How to save cellphone dropped in toilet
“It could happen to anyone: you dropped your cellphone in the toilet. Take the battery out immediately, to prevent electrical short circuits from frying your phone’s fragile internals. Then, wipe the phone gently with a towel, and shove it into a jar full of uncooked rice. It works for the same reason you may keep [...]
Globe’s iPhone 400% unreasonably more expensive than others!
Chad has an analysis of Globe’s pricing of the iPhone and he concludes that it is 400% more expensive! Even after factoring subscriber plans and activation fees, it is still P13,000 more expensive in the Philippines! After posting the results on his blog, Globe responds and he now has a scheduled conversation with the CEO!
ymail is the new gmail
Did you know that you can now get new @Ymail.com email addresses from Yahoo? Sign up here!
Can you help this blogger meet the cute barista on Tomas Morato?
First it was Brian Gorrell and his continued online flogging of ex-boyfriend DJ Montano to shame the latter into paying back an alleged $70,000 debt. Then Elaine narrated a story on her blog of how she was harassed by a lewd instructor from Fitness First. A couple of days later, the gym responded and fired [...]
The Philippines Creative Commons License and why you should use it
Cyberbaguioboy reports that the Philippines, through the Arellano Law school, now has its localized version of the Creative Commons License. This localized version is “designed to fit local terminologies and laws.” Why should you use it rather than the international version? Because it makes infringements easier to enforce in the Philippines! The Inquirer has an [...]
Filipino buses on EDSA, now with RFID!
Janice shares with us an article from the Inquirer– buses plying EDSA will be fitted with RFID chips by April 21: In a phone interview, Nacianceno said 3,000 of Edsa buses had so far been equipped with the RFID tags that would be used to track their location and to identify colorum buses, or those [...]
What if Ferdinand Marcos had a blog?
He probably wouldn’t take photos of his meals and post them online. He’d write things like this: (Sep 25, 1972) …The public reaction throughout the Philippines is a welcome to martial law because of the smooth, peaceful reestablishment of peace and order and the hope of a reformed society. In fact most everyone now says, [...]
How bluetooth got its name
Jim Kardach tells us that bluetooth got its name from Harald Bluetooth Gormson (aka Harald Blatand) who ruled as King of Denmark around the year 958: “At this time, Intel proposed that the Special Interest Group be called by the “codename” Bluetooth until the SIG’s marketing group would come up with a formal technology name. [...]
How to sell stuff on multiply
Is multiply the Pinoy eBay? Sandy has some great tips for entrepreneurs who sell their wares through popular-in-the-Philippines social networking site multiply. The comments section also has a lot of interesting suggestions. (Hint: always have a photo and display the price!)
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