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  • Computing for input VAT

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    The expanded value added tax increased the vat rate from 10% to 12%. When computing for your input VAT, the net amount is now divided by 1.12, instead of 1.10. The formula for getting the gross amount is derived below: Thus, if the net amount paid is P33.60: P30.00 is to be recorded as Expense,…

  • The Dentist Monster

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    He’s my knight in shining armor — the guy who saves me from anything, alleviates my fears, brings me to the doctor, and basically makes everything all right. He can handle anything, anytime, anywhere. Until he needed to go to the dentist. Suddenly, he transformed to someone who could make the most imaginative excuses to…

  • Managing your Firefox profiles for easy backup – bookmarks, passwords, and settings

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    In Mozilla Firefox, your bookmarks, passwords, and settings are saved in something called a profile. This is stored in your hard drive. Your profile is typically located at C:Documents and Settings[User Name]Application DataMozillaFirefoxProfilesxxxxxxxx.default Whenever you need to reinstall Windows, this might create problems, as most of us don’t usually back up our Application Data folder.…

  • Filed trademarks on Harry Potter — Hidden clues to Book Seven?

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    Now that the real title of the final Harry Potter book is out, let’s take a look at the other trademarks filed by Warner Brothers with the US Patent & Trademark Office. A sneak peak of the contents of the final book, perhaps? “Harry potter and the …” Battle For Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets Curse…

  • Search Engine Friendly Redirection

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    “Website redirection” means that when a user goes to one of your web pages, you automatically lead him to another site (or page). This is particularly useful if you have changed your domain name or site structure. In chette.com, you would notice that I use this. If you go to the URL www.chette.com, you are…

  • Globe’s IMEVRYWHR: Somewhere or nowhere?

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    Globe Telecoms‘s IMEVRYWHR had a lot of hype — KC Concepcion smiled at us thru the ads, and newspapers & its online counterparts where blasted with the most glowing press releases about its launch & Globe’s partnership with Fastmobile. And they got the spelling right: it’s not IM Everywhere, it’s IMEVRYWHR! Forget the fact that…

  • Picasa Web Albums – a true Picasso in online photo sharing

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    Picasa Web Albums has just been launched by Google, and on a lot of accounts, beats the hell out of Yahoo Photos, Flickr, Kodak Gallery. Check out that clean Google-style design. Slick, baby. Photos can be uploaded thru the browser. But you haven’t seen anything yet if you haven’t tried uploading thru the Picasa software.…

  • Word Shoot: Spell Fast or Die!

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    Funny how the Christmas break can make one discover new timewasters. Presenting: Word Shoot — the faster you type, the faster you kill your enemies! Have the time of your life in the Impossible Level. Guaranteed to waste at least 2 hours of your time. Links: Word Shoot

  • Issue Trackers: An indispensable development tool

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    There is one application that a development team depend a lot on — to the point that it is accessed almost every hour: the Issue Tracker. Before we go on the nitty gritty details of an issue tracker, let’s first discuss what an issue is. What is an issue? There is no simple answer, because…

  • Selecting a brand of laptop

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    Our year-end bonus is coming up, and I would like to buy myself a new laptop. What brand would you recommend? I’m not usually brand-centric, but with laptops/notebooks, I tend to favor two brands alone because of its reliability: Fujitsu and Toshiba. I know … they’re not as cheap as the Acers. However, for something…