Category: Geek
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The Dark Side of the NFT Community: Why We Need to Step Back and Smell the Flowers
The NFT community has a dark side – toxicity. In this article, we discuss why degens need to step back and appreciate the beauty of NFTs, and how toxic behavior harms the community’s growth and mental health.
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Remembering the days we used to review WiFi hotspots
I’m reposting a piece I wrote together with Eva Gubat from 2006. This was a time when the blue & black Linksys routers were a status symbol at home because the “next frontier” was being able to add WiFi to your home. It was the age of Apple’s iBooks and PowerBooks — of being able…
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What marketers can learn from GoTyme Kiosks
If you’ve been to a Robinson’s in the past few weeks you may have noticed an ATM-like kiosk with the “GoTyme” branding. For the unfamiliar, GoTyme is one of the newer digital banks in the Philippines forged as a partnership between the Gokongwei Group (hence Robinson’s) and Tyme.
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I asked ChatGPT if AI will be the future of tech reviews
I asked ChatGPT if AI will be the future of tech reviews. This is what it said:
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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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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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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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The Ascent: Quick Beginner Tips
Here are some quick tips in bullet points. I’m playing on PC with GamePass. For skills, I highly suggest investing most if not all in max VITAL SIGNS first (20 points). This is because you will die a lot once enemies start shooting back. If you love to use your augments, max your energy (BODY…
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