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Sad news — Caffe Vivere is closing shop sometime soon. Owner Mawie Bawar texted me yesterday and asked if I knew anyone possibly interested in taking over a restaurant business. Unfortunately, Mawie will be relocating back to Manila already, is why.
So, I thought it might be good to blog about it, to help her find […]
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Recently I was engaged in an online exchange of ideas regarding atheism. I’d met Benj of Atheista.net at a bloggers’ get-together in Manila last week, and checking his blog last night, I was regaled by a lengthy treatise on intelligence and belief systems.
I respect Benj and I wouldn’t insult his intelligence by engaging him in […]
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I was at a new café that’s recently opened shop in Davao, Kangaroo Coffee Company. It’s on Tionko, just after Bangko Sentral. I’ve been there twice already: the first time with blogger friends, the night before our flight to Manila last week, and this time with Bob Martin (Mindanao.com, Live in the Philippines, among others). […]
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I have avoided writing about my experiences with the customer service of Bo’s Coffee Club — the one on F. Torres St. You see, I usually shy away from writing negatively about something that has the potential to change. But when I see it all the time…
Today I was at Bo’s — not by choice, […]
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Landed in Davao City a couple of hours ago. I must say, although I love living in Davao, the less-than-a-week stint in the capital felt like it was cut short (although I actually extended my stay a few days). It had been nearly 3 years since I’d been to Manila before this trip, and it […]
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I live in a compound that sits right beside the Ateneo de Davao High School campus. I’m up early for my flight to Manila — actually, I’ve been up for an hour already. From last night till this early morning, I’d been hearing rambunctious noises over at the campus. Kids. Must’ve spent the night there […]
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I’m flying to Manila tomorrow and will stay there till the 30th. It’s been more than two years that I haven’t been to the capital! The last time was in 2005 when I lived there for half the year to take care of a couple of business projects. How time flies!
I look forward to reconnecting […]
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Planning for Davao City’s biggest traditional celebration has begun! And this time, it’s the younger generation who’s more or less holding the reins.
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When you go around town, you’ll notice quite a few ongoing construction projects and new restaurants and coffee shops. There are more businesses registered with the Department of Trade & Industry, albeit mostly SMEs. It really looks like Davao City is a boomtown again. But if you look closely, you might notice some things that […]
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When I was in college, I had my ears pierced with tiny gold studs. If memory serves me right, I was the only guy in campus with both ears pierced. It was a statement, yes — aren’t all body ornamentations (rings, studs, tattoos, what have you) done to declare something to the world? For me, […]
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An emailed message sent out to mailing lists claims that we might be able to force big oil companies to lower their pump prices if we stop buying gas from them and shift to local gas stations.
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Twitter is making me crazy! I keep wondering why people use it for chatting online…
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I FIRST MET Janette Toral when the city’s IT industry was still young, back in 1998, and I was only beginning to foray into this new arena. Ever since then, Janette has played a part — albeit silently — in the furtherance of Davao IT. Her constant encouragement and support are invaluable even to […]
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A pioneering effort in print media was launched today — a locally-published magazine intriguingly called m.
To quote its publishers, M is "the first-ever glossy travel and lifestyle magazine that will showcase the best that Mindanao has to offer. M features stories ranging from adventure destinations, culinary pursuits, nocturnal activities, unique fashion creations, beauty and […]
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A new magazine has been launched: a magazine on living in Mindanao, Philippines.
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My not-so-good experience with MyBlogLog’s (ergo, Yahoo’s) customer service.
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The last TechnoKapihan, which happened on April 2nd, was not a very successful event, in my opinion. Not a failure, mind you, but disappointing. For one, there were less than a dozen who attended — although, there was a hopeful sign: we had three or four first-timers. The old guard were there, but sans a […]
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Due to an oversight by the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin, there’s some stuff that you have to accomplish in order to make sure that your WordPress v2.5 installation is secure.
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Finally, my blogs are on WordPress 2.5. Well, at least this one and my Davao blog. The others will follow soon, and, it won’t take me as much time as I’d feared. Thanks to my friend, I’m able to shift effortlessly to the latest version with the help of a very convenient plugin that […]
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My I-love-Davao blog gets a major makeover, as well as an upgrade to WordPress 2.5.
