This is the archive page for October 2006

# Recycle…
Make something from somethings. Sounds stupid, I know. It’s not in even in a language I can understand but I’m sure the photos will do just fine. You will enjoy this!
# Getting Ready for the Close Up
“Platon has photographed the famous-est of the famousâ€”presidents, CEOs, musicians, and actors. … He’s deeply interested in knowing the why and how of life, and so has no qualms with asking for a bit of advice or a motto from his captive subjects.”
# Feeds That Matter: Top 500 Folders in Bloglines
Find quality feeds (and sites) that really matter discussing the web’s most popular topics.
# WordPress 2.0.5 – Ronan
In case you still haven’t heard from the first few thousands who have written about this, the latest update to WordPress is now available.
# Getting Real: Read it online, now!
Did you know that you can now read “Getting Real” online for free? This is the book from 37signals on building successful web applications, a must read.
# 21 Surefire Tips for a Successful Blog Launch
Most of the tips apply to older (not recently launched) weblogs as well, and can benefit almost any type of website.
# 10 Marketing Tactics Under $10
Everybody wants to win a contest, do you think I should have one?
# Firefox 2.0: The Anti-release
So now it seems we’re not supposed to have Firefox 2.0 just yet, but it’s really an issue of release management and I think there’s nothing wrong with the builds available now. Software-savvy users should have no problems with the current “in the wild” downloads.

Guess who’s 24 today?

October 24, 2006

Happy birthday Anne. 🙂 Wishing you a life of blessings and success, because you deserve it. May you have a truly wonderful birthday. God bless. I love you. Uwi ka na, shopping ka ng shopping sa Tutuban eh, date na tayo… 😉

Anne at UP

October 21, 2006

So I finally got myself the famous Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L, one of the best lenses you can get for Canon’s EF mount. Karl found a good deal on an IS version, so he was selling his old one. Being one of his long–time slaves friends, I was first in line and with a price too […]

# On the move: David Hasselhoff
Got this link from photomatt’s weblog and just couldn’t resist sharing it. He’s the Knight Rider, man!
# The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups
Another useful essay on startups from Paul Graham. Why do I keep reading material on this topic?
# Ken Burns
Have you heard about the Ken Burns Effect? It is a transition effect used in photo documentaries where zooming in/out and panning is used to effectively move one subject to another. Surely you’ve seen it before.
# Pinoy Blog Ranking: Blog Juice & Page Rank
rebelpixel.com is #9 among current Filipino weblogs, not bad for the measly traffic this gets. 😉
# The Power of SEO
SEO is dead? Here’s a case to prove you wrong, done very cunningly.
# Web 2.0 Thinking Game
A nice take comparing web 2.0 with the “web 1.0” from not too long ago.
# Wallflower at the Web Party
“They were talking about the next thing. Voice over Internet. Making Friendster work in different languages. Potential big advertising deals. Yet we didn?t solve the first basic problem: our site didn?t work.”

A tip for the web 2.0 generation

October 15, 2006

These days, almost everyone is into running a weblog and trying to make money online. The availability of WordPress and cheap hosting has enabled every dreamer to go into micro–content publishing and cash their part of the AdSense pie. However, the weblog plus adsense formula has only led to eerily–similar sites, many of which bordering […]

# Top 5 reasons to make your startup a great place to work – and how to do it
Wouldn’t it be nice to be a part of such an organization?
# Death by risk-aversion
“Taking risks is… risky. But if not taking risks is even riskier, then WTF?”
# bbPress 0.72
The first official release of bbPress is finally here! This forum software is from the makers of WordPress and allows for seamless integration with the popular blogging app. Now we can start working on “peyups.com version web two point oh?”
# Boxes. (Jeffrey asks if we’re still excited about “blahgs”.)
“When content is forced through a entry-commment-trackback-pagerank strainer it all comes out looking the same no matter how the templates are designed.”
# Apple iPod nano (PRODUCT) Red
Help fight AIDS in Africa, get Apple’s latest niche nano. (Look as if you really care and bought it for that reason?)
# WordPress Comments System built with Yahoo! UI
An innovatively unique approach to blog comments with the help of the nifty Yahoo! UI library. This may also be used for other purposes, like annotations for document colaboration in the age of web 2.0. One of the coolest web design innovation I’ve seen in a while.

Mini-Review: The Departed

October 9, 2006

A short list of reasons why you should watch the movie The Departed: A different Leonardo DiCaprio. I enjoyed Catch Me If You Can and The Beach, now here’s another one for his list. Jack Nicholson acting all strange and scary, sometimes funny. Doing what he always does best. Mark Wahlberg talking like a dirty […]

SMB Oktoberfest 2006

October 6, 2006

I was fortunate enough to shoot the SMB Oktoberfest opening at the SM Megamall last Wednesday and got around a thousand photos, though I haven’t browsed it thoroughly for keepers. It rained midway through the evening but that didn’t dampen the rockfest that went on until around 3 AM. Pardon the crappy non–inspired writing, I […]

# Philippine Collegian: Autonomy Under Siege
“The Philippine Collegian bears witness to a lasting tradition of independence as a student institution. It is a publication funded solely by the students, and for years has served as a salient representation of academic freedom and democratic rights. Throughout history, UP students have vigilantly fought for the publication’s autonomy from all forms of administration intervention. Once again, the Collegian’s autonomy is under siege.”
# Digg Black Market
Read/WriteWeb covers a service named “User/Submitter” that monetizes/games the supposed democracy in the digg system. A big problem? I think digg can self–correct, though the question is how soon.

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