I GOT an e-mail from a regular visitor of aWonderfulBlog.com about a week ago.  She was distraught.  Apparently she learned about Netbooks from my blog.  Encouraged by my favorable assessment of the Netbook’s potential in a couple of blog posts I wrote some time ago, she bought herself a Netbook early this year, she enthused.  According to her she is quite pleased with her acquisition and it has become her regular companion at Starbucks ever since.

But lately she’s gotten confused.  An acquaintance of hers apparently told her that she shouldn’t be calling her beloved device a Netbook.  ”So what is it?” she asks.

I empathize with her.  Truth be told I was quite confused, too.  You will notice in my blog posts about Netbooks that I have been using the terms “Netbook,” “sub-notebook,” and “mini-laptop” interchangeably. (more)

“MAKING PASAY CITY A HEALTHIER PLACE TO LIVE” (ANO DAW?)

IF YOU’VE been anywhere in Pasay City in the past six or so months chances are you have already seen this “slogan.”  It is usually accompanied by the name and/or photo of Pasay City Congressman Jose Antonio F. Roxas (one of the CONASS signatories, remember?) and, if you are really unlucky, PGMA.  It is hard to miss because it is all over Pasay City — in pedestration overpasses, tarpaulin banners, welcome arches, etc.

I am not an English grammar expert but I think there is something really wrong with this slogan.  Whenever I see it I cringe involuntary.  Even though I am not reading it aloud it feels like it is screaming right on my ears.  And it hurts! (more)

SUBMARINE CABLES have been in existence for perhaps half a century already but not until recently did I realize how much of these are already laid in and around Philippine waters.  I vaguely remember one of my ECE instructors in Saint Louis University — College of Engineering and Architecture discussing the theoretical frameworks behind submarine cables.

The idea that there are thousand of kilometers of cables in the bottom of the ocean connecting countries all over the world seemed too much for me to fathom (pun intended) way back in 1991-1992 (ooops… did I just reveal how old I already am?). (more)

I SNAPPED this photo of a T-shirt with a nationalistic design from a mannequin on display by Kultura in SM Manila a few days before Independence Day (June 12).

Thanks to the efforts of artists like the late Master Rapper, Francis Magallona, patriotic sentiments and nationalistic fervor are back in style.  I am not even sure if the shirts sold at Kultura carry Francis Magallona’s Makabayan brand.  Quite a number of enterprising businessmen have since joined the bandwagon.  We should welcome these developments. (more)

TO the Mensa folks out there, here’re some brain exercisers for you.  Those who are really members of the Mensa Society may find these very boring and extremely uninteresting.  For the common folks out there (like me), go ahead and bang your heads on a concrete wall a few times.  The answers may serendipitously come to you when you start seeing stars. (more)

I GOT this in my e-mail inbox just now.  I am sure you will find it funny and entertaining as well as provocative.  Just as the question at the end of the narrative is asking, could this simplistic “money cycle” scenario offer a solution to financial turmoils besetting world economies just like the one we are experiencing these days?  Of course we are all aware that the real world of Economics and Finance is so much more complicated than this.  Still it begs the question, “Is this really possible?” doesn’t it? (more)

TODAY is Father’s Day (that’s right, today and not last Sunday as many people were led to believe).  Today is one of the few days in the year that dad’s like me take the spotlight, and I received several “Happy Father’s Day!” greetings — in person, by email, by text.   
Here are some of the Father’s Day greetings I received that made me really smile: (more)

FINALLY, the long wait is over.  The much anticipated OS upgrade of iPhone (iPhone 3.0) became available for download yesterday.

I made my download late last night, over Globe Visibility.  Globe Visibility was, as usual, very erratic and I had to painstakingly keep on re-attempting the download many times over.  It put my patience to an extreme test.  Good thing, there was the “Masked Magician” on AXN at 12mn.  Shortly past 1am my download was completed.  Hallelujah! (more)

I ATTENDED the multi-sectoral mass protest at Ayala Avenue in Makati City last Wednesday to add my voice in the growing indignation and outrage over this blatant assault to our intelligence and sensibilities.

Here are some images from the event. (more)