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John 6: 1-15 Acts 5: 34-42 / Ps 27: 1, 4, 13-14
Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted. (John 6:12)
God has provided all we need,So be not anxious, rejoice instead;On His Word do we daily feed,And in the Eucharist’s Living Bread.
Jesus had crossed to the far shore of the Sea […]
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John 3: 31-36Acts 5: 27-33 / Ps 34: 2,9,17-20
He does not ration His gift of the Holy Spirit. (John 3:34)
May the gifts of the Holy Spirit beA strong testimony of His love,So others may see how trustworthyIs “the One Who comes from above.”
Jesus said, “He who comes from above is above all; he who is […]
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I’ve been on a logo rampage since late last month, feverishly thinking up cool logos — if I do say so myself — for my blogs. Blogie Blog, IT talks!, and now Ang Dabawenyo have gotten their own stamps of identity.
The mélange of Davao symbols inside the blog bubble, that was the logo of my […]
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You asked for it, so now you have it!
We ran a poll asking you if you wanted to have a bulletin board for Mindanao Bloggers, and "Yes" won.
The Mindanao Bloggers Forum is now online at www.mindanaobloggers.org.
It’s still very, very new. In fact I’m still popping the wrapping plastic bubbles! Meaning, there’s not much in there […]
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life, living, life’s experiences, people, love, family, relationship Name: bestre Location: Iligan
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Janette Toral, in her ongoing projects to bring recognition to various entities who are making their mark in the Philippine ICT arena, has published the next round of Top 100 Philippine blogs. Take a look here.
As you might see, MindanaoBloggers.com is again on the list of the Philippines Top 100 Blogs by Blog Juice. […]
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Janette Toral, in her ongoing projects to bring recognition to various entities who are making their mark in the Philippine ICT arena, has published the next round of Top 100 Philippine blogs. Take a look here.
As you might see, MindanaoBloggers.com is again on the list of the Philippines Top 100 Blogs by Blog Juice. Janette […]
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The first time I had a meal at Honeybear Chicken House, I wasn’t overly impressed, as I’d previously written on AngDabawenyo.com nearly a year ago. But, last month, when the bloggers were treated to a dinner by proprietor, Emmylou Yee, it was a veritable feast! And I’m not just talking about the fiesta-sized amounts of […]
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John 3: 16-21Acts 5: 17-26 / Ps 34: 2-9
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”(John 3:16 )
The truth can never be denied,In this do men of faith delight:While evil deeds in darkness hide,Good deeds performed shall […]
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I don’t stay in the office — in my work, I find myself in clients’ own offices, or in one of Davao’s many WIFI-enabled coffee shops. But, even in this age of high cellular phone coverage, I found that I still needed an "office" phone. So I got myself a Bayantel Wireless, which is practically […]
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WHICH BROWSER DO you use when you surf the ‘Net? Chances are, it’s Internet Explorer, because most of us use Windows, and this browser comes bundled with Microsoft’s operating system. Here’s a breakdown of browser usage all over the world (Jan.-Feb.2008 figures. Source: TechCrunch):
IE6
IE7
Firefox
Safari
Mozilla
Others
Feb ‘08
22.0%
30.7%
36.5%
2.0%
1.1%
7.7%
Jan ‘08
32.0%
21.2%
36.4%
1.9%
1.3%
7.2%
Internet Explorer (“IE”) is now on version 7. And I […]
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I couldn’t believe I let myself walk into a McDonald’s today. It was past one in the morning and none of my preferred joints were open anymore, and I was hankering for french fries. Still, I didn’t order any of their meat burgers — I had a Fillet-o-Fish, believing as I want to that it’s […]
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Today, we have reached 300 blogs in the Mindanao Blog Directory! Thanks to Migs of WISIWIB (What I See Is What I Blog) for submitting the 300th listing!
