politics and tech, tech in politics, and other stuff
July 23rd, 2008
Here are photos I took at Saturday’s event held at the Commission on Elections, initiated by Bloggers Kapihan and supported by the Comelec public information department:
More photos: Continue Reading »
July 22nd, 2008
The United States terrorist list has swelled to one million, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. And the list includes Cat Stevens, a nun, a wife of a senator and - lest we forget - our very own Jose Maria Sison. Continue Reading »
Erwin Oliva of Inquirer.net, who also blogs at cyberbaguioboy, filed a story on last Saturday’s Bloggers Kapihan event at the Commission on Elections.
Erwin reported: Continue Reading »
July 20th, 2008
Today is the start of my first foreign assignment for Asahi Shimbun. I’ll be boarding a plane going to Singapore to cover the 41st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and related events there.
But before anything else, some observations on our Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1: Continue Reading »
July 18th, 2008
No one bothers to tell it straight and to state the obvious — but President Arroyo who has made it a point to stress her academic credentials as an economist has failed miserably to save the Filipino people from economic ruin. Inflation continues to go up to the highest levels and the public are made to satisfy themselves with cosmetic solutions and selective dole-outs.
President Arroyo is just making palusot just to get by.
July 17th, 2008
Published in the Jerusalem Post and circulated to Manila’s diplomatic and foreign affairs reporters is a loving tribute to a Filipino caregiver who worked in Israel.
I’ve been tagged several times and I only tagged back twice (?) and this time, I’m returning the favor to good friend Sarah. Continue Reading »
Over the ZDNet blogs are posts dated July 16 and June 30 about newer and worse Big Brother moves in the UK and US, respectively. Continue Reading »
July 16th, 2008
Kimiko Silverio Gargar is the first child of good friends Ina and Kim.
My gifts to Kimiko: Continue Reading »
July 15th, 2008
Wonder blog software Wordpress has upgraded to version 2.6, with benefits encapsulated by this video:
The SMS has indeed arrived, and even Pope Benedict XVI uses SMS to quickly reach thousands of young people who are set to attend the World Youth Day 2008 celebrations in Australia.
The Pope’s first text message read as follows: Continue Reading »
Wordpress is a winner for bloggers and web publishers. Its highly customizable. Its fairly easy to use. And I want to learn more about it.
Thus, I’ll be joining WordCamp Philippines 2008 on Sept. 6 at the College of St. Benilde, Taft Avenue, Manila. Kudos to Mindanao Bloggers Inc. for organizing this event. Continue Reading »
Palm has launched the much-anticipated Treo 800w with GPS and WIFI.
No surprises from Palm, this time. As usual, Palm tries to tweak this smartphone to make it easier to use, considering the difficult OS it uses. Nothing spectacular, really. Continue Reading »
Bloggers, techies and advocates of clean elections are invited to attend the:
What: Bloggers’ briefing on poll automation
When: July 19, Saturday, 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Where: COMELEC Automated Electoral System Information Office, ground floor, Palacio del Gobernador Bldg. Intramuros, Manila (near Manila Cathedral) Continue Reading »
July 14th, 2008
Olive Riley of Australia, considered as the world’s oldest blogger, has died. She was 108.
July 11th, 2008
More people are going online and the amount of personal information being “uploaded” to the web is a cause of concern. Continue Reading »
