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I read SMS spam. It doesn’t abhor me like email spam. Plus it gives me a chance to read something during those waiting times. That boring introduction is meant to bring a point across: It takes a lot to make…
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Cleaning your LCD
Are you surrounded by #$@%#^$& colleagues who insist on touching your LCD just to make a point? Fingerprints are facts of life for LCD users all over the world. Fortunately, cleaning LCDs aren’t too bad. Actually, it’s quite painless. Read…
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Saying goodbye, finally: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
Living in the Philippines has its perks – I get to read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallowsearlier than most of the world (legally, that is). I am still in that delirious-mourning state that you usually get after reading Harry…
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My brand new Circa Junior Folio
After a few months, I realized that the letter-sized circa wasn’t the right one for me. I needed something smaller, and maybe something that will allow me to easily stash small scraps of paper without worrying about them slipping away.…
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I watched Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix … or “heard?”
Almost 8 hours have passed, & it is still not easy give a regular “thumbs up & down” on Harry Potter & the Order of Phoenix. Thankfully, this time around, I did not want to tear my hair out in…
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Joomla Template Tutorial (Part 3)
This is Part 3 of the Joomla Template Tutorial series. Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here. By now, you should have entered all the necessary code for your Main Body & Module Positions. 8. Enter the code…
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4th GSM mobile operator in the Philippines?
We have Smart Communications, Globe Telecom, and Sun Cellular. Yesterday, a little mosquito told me that a 4th GSM mobile operator is going to be rolled out in a few months here in the Philippines. Clue: It starts with the…
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Shorten a URL and find out how many clicked on it
Making URLs shorter have become very easy, thanks to services such as TinyURL, RubyURL, and urlTea. dwarfURL is another one of those services – and more. It has become a personal favorite, mainly because it has the ability to track…
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Disabling autoplay in Windows XP (without editing the registry)
Whenever you hook up your USB thumb drive to your PC, you usually see a load of crap asking you how you want Windows to open your files. This is called autoplay. In all my work with computers, I have…
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IMEvrywhr revisted
After this post has reached far more readership than I have imagined, guilt took over. I have decided to calm down, & take Globe Telecom’s IMEvrywhr for another test drive. Fourteenth time’s a charm: I was able to login &…