February 19th, 2010
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Finally, I got my dream phone – iPhone 3GS. Globe approved my application for the Php1,500 iPhone plan and got the unit for P12K cash out. I love its feature specially the different apps that I can install on the phone plus its feature that allows me to surf the net, check my emails and online earnings wherever I am via 3G or WiFi. However, there are some things that I encountered and found sometimes annoying about the phone.
Here are some of them:
- The battery doesn’t last longer than I expected.
- The image produced by the camera is not that really good.
- There’s no button that can be used to take a shot (maybe I am just used to Nokia or Samsung phones that have buttons like this but I like this feature)
- I can’t view websites that uses Flash using the Safari browser.
- Carrier signal always disconnect. I don’t know if the problem is with the phone or with the strength of signal of the provider in our place.
Despite these “small issues” on the phone, I still find the phone really amazing and I am enjoying using it.
February 13th, 2010
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Pinoy Power 3/Latin Fury 13: Donaire vs. Vargas
It is Sunday tomorrow and I’ll be watching what every pinoy will be watching this weekend – the Pinoy Power 3 or internationally known as Latin Fury 13, brought by Top Rank Promotions. Of course, I will watch it on ABS-CBN at 10:30 A.M., I think there will be no other channel in the country that will cover it. I don’t know if Solar Sports will be featuring the fight.
I like to watch Gerry Penalosa fighting against a big guy – Eric Morel. I saw them both on TV last night and Montiel got really a height and reach advantage. I hope that Gerry will survive this challenge. Aside from him, I am also eager to watch Ciso Morales on his debut fight for a title against the reigning bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel. I think he can make the pinoy proud.
February 12th, 2010
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Claremont Design, a professional web design consulting company in California announced its newest search engine optimization competition. It is a two month campaign that will start tomorrow, February 13, 2010 at 11 ‘o clock in the morning Philippine time. The said SEO event invites all bloggers, SEO specialists and practitioners to showcase their skills and techniques in convincing the search engine to make articles to be ranked.
The prizes at stake for the said event is a total of $500 giving $300 for the one who can make their website to rank on number one for the key phrase to be announced on the same date mentioned above. Runner-up will receive an amount of $100, $50 and $50 respectively.
Meanwhile, the Sikat Ang Pinoy Palarong SEO which was organized by Whin of SEO.ph will be concluding on the same date that this competition will start. I join it but my entry (as of to date) just made it to rank #2.
For the detail of the new SEO contest from Claremont Design, just proceed to their blog post at SEO Contest 2010 from Claremont Design
February 9th, 2010
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Update: Go here for the partial and unofficial results of the Philippines Presidential election 2010.
The national campaign for the Philippines election 2010 started today and despite the massive information campaign of the presidential candidates via different infomercials on TV, internet, newspaper and radio, still I am not decided on who among the presidentiable will be the one that I will give my vote. I can’t still choose from any of them. I have watched several presidential forums and listen to their platforms, wise judgments and remarks but still it is enough for me to decide to select them.
Now, the election is set on May and I still got several months to think and analyze the platform and qualifications of the leaders before I finally decide. I embedded a poll here on this post and I hope you could cast your vote.
You can also leave your comments on the form below to explain why you will intend to vote the selected candidate.
February 8th, 2010
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I discovered several sites again today which I will not mention on this post that is infected by the same virus that infected it last year but with slight modification on the malicious code. Some websites I know were also hacked and defaced. The problem is that sometimes, you can’t discover it until you find it out that Google already tagging/marking your site with a disturbing message “This site may harm your computer.” Which will immediately cause a drop on your traffic. The pain is it will take sometime before the “said mark” before Google lifts it.
This infection will really hurt your site in terms of traffic and sales lost which makes your SEO effort become useless. It is because, browsers today like Chrome and Firefox block sites with the said mark preventing users to open it even after you clean it.
This is the reason why you should avoid the infection to happen. It is as always I said, “prevention is always better than cure.” Here’s some of the things that you should consider to avoid this kind of situation (based on the suggestion of StopBadWare.org and my previous tips):
Protect your site
- Ensure that any software you use (e.g., blogging software like WordPress, third party scripts, etc.) is kept up to date with the latest security fixes, either by you (if you installed the software) or by your hosting provider.
- Remove any scripts, services, or other software that you are no longer using.
- Change any default passwords that come with the software you are using.
- Use appropriate file permissions on your web server.
- Limit the access to the site. Remove old users that is not part of the team that should access the site.