As you might know by now, the Directory is organized by region, and the sub-categories are the provinces and chartered cities. Here’s the current breakdown of the blog […]
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Today I downloaded and installed Windows Live Writer, and I have a feeling from now on (if I do get the hang of this), I’m going to use this neat program for posting to my blogs. Thanks to my friends in the Microsoft community here in Davao for telling me about this piece of software.
The […]
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Last weekend, Davao’s finest — the PNP Regional Office 11 — and the Task Force Davao military unit were able to apprehend an Al Qaeda poseur here in the city. Identified as Romie John C. Rosalia (according to this report), the authorities alleged that he was extorting money from corporations and individuals via email. He […]
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I was delighted when I found out that this blog was given the #1 spot by Ratified.org in its daily assessment of blogs in the Philippine blogosphere. This top position means that IT talks! garnered the highest positive change in rank.
Yesterday, my blog stood at the 387th place among all Ratified blogs in the Philippines. […]
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Well, it’s finally here! WordPress version 2.5 has been released today. That prompt that has been familiar since WP2.3 is now patiently waiting on the dashboard: “A new version of Wordpress is available! Please update now.”
Not that I’m going to upgrade right away. Although I did beta-test it, and had gotten to see a lot […]
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Say hello to the new look and feel of the Davao Blogs Directory! I created this directory of blogs in February 2007, so it’s now a year old and then some. Happily, the Directory has achieved its goal: to become the definitive repository of blogs about Davao and/or by Dabawenyos.
This Directory lists blogs from all […]
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At the threshold of summer… and it’s raining. I hear from my friends in Manila that it’s getting really hot over there, but here in Davao it’s been raining too much. Not that I’d rather it was hot here. But, the rain’s dampening my spirits. I’ve never really liked the rain — it’s always caused […]
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Recently I had an unpleasant — but thankfully brief — exchange of clashing opinions regarding a tenet I’ve always held high: Content is King. For more than a decade (ever since I started developing websites, in fact), I’ve been espousing this belief, which I’d previously thought everybody else subscribed to as well. Apparently not.
This blogger […]
Winston of BatangYagit.com has published a video of me on YouTube! Yay! Here’s a screen-cap of the video:
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The 15th TechnoKapihan Davao will be held on 2 April 2008 (Wednesday) at the We R Inn Hotel in Bajada. The venue is by Central Plaza I, across the highway from Gaisano Mall of Davao. The event will be from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Attire: come as you are!
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My very good and long-time friend, Jojie Alcantara, has come up with a great plan for bloggers to do a tour within Davao City. A perfect way to start the summer!
Jojie says she’ll be able to accommodate 10 bloggers per tour. To give everyone a chance, we’ll ask you to sign up for one tour […]
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The TechnoKapihan session for this month is a no-go. According to ICT Davao Inc.’s Bert Barriga, this monthly powwow will instead be held on the 2nd of April 2008, from 2 to 4 PM. No venue set yet. Whether we’ll have another TechnoKapihan for April, or this rescheduled session will be it, we don’t know […]
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I’d long wanted to get logos for my various blogs, but other stuff got in the way (like, how to eke out a living and such). Then the other day I chanced upon an old CorelDraw file of the Davao Blogspace logo, which was created by Eric Su. Although it’s nothing new in the blogosphere […]
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A new business paper is now circulating all over Davao City — The Edge Davao. It’s the first of its kind here: a newspaper that’s dedicated to business, investment and economy-centric news. And I’m part of it! I have been invited to handle the one-page “ICT hub” section, which is now the new home of […]
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I’m really getting good at this…. If you’ve been reading IT talks! since its conception last year, you’d know that I’ve transferred the site (address-wise) twice now. In its infancy, the blog was found at http://ittalkscolumn.blogspot.com. When I started acquiring domains, I put the site under http://ittalks.robilloblog.com, thinking I’d host all my blogs under the […]
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IN A RECENT article at TechCrunch.com, it was reported that the Japanese government is considering a move to crack down on file sharing (read: Torrent or Kazaa). In Japan, the most popular peer-to-peer (P2P) network for the distribution of computer files is Winny. In simple terms, “P2P” is defined as the combined connectivity and bandwidth […]
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