Ang Kape Ni LaTtEX

A person implying that he (she?) is American (most likely of Filipino descent, the type who are itching to resequence their genes to caucasian) has been anonymously trolling in my blogs. I’ve had enough of racist (self-directed racism?) comments from him (her?) so I’m turning comment moderation on. I’m sure that if you believe in [...]

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Nope, he didn’t say that, but what he did was tantamount to doing so. According to this report: Bill Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft, took the rare step of standing up for arch-rival Google today as he argued that state censorship was no reason for technology companies not to do business in China. It’s [...]

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One of the most beautiful science fiction movies I’ve ever seen is Gattaca. This movie, released in 1997, starred Ethan Hawke as Vincent Freeman. Vincent is an “in-valid”; he was conceived thru purely natural means; in a world that is now dominated by the first generation of genetically engineered, “valid” children. These “valid” children were [...]

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About six months ago a friend of mine tipped me about PLDT offering a 999-per-month DSL plan. At first I didn’t believe him, since PLDT was not actively advertising the plan. But when he swore that he already got one, it got me interested. 999 pesos a month definitely sounds good for a 384 kbps [...]

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Back in 2002, Microcontent News published an article online about Google bombs, a phenomenon wherein words that are not present in a particular website become associated with that site if enough people use that word to link to the said website. For example, although my blog has nothing that says anything about “Diet Coke”, if [...]

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I came across a very commendable project on the net in the form of Massachusets Institute of Technology Media Lab‘s quest to produce $100 laptops. They envision it alongside another, more daunting but every bit as commendable quest: One Laptop per Child, where they seek being able to provide one laptop per child in every [...]

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I watched TV Patrol World last night and saw a story about the attempt at setting the record for the World’s Longest Buffet in Eastwood, Libis. My wife actually invited me to go there since one of her officemates offered to shoulder half of the 350 peso bill (birthday blowout, apparently) but I declined. I [...]

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I thought yesterday’s post would be the last time I’d blog about this issue, but a statement jumped right out of Inquirer Entertainment’s article on Orange and Lemons this morning, almost making me spit the coffee I was drinking: “We have no malicious intent,” says vocalist and guitarist Clem Castro. “In fact, we’re not even [...]

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I found Jessica Zafra’s blog, and it’s only 6 days old. Finally, she’s in the blogosphere: Twisted by Jessica Zafra

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