Markku Seguerra’s weblog on web design, photography, and other things of interest.
You’ve probably heard that WordPress 2.0 is just around the corner, or approximately 24 hours away. What better way to start WP 2.0 blogging but with the latest release of wp-recent-links! This version needs WP 2.0, but if you’re already running an RC then this plugin will be very useful. Grab it! Why? You can now display links inline with your posts like on this site, and more popularly, like Kottke.org. Remaindered links. Cool. 
It’s Christmas time once again, and I can miss blogging all the holidays of the year except this one. I went through my Christmas day entries from 2003 and 2004 looking for older photos to recycle, when I realized I haven’t really taken acceptable yuletide photos for a few years now. Or maybe the better ones were just sheer luck? This season, I still haven’t been snapping much, but I just got my D60 back after more than a month of repair work at Canon, but unfortunately it’s back–focussing badly there’s no fun using it.
On the bright side, I read what I wrote last year about getting a Canon DSLR for myself. A year after, I’m the proud owner of a back–focussing D60. 
Hahaha. I’m just happy of the achievements I’ve had this year, especially those related to this site and blogging in general.
I’ve got a few things upcoming, and I mean really upcoming I’m praying they’d be ready soon, not like the the other “upcoming” and “soon” things I’ve mentioned before. You my dear readers would be delighted, hopefully.
By the way, the photo above was taken in 2002, using my first digital camera. I never got the chance to visit UP this year, not even to watch Awitan which I try to watch every year. No I’m not a KEMer, ALCHEMES ako. The last sentence wouldn’t really make sense to most of you, it’s just that I really want to watch the said event every year. Trivia: six years in UP and I never got the chance to watch the Oblation Run. Talk about apathy. Hahaha.
Now I’m my usual blabbering self, so I’ll end this one with a simple greeting: A happy Christmas to you all!
ABS-CBN hates blogging. They hate it so much they interviewed a local blogger who has extensively covered the first season of Pinoy Big Brother and almost everything related to it, only to defer airing the said segment at the last minute.
Retzwerx.com has been the online authority on the hit reality show that captured the hearts of Filipino viewers for several months. Along with countless other bloggers writing on the topic (including my PBB weblog), the pinoy blogosphere discussed, debated, even ogled at the housemates as everyone posted their honest thoughts, almost everyday.
Upon the conclusion of the season, the production took steps to feature the various materials that have been part of the show, including those indirectly related. This included an interview with Retz, who has taken PBB blogging very seriously. Unfortunately, the segment will never air, for reasons that only make sense to ABS-CBN top honchos. And Retz is still doing his part, still writing as if his life depended on it.
These developments has the pinoy blogging community very upset. Yuga breaks it down, showing what could possibly be ABS-CBN’s reason for taking it against bloggers. Rickey has a softer stance, though disappointed just the same. Personally, I take offense as well, as I’ve written a few entries about the show here on rebelpixel.com, along with the PBB weblog written by my friend Mike. Many others have written as well, and the consensus is: ABS-CBN is a symbol of hypocrisy if indeed it feels that way towards PBB bloggers.
I just posted my review of Ultraelectromagneticjam, a tribute album for the Eraserheads with their songs performed by today’s popular local acts. The project was kickstarted by Jam 88.3, though I feel the idea was born after Brownman Revival’s cover of the song Maling Akala, which has always been my favorite E-heads song.
Most tracks are rather passable, and some stand out like MYMP’s “Huwag Mo Nang Itanong” and South Border’s “With A Smile,” though I’m sure die-hard E-heads fans would cry injustice. Still, you’ve got to read my review for my take on every song on the CD. Now I really have to sleep.
It would be inappropriate to gloat, but I guess most of you my dear readers would be pleased to know that I finally have my very own laptop! Blogging has been very good to me these past months, allowing me to earn through freelance work and more significantly, through advertising.
The laptop is an Asus A6R, with a Celeron M 370 running at 1.5 GHz, with 1 GB of DDR2 RAM and 15.4–inch widescreen display. Not really a very portable one, though I believe it’s a good balance of weight/size and performance. I would’ve wanted a 12–incher LCD, but those locally available are either prohibitively expensively or downright cheap you’d wonder where they’re from. If only more tech sites featured laptop reviews, and distributors more willing to lend a few units.
Since Yuga just wrote about one of the Philippines’ experts in search engine optimization, it would only be fitting to accompany his entry with a photo of our guru himself:
Yes, that’s Marc Macalua of macalua.com, and he is willing to help in internet marketing and search engine optimization — free of charge. Go ahead, let’s all get to work.
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