Photos: A house
Some photos of a house we visited last year, somewhere in Tagaytay.
Monch, these are for you. 
- Metro bomb plot foiled; 4 Abu men nabbed #
- Thorpedo’s Greek tragedy #
- FPJ’s inaugural speech #
- Study: File-Sharing No Threat to Music Sales #
- Google Updates Its Face → Google’s UI redesign. #
- Thoughts After Two Years of Blogging #
- How to increase your readership → Will this work? #
- Microsoft displays fear, uncertainty, and doubt toward OpenOffice.org #
- Lick Me, I’m A Macintosh → What the hell is wrong with Apple that they still give a damn about design and packaging and “feel”? #
- Web Style Guide, 2nd Edition #
- The Last Supper → Chef–inmate at a Texas prison recalls preparing “Last Suppers.” #
wp–recent–links
wp–recent–links is a WordPress plugin (hack!) for adding a links blog to your WordPress–powered site, similar to kottke.org’s remaindered links and as used on this site’s Recent Links section. Compared to WordPress’ included links manager, this plugin allows you to have a separate archives page for your links blog, including monthly archives. A set of functions for my-hacks.php is included to easily display a snippet of your links on your pages.
This is my first publicly–available WordPress hack, so please be gentle. Don’t worry, testing on my desktop as well as on this site provided no unwanted surprises. More information at the wp–recent–links project page.
- Pacquiao, foe trade barbs at Las Vegas press con #
- Microsoft makes source codes available to RP government #
- Ways to feel like an idiot: Number 258 #
- ABS-CBN talents told to go for GMA only #
- The Great Photoshop CS Giveaway #
- Gravity Rules: The Nature and Meaning of Planethood #
- Brits Going at It Tooth and Nail #
- Netscape Co-Founder’s 12 Reasons for Growth of Open Source #
- E-mail and snail mail united #
- The Zen of Overclocking #
- Man ‘Googles’ Himself, Sues for Libel → Search Engine Reportedly Returns ‘Alarming’ Information About Him, Firm #
TypeKey
Some quickly generated thoughts on Six Aparts’s recently announced TypeKey Authentication Services:
- You have to be locked–in to their authentication service for it be effective. If you support TypeKey and still keep your site open to traditional comment systems, you are susceptible to comment spam.
- Embracing TypeKey exclusively (allowing comments from TypeKey users only) drives away casual visitors, like those from search engines. That may also include a friend who just discovered you have a website.
- Keyword: centralized. If some evil entity manages to hack into their service, could you imagine the possible amount of sensitive personal information involved? It could easily be the Patriot Act of Weblogging.
- Hundreds of sites pinging for authentication would surely produce a bottleneck, which could disable your entire commenting system. If for some other reason their service is unavailable, you break your visitor’s ability to comment.
These are my opinions, and we have yet to see how the service works in real–world conditions. Personally, I think site–wide comment registration would be more effective, combined with better administration tools and comment throttling. Still, the effort is much appreciated and the service worth trying, as we try to find the ultimate solution.
Wonders of blogging
Burningbird notes that several well–known webloggers have successfully found good jobs, notably Tim Bray and Mark Pilgrim. Can blogging really help you find a job? I should find out for myself.
Yes, I need a job.
- Why do people give up weblogs? #
- Pro-FPJ Dolphy to be homeless soon? → The comedy king reportedly “ejected” for supporting FPJ. #
- Builder.com outsourcing content production to India #
Beautiful black and white
Browsing through Jason Kottke’s recent remaindered links, I came across Michael Kenna’s black and white photography, probably the best I’ve seen in a while. All the lines are just too good they’re crazy! Makes me want to go out and start firing away, but I have to sleep now. Maybe in the morning.
- Perl/Php Translation → A guide for developers trying to jump from one ship to another. #
- Creating dynamic text banners with PHP #
- The perils of Googling #
- Creating a Pixel Font from scratch #
- A tutorial on character code issues #
- Web design going in the wrong direction? → 37signals’ Jason Fried on the absence of “people” in web design talk. #
- photos: The Road Traveled #
- My Worst Critic #
- Mark Cuban: 5 Questions on Blogging #
- Sports Illustrated’s digital workflow #
- Welcome to the ‘new’ Web, same as the ‘old’ Web #
- Canon Raises Output of Fast-Selling Kiss Digicam #
- Good Designers Copy, Great Designers Steal #
- Winners of the 2004 bloggies #
We are not stupid!
