Ang Kape Ni LaTtEX

This morning, Reynz and I were talking over GTalk about the Desperate Housewives brouhaha when the topic led me to ask about the Bikolano term “uragon”. Over the comments at the blog post linked above, I saw her say something about being called “uragon” as an insult when I had the impression that it had [...]

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The news this past week amuses me, in the sense that it appears that god (or at least, as interpreted by man) in all forms and religions has been too getting too many headlines in different parts of the world for different reasons — enough perhaps for atheists to take notice. And be amused as [...]

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I made the following comment on Torn And Frayed in Manila‘s post, Erap: It never happened: Nothing surprises me in Philippine politics anymore, torn. I think you should get used to it — in a morbid kind of way — like a coroner getting used to the dead. and it irked a fellow named Cogs: [...]

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The title says (or rather, asks) it all: does a blog without AdSense, or other forms of ads, make sense? I was struck once when a blogger friend and colleague asked me once why I don’t have AdSense on my blog. My blog has been around for three years, two of them in its own [...]

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Nick of Tingog.com renews his campaign to boycott the Manila Standard Today in light of its decision to reject Malu Fernandez’s resignation and keep her in its roster of writers. She resumed writing last Monday. In his campaign, Nick implores everyone to boycott the Manila Standard Today, by not buying their paper or accessing their [...]

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When I watched the replay of ANC’s Media in Focus regarding the reactions to the Malu Fernandez controversy (you can watch it here, courtesy of Ria Jose), they showed a statement from Manila Standard Today which stated that the editors of the said paper have not accepted Malu Fernandez’s resignation. A few days before that, [...]

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A few weeks ago, in response to a meme, I posted LaTtEX, In the Spotlight, which posed an interesting question with regards to morals and blogging: Do your moral values affect the way that you blog, and if yes, how? Of course; I don’t think morality is an extricable aspect of any writer’s pieces. People [...]

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I had a blast (of free alcohol and food, among other things) in last Thursday’s Taste Asia II event sponsored by SM Hypermarket.

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Two bloggers-against-bloggers issues have cropped up over the past week, namely, the Carl Ocab issue, which I’ve blogged, and a second issue about Janette Toral‘s alleged misrepresentation of the Philippine blogosphere during her presentation at a certain conference. While I don’t have a real stand as to the validity of these accusations or otherwise, I [...]

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Last week I haven’t been able to blog (at least not in this one) because of some challenges in my day job (WARNING: highly technical posts — choking hazard for non-programmers/non-techies. All I said is that I’ve been through a lot of shit). The past weekend, I couldn’t write because all I wanted to do [...]

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