Archive for July, 2007
July 28th, 2007
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You got blogged!
How's that for review-a-blog competition slogan? (coined by Migs)
"You got blogged" is a project of the awesome Mindanao Bloggers group. All you have you to do is blog about any one of the Mindanao-based blogs listed here and get a chance to win a cool ...
July 19th, 2007
I'm hearing from CNN about all the hype surrounding J.K. Rowling's final installment for her outlandishly popular Harry Potter series. The 7th book, called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is eagerly awaited by millions of bookworms around the world. In fact, two little rabid girls in Alaska ...
July 17th, 2007
I'm tweaking Ratified.org's ranking algo. This may still change as I add more kinds of statistics that will help in ranking our own corner of the blogosphere. Most likely you'll either see your blog drastically rise or crash abruptly in the rankings. If you experience the latter, ...
July 16th, 2007
Need to solve a simple mathematical problem with no calculator in sight? Well, fret no more! Google's search engine can transform into a calculator if you tell it to! Ok, that was a stretch, but watch:
Let's say that you just got your Google Adsense check worth $123.45. ...
July 12th, 2007
Great news for Filipino would-be nurses! I read that Pearson VUE, a computer-based testing provider for certification and licensure exams, will be opening up a testing center in Manila. This means that nursing graduates who aspire to work in the USA need not go to Hongkong for the ...
July 11th, 2007
I'm a big, big fan of Christine "Happy Slip" Gambito for her funny videos depicting the typical goings-on of a middle-class Filipino family living in the US. I found Christine's latest video through Aileen's blog, wherein her parents and an aunt are gossiping about her cousin Mimi's new boyfriend ...
July 10th, 2007
I've finally come around to investigating the various issues many are having with my Wordpress Guestbook Generator plugin. The one major problem is the page ends up not having a form where users can input their details and actually sign the guestbook. That in itself defeats the purpose ...
July 10th, 2007
If you're using Feedburner, I'm sure you're aware of an option under Publicize called Pingshot that "pings" all the major aggregators whenever you make a new blog post.
From Feedburner:
PingShot is a quick notification service that enables your feed to be updated in the widest variety of places as quickly as ...
July 9th, 2007
Recently, Google Country Consultant Aileen Apolo spearheaded the uber-successful Taste Asia event, which gathered more than 150 Filipino bloggers in one big food festival at the Taste Asia restaurant at the SM Mall of Asia. SM leveraged the power of blogging to promote their new resto and their spacious ...
July 4th, 2007
I found out I'm not that addicted to blogging after taking this nifty quiz. I've seen much higher scores from Abe or Jayvee or Aileen.
58%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?
58% is pathetic! Tsk.