Earlier this afternoon at my current favorite news source, I read about ProCon’s COMELEC petition to disqualify Gloria Macapagal–Arroyo for exceeding the maximum airtime for political TV ads. In just a few hours, what was supposed to be a test of the commission’s fairness and independence became another example of Filipino political gimmickry and magic—the said 120–minute limit applies on a per station basis! That is according to the COMELEC and its Chairman, Benjamin Abalos. The Fair Election Law states (taken from Sassy Lawyer’s post):
6.2. (a) Each bona fide candidate or registered political party for a nationally elective office shall be entitled to not more than one hundred twenty (120) minutes of television advertisement and one hundred eighty (180) minutes of radio advertisement whether by purchase or donation.
I don’t see any mention of the phrase “per TV station” at all. They should stop assuming Filipinos are that stupid.
- Gibson digital guitar - I want this! → The true digital guitar. #
- It’s another world … but is it our 10th planet? → NASA expected to announce discovery of a space object, believed to be classified a new planet. #
- Guingona declares support for Poe → The end is near! #
- Please patronize pirated filipino VCDs and DVDs #
- @ yugatech: What if Coca Cola were a software giant and re–made that famous “Coke Ko To!” commercial? #
Some portraits
Note: The currently available portrait photos are old, just re–uploaded into the new /photos backend. New ones will be available soon.
- The world’s two worst variable names #
- Do We Get Enough In Innovation for What We Give to Microsoft? #
Site updates
I’ve been inactive for the past few days, working on the CMS for Tinig.com as well as tinkering with this site’s sections.
The /photos section has been spruced up with a new backend, and you may now view the archives arranged by posts. There is a new /blogroll page, and the /about section now has some bits of information.
- Why Gloria needs a Poe #
- Are we on a countdown to doom? #
- Eolas’ web patent nullified → Web designers rejoice! #
- Cannibals Descend on MP3 Players #
- Warning: Blogs Can Be Infectious → HP Labs: #
- Top Twelve Tips for Running a Beta Test #
- The Passion of the Christ: Blooper Reel #
- Jamie Lee Curtis wears Lhuillier to Oscars (via Bulletproof Vest) #
- Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson: He’s With Him #
- Those Guns Look Familiar #
- Piracy Prevention: How about fonts? #
- Will Brother Eddie Appoint Jesus Christ to the Cabinet? #
A historic day for Filipinos
Today marks the day the Supreme Court confirmed Fernando Poe Jr.’s Filipino citizenship. Honestly, I’m too tired (and indifferent?) to deeply analyze, or even read most of the articles related to this news story. No amount of analysis would matter anyway, I guess this is the destiny of the Filipino people.
After deposing one of history’s greatest dictators and unseating a complete incompetent, we dare write another intriguing chapter in our lives.
The Sassy Lawyer has been posting on FPJ’s citizenship and political adventures, the latest of which poses a powerful yet honest question as to what made the SC reach the said decision.
- Changing Jobs for Job Satisfaction? #
- Supreme Court: Poe qualified to run → The second greatest Filipino tragedy… #
- Mel Gibson and the Passion movie again… → A funny (surely fictitious?) story poking fun at the movie. #
- Poe camp decides to join debates #
Permanent but incomplete
I was moving my recently read links to a sub–weblog and re–checking many of them when I encountered an unforgivable error over at ABS-CBNNEWS.COM—this story (about broadcaster Frankie Evangelista’s losing to cancer) points to the correct snippet of news, but the date on top of the story is the current date instead of the publish date! There was no way of knowing within the same page when the story was actually published (and when the news event happened). One point for permanent URIs, but failure in content management.
Thoughts on life and free software
Clemens Vasters presents his case on the idea that “free software” is a lie, and responds to an opposing opinion.
Both posts can be very thought–provoking, as it presents life’s simple realities in relation to the development of “free software.” Matthew Mastracci’s reply is equally intriguing, and he elaborates on it even more.
A very good debate, but Matt fails to address what I think Clemens really is trying to say—you cannot live on free software alone.
