita ko ang link sa Google Chrome naka-sulat sa Filipino. Nung una, akala ko yung mga pahina lang papunta sa installer ng Google Chrome ang naka-salin sa Filipino.
Pero hindi lang iyon. Pati ang mga FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) ng Google Chrome ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Here's something that might interest Jhay (i think!) with his interest in green technology (environmentally friendly technology): Re-using hardware.
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I know it works, the huge monitor. It's no longer way cool. And the folks using the stuff have long moved on. It's time for
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Curious ...
This MRT RF sensor used to have the G-Pass icon. How come it's now labeled mCash?
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
I looked up the weather forecast for tomorrow. I'm wondering where typhoon Frank will be tomorrow and whether he'll let me go to work in one dry piece.
Which reminds me, I wonder where the weatherman of Molave dorm, UP Diliman is. He used to track typhoons on a map that ...
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Received this email from online friend Jun Asis. Re-posting because I believe in it ....
Hi,
I am going to ask probably the biggest favor I've ever asked of you yet. I won't ask for money or blood =)
Fr. Stephen Cuyos, MSC (www.stephencuyos.com) and I ( www.mabutingbalita.net) collaborated to record (do a podcast ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Blog at work
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Chrysler
Brother got a Chrysler
Blue tooth – connect to phone
Voice activated
Dial, phone book, emergency numbers
Handsfree conversation via the SUV’s soundsystem
Entering numbers on the phonebook was clanky
But dialing ...
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Sunday, May 20th, 2007
Have you heard of the Enchanted Kingdom 4-D movie "Pirates"? Do you wonder what a 4-D theater is?
I've been to a couple at Universal Studios and was fascinated! So let me describe to you the experience.
First, you get a pair of glasses to watch the movie. The images on the ...
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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 ...
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
I first saw the Taser gun on the 80's TV show "That's Incredible". Basically, it fires two darts that sends an electric shock enough to immobilize a person for a few minutes but without any permanent harmful effects.
Now in Miami, the Taser gun is under scrutiny. This after the gun ...
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Friday, December 9th, 2005
The Philippines, New Zealand, Japan are among a few countries which already use commercial volumes of geothermal energy. The existing system uses steam from underground reservoirs and springs.
In Australia, there is a group planning to generate steam from hot rocks found 4.5km underground.
Idea is: pump water down unto the hot ...
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Saturday, October 8th, 2005
I heard from a colleague from one of the telcos that they had plans of deploying GSM payphones. The idea is, it’s easy to install GSM stand-alone payphones in far-flung areas.
The idea gets juicier: users bring their own SIM. Interesting, huh? Bring your own SIM, make calls charged to ...
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Friday, October 7th, 2005
My second Vendo story is from our trip to Singapore. Singapore can’t help but be connected. And it shows with the numerous vendo internet kiosks all around the place.
There were a couple of these vendo Internet kiosks at our hotel lobby (Hotel Grand Central at Orchard Road). They are ...
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