Author: Jayvee Fernandez
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The Perils of Being a Freelance Writer in the Philippines
This morning, “Big Brian” Ligsay made me listen to a radio drama he read titled Kawatanan ng Rentas Internas which is the sad yet humorous reality of applying for a TIN or tax number at the Bureau of Internal Revenue in this developing country I’ve come to love. Now that I look back into my…
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Download your free copy of Merlin Mannerisms
“I wish I had two copies of iCal… one to take a crap on and one to cover it up with.” – Merlin Mann, MacBreak Weekly #52 Im at a loss because I can’t introduce a topic that’s a tour bus wittier than I am. Download Merlin Mannerisms: daily quotes and sayings by Merlin Mann…
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Naked Meme: What’s on your iPod?
A few chapters through The Perfect Thing, it was revealed that one of the factors that made th iPod a huge success was the feature that it could hold your entire library of music. Looking into one’s iPod was almost like baring that person’s soul as taste in music revealed a lot about a person.…
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Microwarehouse Year End Sale 12.15.07
Hey geeks! It’s that time of the year once more where Microwarehouse attracts a long line of tech-savvy consumers as early as 12 noon. It’s the closest thing we have to a geek camp out in the US as the lines usually stretch out for hours. It’s going to be a bit different this year…
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Christmas Geek Gift Ideas that aren’t Geeky
So I started Christmas shopping last week. It’s a misnomer that geeks seems to always want gadgets, peripherals for their computers. If someone asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I’d make it convenient for him or her to choose from the following gift ideas. Note that I have attached a PayPal button below in…
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Welcome to eCommerce Night!
NOTICE: This blog post is being shown to a live audience at mag:net cafe, Bonifacio High Street. As Andrian Lee did not allow any of the panel tonight to bring any form of presentation, I’d like to cheat a little bit and use this blog to post up a few thoughts about eCommerce and social…
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Code Monkey Unplugged Lyrics Chords and Tabs
Songwriter Jonathan Coulton dedicates this song to anyone who has served as a code monkey in a software corporation. The song is great stuff but what really struck a chord was when he performed an unplugged version that turned the entire thing into a ballad. So yeah it struck a chord, so I decided to…
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Save the Environment. Recycle.
I don’t know if they were literal about recycling Bong Revilla over and over again in these “breakthrough” Filipino films. Discuss.
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Disk Inventory X for Mac OS X
Here’s an application pick recommended by Amber MacArthur – Disk Inventory X presents a visual way of looking at the contents of your hard drive. The benefit of installing this free application is it divides your hard disk into colored cubes, showing you which types of applications take up the most space. As I rarely…
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EDIT: P16,000 for the ASUS eee
* There has been a price drop in the ASUS eee. It now costs P16,000.00. Hello ASUS eee. You’re finally here in the Philippines. Your proud owner allowed me to fiddle around with your real estate for the better part of the evening and here are some of the notes I took down: P17,000.00 flat…
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