Author: Jayvee Fernandez
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Home renovations in the time of Covid
I’m writing this while confined with a mild case of COVID. After two and a half years of evading the virus, it finally caught up with me. Thankfully, symptoms are very mild, with slight cough and fever the first few days.Â
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Resetting my brain with Solitaire (and other classic games)
This afternoon, I introduced my kids to Battleship. It was a game I played as a kid in the 80’s. We didn’t have the ABS plastic set, as most kids during these times transcribed their imaginations into paper. The grid notebooks were the best for Battleship of course — but it was also easy to…
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Ballantine’s and visual artist Shawna X Team up for a new limited-edition bottle available at top membership supermarket S&R and leading online retailers
Ballantine’s latest limited-edition release with visual artist Shawna X celebrates positivity and community spirit To spread a splash of joy, color, and positivity around the world in these challenging times, the No. 1 Scotch whisky brand in Europe Ballantine’s has teamed up with New York-based visual artist Shawna X to release a new limited-edition bottle.
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The Bike: Kespor GSX 2.0 (Shimano!)
This bike was an upgrade of the original GSX 2.0 that came with SRAM instead of Shimano groupsets. This particular one cost P55,000, which is a steal, compared to the P45,000 counterpart (SRAM Rival).
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DEVELOPMENT – BUT NOT AT ALL COSTS FREE ENTERPRISE – FINEX COLUMN
Reposting a column written by my late father for FINEX (November 2010) By Jose Ma J Fernandez The prospect a more balanced and fair playing field has renewed interest in investment in new businesses or the expansion of existing enterprises. Once again, the country is attracting many of the big players and investors, whereas in…
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Social media page blunders and how we can avoid it from happening again
Every so often, a Facebook page admin of a brand will make that mistake of accidentally commenting using the login credentials of their official account with the sentiments of a personal profile. As the former social media head of the Manila Bulletin many years ago, we took steps to ensure that things like this do…
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Observations from my first NFT event organized by BitPinas
I remember my very first “Web 2.0” event back in, *checks notes*, the hazy days of 2006. I had just left my full time editorial job at Hinge-Inquirer publications (a proud genesis employee!) and was transitioning to full time work doing blog network management and writing for b5Media and Know More Media.
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BOOMER GEN – MANILA BULLETIN
I found an old piece my late father wrote for Art Samaniego of Manila Bulletin. Reposting it here for posterity’s sake UTTERLY USELESS GADGETS II BOOMER GEN – MANILA BULLETIN By Jose Ma J Fernandez Last week, we came up with a couple of seemingly useful but also useless – for most people – gadgets.…
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Space Saving Tips for Your Home
Are you running out of space in your home? Typically, while small houses are known to run out of room faster than bigger ones, all types of houses can run out of space as the usage of the available space increases.Â
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Home Improvement On a Weekend
We’ve all heard that adding personal touches to your home is the best way to make it feel like a home. But what if you are pressed for time during the week? That’s where the weekends come in. You can do things like adding wallpaper or a new barn door with a barn door hardware…
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